Dave

How much money was wasted 18+ months prior on the likes of Gbamin, Delph, Iwobu, Tosun, Keane, Gomes, Kean, Klaasen, Walcott, Bolasie etc? I dont think you can have any gripe you have been docked points when you've drifted closer and closer to the sun every year and eventually got burnt. I got a speeding ticket for going 60 in a temporary speed zone of 50 at 5am on an empty motorway where the roads are usually 70. There was no need for the temporary speed zone and the rule was stupid but I still paid the fine because that's the rules. Just because you don't agree with a rule doesn't mean you should be allowed to ignore it. Even more so to gain an advantage over others that are able to be succesful by abiding by the rules. Over time these rules will probably change but until a better solution is agreed teams need to play by the current rules.

Oh come of it . The rules over time have shown to be not fit for purpose but that doesn't mean any of you were right to have no regard for them.

I think you've got your shitheads confused.

In hindsight, the PL should have let the EFL discipline Leicester City last season when they offered to. There's visible improvement since Trevor Birch has taken over. The fact Leicester City have managed to wrangle out on a technicality which everybody thought was a far stretch is really concerning and sends out the message that there is no deterrent for breaching these rules. Sadly, nobody seems to respect Richard Masterts and this verdict isn't going to do his standing any favours. The sooner we get an independent regulator in the better, and I say that knowing Steve Parish has the biggest sway in these PL Chairman board meetings. No. You all should have been docked something. Rules are rules and it would have been unfair on everybody else that have a developed a succesful model to operate at this level should idiots like Maranakis and Moshiri get away with a blatant disregard to the rules because they couldn't control themselves.

Koeman's odd. The Saudi's could make life very difficult for him if they wanted too after his Bergwijn comments.

All I know about Oku is he gets very high Cagematch scores, which I feel sorry for him for as people online are probably going to use that as a stick to beat him with.

It felt like most AEW pay per views in the sense that you knew everybody would perform and the best way to enjoy it was to forget how they got there. Like Ospreay, MJF, Swerve, Bryan etc are all excellent. You just have to forget MJF has tried to get boos in America for being Mr America and Bryan won a number one contender tournament yet still put his career on the line.

Im not too bothered about Ricochet. I enjoy his matches for what they are but jesus for a guy who struggles to exhibit charisma on TV he comes across like such a douche. Like he started arguing with one of his fans last week because they said they'll now watch the highlights of AEW because hes on it. I want to see him and Ospreay again though, given how much Ospreay has improved in the last 7+ years. Those Lucha Underground producers back in the day deserve to be working in Hollywood now. They had Ricochet looking charismatic on camera, Pentagon looking like a 6ft+ monster and Rick Knox looking like a competent referee.

The confidence to even try that.

A much better second half from Palace yesterday. It's frustrating that Parish and Dougie treat August as a pre season period but there's good signs for the future. Hopefully Doucoure can get up to full fitness over the next two weeks as that will feel like a new signing alongside Wharton. I think special praise has to go to Dean Henderson. I thought he had his best game for Palace yesterday, and I don't think it's a coincidence that it's happened as soon as the competition for his place left.

Ruthless start by Barcelona, growing in confidence every game whilst Ancelotti has to figure out how to fit the three superstars that all want to drift in to wide left position in to the same team. Think Simeone's rotation will be a hindrance this season now Atletico have spent some money. Signing a confidence player like Sorloth and then bringing him off after he scored because he wasn't contributing enough elsewhere screams poor man management from somebody who should know much better.

Glad Leverkusen lost, they got very fortunate with the refereeing the week prior.

Very sad, only got the all clear for cancer a couple of years back and seemed to have a real great positive attitude. We had two goldfish at Uni named after him. Sol and Bamba. Just because of how catchy his chant at Leicester was.

I think this is the best move for him given he's a system functioning player. Whether he makes the most of this opportunity is up to him.

Nketiah, Lacroix, Turner and Chalobah. It's better than I expected. I still feel we're light in depth with wing backs and number 10's but it sounds like the club did try to address this and couldn't get deals over the line.

He looks fitter and quicker under Glasner than he did under previous regimes but his issue is he's just a good finisher. He will get a goal every three games if he's playing all the time, but you know he's not going to win any 50/50's through the centre and his defensive work if he's playing on the left is non existent.

Ligament damage. I'd write him off until November. Thankfully we got the right business done yesterday and kept Guehi to cover it.

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I wouldnt be adverse to them doing this for the FA Cup now they've scrapped replays. Youd imagine the revenue a Cambridge would get for playing Manchester United on BBC would far supersede a replay against a Stoke. The chances of a famous upset like what Bradford did a decade ago now would be multiplied too.

It seems like good succession planning at face value. Not the best with his feet but we all saw at the Euro's how good his shot stopping is and he should be good to watch in the Premier League.

He's not been the same since his injury, so I wouldn't have the expectations of seeing the same player that was excellent just before and during the covid era. Which given the fee I wouldn't expect any of you to have anyway. Hopefully he remains injury free and you get a good impact player.

I get why he wants to join us. With Kane's form seemingly dipping since April and hardly being a spring chicken there is an opening for an English striker to really make a statement over the next two seasons for the England squad. He probably looks at the way we've developed players as the ideal catapult for him. As for the team, well two wing backs, two center backs and two attacking midfielders are far more urgent position that need filling. I dont know if competition would benefit Mateta either who seems to thrive on confidence. It's one of those moves that feels like we will say in three or four years was a good buy but the start will have a "whats the point" vibe about it. As we've seen with Dean Henderson.

In light of the developments with John Textor this week I did some digging on his other clubs, and he's drifted from "his hearts in the right place" to "he's too erratic to own a football club" for me. He's put the whole Lyon team up for sale as he needs to raise 100m euros to appease FFP. He's spent over 100m euros on players this summer (about 50m on Forest backup players to help them hit PSR!?!). I know a lot of this will be amortised, but it's an odd approach to take. He's also facing a six year ban from Brazillian football after making allegations of corruption. Kieran Maguire recently compared him running Everton to that of Cellino running Leeds United. There's a lot of red flags here.

Newcastle seem to be very good at talking to the media but there doesn't seem to be much action. Guehi's suppodesly chilled about the whole thing and isn't forcing a move. If they don't pay 75m then Guehi stays, and even at this late stage, we still may say no anyway. Eze I think stays now his release clause has expired.

It's frustrating that we finally have a Manager who looks like he could rise to the very top in the game and we persist with this strategy of throwing away the first month of the season, and often the first half of the season, by waiting until the very end of the window in the hope we can higher quality players become affordable. Saturday showed we missed a maverick in the front three but the bench was the bigger concern. Despite during last season the lack of quality in the second XI being evident for app to see, we've let nine players leave and have signed three. We need at least five players (two wing backs, two 10's and a centre back) but I imagine we will end up with two. Another disaster window and the blame once again has to be with Dougie and Parish. Nobody begrudges Joachim Anderson being sold now the facts are out, he's 29 soon and being offered 6m over 6 years, you can grab that bag for 32m Joa. But if he's leaving why wasn't Lacroix or Chalobah ready to be signed as a replacement? It's absolutely no coincidence that the only time we were in the top five at Christmas was when we were ready to go for the first game of the season.