Badger

At least we know it won't be Gary O'Neill at short notice.

Wouldn't surprise me if it went the way you suggest but : do you mean the PL , as opposed to EFL ?, do the FA have jurisdiction over the PL or EFL ? Also seems slightly bizarre that the FA might issue a ban on something that , to my knowledge, isn't specifically forbidden by the FA itself or PL.. Have wondered what the outcome might have been if ahead of an FA Cup tie where no specific ruling is in place.

That’s how I heard it as well. He wouldn’t need to worry about breaking into a sweat at the pace of this game so might well be suited.

Updated it for you

Could be times when things aren't going well that he just has to solder on ...

Has this been suggested ?

We seem to have neglected the Scottish market for a while and should look to tap into it more. The two players you mention would seem good options, and probably decent fees. Although i expect both might end up at Old Firm clubs. Perhaps the club are just a bit wary given Shankly's comments years ago. "f you've got three Scots in your team, you've got a chance of winning something. Any more and you've got trouble." Would be good to bring in a Dundee CB, last one I recall was Jim Steele, good player and probably living up to part of the Shankly stereotype.

Leeds were the team to beat in the late 60’s/early 70’s but even allowing for that there wasn’t the bias in the media towards the bigger clubs

Although I’d like to see a 6’ DM like Schneiderlin or Wanyami I wouldn’t discount Mulligan as a ‘box to box’ MF as described. He’s the same height as Jimmy Case, one of the best enforcers we’ve had, and taller than Downes. At 5’9 he’s also taller than Alan Ball, and Strachan (Billy Bremner was 5’5 by the way). None of these were too shabby in the midfield role.

“Ivory Coast”. Credit Ian Wright and Neville for giving it in ‘old money’.

Cote D’Ivoire please, show some respect. Pretentious bollocks.

And he can redeem himself with a 33-50% sell on clause when the player joins Leeds or whoever.

Not a fan of Ankersen by any means, but not sure this is on him. Wasn’t Charles during the Shields period ? (Although may still have been negotiated by Rasmus), Trouble is in securing the young players from City and Chelsea, the sell on is part of the deal, and they probably won’t look at selling without. It also makes the deal more affordable for us, and ‘transfers’ some of the risk involved. Probably a case that without the sell on clause, we don’t get to see the Lavias, Charles, and Livramentos in the first place.

Know how it’ll end then

Wasn’t it Lankshear who went through against us and skewed a shot wide ? Didn’t look that good last season against us from what I recall. Certainly not a £20m player, or an obligation to buy.