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21 hours ago, MWARLEY2 said:

Interestingly he was signed by Rangers to replace Rory Wilson .

Maybe we’re doing the same. The 5 year contract has been on the table for a while now…

1 hour ago, maqroll said:

I know it's just one result in isolation, but losing 4-0 at home to Spurs was really irresponsible. 

Yep, we really bottled that one. We had a huge chance to build a gap on Spurs and we crumbled. Thankfully we made up for it last week with an ‘unexpected’ win. 

4 points from the next two games will be great, regardless of which way around they come. 

The win against Arsenal is looking even bigger now. We really need to beat Bournemouth to put huge pressure on Spurs. 

Liverpool 3 down, and West Ham losing now too

17 minutes ago, MarkLillis said:

It’s is an anomaly….i can’t remember anything like that recently.

We threw away a two goal lead at Luton too. Luckily Digne rescued us. It’s not the norm, but it’s definitely not a one off. 

3 minutes ago, Keyblade said:

A point would be amazing. When was the last time we got at least a point at the Etihad? Has to be 2009 at the latest. Probably more like 2007. Which is crazy.

I seem to remember a 2-0 win, with a Shaun Maloney goal. Must have been circa 2008. We did win there in the League Cup under Lambert. We’re due a bit of luck there. 

7 minutes ago, ender4 said:

Big 4 - £50-70m

Spurs - £40m

Chelsea - £40m (related party)

Newcastle - £30m (related party)

Aston Villa - £20m

West Ham - £10m

Brighton - £8m

The other 10 - £2-6m

We’re getting there. 

I think we have to appeal the red card. It’s a foul and a yellow card, but a red is ridiculously harsh. 

Next week is huge. We need to regain the initiative quickly, which we have done this season  following defeats. Another defeat next week and I get the feeling that the season will drift away. The injuries (and McGinn’s suspension) are killing us. The midfield without Kamara and McGinn (and possibly even Ramsey) looks weak.

This is going to get messy. Double figures? 

It’s hard to see Carla Ward still at Villa next season. The regression from last season has been alarming.

At least we’ve learnt to win without him now, albeit not very comfortably. Hopefully another few days recuperation and he’ll be good to go. 

Feels like a huge victory. This is the point when we traditionally begin the collapse. Hopefully different this time around. 

Would have preferred an easier tie to be honest. But it’s a ‘proper’ two legged European match up. Can’t wait. 

6th is quite probable now in my opinion, but I don’t think we’ll drop as low as 7th. We’d have all taken 6th and The Conference League before the season started. Still very much doable. 

He’s someone that we definitely need to upgrade in the summer. Not good enough for the level we want to be at. 

11 minutes ago, Leeroy said:

That’s not a very long extension really, only 2 years longer than current contract, I was expecting until 2028 or 2029. Hopefully it will be longer than that as rewarding Leon with a big pay increase you’d want a commitment to 4 or 5 years really. 

He’ll be down to 12 months this summer I think, so it protects his value from Villa’s point of view. 

3 minutes ago, Captain_Townsend said:

I can't get over how big he is...

If it’s £15m then I think that will definitely include some add ons, and probably difficult to reach add ons, considering it was widely reported that Boro were looking for £12m. 

Amateur hour it seems…

46 minutes ago, maqroll said:

So much for a quiet window...

34 minutes ago, foreveryoung said:

Terrible ITK. Still can mean it's not happening, tell me when it's 100%, or most likely it'll be done by then.

I’m fairly confident that he’s a Middlesbrough supporter. He might well have good contacts there.