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With VAR there is a better control of the narrative as they can conveniently decide when to / or not to intervene. CR7 at the 2022 WC was awarded a very soft pen after VAR review, I still remember it because it made no sense that VAR would look into it - 0-0 at the time, forgot the opponent. Argentina got 5 pens, 4 were soft/dodgy. Messi continuing in the tournament drives viewership and revenue.

Sufficiency

Mine was despatched yesterday with (hopefully) SALT 00 on the back... 😁

Neither have Championship experience though, I'd rather we try to sign Scotland's Che Adams.

I wouldn't say no if we could get Mbappe, but given the choice I'd prefer Haaland.

Funnily enough Archer was my first thought when looking at his highlights from last season. Didn’t realise he was the one who scored when Peretz decided to go walkabout. Looks quite direct, plays off the shoulder and relies on his pace. That all looks fine when teams press you but if there’s no space behind or you can’t get the proper through ball then they look anonymous so can’t say it’s a link I’m that excited about. Here’s the https://youtu.be/nhisb9-DoXs?is=_y39qQAZOVBMvlGW

At least if Che Adams stays, that'll give Ramsdale confidence in training.

That's a bit of an odd take, he had the second best SR after Labert. Vince, JW and Stubbs all chewed up deliveries for a run a ball f**k all, whilst Jack and Fuller were dogsh*t with the ball. It was spin to win today, the wrong game to be missing Daws.

The entire tournament and any associated records have been hugely devalued. Let alone with the blatant corruption and manipulation by fifa.

See Donald Trump talking about scum today. Even asked journalists if they know what scum means. Luckily Factless Allen wasn't around to tell him it's an acronym.

I wonder if we've considered a cheeky bid for Messi? He's getting on a bit but still has something left in the tank. He's short but talented. We could give him ownership of the club as part of the fee, maybe get a netflix deal. We need to think outside of the box. Alternatively, if we do go for a more traditional solution, tom cannon looks suitably mediocre.

They have him in their digital wallet, if not pocket. 🙂

I can see downs getting a lot of conversions with head shots this coming series. The wide receivers getting high balls into the penalty zone for Downs to apply offensive pressure on the goal tender should lead to conversion chances. He’s one of the best Goal Convertors in North America so just wait until match day 1, let’s go Damian Downs!

It’s a bit from both columns tbf.

Good to hear. It's always a worry when people come out of prison that they'd found organised religion but failed to find any of their hidden assets to pay off legal costs. 🙂

Ben Mayes cost us the game this evening. Bloody slow as the likes of Cartwright and Fuller could of smashed it around the park in the last 5 overs. Hope it’s not in the finals day.

Torino have added Ramsdale to their list of interest, but can't see it myself. They wouldn't even want to pay much of a loan fee.

Shaping up to be an "interesting" summer for the Geordies. Already sold both Antony Gordon and Tonali for big money and now Bruno Guimaraes reported to have asked for a transfer with Arsenal rumoured to be waiting in the wings. If they are forced to sell him too, they will be sitting on a major wad of cash and will probably be held to ransom on deals to get in replacements as everyone will know they are desperate (and minted). Maybe we can get them interested in Charles to fill one of the midfield gaps to drive his price up more?

Don’t need to be a rocket scientist to make a connection between this Dobbin chap and the obvious interest in Leo.

Wouldn't bother with JWP. My top target is Mbappe. Looks decent at the World Cup. I reckon if Spors chucked in DD and BBD for a trade we would get a deal done.

Yes, thanks - since seen the photo provided by qwertyell. Pleased to see him back.

More evidence that this is the greatest World Cup ever (tm)

Jander was there.

Interesting summary, but reading one of the press articles indicates Villa want c £10m for him. Which would be too much for a Scienza/Fellows back up or competition in my book. Devine looked from highlights seen a creative player who might have been capable of the Azaz role, but at £6m. The direct Stewart replacement is where I’d hope we’re looking to spend on. Not another short arse forward.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ce8m526mjmeo "A golden boot race for the ages... battle that feels genuinely generational... sharpened by numbers and defined by rarity". Nothing whatsoever to do with the expanded format and the number of shit teams with shocking defensive records that qualified then huh?