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Indeed. He also had a look at Newcastle and ruled out a premier league club for the "foreseeable future" as he wanted to build up Nice. I'd hazard a guess that he's taken them as far as he can without chucking daft cash at them to compete with PSG, but where's the global attraction of being France best team? The Prem has more appeal for sure. He's been trying to get planning on that house for ages and I'm not sure where he's at with that, but he certainly has an affinity with with area and has called his yachts Hampshire 1 and 2. Ineos/Ratcliffe would be very good news.

Due diligence and prep for a deal like this would have been done well in advance. The actual process of transferring shares/creating new holding companies/moving money around isn' a complex one. If it's happening now, the lawyers and accountants will have been on standby and draft docs will have been circulated ready to go. The timing ain't an issue.

Tea

Can't see it. They're a huge brand worldwide already, and I can't see what's in it for them commercially by paying £125m+ to buy us and tens of millions a year to improve us.

I agree entirely - saying that someone is playing the keeper not the ball because he has his back to him is very dumb. That was my point.

Sad that you have to get arsey when someone has a different view to you. It wasn't a foul. You think otherwise. I'll end the discussion there mate. Enjoy your afternoon.

Nor did one of their players. He dropped it, nothing to do with their player. The point on our defenders is that someone said that Doherty must have been playing Fraser not the ball cos he had his back to him. Our defender also had his back to him. The point being that having your back to a player doesn't mean that you're playing the man not the ball. Simple point to anyone who has any understanding of how to play the game.

You're confusing playing and getting. He played the ball, fraser dropped it, they collided. I can't believe that little Doherty went looking for a collision with big Fraser - crazy notion!

Was our defender also fouling Forster being as he was also near him with his back to him? Assuming you've watched it, did he drop it before or after contact was made?

Bingo, and some of those saying that they were never goals, were also complaining about Spurs bias. We got more rub of the green than they did.

In that screenshot, our defender also had his back to the goal. Presumably that must mean he was also playing the keeper not the ball?

That makes as much sense as saying that Forster was jumping into him. They were both playing the ball which Forster dropped. Never a foul.

Honour

I knew we could rely on you to get it wrong.

Forster dropped the ball. No foul.

The only duff decision was no card for Reguilon. Everything else was a fair call. The pen was a pen and all cards were cards imo. There's an argument that Salisu first yellow was soft but he was piling in everywhere before that and I suspect that card was for an accumulation as much as that particular foul. His sending off had everything to do with his stupidity, and nothing to do with bias. They had at least one good goal ruled out. No bias there. They had more free kicks because we committed more fouls. Nothing more sinister than that for me.

I'd still prefer KWP at LB than Perraud...but on today's performance, I'd prefer KWP to Livra at RB!! Something has to give.

Yep. Valery surprised me. Bit rash at times but he's not a CB and is rusty. The lad did very well. I thought Diallo was quietly decent too. Good all round performance.

Nice point. Great effort from everyone, and fair play to Bednarek for marshaling that defence through the game. Good subs from Ralph too - Broja gave us something more when we needed it, and Redmond tightened us up down the left. Forster got lucky for the one he dropped, but he did well otherwise and we look more assured with him in the team. Nice.

Should have done better there.

Noted that all this bias ref bollox has stopped after he disallowed their goal cos Forster dropped the ball!

One yellow from a ban I think. May be needed at CB next game...only Bednarek available at the mo.

Ha! Nothing positive that's for sure.

Hope is OK...it's expectation that does the damage.

Valery did very well there. Good lad.