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1 hour ago, jacketspuds said:

Classy as well for it all to come out before the end of the season.

He’ll probably have a paddy at some point, like he did at Wolves, and leave the day before the season starts.

To be fair he'd been told and assured by Wolves that he'd have money to spend on players. Even before he signed for them. But then got told, "actually no we don't, we can't spend anything basically, work with what you got". He obviously felt he'd done what he could with the squad he had at the time, and decided to leave. Could be a very good signing for West Ham. I'm not sure they've really got the squad for his type of football though 

18 hours ago, MotoMkali said:

 

 

I don't think it's much of a coincidence that the players that are really dead tired right now are John and Dougie. 

 

Mcginn has played 4600 minutes for club and Country this year (minus injury time which is probably another 400 or so minutes for us), so he's probably played 58 games this season at 86 minutes a game. 

 

Luiz has played 54 games this season, and probably close to 4600 minutes (4092 minutes in regulation plus probably an extra 500 minutes with injury time) with just us and another 100 or so with Brazil, so probably close to 87 minutes a game.

 

They have done something nearly impossible and both will be over 5000 minutes in 9 months at the end of the season.

The other thing is the mileage they're putting in this season, hopefully doesn't come back and bite us next season. It's a lot of football and they need full rest over the summer. Not sure if he gets that with Brazil etc.

3 hours ago, Nabby said:

Must be as long as Bennie McCarthy now .

It's happening!!!....Oh wait, McCarthy has long retired. I saw his name and thought "is it finally happening?!" 

Just now, sheepyvillian said:

But the tug was unnecessary. 

That's what she said

2 minutes ago, NorthernGordon said:

I was taking a dump when we got a goal back.  I'll neck some Naga Ghost Pepper sauce from the bottle and run back another three times, 4-2 should do it. 

Your sacrifice is appreciated by us all 

18 minutes ago, Jas10 said:

Wish we would change/upgrade these crappy lions though… the worst version… would look way better with the proper ones.

Like actual lions!? The fear we could give opposition teams 

It's definitely a good way to be doing business. Both were good buys financially and have proven to be great players who's fitted in very nicely. Moreno has been unlucky with injuries but I'm sure once he's had a pre season and can stay fit he'll be back to his best.

6 minutes ago, Wurzel said:

 

Was going to say nicely down the toilet, but looks like a Guiness. That would sacrilege to throw one of those away....but with that thing smeared on it, it's already ruined. 

On 30/04/2024 at 05:14, The_Steve said:

The lion is missing an eye, someone clearly downloaded a template and did a horrible job with it. 

Looks like the lion has lost some of it's claws based on that bottom paw aswell

On 24/04/2024 at 23:24, TheAuthority said:

Is anyone else more concerned about what is that thing on the bottom of his right cheek? I mean, where does that come from? Is that an alien control device? What's going on? I'm disturbed.

I think that's a microphone/headset, rather than a cheese puff sticking out of his face 

2 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said:

I wonder when we'll start to see materials and equipment arrive for the warehouse work over the summer - my understanding is that some of the work in the North Stand on new areas has already started and is visible with new spaces being worked on behind hoardings - there's a lot of stuff planned for this summer and it'll be interesting to see when the club decides to talk about it. 

 

Theme park prep 

5 hours ago, Stevo985 said:

I think as long as you avoided getting caught up in all of the hysteria-based-on-no-evidence of us moving to a new stadium... this has always been the most obvious scenario.

I assume the additions to the board and partnerships has now made it a more financially viable pursuit

This. I think with investment from Atairos and the new board members/recruitment, it's getting everything in place before going ahead with the building part of it.

I think the other major problem is the time it takes. It's like they only review something way after it's happened, and then it's reviewed in real time, and of course they want to make sure, but it all adds to the time in which something happens and the final decision being made.  Why isn't an offside for example being flagged in real time within the VAR room. Then when the goal has been scored VAR are contacting the ref "hey that's offside, it's clear and obvious." Or "hey you should go over to the screen to review it". I watch the NHL and as soon as there is a penalty or something that needs reviewing it's very quick. The odd occasion it does take a little longer, mainly because of the angle of the camera and the view isn't great, so they're having to look at multiple angles. But half the VAR related incidents in the premier league you can see after one or two replays. The Carlos tackle on the weekend took ages and I could see it was a foul 3500 miles away on TV. Why is it taking so long for them to decide? It's technology, why aren't we using it to help us? Instead of putting all the emphasis on it to make a decision? Help the referee, I don't think anyone is really bothered whether it's the ref or VAR that says "foul" or "offiside" as long as the correct decision is made. At the moment it just feels like it annoys everyone because of the mi of decisions that go on week by week and the whole reason for it was to eradicate human error, and simplify decisions. 

5 hours ago, Talldarkandransome said:

These are not hideous, I almost don't care about the badge anymore but that ugly AU50 thing is awful.

Same. The AV 150 anniversary logo is a bit obnoxious in size.

5 hours ago, GlobalVillan said:

Maybe they don't expect a man with serious health issues to come back and manage a mid table 3rd tier team in front of 12,000 fans every week.

12. Your hand must have hit the 0 key a few too many times 

All this trefoil talk....I'm just saying it in a Brummie accent like someone is trying to say "truffle oil"

18 hours ago, HanoiVillan said:

You're not going to believe this, but apparently 'a study' has declared that they had a 54 point something percent chance of staying up with Sala in the team, so they have rounded that up to 100 and then billed Nantes the entire cost of relegation as they see it. 

Absolute scumbag club, always have been. 

Insane. Feel like his name is being dragged through the mud with court cases flying around.

On 22/04/2024 at 14:24, Chindie said:

Heck has hinted the kit will have some new feature. No blue sleeves...?

Anti sweat material  

Excellent news. I'm sure the media will be left confused "but he could have gone to Barca, Or Bayern or even Man Utd?". I have to pinch myself that this is all real sometimes!!

7 hours ago, Tom13 said:

Where's the clip?

I saw a clip on Instagram and it looked like he punched the air that many times he almost fell over.

DIBUUUUUUUU that's all I can say right now. So glad he's ours.

On 28/03/2024 at 10:29, Zatman said:

UEFA have now relaxed the rules on multi club ownership playing in the same tournament

You cant make it up

We can increase our stake in that Portuguese club back to where it was then? 

Just to add to all the chaos!!

That wasn't the time to do that 

Away goals still count? Or has that rule changed quicker than I thought?