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I don't mind if it is their traditional nickname, Bournemouth have been the cherries for as long as I can remember.It's a bit more cringeworthy when they try and reinvent themselves, Palace going from Glaziers to Eagles in the 70's, copied by Brighton as Seagulls, then Everton trying to shed the 'Toffees' to caling themselves 'Blue - boys' and 'Blue-noses'. Worse still the soft internet generation names of 'Wet Sham', and 'spuds', a woke way of trying to be insulting without offending anybody.

Not sure it's so far fetched or mad after today's events and with their respective fixtures.

The only team at the bottom who can take anything positive out of today will be Villa.

Suspect Levy is sat at home and in his own mind counting the extra money KWP's performances might bring...

I had been looking forward to this as an end of season fixture hoping we'd be safe, and the prospect of a warm reception and 'thank you' to Billy Sharp. As it is, just hope we can win the race for 11th, and go into the next season having won at home once more. Would also be good to see Ferry or Jancewitz getting on the pitch as well.

Probably walking around Boscombe in his Liverpool shirt today.

MLT had one saved on one occasion, didn't stop him carrying on with them.

Exactly, he wouldn't consider joining us. It is possible that Mourinho in classic Jose style wants to clear the decks to bring his own players in, just for the spite of it, but even so, doubt Levy would sanction Winks leaving in case of a fans backlash.

Up to 9th, Arsenal get a 12 point deduction for a racist comment on their fans tv, and Burnley the same just for being inbred bunch of c^nts...

Good timing !!! Call for 'Arry on a rescue mission..

He's worth every penny of the £35m you or Spurs want to splash out on him, honest ! I think most of the replies you've had have been quite well balanced, despite some of the earlier comments on the thread. For me, he's not as bad as some of his critics have made out (stats prove otherwise re his tackling etc), although he's not as good as he thinks he is with talk of CL football at this stage of his career. Positives are that he covers a lot of ground, is a decent tackler and ballwinner, but negatives are that this is often followed up by a misplaced pass, or losing possession too easily. I think Gueye , from what I saw and read of him, had more about him to be honest. PEH isn't a patch of the Schneiderlin who left us, or Wanyama for that matter although covers more ground than VW used to. (Not judging the Schneiderlin at Everton as he seemed to have lost his way with you reading an Everton forum). He does seem a decent bloke, and interviews very well This probably gives him a bit of protection from more flak from the crowd when the pass goes astray. Although it hasn't descended to the badge kissing antics he does a good line in clenched fists and applauding the crowd, as did Lallana, and we know how that ended. All reports suggest he is hankering after a move to spurs, probably more ££, and London life the attraction. Shame as he might go up a gear under Pep, or Ancelloti, but if he goes to Spurs then better have a sweepstake on when Mourinho publicly blames him for a stray pass and falls out with him. Any suggestions as to any player that might come our way as part of the deal, Jonjoe Kenny mentioned somewhere but pure speculation.

Conratulations, that's best word of the day, and a contender for word of the season.

Was said tongue in cheek chaps, not seriously suggesting anything untoward in the comaprisons, although persoanlly I think Clyne was far ahead in his ability and what he offered when he joined us.

I'm with you Woodsaint, not convinced by a few appearances at the end of the season at all. Had his scuffed clearance v City lead to an equaliser I think the response on here might be different. The Clyne comparisons are perhaps inevitable, although possibly just ' racial profiling' to use a phrase being bandied about at the moment. For me the comparison doesn't fully stack up though, Clyne had played over 100 matches for Palace including some performances that took the eye in the League Cup, (Old Trafford for one) and was to some extent established, KWP -according to Wikipedia - has played c 12 games for Spurs (probably an underestimate, I've read a figure of 20 something elsewhere, but point being at 22 he's pretty raw still). Although of similar build Clyne seemed to have much more strength and wasn't easily brushed off the ball.

Not even April 1st ...

Don't forget he was 'on the verge' of an England U21 call up on joining us, and Spurs didn't really want to let him go... ... according to his first interview on joining us..

He did, but judging from the social media coverage, including his own, whilst with us it seemed it was reserved for nocturnal activities with'Disco Dollies' in nightclubs.

Aged 45 but still better than Tommy Forecast was in his prime.

That could be the "add ons" in any deal though if either qualify for CL etc... The sort of Jackanory contract that Les Reed was probably master of.

Can you imagine the outpouring of bile from the Dildo Brothers, and all their fans, if we field a - let's say - inexperienced team against Bournemouth and lose, only for West Ham to ultimately go down instead ?

I would hope we get £20-£25m without a player exchange, if KWP is on top of that so be it.

This is a full Danish international you're talking of, against a bloke of 23 with what 20-30 Premiership starts to his name ? It depends entirely on the £m coming our way, and what the "weighting" is in the valuation put on KWP. But "absolute win", I doubt it. I'm not convinced that KWP is a £10m player on the strength of some reasonable - but not spectacular -displays to date. We seem to have a history of allowing the norf London yobbo's to sell us short, don't be surprised if it happens again.

Would prefer Zeefuik for the suggested £4-5m. he would appear to offer a bit more strength and speed than KWP.

I'm with you on this. Ideally would like to win both, but if we are to lose one would rather Bournemouth benefit from it and stay up in order to play them next season. I don't subscribe to the "we" send them down, they've managed to do that themselves by some inept displays over the previous 20 odd games before their Leicester game. Double joy if West Ham go down.

Suggestion of Salisu and a second CB to be brought in. https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/07/15/report-says-centre-back-still-priority-for-southampton-after-salisu-move-gets-done/