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Bournemouth game is absolutely everything. 120 minutes of football, players emotionally and physically tired. Bournemouth are a really decent team as well. Win this, we are mentality monsters and get CL.

Looking ahead to next season - works for us to have both Newcastle and Man U in European competition. Really will stretch their squads. Most of the Conference League who plays man united will treat it as probably their biggest games ever, it won't be easy for them.

I love how he is really really into it. But for his players and his club he walks straight down the tunnel and probably on the laptop within 5 minutes.

Whilst we have Emi Martinez, he will be so vital to our European adventure. Other teams will need to beat us, a draw i no good as we are now massive favourites in any penalty shootout we go into.

The "Saka Limp" on Twitter / X is quite funny. Multiple fan groups now realising Saka limps / feigns injury whenever he has a bad game.

My goodness - I actually read a couple of page of SHA thread on our expansion. How absolutely deluded can they be? Is it actually their fans posting this stuff or our fans taking the mick?

I went to the Real Madrid game with my Polish friend who is a Man City Fan (he unfortunately has cancer, and I drove him). It's becoming clear, around the away fans / that side of the stadium is there the original Man City fans sit. The opposite side, where I sat, genuinely; 2/3rds were "tourist fans". A lot of people from different ethnic backgrounds, lot of different languages, many actually supported different clubs. There's a video of Rio Ferdinand doing the round walking into the Etihad with swards of people trying to take a selfie. Years ago, he'd be sneaking in. As soon as they drop down to 3rd/4th expect their stadium to literally be half empty as those tourist fans will move on. Particularly if Man United get back to their former glories.

I disagree, I think the machine behind Pep is one of the main reasons for their utter dominance. That Txiki DoF has built this squad, with an elite manager such as Pep. Take one or both of those out, then it's easy to waste money (Chelsea, Man United).

They are VC guys. VC guys are ruthless money makers, after a return on whatever investment they make. They've purchased a distressed asset, hoodwinked an extremely desperate fanbase, in an area where the local council is effectively bankrupt. Lick of paint to the ground, fist bumps to the fans, sing along to SOTV, few nice power point presentations and they've managed to negotiate a really nice, sizable part of prime Birmingham land for a cut price. Slap down a 30/40k Euro bowl stadium (leicester, southampton etc) on the cheap; do what you want with the rest of the land as long as it's profitable. They can also sell the Small Heath land as well for a healthy profit.

Pep will only ever move to "a sure thing". The only one left is PSG. Can see Enrique doing a lot of the hard work for this non galactico rebuild, failing in the CL then Pep moving in around 15 months to "save the day". With no Klopp and Arsenal being the usual bottlers they will absolutely walk the PL next season.

Quite sad at the though of moving from VP, and the acceptance of it. Villa Park is what's unique about us in a mire of Euro Bowl stadiums. I think in a decade of so, the fact its an old school authentic stadium will be a USP / visiting factor. Knock down the North Stand, make it as big as the Holte, or bigger. Use the car park, put as much prawn sandwich stations, Corp hospitality, accommodation as required. Acquire the park behind the Witton and make it as big as possible with restrictions based on the houses behind that. There's plenty of space for the 60k+ stadium. I don't understand why that need's to be away from our home.

Bournemouth game is everything now. They are an underrated good team with absolutely nothing to lose. If we can win that, after a tough couple of weeks we have every chance.

Benefits of state ownership, and will never come out to the fullest extent. Haaland, his dad and the unrealised sperm in his scrotum will have untold millions tucked away in Abu Dhabi. The Premier League has absolutely no way of tracking this.

Interesting statement from Iran. Hinting this is straight retaliation for the consulate and the matter is “deemed concluded”. Obviously if/when Israel respond this will be on them. As usual the only losers will be innocent people in both nations.

The 1982 brigade (as I call them) the front of the upper Holte are terrible for this. We could be winning 3:0 and they are moaning to pass it forward, shoot from 40 yards.

Thanks @HanoiVillan. Just to be clear, I'm not accusing them of making a "quick buck" on the field. I think they wanted the land on the cheap which is what they've achieved (to make a quick buck). Because the commercial viability of SHA / funding doesn't make sense. If Spurs are the "finished article" / dream / aspiration. Best stadium in the country, in London, international fans, huge revenue, CL etc. They are "only" worth 2.5-3billion. So why would you risk 2-3 billion for a 1 percent chance of creating a club worth 2.5 billion?

The whole financial thing doesn't make sense or add up. The guy has 9 billion of other peoples money, who pay Knighthead to increase that money. You're telling me, they are going to gamble a third of their portfolio (2 billion on a stadium + probably another billion on players) for a 1 percent change of becoming a team like Spurs to just break even? For indications, Tottenham is valued around 2.5-3 billion with the best stadium in the country, in London, half of Korea supporting them, and a NFL agreement. Something does not add up. I think the council have been hoodwinked, and the desperation of the fans being used as bait.

He'd cost at least treble that. He's an England U21 international, even starting ahead of Rodgers. Their owners have naively made a song and dance about how much they have to spend, Fulham will rip them off.

Big Tom confirmed empty seats due to JLR clocking off at 8. Upgrading new bham Wembley to 100k, just to be safe…. mate

They'll send the Z boys to recover the lost money.

Tony Xia vibes here. Many of our fanbase fell for the "dream" plan, whilst the sensible ones questioned the intent. They manage 9bn of total assets. That's not their actual money, its money borrowed to them to invest and grow. Football is a notorious cesspit for money. If they don't get promoted in a season or 2, this could get messy. I'm not a financial expert by any means - but their portfolio gain is NEGATIVE 85.69 percent and the S&P500 is up 192% Even in the last 12 months they've lost 47.45% of their portfolio. Incredible stuff. Source: Tip Ranks

I'm sure the competent local council, with an excellent track record of managing finances and protecting public assets has thoroughly investigated this matter.

They only manage around 9 billion in total assets. They are valued at 3 billion. They aren't going spend 30 percent of their portfolio on a football stadium, which will be half empty. Tony Xia / theme park vibes here.