HarvSFC

Ankersen went to Europe to buy an Aston Martin...

Thought he turned us down to stay another year with Guardiola? 🤷‍♂️

Tried his best, but the bloke couldn't run, so I'm not too sure how effective trying his best was.

Thank fuck. I've been done wasting money and watching him play every week for well over a year now. Like with Aribo, you can get away with not being able to run in the SPL. But, in the Premier League and Championship, it's a much needed attribute.

Solskjaer and Smith would be disasters in that they wouldn't get Leicester near the top, so hopefully one of those two. Maresca's an unknown quantity and while I wouldn't want Parker here, he has got two promotions to his name. Not an exciting list of names, though.

Annual link.

Deadline for the 10 month payment plan is midnight tonight. Renewed once again after the horrors of the last few seasons. £500, works out at £21 a game which is good going by modern prices.

Our annual linked player Brandon Williams didn't take the Man City win last night too well. https://www.joe.co.uk/sport/man-utds-brandon-williams-takes-dig-at-man-city-on-insta-after-their-treble-win-397002 9 more posts on his story about it, regarding going on podcasts on Monday, exposing all and getting "nibbles" from City fans.

Ederson wins Man City the Champions League. Always thought he's had a bit of an easy time at City, but proved himself tonight. McManaman and Lescott being City loyalists was weird. One will go back to licking Liverpool's arse next week, while the other from Birmingham isn't even thought of by City fans and wouldn't get near their current team. Nathan Jones can add stopping City winning the quadruple to his CV, alongside being the fittest man in the world and the best manager in Europe, with the greatest respect.

Ligue 2 is good fun. On the last day of the season, Bordeaux, who were playing to win promotion and Rodez, who were playing to stay up had their match abandoned after a fan ran on the pitch and pushed a Rodez player after they went 1-0 up. Don't think a decision has been made yet, so the table still stands with Rodez relegated and Bordeaux missing promotion with one game played less than the rest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022–23_Ligue_2

After the last 24 hours, “West Ham are massive everywhere we go” takes some beating.

To add a bit of context to the already discussed Mac Allister, prior to October his contract was expiring this summer, so was going to leave on a free. He then signed an extension with Brighton last October, ensuring they got money for him, but that he had an affordable get out clause should another club come calling. Also, he wasn't the same reputable Mac Allister he was now back in October, so £35m probably suited all parties with Brighton not thinking they would get much more. He has since won the World Cup and his value has only increased, but he had the get out clause. I suspect Caicedo has the same deal given his new contract following his wants to leave in January.

On the other hand, the Gabbiadini song was magnificent.

West Ham fans making a good case for why drinking in the stands in this country is banned.

On the topic of Sunderland, do we get to bring up that we beat them 8-0 once at every opportunity now?

As said, Burnley started their pre-season yesterday, so Tella is not ready for the start of their pre-season, he has missed it - He's staying!

Burnley back in pre-season already. Interesting strategy, see how it plays out when the season starts.

End of this week, apparently!

He'll come good next season, I reckon. Be a good backup for Sulemana and Tella with both hopefully staying. The Selles tombola only selected him for three match squads after getting minutes in all of the matches under Jones.

And to think we gave them Nathan Dyer for £400k and he’s considered a legend there and a Premier League winner.

Its Andrew Surman all over again.

Considering Leno, Henderson and Neto were all available last summer, going to the promoted clubs it is pretty astonishing that we ended up with Portsmouth's player of the season. Even moneyball Brentford have today replaced David Raya, yes a signing in May! With a 29 year old Netherlands international from the Bundesliga. Not an amateur from League One. We got it terribly wrong last summer and were already burnt by Angus Gunn. Hopefully we rectify it this summer, as I haven't seen much from Bazunu to believe he's ready to handle the pressure of the title race the board have said they're going for.

Bit crap if you get two chances at a penalty in a shoot out. Sevilla would've probably went on to win anyway, but feels a bit too controlled by VAR/the officials.

Semmens would have said: "When you look at the infrastructure and facilities then you can see this club is fortunate to be in the Championship. Our goal is to become a pathway club for other clubs to feed off. We're doing it the right way. However, my family and I are most disturbed by knowing I have to spend 8 more matches away from them next season, even during the week, so please spare me a thought" Would have been nice to have gotten a line on the new manager, or are they all just accepting that we know its Russell Martin?

Mara has natural attributes and could be a good player if he wasn't so lazy and bone idle. Lazy and bone idle was our scouting ethos last summer with Aribo and Maitland-Niles also coming in for a manager who wanted a press. I suppose with Mara, having famous parents hasn't helped his cause as he has probably had everything handed to him on a plate all his life. I was hoping Mara could be our 2023 Schneiderlin, where a drop in level could do him the world of good, also has the connection of being young, French and spending good money that would have been better suited going elsewhere at the time. I would be disappointed if he was allowed to leave on loan, as the Championship could be the making of him.