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Implies we started with the accounts anywhere near in the black. Hint: we didn't.

Had a sobering moment just now realising what we've already spent this window and how far the squad realistically is from where it needs to be. INS: Harwood-Bellis: £20m Downes: £18m Archer: £15m Fernandes(?): £13m+? Brereton Diaz: £7m Sugawara: £5.9m Wood: £3m Edwards: £3m Taylor: Free Lallana: Free Total: £84.9m OUTS: Lyanco: £4m Caleta-Car: £3m Perraud: £3m Adams: Released Armstrong: Released TOTAL: £10m POSSIBLE OUTS: £10m for Mara(!) £7m for Onuachu(?) £13m for ABK (based on Hoffenheim?) £15m for KWP(?) £12m for Alcaraz(?) ??? (£5m?) for Aribo TOTAL: ~£62m Even IF we can get this we've probably spent money we don't have (and what will it cost to plug the most obvious gaps?) Hmm.

With the continued chatter about it, might be worth the club putting out a release? I understand the above comments are just Silvestri replying to fans via his personal Twitter. If it's playing fine that's the main thing. But they're gonna keep getting scrutiny.

The "I wish we were..." comments get funnier every year. Remember when Norwich 'won' the transfer window in 13-14 after signing the likes of Hooper and van Wolfswinkel? 😅

Gendered colours are a relatively modern construct. Seems barmy to me that one area of the colour spectrum would essentially be 'out of bounds' for men. It's a crap kit because - like all of the Puma kits thus far - it's simply poorly designed. Nothing more complex.

Agree on Fraser. Very thankful for his loan contributions - and he proved a great team player, contrary to the expectations of many. From his side, I hope we provided a good platform to show he deserves another crack at it. Just not with us. Not in the Prem.

As somebody still in love with the passé 4-2-3-1, I'd be all over it. And even if we only played with one CDM there'd probably still be plenty of game time for both. Wasted taps of the keyboard to so much as dream, of course. This one ain't happening.

The ticket site defaults to Mx if no gender is assigned to that customer number. Absolute non-issue.

Schmeichel has completed a medical at Celtic, so that's not gonna be a thing. I was banging the drum for Mat Ryan, who was also a free agent. But he's just joined Roma (so you'd imagine was looking higher than us from the get-go). That pool of 'cheap' experience is getting ever-smaller.

It was ex-skate manager Paul Cook that binned off Downes at Ipswich - leading to Flynn joining Swansea. So cheers for that, Paul. 🫡

Nah, surely this is the one. 😉 https://youtu.be/5vBGOrI6yBk?feature=shared

Noticed this yesterday - no fewer than 11 on-sale tiers. Wembley only had 7. 😅

Alternatively you open the floodgates, wherein every child that shows promise has parents (or an agent) that smell blood. And even if you do start playing that game with, say, U17s or U16s - where does it end? How young do the players get before you draw the line?

Mat Ryan stands out on that list. 32 years old, so you'd imagine will have a few years left in him. Extensive Prem experience. 13 clean sheets in 29 last season as AZ Alkmaar finished 4th in Eredivisie. Able to play in a 'sweeper keeper' role. One year deal (or 1+1 option?) to cover Bazunu/until we decide what to do with him?

£35 for a training shirt, though... 😳

Indeed. Would've thought one of the primary reasons for parking at the ground is disability and/or limited mobility. Sure isn't for a quick getaway. Unless we're missing something I'd have suggested going for a roughly 50:50 split with the remaining spaces, which would've maintained similar numbers of disabled ones. Anybody remember the little tear-off bus vouchers on the tickets in the mid 2000s? Something like that wouldn't go amiss.

Whilst I'm also unconvinced this tallies, it's worth noting it doesn't say it's Fenerbahçe.

There'll be mixed feelings. If he wants to put that to bed early doors the best thing would surely be to just hold his hands up and say "Look, some things didn't pan out how I'd have liked - but let's get down to business."

Anecdotal evidence, but most I've spoken to in Block 42 are planning to stay exactly where they were. When push comes to shove I imagine the migration will be minimal.

RE: potential lack of Internet access at the ground, systems have existed for years that operate completely offline for these exact purposes.

Can see there being kickback over going digital-first, but I'd say give them a chance to detail out the accessibility fallback first. They're normally pretty reasonable with this sort of thing, and I imagine not understanding the tech/feeling uncomfortable with it will be a valid reason to attain the workaround option. They've clearly assessed that there's a saving to be made in giving the majority digital 'tickets'. I'm quite looking forward to it - one less thing to forget on matchday.

There's obviously more, but tried to keep it to the ones that may be a touch less easy to pick out by ear, as requested. Stuff like 'Liebherr Wonderland' and the umpteen chants about the skates still get aired on a weekly basis. That said I definitely felt like there were more chants (and more variety of tunes) for the last promoted squad. Think we got a bit burnt by the couple of seasons which ended with a lot of outgoings - then with diminishing performances. For the former situation there was a feeling of 'well, they'll only be here for a season or so; why get attached...?' It's a hangover we should probably have ditched by now. We'll also lose a couple of chants about promotion/getting promoted now it's happened. Trouble is also that as soon as one club's fans end up on social media debuting a chant to a novel tune, every other fanbase seems to blindly attempt to copy/paste it into their own repertoire. That crap chant about the skates spending 10 more years in League One (🙄) was half-inched.

Walker-Peters: There's a star man running down the right, His name is Walker-Peters And he's fucking dynamite. (Tune of David Bowie - Starman) Aribo: As above. (Tune of Spandau Ballet - Gold) S. Armstrong: Oh Martin said "we're gonna play him in centre mid", Oh words can't describe, When we see him in the red and white, His hair is fine, Scores belters all the time, That's why we sing this song For Stuart Armstrong. (Tune of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Enola Gay) Adams: Ché, Ché will tear you apart again. (Tune of Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart) Mara: Sekou, olé olé olé, Sekou, olé olé olé, Comes from Bordeaux, Scores goals you know, Sekou olé olé olé. Also: Follow, follow, follow, We're the best team on the South Coast. We play in red and white, We're fucking dynamite, And we've got Joe Aribo. Some of these won't be relevant next season, but hey.

Going by where I was (lower tier, safe standing, behind the goal) the Northam is already louder and less prone to spells sans vocal support than the Wembley crowd was. As I see it the challenge will be more geared towards maintaining the excellent support of this season (whilst winning significantly less games in a tougher division). The club's gonna be in for a surprise if they expect 'West Brom second leg' support every match just because we've got the whole end now. The stakes played such a part in how that night unfolded.

Every time I think I'm calming down another wave of euphoria hits.