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31 minutes ago, bickster said:

Carrie is peeling the wallpaper off as we speak

As would I to be fair. It's worth more psqm than £50s.

2 hours ago, Demitri_C said:

I must admit im not  afan of inheritance tax to be honest mate. I find that abit of a unfair tax

I find it unfair that some people are born with £100s of millions of low taxed trust and untouched 'farm' wealth passed down from a lucky Norman knight.

People need to realise many already pay way more in inheritance tax than the super wealthy. It's that kind of obscene wealth hidden behind complex legal entities that many believe should be targeted, not grandma's 4 bed semi.

1 minute ago, IrishVilla10 said:

I’m completely against the idea chambers can cover RB, no way can he do the job we ask of cash or Digne. If cash gets injured and we’re relying on chambers to cover then it compromises how we like to play 

I don't necessarily think it's the best idea, just the most likely as I can't see us selling a CB. I certainly don't think we're going to go into the season with 5 CBs and 5 FBs.

I also don't think titanium man Matty Cash with Young as backup would see Chambers needed to play there outside of a nothing league cup tie or two at the most. I actually thought Konsa did a surprisingly good job there when he covered a few years ago.

27 minutes ago, PaulMcGrath_5 said:

 

Interesting. I assumed Young re-signing meant we wouldn't target any more defenders.

If we do sign a LB I assume Guilbert will be sold, KKH will go on loan with Young and Chambers to cover RB.

How long until these are going to be readily available*?!

Is there still an issue with supply of components, or is it simply keeping them scarce so the price stays high?

*and hopefully a bit cheaper

15 minutes ago, Davkaus said:

Still no word from my MP, Tom Randall, one of the 2019 intake, on either his stance on Johnson, or my allegations that he's the mentally challenged, illegitimate offspring of Jacob Rees-Mogg

6 minutes ago, sir_gary_cahill said:

I wouldn’t know how to!

You shouldn't want to change it anyway. You take the mick out of yourself for rating all our youth players, but your username will forever be a reminder of one you got very, very right!

Crazy they get away with it to be honest.

I was reading an article the other day how quite a lot of players have failed drug tests (recreational & PEDs) in the last few years, but the league is so worried about ruining the brand it's always hushed up. One of my friends always insisted the best thing for the NFL would be to just legalise it as they're all up to it anyway. I'm starting to think football might as well do the same.

1 hour ago, Mic09 said:

Why is it that fans can make better kits than professional corporate giants? 

I do wonder if it's often a case of 'too many cooks'. @NurembergVillan has written some really interesting posts on the various requirements of the shirts in the past.

I dare say the designers employed by these companies could all individually produce amazing designs if given a blank brief and no sponsor/league/manufacturer guidelines to worry about.

2 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

So Brentford can sign Hickey, whilst having " good enough " Fullbacks for competetion, but us, who supposedley have ambitions of being top 6 - 8, have meltdowns about going after quality players in positions we have other " good " players. Lol ( Fans I mean )

Whether or not he's better than Henry can be debated, but as he's two-footed and immediately their best option at RB he will be starting anyway. 

I've not seen these meltdowns you're talking about, although I don't think fans having differing opinions creates some sort of group hypocrisy when the opinions clash.

4 minutes ago, useless said:

Not sure Hickey will be guaranteed game time at Brentford, Rico Henry looked one of their best players whenever I saw them last season.

I can't see Brentford making him their record signing and not playing him. Presumably he'll be straight in at right back as well as covering for Henry.

4 minutes ago, paul514 said:

Lad turned 20 last month and has played 81 games he actually needs to take it a bit easy or he will ruin his body as many have before him.

Fair point. 

6 minutes ago, paul514 said:

Yep, would have been a good signing for us.

People say he wants to play first team and not back up to Digne/Cash..... in response I always think the player must not back themselves that much to unseat the existing first choice 

I can completely understand why a player would want as many games as possible at that age. There are plenty of examples of players development massively stalling by making a move a year or two earlier than they should have.

14 hours ago, Mic09 said:

He just finished working at the most elite club you can imagine.

He is as elite as they come. 

He's a good manager and probably out of our league, but elite as they come? Really?

That doesn't compare to Klopp, Guardiola, Ancelotti, Zidane, Mourinho and many more current managers.

As for PSG, they have to win a champions league or two before they can be spoken about in the same breath as any of the top European clubs.

Regardless, I hope Gerrard does a great job this season so we wont even be having these discussions about other managers! I'm certainly excited (and a bit apprehensive) to see what our team looks like come the start of the season.

4 minutes ago, Jas10 said:

5 minutes ago, Jas10 said:

Sounds like McGinn…

Sounds like McGinn…

Someone able tae win th' baw back heich up th' pitch ower than aye inviting thaim onto us. 

That sounds more like McGinn.

2 minutes ago, El Segundo said:

Factor in 5 subs, 2 cup competitions, Covid and injuries,  I don't think 8 midfielders is too many.

I don't think we should worry too much about the taxing nature of our annual FA cup game!

5 minutes ago, TRO said:

The confusing thing for me is.....many of us agree Dougie is not a defensive midfielder, just deployed there, while we sorted ourselves out.

yet we still talk about him as if he's a no6 ......If he goes, we are losing a No 8 imo.

Unless Nakamba is capable of playing alongside Kamara in certain games, we do need another defensively capable midfielder......BK will find the going tough, if we don't provide him with some help.

Midfield needs to have a robust tone to it.....for us to improve.

Looking at Otavio's pressing stats he is a very defensively capable midfielder, albeit one operating in a different area of the pitch.

While it would be good to have someone who can sit alongside Kamara when necessary, I personally feel we would look much more solid having someone able to win the ball back high up the pitch rather than always inviting them onto us.

4 minutes ago, est1874 said:

He says, unironically. You might want to find another hobby pal, I'm not sure speculating on message boards is for you

I completely agree. Unfortunately I'm just as addicted to reading the same shit jokes and trawling for a snippet of actual news as anyone on here.

Having a week off work isn't helping.

13 minutes ago, est1874 said:

People on a message board where redundant waffle is peddled on the regular accusing people who post ITK on Twitter of attention seeking

Couldn't make it up

That's not quite the gotcha you think it is.

7 minutes ago, gaz90 said:

Grimes is pretty spot on, usually. She's not a journalist, but works in the industry (on the legal side I think). She tends to call it before the main outlets as she's ITK but because of that things can change between say an enquiry and a transfer actually happening. She strikes me as pretty legit rather than attention seeking.

She may be legit, but I can't think of a reason other than attention seeking to post any of it online.

Be prepared for the possibility of having to go through ID verification as I got stung by it last time I tried to place a last minute bet on something online. Presumably they will make you do it to withdraw anyway.

It should be a relatively quick & painless process but I'd do it ahead of time just in case you get issues with blurry pictures etc.

4 minutes ago, Cosmik Debris said:

Quite ironic that so many of the people moaning are not paying any money to support this site that they get to use for free. 

Sounds like there are just a lot of people that want something for nothing as always, then will probably moan there isn’t enough investment in the club

I've donated quite a bit of money to this site in the past, I'm just not a monthly 'subscriber'.

Apologies for having opinions above my station.

p.s. that isn't what ironic means

51 minutes ago, tomsky_11 said:

FYI you can hide your own posts by clicking the three dots in the top right.