Window Cleaner

Isn't that Azpilicueta's main position ? Though he was just filling in at CB because of Cahill's sending off against Burnley. I mean I like Azpi (well for an ex OM man anyway) but he's really not a CB of any great standing.

I don't think that fans are being taken for a ride, I do however think that there are some who think that we're a bigger club than we actually are. We just do not produce enough revenue to compete with the best, whether this will change at any time in the near future I just couldn't say.

Can't really see why Chelsea need him though. Perhaps the sole reason is to deprive Arsenal earlier of one of their better players who, I seem to remember, wants to leave anyway. Think Arsenal are going to have a really crappy season this time round, just a hunch, mind you I did predict them dropping out of the Top 4 last season..

Why would that be exactly. They're going to sell Coutinho to Barca, neither of those things changes their defensive situation.

Then he'd probably fail the obligatory medical and the deal would be off for the future immediate future anyway. The difference here being that Keita can afford to wait another season, much younger and I think Leipzig are in the ECL aren't they.

We won't so don't get too excited about it. He'll go to Monaco or be loaned out to another Spanish outfit.

None of them would sign for us anyway. They can all do better, well in their opinion anyway.

And West Ham and Crystal Palace are separated by what distance actually ? 8 miles something like that ?

Monaco have offered 18 million euros or so and are waiting for a reply. I could see him going there.

We'll see, I'd not be surprised if the career of Dembelé at Barca turns out to be short lived. Looks like a bit of a trouble maker in the making and could be bad news. He just stopped turning up at Dortmund once he heard of Barca's interest. Apparently he receives advice from his inner circle that isn't always the best. Still it got him what he wanted I suppose.

They don't need Coutinho anyway, they know that and have just been holding out to force up the price and payment terms. Borussia showed them the way to do it with Dembelé, cos frankly 100+ million euros for him is just a gift from a club desperate to sign someone after Neymar blew them out. Biggest winners there ? Rennes who will pocket somewhere around 30 milion euros for a player they sold for about 10a season ago.

Should never have been appointed in the first place. His trainwreck 3 months at Inter should have warned off any potential employer outside of a second rate micky mouse league like the Eredivisie.

Think it's an Austrian thing more than anything else. Wimmer isn't that good but he's Austrian and thus an Alpine hero figure. Hoedt is probably as good as Wimmer anyway.

Quite right, holding on to a stubborn knob like Van Dijk will do us no good whatsoever. What has he got to lose really, nothing is the answer. Hasn't played since February, isn't in the Dutch National side just now, they won't qualify for the WC anyway and there is only a certain amount of fines we can inflict on him in what is a fairly narrow corridor of action. As long as he turns up for training as requested he can be dire as you like and we can't do anything at all about it. If he doesn't train hard he'll not be selected anyway and so the only losers will be SFC. I tell you, we should take the money and be rid of him.

About sums it up. Happens every summer now and the eventual result is always the same. We might hold on to a unsettlerd player for a season or half of a season but they always leave and usually for less than we could have got in the first place. Any seriously unsettled player should be sold to the highest bidder before at least mid-window and the proceeds invested illico.

Pas de quoi. Misspelling is sometimes acceptable, use of the wrong word is something else.

Lacazette you mean ? Well it's Lacazette innit, probably done something stupid during the week or just been his plain old self. Excellent player but.............

It's going to make it smell of havoc ?

and extremely foolish to boot. FA needs to clamp down on ridiculous transfer fees because paying 28/30 million for Townsend would border on criminal negligence.

At 60 million there will no doubt be a few takers.

Not a bad game, could have won, might have lost but we finished better than they did anyway.

Who knows but I thought Remy was going to Las Palmas anyway. Christensen is probably just some fantasy football obsession.

So then, Notts in the T20 semis. Hope that 10 days or so with no cricket won't be to our disadvantage. Have Notts got a 4 day game this next week ?

Net spend of about 65 million for last season and this summer. Corresponds to about the 60 million that Moshiri is allowed to put into the club over 2 seasons. Plus their new shirt sponsor pays about twice what Chang did. With the European campaign this season they'll probably not be too badly off accounts wise. 40,000 home gates to boot. Think they'll survive.

But that would involve an investment of £5 in certain cases wouldn't it ? Sending and receiving PMs are limited to those who've paid aren't they ?