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Christ, the classic “football consortium”. Grandiose plan. Washed up player as some sort of associate / advisor. No money.

Kat and Gao could have agreed anything. Wasn't it reported before that she had a put option (i.e. the right to force him to buy her out) and she tried to exercise it but he wasn't good for the cash. I'm sure I remember reading about that. They were in dispute.

Don't knock it until you've tried it. I take your point, but the ST revenue is relatively small compared to the broadcast revenue and as long as we don't get relegated we're in no danger of going udne

They are hoping most people aren't ignorant cunts looking to game it.

At risk of what, though? Death, sure. But what about permanent lung damage?

You actively want to loan SFC money interest free? There's support and then there's being bummed hard.

Indeed. On the other hand, I swear to make the underwater, moon-base, monkey-chicken petting zoo a reality. Maybe I should set up a go fund me.

Yeah, it's just fantasy. No skin in the game. I could make a luxury underwater Hotel empire with a moon-base for weekend trips. I just need someone to give me enough money.

Better than getting relegated and we aren’t competing with Everton any more.

Do you not understand that a response to an epidemic can’t be based on individual decisions? I’m not saying current measures are right or wrong, but your logic is entirely stupid.

Unfortunately, it's looking like a fairly strong league this year so let's hope we can make it to 40 points. Mid 30s might not be enough. All the promoted teams are shipping goals but Leeds and WBA should pick up a few wins along the way. Fulham will probably go down but may make more of a fist of it than Norwich did. Who else looks set to have a bad season? West Ham are a mess but they will throw money at it if needed and probably stay up. They might get a good new manager in at some point. Brighton and Newcastle are probably good enough to stay up. Sheffield U could plummet down from last year. Apart from that, it's hard to see anyone being bad enough to go down. The mid table sides like Wolves, Everton, Leicester are far too strong to go down or be close to the scrap. The top 10 or so are as safe as they've ever been. We won't do a Puel and finish 8th with 46 points this year and if we don't start picking up home wins we will really struggle.

We don’t buy success, we breed it.

Their keeper made one very good save and a few routine ones. Lawrenson is correct. We’ve played two games and looked shite.

Totally agree. We've needed a creative influence in central midfield for years. Lemina was supposed to provide it but we've never replaced him, despite giving up on any attempt to reintegrate him.

Indeed. We had no choice about Reed given the option but to shift Lemima and Hojbjerg as well with no replacement is inexcusable. We start the season with a threadbare midfield, which is just negligent, particularly when we ask them to run so much.

The new contract for Long has ruined any prospect of another striker, I would’ve thought.

Better ask Usmanov!

Used to love squeezing into the Dell for a league cup match when I was a teenager. 3 quid on the gate. Bargain!

Ten quid. Lol.

Ten quid. Lol.

I agree about Ings but I think he’s probably our only player who would get in a combined XI, which is pretty sad really. Maybe JWP, I suppose.

Not that we ever really have. My point is we need to be realistic about what Ralph can achieve this season.

Just watching Spurs v Everton and it’s so noticeable how much stronger Everton’s squad is than ours. Frankly, the days when we can’t compete with the top 4 or 6 are gone. We can’t compete with the top 10 any more in any sustained manner.

I can certainly agree re Kruger!

I edited the post because we just don't know but it's a lot more than we usually borrow and gate receipts are not a massive part of our revenue.