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MOTD commentator called him "Mohammed Diaby" accidentally

Don't understand the clamour to get rid of Digne. He's essentially been pivotal in us having our best season in a long, long time and he and Moreno are probably the most like-for-like replacements we have in the entire squad.

@rjw63 and @JAMAICAN-VILLAN enjoying the Villa goals 2 minutes before everyone else

If it offers any crumb of encouragement with my FM2023 Latvia save, the board have (finally) upgraded my youth facilities to "Excellent" and I've had a couple of Latvian kids come through who look handy (both are strikers which is a bit annoying as I play with 1; PSG rumoured to be interested in one of them though which is a great sign). So "the nation" is going to improve. The Latvian league is still sat 8th in terms of ranking and I got knocked out of the CL in the Round of 16 for the first time in about 8 seasons which has pissed off the board . Players still want to leave for the massive clubs, but I always go for the talk with them, they didn't meet the valuation, enter high valuation loop. A few times it gets met and I just refuse it leading to an unhappy player... but they still perform well. I actually had a reputation amongst my squad of "not keeping promises" which was an actual problem, so had to sell a few players and re-invest. Overall, though, the side is still very strong and, more importantly, the league is getting better. Valmiera qualified from the Europa League group again, won in their playoff but lost to Leipzig in the Round of 16. Other sides (RFS, Riga, Auda) are picking up some random very good players on free transfers. I think it's because every club is rich so they offer silly wages but they're getting players who are causing my side some (small) problems and should see those sides do better in Europe. Definitely a bit of a slog, but it does get better once you get past the stage you're at.

That's not "more context" though, it's a different question

Thing is, he probably isn't. He's a bit of a weird one - I don't actually think Watkins is in the elite striker bracket, even though his finishing has improved for us. However, for us, he's absolutely perfect in that striker role because he does everything well. Finishing, heading, hold up play, dropping into channels, feeding other attacking players - he does everything well but arguably doesn't excel at any one thing. So we'd be asking for a crazy amount but he's (very likely) not worth the risk of a crazy amount to any other club. It's only good news as far as Villa are concerned

He's broken multiple records as a manager over there (fastest to win 50 games etc), so technically has a “better” start to his managerial career than Mourinho. Still a risk, of course, but he’s doing very well. Sporting have become a very solid side under him, despite still losing their best players season on season.

They had a cutoff point of sometime in March and then an appeal failed. It seems Gateshead and the Council didn’t sort themselves out for whatever reason.

2 cups out of 15?! Are you including European trophies here? He’s done a very good job at Sporting. Not really sure how you can think otherwise. His Sporting side are the first team not called Porto/Benfica to win the league in 20 years or something. 1 league title (likely 2) and 2 domestic cups in 4 seasons is fantastic stuff - 50% of the available domestic trophies.

I can't see why it would be corruption - but Forest and Wolves have had the most "big" decisions go against them by some distance.

Not a **** chance

It moves back towards the ball. A very natural, instinctive movement... but his arm goes toward the ball. It's coming down slightly as the cross goes over, then flicks back out to make contact. I'm not fussed about it not being given, but I'd want it if against Villa etc.

"Yeah, fair point lads... but. really, it should be Huddersfield in the Premier League, not you guys. So just suck it up!"

Different competition, different rules.