Dr Gloom

my best mate is West Ham mad and was happy to see him go, despite his success. Said he wished he’d gone after the conference league victory. the way he talked about him reminded me of what we used to say about allardyce - his negative and passive approach sucked all the fun out of watching football

No mention of what’s wrong with him. Hopefully nothing too serious. I fucking love that man

Echo what the lads have already said @Alex Not really what you expect from a Labour government tbh. This lot continue to underwhelm but it must be awful to be directly affected. Hope things work out for you man

He could probably start for Man U or Arsenal tbh

There are obviously many better strikers out there than DCL but part of our problem, if we are signing a new number 9, is we have one of the best strikers in the world so any replacement for Wilson will have to be happy playing second fiddle. Its why I’d like us to see us get someone like Ekitike or Mbemo - or some other RW I’ e never heard of who can also cover CF effectively when Isak is injured or tired

is anyone doing that? You’ve got most saying no and me and Gemmill saying might do a job as squad player

if he expects to start ahead of isak he's not for us

he's the sort of player who could come off the bench to see a game out or play in the early rounds of the cup competitions. he's not going to be challenging Isak fora starting spot in important games in the way someone like ekitke might

i imagine he'd be happy to sit on the bench, not the worst third choice striker. not the most inspiring signing either tbh but a short term deal wouldn't hurt

If we approach the game with the right attitude and intensity, we win. The only minor concern is we have history this season of coming unstuck against midtable sides we should be beating on paper. But I think the lads are laser focused on the CL prize now that there is no cup distraction. I expect us to comfortably take the three points. That would only leave us a couple of wins away from all bit securing CL football next season.

fucking superb

Ekitike scores again for Frankfurt against Spurs

Wilson to sign next

LW looking stacked if he signs

i don't mind this given it's only a year extension, but we surely still need a new younger CB with a bit of pace.

boehly is basically playing championship manager

Market valuation, according to Transfermarkt, is 55m euros. Not sure we will be spending that much on a rotation striker, but if he can provide cover on the flanks we might. his numbers since moving to Franfurt are decent. And crucially, he is similar profile to Isak

i see we've been linked with hugo ekitike again. he'd be a good rotation option for isak/replacement for wilson. he's done the business since going to frankfurt and getting regular game time. whether he'd want to come to a club where he's not a guaranteed starter after wasting a couple of years on the bench at psg is another matter. he's also a similar profile to isak and could provide cover out wide. he went to frankfurt for less than £20m and is probably going to cost double that now so it could be that we missed the boat.

we're a bootlicking vassal state as things stand with little to no influence over trump. reeves is saying the right things regarding making life easier for UK SMEs trying to trade with our closest and biggest market but words alone are meaningless

why? we're getting hit with tariffs either way. i'd take the hit on higher tariffs from the US in exchange for closer alignment with our real allies. it's time to turn away from the US and back to europe. the atlanticist fantasists behind brexit have lost the argument. we're unlikely to do a trade deal with the US and even if we do, it'll be a shit deal and our we'll be forced to chow down on chlorinated chicken

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said that Donald Trump’s global trade war has made it even more “imperative” for the UK to improve post-Brexit trading relations with the EU, ahead of a key summit next month. Reeves is pushing for Britain to pursue an ambitious economic agenda in EU/UK “reset” talks, although the government continues to rule out any move to rejoin the EU customs union. sigh

good analysis. it would be interesting to see how tino fares next season if we do end up signing an inverted RW as expected

founding father tbh