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Yeah, Qatar was alright and Russia before that was relatively good. The heat and the increase in the number of games from 64 to 104 doesn't thrill me this time around. Obviously the time difference won't help but there's no way I'll be watching anything like even the majority of games. If England perform then it'll probably cause me to pay a bit more attention but I don't have much in the way of anticipation for this tournament.

I think Fellows is fine. He didn't have the best season and his form certainly dipped at the end but an upgrade on him wouldn't be a priority for me, especially if Matsuki stays as well. The frustrating thing for me is that he seemed to change his game and try and add some variation - instead of taking on his man and getting to the byline to cross he seemed to cut inside too much. Stuff that - he's probably the best in the division at crossing so stick with that. Not sure if he'd been told to cut inside more but I don't think he's at his most effective when he does it.

He’s actually got a good goals per minute ratio against premier league opposition at around a goal every other game. That’s including the cup games we played this season. Agree that it’s doubtful a premier league team would offer him a contract though. My guess/hope is that this is a bit of a loophole they’re looking to exploit but the intention is still to stay

Could be looking at a couple of strikers if we don’t retain Stewart and manage to shift Brereton Diaz, Downs and Archer. Would have thought we’d be open to offers on all three of them

TBF Roerslev only made 9 appearances (I think) and that was when the whole team were a bit shite and not playing that well. I'm still not sure what kind of player he is. He didn't really impress me at all when he did play though.

Excellent news. I said in the player of the season thread that Peretz was the player I'd have been most concerned about if his name wasn't on the teamsheet and he's probably had the biggest impact of any of the players we've brought in last season. Honestly expected a bigger club to come in for him so fair play for getting this done so early.

We ain't getting anywhere near 50M for Charles. I'm not sure if it's only 1 or 2 years left on his contract but he's unproven at PL level and wasn't even a guaranteed starter for us throughout our unbeaten run. I reckon around the 20M mark.

I don’t really like panenkas or the stuttering run ups either and if you miss you look a right tit but statistically it does seem as if they are slightly more successful than conventional techniques. There’s loads of articles on the web about it but here’s https://totalfootballanalysis.com/set-piece-analysis/penalty-kick-set-piece-analysis-tactics

I'd assume the lack of a proper response is probably because something fairly big is in the offing and they're sorting it all out. It doesn't really bother me too much but I can see why there's frustration and it's not unjustified.

Oh no, how sad

Sorry to hear that Willo. Hope better things are around the corner for you.

Seriously I dunno, there was a time when this would have really bothered me and pissed me right off but there's so much other stuff going on that football ceases to be the be all and end all of everything and by extension that's saints too to a lesser extent. I used to know every player (at least in the top division). I'd be all over it but that hasn't been the case for quite a long time. Easy to blame the modern game, VAR, saturation TV coverage, endless punditry but I think it's just getting older. Not sure if it's a good thing or bad thing but I can accept shit like this a bit better. I ain't ancient BTW, I'm 54 which is about the age Lord Duckhunter pretends to be (just kidding LD).

Pyramid stage with glow sticks.

He probably will be banned, I agree. The rest of your argument is supposition. The media circus moves on, people get rehabilitated all the time and as fans we forgive anything if we're winning.

Problem is it's not quite that binary (ah shit, I've turned into trousers). If we were sure that he wasn't getting a substantial ban (which he will), then I'd say keep him because he probably offers the best option for the new season. There's less upheaval, planning continues and we could have a chance at hitting the ground running. Obviously that's ignoring the downside of reputational damage but in a purely footballing context I think sticking with him has a higher probability of success. Trouble is I think he will get a ban and then we pretty much have to sack him anyway. So, umm, maybe?