Alex

Walker is having a mare so far.

That’s a ridiculous booking

Saw someone on there saying that makes Jack Clarke worth £40m. They’re thick as pig’s shit

They’ve got zero self awareness though. They’re probably the most holier than thou set of fans going.

Basically it’s clubs needing to be creative to meet the rules designed by them and the rest of the cabal to prevent other clubs competing with them.

Yes

@GemmillYou’ll be pleased to hear I had some more absolute nonsense through the door yesterday from our favourite Tory candidate / Clarence Boddicker lookalike. He’s rated as having a 1% chance to win the seat so it’s nice to see his bullshit is, if anything, counterproductive.

How do you mean? Have I been whooshed (again)?

Agreed, you only get to take the pens if you’re the best penalty taker. And they’re goals regardless

You been to his bar? Best tapas in Ilkley, ah tell thee

I guess a big part of the problem is other clubs being in the same boat. Wasn’t last January the quietest ever in terms of transfers? Since the current transfer window system began anyway I think. Previously English clubs were comfortably outspending the rest of the world. It doesn’t seem sustainable in terms of the Premier League as a ‘product’. You’d also think there will soon be enough clubs kicking up a stink to get things changed. Brighton, for example, gave built a successful model on buying well then selling on for a profit. And repeat.

Ah, right. That makes sense then cheers. And aye, you would think something like that is still on the cards.

I would have thought that the most convenient solution would be selling a player like Almiron to a Saudi club. No doubt the hypocrites in the media would go off it. But we’ve largely avoided doing it so far. ASM was sold at market value (arguably below) and plenty other clubs have done similar. Something like £25m would not be too far off. Transfermkt has him at €20m. I’m sure a club that isn’t owned by PIF could be ‘persuaded’ just to make it all look above board. Two years there and he could go home absolutely loaded

There’s a lad I went to school with who’s the singer in a pearl jam tribute act. Think it was a couple of years back and they did a gig at the 02 academy in town with a couple of other bands, I think one was a RHCP act, and, iirc, the tickets were £50

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Hopefully he’s arrogant enough so that he’ll take things so far that he ends up serving some serious time. Because he’s a genuine existential threat to the establishment that’s indulged him up until now. So the gloves are off there. And he’s also a genuine self-serving, traitorous cunt, who’s bitten off more than he can chew, motivated by greed.

Now they’re bothered

Also, there’s loads of cities where the locals will talk about ‘going into town’ or whatever in reference to the city centre. Just another example of them making something up then getting worked up about it

On the plus side, imagine how he’ll feel after having spent several million pounds of his own money in this Tory election campaign

I quite like women’s football. Certainly don’t have a problem with. Before you ask, I’m not a lesbian

It’s a slightly misleading stat anyway. I mean the players on the list were clocked at that speed. Making them literally the fastest. But quickest from a standing start over 10 or 20 metres might be a different set of players. As would quickest with the ball at their feet. Less easy to quantify in a match though

Premier League site reckons it’s Haaland

I think Reform’s success, if they get anything like those 19 seats, will be their undoing. Because a little bit of scrutiny will reveal their abhorrent views

When the Halls and Shepherd sold the club, wasn’t the large debt almost the same as what they’d taken out in dividends over their tenure?

No expense spent