His Name Is Death

"There are teams like Aston Villa waiting for the player." So, West Ham, then. (This is usually the way.)

Demonstrates just how atrocious West Ham's is.

**** no lol. PES-level design.

I’d be happy if they pare it back to the lion, but I’m concerned they’re going to keep the old badge or make it blander and even more optimised for social media pfps.

If this is just because of the molehill-sized 'backlash' on social media, it's utterly pathetic, but this is exactly why people should think before commenting on social media. If you're not actually against something, don't bloody complain about it.

Even though it's the Mail, Tom Collomosse is pretty reliable for Midlands clubs.

Nice of the 'super 6' to give each other, even their supposed rivals, a helping hand.

Oh fair enough lol.

Why are people arguing about how Leicester plays/how Barnes plays with someone who’s presumably watched them week in week out?

Sadly, Lopetegui has a good record against him too, so I expect Wolves will continue to frustrate us next season.

For all of what? Two games? You've known our fanbase for how long?

Isn't there a Beautician Ruchee who plays for the Zimbabwe national team?

It's mindboggling he's only 22 and he's already scored over 220 goals. That's already more than quite a number of strikers have scored in their entire careers, including Dwight Yorke and Les Ferdinand, and nearly as many as Michael Owen.

It's the same with fans even of teams who regularly feature in the CL. They get reflexively wound up by journalists and pundits and find little to respect about their opinions - not unjustly, mind you - but at the same time they seem to crave their attention and approval. I think there's also a lack of giving people the benefit of the doubt, as if there couldn't be an actual good reason why a journalist would be guarded about our chances - considering that, yes, we'd be up against Man City, Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal and Liverpool, and potentially Spurs, Brighton and Newcastle - rather than unreservedly confident in our ability to manage the demands of the ECL, domestic competitions, and a top 4 finish.

Rapid Vienna, here we come!

Surely the Mudryk deal was some kind of money laundering? He looked a fine enough player at Donetsk but the amount spent on him was absurd.

(I'm sure you got the joke, but I just wanted to post the original tweets in case people weren't aware of it.) (For people who don't know, this is our name and badge in various Pro Evolution Soccer games because Konami couldn't get the licence for our real name and badge. Leeds are called Yorkshire Whites.)

I think there's a kind of doublethink that goes on on social media. It's more likely that they know we're not just copying Chelsea but can't resist believing it anyway for the sake of manufacturing drama and getting a rise out of Villa fans.

In that they've both won major trophies more recently than us?

If true, more fool me for thinking he might be above this.

Or the last 10 years.