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Thank God for Unai Emery.

It's only the actual football stuff that this club gets right. Which, i'll take to be fair 

Just now, Tayls said:

Bit negative! 

A lot of result based analysis here. Bit like when we lose and its all overly doom and gloom. Not knocking it but they were on top at 11 v 11. 

Great result.

We were crap though. Thank God for that red card.

Lol last season v Brentford Digne got a foul given against him for getting smashed in the face as well. Poor lad.

He just doesn't look like a professional footballer the way he passes the ball, the way he moves with and without it. It's looks all so deliberate.

Its why there is such a influx of Americans coming in and buying teams or becoming part owners.

Compared to what they squeeze out of fans in the US with tickets, merchandise etc they think up that until now premier league clubs have just playing at it. They see the global appeal of the premier league and think they can do what they do in the US and then some.

1 hour ago, spiezels said:

Has been the same for a while I’ve thought when going. 
But think it might be the case across the board with all teams. 

10 wins at home in a row you’d hope would lift it though.

10 wins at home.

You've said it all there

I mean literally say it and think about it, 10 wins at home...and then measure it against our support.

**** Shocking.

Konsa and Torres. I've seen this one before.

If we get some firm like Alkmaar..I think some of the regular lads should step aside for the night and I get a ticket. You've been great, never let us down and that but for this one the double hard bastards like me should be sent over. Cheers.

2 hours ago, Lichfield Dean said:

Bruges has very nice alcoves

You use this word, alcoves?

Weirdly he's the player who i remember the most outside of Messi and Emi in that Argentina squad at the WC. Thought he was brilliant or at least very involved! 

I think he might be a bit unheralded as he isn't the prettiest penny.

7 minutes ago, Rosch said:

Hi Ho Zaniolo

This is it

6 minutes ago, VillaJay said:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2023/08/15/aston-villa-verge-signing-nicolo-zaniolo-marcos-acuna/

Percy confirming Zaniolo and possibly Acuna with Digne going to Saudi.

Im not sure the Saudis can match what Digne's on with us.

We are f**ked without him. Always have been.

Konsa has always been shite without Mings, now he's about to get properly found out just like Cash

Bailey is too weak and too slow and hasnt got a good enough touch to nullify it. Every time he gets the ball it's life or death.

Bailey is a **** joke

Even if I wanted to spend that sort of money I wouldn't cos everyone would be looking at you like a prawn sandwich merchant.

1 minute ago, MWARLEY2 said:

It is frustrating but you havent considered the most important person in this. Aaron.  Does he want to go on loan again ? Does he want to be squad member 25 of a 25 man squad and barely get on the pitch  ? Does he want to compete with his brother  ? ...

Or does he want to test himself in the Prem playing for a good young manager   while knowing if he does well it could catapult him into stardom and let him continue to develop . 

If it is £12 mill then that suggests we feel he has a good chance of making it  but we simply cannot offer him the gametime needed so have put a buy back clause in. 

Then loan him to Burnley, I don't care. We shouldn't be selling our top prospects who we have been at the club since the age of 8 probably. It's all very well saying this buy back clause but will be activate it?, Does anyone know the length of it. If he's progressing well but is inconsistent and needs more time do we pay 25mill for him or go for another shiny new thing. Will Burnley get relegated, if so how does his "value" go then, is he stuck in the championship and we can't see him develop at the top level unless we pay 25mill for him? Or is it a Douglas Luiz scenario where ultimately he needs time we miss the window to sign because we are hunting shiny new things and he becomes a top player. If he's not Jude Bellingham within 2 years, there's loads of excuses and rationalisations that will be made not to buy him back.

FFS fans banging on about "pure profit" when we are selling one of our top home grown academy players for 12mill. 

We shouldn't be selling him at all..loan to prem club will do. I know the club have stepped up a level in all areas but im fuming about this. All this buyback clause stuff is just trying to be clever when you are being stupid. We aren't Man City, we aren't awash with world class players and this isn't some Brazilian we picked up when he was 15 who has no connection to the club. If it was for what he's worth than maybe that could give some solace but 12 mill, we paid more than that for some from the MLS who is the definition of raw and who couldn't dream of ever being on a level to Ramsey technically.

God I hope we do have a great season to distract me cos there's loads of little things that annoy me about us "levelling up" on and off the field.

Co commentator wont shut the up, literally talks every 5 seconds.

F**k me, Thomas Franks got our number 

How much is Gerrard on then? Cos if even if I am the shittest manager on the planet, if I'm Steven Gerrard there's no **** way I'm letting Jordan Henderson be paid more then me, no matter how much of a sound lad he is.

At the very least I'd be saying I'm getting you 700k a week, you pass 200k on to me la.

2 hours ago, gwi1890 said:

Although he only scored 1 goal for Levante last season there were some praise for his hold up play and pressing .

 

 

Ffs is got to 45 seconds before I said to myself what am I doing with my life and stopped watching.

Desperate.

34 minutes ago, alreadyexists said:

Apparently he’s the fastest player in the PL

In the age of data and analytics, when you look at the top 4 players in that list it does seem like clubs are happy to pay obscene amounts based on a speed rating.