sparrow1988

No but he has used the phrase “savez-vous qui je suis?”

Probably not. Nobody does. He might speak Irish though.

Get out!

Meh, the France players were singing about Messi being pocketed by Kante in the last World Cup either after winning the thing or knocking them out. Maybe even both. The Argentina players are doing the same now with Mbappé. I don’t see the big deal.

4 goals including the shootout.

Yet when a player wants a move then it invariably happens, save for a few exceptions. We have no idea what is in the contract. It could just as easily have a release clause and he could be off for 60 million or so. Nobody knows so declarations that the club hold all the power could turn out to be wrong. There might be no release clause and Emi might still push for a move (don’t think that he will). Nobody here knows.

This might not be a 100% bad thing

Says more about people who think that he means it sincerely IMO. It’s obviously a joke.

Wes caught him in bed with Mallory, didn’t he?

You’re right. Flog him until he drops.

So was I

I was wondering if he has based this figure on empirical evidence.

Says a lot about your taste in tv shows if you don’t find Ant and Dec a menacing presence.

Definitely gettable

Don’t remember Scottie Pippen lifting Michael Jordan over his head in a lake myself.

Well it is nearly Christmas

And not one football player bought. Spent it all on hookers and booze.

Hey don’t be having a go at the club for this. You should be having a word with your mother for not popping you out a day earlier.

Tbf, they see him twice a season and their overwhelming opinion is probably, why is this bloke so obsessed with Zaha?

No idea.

It’s the directive from the league to the refs. Stuff like that although technically a foul will not be given. “Let it flow”. The ref is only doing what he is told.

I don’t expect you to believe anything, but to just dismiss the argument that the club were desperate for cash out of hand is also just deliberate ignorance of a factor in why he was so cheap. I mean according to Purslow we were quoted around £30 million in the window before. Transfermarkt (I know it’s not terribly accurate) had him down as being worth €28 million at his highest rated. I’m not saying that his club sold him to the first bidder, maybe we were just the club that offered the most money upfront. Maybe it was the best deal for Marseille before their club went bust and they couldn’t afford to wait for an improved bid from another club. The fact of the matter is that we don’t know, yet you insist the fact that we were buying from a club in dire straits financially has nothing to do with the price we paid. I think that anybody who understands how bargaining positions work know that it played a big part.

And also mainly because of the fact that the French league apart from PSG went bust and we’re desperate for money during covid.

It could have went either way IMO. It’s not an obvious penalty. March comes in, doesn’t really win the ball, gets kicked but Digne also makes minimal ball contact. Digne should be more aware of what’s going on around him though. That was the bigger issue, not the contact. I think if March flicks the ball away and Digne boots him like he did then fine it’s a penalty. It reminds me a bit of that Nani incident years back in the CL, obviously not to the same extent. He only has eyes for the ball, jumps to control it in the air and ends up kung-fu kicking the opposition player in the chest. No intent but it was a red card. I think the decision was correct in the end. However, I can also see why Brighton fans might be annoyed though.