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Wow. That's a proper signing. I couldn't give a monkeys what the fee is, as long as it's affordable and within our FFP cap, all is good.

That is the Margot Robbie of goals. Beautiful and just a wee bit filthy.

Not exactly interfering with play though. Edit: I thought you meant when the shot was struck, but obvs you meant when he received the ball. Apologies.

Yep. Nothing more than that I think.

Yep!!! Looking forward to seeing both of them. Akachukwu apparently has something about him, and nice to see him get a chance.

Nah. Archer playing up top, Dibling and Fernandes pushing up, one of the full backs at least at a time, and the other winger coming in. Assuming it's the 433 it looks like, this is much more like the shape we should be playing.

Decent line up imo, and not far from what I'd have gone with, although I'm surprised not to see one of BBD or AA starting and the other on the bench. Nice to see that Lallana and ABK are still alive.

Nowt ambiguous about their morals - it's outrageous behaviour. The profiteering from this for the various outside businesses will be outrageous.

Fair point, but I liked his music so it was easier to look past that.

Ditto. I loved stone roses, happy mondays, James, charlatans, ocs and various other manc bands. Before that new order and joy division. I dunno why I never got into Oasis, but they just never did it for me. I think it's as simple as I found Liam's vocals a bit whiney and I thought he was a cock. That said, over time I've liked a lot of their stuff, and some of the boys solo stuff.

You say that, but a standard PFA contract term was (I'm unsure if it is now) that each game missed after being injured in the field of play or being selected in a match day squad was deemed to be an appearance for bonuses etc.

What's shambolic about pulling out of a deal cos the kid failed his medical? Sounds sensible to me. You'd have had a point if we signed him though.

I think you need a bit of self reflection if you feel the need to ask that question, and despite what you now say was your intention, it didn't come across that way. Anyways, I have no interest in bogging the thread down on the possible issues of a poster so feel free to have the last word.

He can be annoying, yes, but you suggesting (or raising) that he's autistic was bang out of order and completely unnecessary.

Feel free to resume your spamming of threads if you must MLG, but no need to be a pedantic idiot.

All our play is in a horseshoe at the back and out wide so these tactics wouldn't click even if our opponents didn't play full backs. We can't be expected to score with a complete absence of a man in the middle up front, of forward balls, and an AM getting into the box. Things will only change when RM changes his tactics, or we change RM.

Selling KWP won't be the difference between staying up or going down imo - he's been replaced by Suga, and our issues are further up the pitch and our mental tactics. Regardless, we ain't going to let him leave for free if we can get big cash. Even if we don't reinvest the cash this window, it helps FFP.

We'd be nuts not to take money for him rather than giving him away free next year. There's also the FFP gain of getting cash for him. I'm surprised he's still here to be honest, but unless he signs a contract extension (even just a year), him going this week feels inevitable.

Yep. I think people are assuming he's become chief scout rather than chief negotiator.

Jeez, that's horrific. Personally I'd still well clear. I'm in the keep TP camp.

The Notting Hill Carnival needs to be shut down. Although there's less stabbings and assaults on police this year, they happen every year at this event. Normal people don't go to a carnival to stab people or beat up coppers. Enough already for me.

A player who's been out for the thick end of 2 years, who's never kicked a ball in the PL, cannot realistically be expected to make his comeback in the PL and he a success. If he has any sort of fitness, he needs to go somewhere else to get his form back, and we need someone else.

For me he improved a lot last season so I'd like to judge him after a run this season, in a side that gives him half a chance. With the squad we've got he'd look a lot better playing off Diaz imo, or wide ISH of a 3 up top. He's being hung out to dry at the moment.

That's harsh. The lad has been lobbed out wide with no CF ahead of him. As much as I think the PL is probably a step too far for him, he can't be judged on how he's performed in RM's dodgy set up this season.

Yes, just - Bednarek, BBD. Looks likely - Sugar. The others , not yet proven, and on yesterday's showing, THB may find this a tough season.