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It fits their modus operandi, although Ralph would have to pull some rabbits out of the hutch with us for that, considering they put 5 past us the other week. Hopefully Poch is holding out for a return there once things go south with Mourinho.

Hi Virg, Now you have some time on your hands perhaps you'd like to give some more thought to working in Spain? Not like you've got anything else to do at the moment. As you yourself once said, a career in football can be very short, so why spend the rest of it in a shithole like Merseyside? Sincerely, Ronald

Can't say I'll miss them. And how will their fickle fans put up with teams that struggle to achieve 10th in their super duper league, when they can barely scrape to 4th in the domestic league?

I recall Danny Ings was classified as a Mark Hughes panic buy, back when we were all speculating as to how we could wriggle out of the obligation to buy.

Reducing qualification for the winner to the Europa Conference has already helped it on its way I'm afraid. If that's the incentive to win it, then what does it say about the rest of the competition?

He could end up toast before then, the way he seems to have completely underestimated the Covid threat to his own health.

Anywhere between 9th and 12th - we haven't done enough to improve on last season but I don't believe we'll get significantly worse either.

Let's be honest, we would have sold him on long ago after two decent seasons. Heaven forbid having Ings and Antonio in the same side. Although we couldn't justify paying around £1M for him while we were in League One, bearing in mind we had knowledge of the player, it feels like he was one of those that got away, not getting him in when we were back in the PL. I suppose we had better options up front until relatively recently, and he was unproven in the PL. Just checked West Ham's fee - £7M, bargain for ten goals a season.

Couldn't cut it as a manager so he has to resort to being a professional shit talker to pass the time. Entertaining but low effort from one of the giants of the prem. He strikes me as the sort of person who has to restrain himself from punching his own face when he sees his reflection in the mirror.

I'd like a novelty face mask of MLT so I can wear a surgical mask over it.

We went into restart without many friendlies (Bristol City and Brentford?) and that was following a longer period, albeit with the players on standby as opposed to on holiday. Based on what we saw in June/July I'm comfortably optimistic that we'll be one of the fittest sides in the division.

Have they tried putting them through the wash a couple of times?

Pretty much sums up why he's decided to move on. On the other hand, it took JWP around 7 seasons before really nailing down a place in the XI and showing his true capabilities and Jack Stephens has given 3+ years of dodgy performances before last season's improvements. Chicken and egg hypotheticals, but I think if we gave Harrison Reed similar patience he might have been a lot closer to nailing down a place in our matchday squad. Even if Fulham go down, I wouldn't be too surprised if he ends up playing in the PL again.

LD Sports - the Ali Dia of sponsorship. We all knew something was fishy. If anything, it's surprising that it took this long for things to fall apart.

He's been sent to fat camp

Obafemi not there either? Salisu could just be crocked as opposed to infected with Covid.

Epic. Obviously he's still playing hardball with AC Milan as they desperately try to pry him away from whatever the hell he does these days.

Fair enough. I was only reminded of the Guly thing as Saint Garrett mentioned above he started vs Man City. While we're at it, Cortese's spoon hunt... did that really happen? I'm praying that it did. Too good a story to have been made up.

So Guly's contract stipulating he had to play at least 15 minutes every game wasn't a wind-up after all...?

Say no more, I know just the player.

Is this Gao's way of putting pressure on Kat Liebherr to buy the club back? American interest rumoured but seems some way off from materialising.

It's felt like Watford were getting away with stealing points off us for ages. They also benefited from the disallowed goal that led to Charlie Austin's 'Parklife' rant. So this was fully justified top trolling by Djenepo. So good that I actually forgot he only provided the assist.

Most importantly, the lyrics aren't too complex so there might be a chance of it catching on at SMS.

Nice to see they have to endure the same issues we've had for the last few years. If we had a red and white stripes kit looking like that we'd all be saying "well done, yet again UA manage to fuck up even the simplest kits." What is so difficult about having striped kits that actually reach the shoulders? I guarantee you that the Palace fans will hate it. Edit: They hate it. https://www.holmesdale.net/page.php?id=106&tid=176640&page=4

Is it cancel culture to want someone to stop spouting bollocks though? It's a bit different if he's being satirical - I assume he is being serious unfortunately. Perhaps he's finally realised he's best sticking to the football.