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They are nothing more than influencers. No integrity, just about clicks and views.

I don’t think actual journalists exist anymore. Extinct, and like the dinosaurs, did not coexist at the same time as the things we have today posing as journalists.

This is my thought as well. Tonda seems to like to pretty equal players in each position (midfield and attack) and it’s not really a case of a starter and a backup.

They should train together. Somehow both will gain confidence!

Hey! Stop posting on this topic unless he is about to move... Stop getting my hopes up!

I would guess that JWP will most likely be moving at the very end of the window. West Ham will look to get rid, but want to not give him away, and he/his agent will be looking for the best deal possible. We may have reached out to him or his agent, or the other way around, but I doubt anything concrete is just around the corner.

Sorry, I'm Norwegian, so "we" means Norway in this case.

I don't think this Brazilian team was that good. Vini jr is the only world class player going forward. The Norwegian manager said at half time that Brazils biggest threat was on the break/counter attacks and gave the instruction to "Just play them to death" - it should have been the other way around. We are still the only team that have never lost to Brazil (3w 2d).

The most important thing abot this JWP discussion is finding out whether we can classify him as a journeyman or not. Only then can we move on and find out if he is a good signing or not.

One reason could be that he would be worth more as a sellable asset. As long as he is/was ours, the club would look at him (and value him) different than when he is a player of another club. It might just be my way of thinking, but I don't find this Ballard situation so strange. Would love to have seen him make it here, but now I think we should treat him as any other potential transfer target - and I don't know if I would be that keen on him if it wasn't for the fact that he came through the ranks here.

Just shows how poorly, or perfectly, designed these rules are

I don't think the FA cares much about when our season starts, who is our manager, the uncertainty fans feel etc. They will do their investigation in their own tempo and when they damn well please. The verdict will be ready when it is ready. If that is before preseason, the start of the season or some time after the season has started means nothing to them and they feel absolutely no need to come out with updates along the way. It will drop like a bomb when it does (or it might get leaked right before).

I would also be faking a little injury if I had just done that effort to go past a keeper... 😉 Looked like a drunk man trying to round the keeper

They will not take anything like a potentially missed bonus into consideration when determening if he has been punished or not. Most likely, they won't even care if he has in some shape or form been punished. They will look at it from their angle, and they will find him guilty of som form of misconduct. The way power works is that those in power tends to like to use it. My only hope is that the punishment will be on the softer/shorter side.

Don't think Haaland ever made a sporting choice between the two. The question was more "am I English or am I Norwegian?"

My mind was not 100% on the match due to picture... and read a little fast through the next comments But this next one made me stop up and think I might have got the above reactions wrong...

The problem is the English language 😉 I have now decided on behalf of my country, that the BBC can no longer refer to us as Norway. You must all now say "Norge", the way we say it

Lovely!

The right call made by the club IMO. There is no loyalty from players if they can get a better deal elswhere. Why would we be loyal to a player that has cost us a lot, and provided very little, when we needed an upgrade if we went up? And to be honest, I am pleased we are not relying on him again to stay fit for large parts of next season.

By this, do you mean the monkey chicken petting zoo?

I don't think a single Southampton fan would make the argument that we are used to the same standard of goalkeepers as Bayern... I think the point/reaction was that you called Peretz a decent Championship player.

Thanks for the info. Good to hear, even though he still probably will go if a good offer for all parties comes in, it’s nice to know he probably won’t be pushing for it

I agree, the only small hope I have is that I thought it looked like he worked a little harder defensively when Tonda used him towards the end… but he probably needs a fresh start somewhere else if he is to get more out of his potential.

True, but on the flip side, good players will take their chances and make sure they play regularly. Edozie clearly has something, but I think both a lack of end product and more importantly hard defensive work is the main reasons managers have been reluctant to play him regularly.