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I wonder what mental story about him is about to come out that's made him retire.

Our first team beat Gillingham 3-2 today. They've picked up where they ended last season in terms of performance levels when they beat Manchester United which is pleasing to see. Wilfried Zaha in particular looked very good.

The troll in me wants to say this is a direct shot at Manchester United abandoning there long term objective of moving away from Jose Mourinho's Harlem Globetrotters model last summer because bacon face told them bring back Cristiano Ronaldo.

Palace's first team are playing Gillingham today.

Ryan Nyambe is joining Wigan. I wonder if he regrets burning bridges at Blackburn now.

I've given NJPW Strong a try since Forbidden Door. I genuinely didn't recognise Fred Rosser. One of the best career reinventions in a long time.

It's seemingly come out of nowhere. If we've been working on this in the background I cannot imagine we will go for Colwill but Vieira has said he wants us to be able to play in a 3-5-2 system so he may want another CB if he thinks Joel Ward cannot play at the same level as he did at the end of last season. I know we were linked with Ronnie Edwards at the start of the window but Darragh MacAnthony was doing his generic "He's worth ten times what you all think he is" act he does whenever he has a popular asset and i just assumed we moved on.

I've just seen the highlights. He seems to be a very good finisher but I'm not sure he will offer as much to the overall team gameplay as Mateta and Benteke do. We did offer him out on loan to Championship clubs but the only club that seemingly expressed an interest in Luton Town have signed two strikers now.

There are some many young Palace fans I see on Twitter that have been seduced by the like/retweet culture to the stage where when I recognise them at games I see other people look at them and shake there heads. He's one of them.

Omari Hutchinson joining Chelsea is a weird one. You'd think he'd stay at Arsenal or drop to someone like Fulham for a better first team pathway given how stacked the Chelsea academy is.

A lot of it depends on the strength of the case in my opinion. Manchester United and Everton were well within there right to suspend Greenwood and Gylfi last season before a verdict if they believed the evidence against them was largely overwhelming and there presence was going to have an adverse effect on the dressing room. At the same time Brighton/Tottenham are well within their rights to keep playing Bissouma if they're own internal investigation indicate they believe its proportionate to do so. Whilst sexual assault isnt rape its still something the clubs will take seriously. No club is going to what the PR that Sunderland got once it was leaked they knew the strength of the evidence against Adam Johnson and they continued to play him.

It wouldn't surprise me if his agent leaks a Barcelona story to flush Madrid back out. It worked last summer.

Ive been told previously two of them are not vaccinated. Got no idea on the status of the others. It does seem daft to do a pre-season tour to a country that had stringent covid restrictions. The squad will only have one game together before the Arsenal opening fixture. Not the best way to plan for the season.

That's a shame. I was looking forward to seeing how much history they would try to rewrite.

It's £7+ a pint in that area of London so I can't say I'm surprised by the extortionate ticket prices given the occasion and opposition they're playing.

Anyone else and I would say "They're fucked" but the WWE is such a well oiled money printing machine they're making money despite having God awful weekly content for well over a year. You just know if board of directors, share holders etc 'outsed' him he'll still be calling shots through family members or his yes men.

It's been evident for some time the culture in politics has to change. Its just scandal after scandal to the point where its just impossible to keep up with everything that's happened and you end up forgetting about what happened last month. That said having The Chancellor resign at a time when cost of living is out of control and The Health Secrety resigning at a time when the NHS is in crisis is deeply concerning. Ignoring the scandal with his wife, Rishi Sunak appeared to be one of the more competent people on Johnson's team and I was impressed with how Javid handled his short spell as The Home Secretary given how scrutinised that role inparticular is. Michael Gove's previous actions suggest he's a giant snake himself but chopping him off at the head now seems like one final roll of the dice. Albeit it feels like all his actions since Partygate feel like one roll of the dice but his sheer arrogance prevents him from stepping aside.

That's a very good signing for Cardiff. On top of that yesterday... Carlton Morris has joined Cauley Woodrow at Luton for a fee in the region of 2m. David Kasumu has signed for Huddersfield Town on a free transfer. Placheta has joined Birmingham on loan. Anel Ahmedhodzic has signed for Sheffield United.

Cohen Brammall continues his rise back up the Football League by joining Rotherham United. CJ Egan-Riley has left Manchester City for Burnley.

What on earth is wrong with him.

Zach Steffan joining Boro on loan is a good one.

Charlie Cresswell set to join Millwall on loan. @Lucasquite surprised his unit of a dad never played for them.

Yes, Burnley pulled out in the 11th hour and landed (in my opinion) a defender with more potential in Luke McNally. Ben Wiles is a bit meh for a side with automatic promotion aspirations though.