beatlesaint

No, they'll have to have a full weeks training to learn Russball.....esp the Chelsea lad 🤪

I think you will, I doubt Chelsea are loaning him to us so he can sit on the bench and study the further adventures of Captain Jack ! They will expect him to play, and so do I, seems very much in the Lavia mould just a tad older however.

For those unsure about Archer.........him or Seku Mara ? Easy choice.

Lavia ? 🤣🤣 I wish !

I couldn’t even get it to accept the hyphen, it’s not working for me

Let me re-phrase it for you…..I’ll be sorry to see him go, unlike shite like Mara, Sulemana and (probably) Tall Paul he did at least show something they never have. Clarified enough?

Would be disappointed to see Alcaraz go but if that could bring in 20 million plus the 11 million for ABK that would certainly help a lot !!

Is it a Adam Lallana/Ross Stewart type knock ?

Adam Lallana 🤫

They’ve now got the funds but why would he want to go to Bournemouth unless they are offering insane wages….even then it’s a hard sell

Yes because staying up will be worth a hell of a lot more than the 15-20 million he may fetch now.

If anyone asks why we haven’t signed a decent keeper, even on loan, I fully expect RM to get a bit prickly like he does with Blackmore !

Well thats the other issue. Getting fit enough to play is one thing but he's not Premier League proven so he could end up being totally out of his depth. I fear we'll never get the chance to find out one way or the other.

Yes, I get getting carried away with the euphoria of going up and the part he ultimately did play in that but in the cold light of day they needed to assess it properly, say thanks very much and let him leave as his contact ended. To give him another 2 years is utterly crazy.

The word "if" is doing a hell of a lot of heavy lifting here. You're right but missing a whole pre-season isnt a great sign.

The only reason he was non effective,to be polite, when he played in the Premier League for us last time was that we never got the bloody ball to him ! The guy scores goals, he has to have something about him. I’d rather see him come on than Mara tbh.

Well he’s either off as part of a deal or he’s taken a knock and isn’t risked. I’m saying injured !

Well barring injuries or departures that’s your starting line up next week. Interesting that KWP is playing.

You come up with some shite

Think Alfie supports Bristol City.....and to be honest I think he always tries to manage expectations rather than get people overly excited by pipe dreams. He's critical when need be, think his comments on McCarthy alone bear that out.

100% agree...............still not convinced RM sees the goalkeeper issue but guess we'll find out in the next few weeks.

I would possibly have agreed with you, however after his performance at left wing back in the Play-off Final he could be useful in that role if required. Hell lets be honest if its him or Manning filling in its a no brainer.

It'll also be them in the mire, look at how many he scored or assisted last season for them.

Only 5-10 mins? Must be having a good game by his standards then !!

Oh there will be at least 38 full matches in the next 9 months, don’t worry you’ll see plenty of it !