Midfield_General

Yeah the contract is the main reason. As soon as it was clear he wasn't going to sign it was obvious the club wanted him gone this window, as he would start to depreciate after that and it would have made no sense at all for a club like ours to allow that. I think Spors knew / decided this as soon as he came into the club. One of his key beliefs is that you create the market for your players, i.e. set the narrative early as to what they are worth, and then the market will follow. Sure enough, soon after he joined we started getting the statements out of the club that Dibling was a £100m player. He knew straightaway that he would be off, so he started the game early, getting a conversation out there about his sky-high perceived value so that when the window came around that perception had already been in place for a while. Then perception becomes reality. No-one ever thought we'd get £100m, or that he was worth anywhere near that, but with that headline figure floating about it meant that it was easier to make potential buyers believe that offers of £40m+ actually represented some sort of bargain.

Out of the frying pan springs to mind

Getting ugly for West Ham Keeper’s head’s gone on crosses We want 9!

No mate, did you not hear - he's been packed off to fucking Everton 🤣🤣🤣 Poor bastard. But if some desperate gimps are actually going to pay £42m plus 20% sell-on for a kid coming up to a year left who's career total is 2 goals and 2 assists, then you're going to mug them off for it aren't you?

It's hearing the steady stream of common sense like this that is the reason why I'm starting to develop the first twitches of a man crush on the modest, straight-talking, Tintin-looking little scamp. Very early days but so far he just feels like a great fit for the club and the fans - for me the most natural fit since Ralph came in.

Probably for the best. Seems a smashing lad, sadly crap at football. Welcome to the Mad Man

Not trying to be an MLG style pedant but making an approach doesn't necessarily mean they've put in a bid. Could mean they've just contacted the club to register interest and find out what the asking price is etc, in order to weigh up whether they want to make an official bid.

We beat them 3-2 at home in the league cup last year. THB, A Armstrong and Bree scored. We went 2-0 up then somehow let them get back to 2-2, before we won it in the 89th minute. Looking back at the stats, we had 78% possession and had over 800 passes to their 230. They had 22% possession and only 2 shots on goal, and scored from both of them.

And lest we forget those three little letters: J P T

The weird thing was that a lot of people seemed to have a problem with the man himself being boring. Like they objected to the tone of his voice. As if that had some impact on his abilities as a manager. Truth is we were incredibly spoiled after a period of having Poch and Koeman as our managers. In hindsight they were two borderline world class managers and anyone we could reasonably expect to be able to get would have struggled to follow them. You have to wonder if we’ll attract managers of that calibre again.

I for one am stunned that football fans could possibly act in a way that is tribal and not entirely supportive and empathetic towards their fellow man. It's just such a new development. Stunned, I tell you.

I take it all this got sorted out last night then like the Armenie Football chap who is definitely ITK said it would? Can't wait to see Spertsyan line up for us on Saturday, looking forward to it!

Meghoma signed on loan 48 hours ago and goes straight into the starting XI for a critical CL qualifier. Big call.

Yes, fair points

He was shite against Ipswich

We just need Spors to sell him the project and the wonderful club that is Saints, maybe show him round West Quay He won't be able to help falling in love

What's Mkhitaryan up to? He'd do

It seems you have a suspicious mind

I’m going to stick my neck out and say a decision won’t be made tonight.

You could also have had ignorant, unfunny, or just plain old thick as pigshit. Take your pick.

I’ll explain it. The joke is that because he’s African he lies about his age, is greedy, is lazy, can’t speak English and can’t play in the cold. It’s pretty sophisticated stuff.

He’s already contributed more in one match than Sulemana did in about two seasons. Going to really enjoy watching him play this season and on his showing so far he’ll be our next big money success story. He could easily be the breakout star of this season’s Championship. Skillful, direct, works hard, has an end product and has got a goal in him. Already look forward to seeing his name on the team sheet.

If Stewart plays that midfield and forward line is just ridiculously good at this level. Even with our car crash of a defence we should win if we can put those six out. I hope we can start like that, even if it's just for one game before the crown jewels get sold. We won't though. It will be three at the back again and having to sacrifice one of the attacking players.

Sick of this bloke already and he doesn’t even play for us

Like all his brilliant 'jokes' he has got the basics of it wrong (tagged the wrong person) and has to explain it afterwards. Side-splitting, I'm sure you'll agree.