Polarboy

Burt, Chicken Nonce and Hope should all be put in stocks and Romano should be allowed to throw rotten food at them if they've besmirched his good name.

Hope here to pour some lukewarm piss on our jubilation. Of course this tweet is perfect in terms of seeming to be really in the know, and when/if the deal goes through nobody can say he lied or didn't know what was happening.

In fairness MMXXVIII in the post before mentioned that Romano had made an update, I merely posted the tweet 😂 👍

That 10% sell on owed to Fluminense that another poster mentioned was probably the sticking point, which is probably why Watford are now getting a 10% sell on fee. Wilson having tight hamstring really brought into focus again, not that it needed to, how crucial it we have someone like Pedro in the squad.

Yeah but those stats are from Ligue 1. Maddison has proven himself in the PL which adds value obviously. Paqueta could very well come into the PL and replicate those stats or even improve upon them given he's still relatively young, then again he may not.

If those rumours are true I think it was always likely the case they we'd bid for Paqueta late in the window, if a late final bid for Maddison is rejected.

Going by the rumours it seems we might actually be after a centre mid given Shelvey's injury. His injury might turn out to be a blessing in disguise if we can get in a quality player tailormade for that position sitting in front of the defence. Bruno could get back to scaring the opposition shitless with his late runs into their box. No offence to Shelvey obviously, but he was always getting replaced at some point. Plus if he doesn't play those three games his contract doesn't get extended. We've had that Mexican lad off Ajax, Alvarez linked, and now some lad called Kone off Monchengladbach. My hope is that we know we're getting a loan off Chelsea most likely to cover the wide position, so Pedro and one of these two, or maybe even another unnamed centre mid, will be two permanents we get in.

No, again I just think the owners completely overshadow an attitude a single player could have, and lets face it there probably already are homophobic players in the squad. In any case we appear to be going round in circles here so I'll leave it at that. No offence meant on my part, I was just genuinely curious as to what your thinking was.

Yeah I don't know, I just don't understand the attitude of well I'll support the club even though the owners execute people for being gay, but if we sign homophobic players I'll really be upset. Whatever moral barometer there was at the club for gay people was broken with the new owners taking over, as in if you didn't decide to stop supporting the club because of that you never will. By your logic you'd still keep supporting the club, but be morally troubled, even if every player was homophobic, given the moral bad of that doesn't even come close to what our owners do. So again it seems pointless.

Don't you think the horse has somewhat bolted in that respect. As you say our owners are Saudi Arabia, a country where gay people are routinely put to death. It seems like pointless moral posturing to state that us signing a supposedly homophobic player, I haven't seen evidence of that but I'll take your word for it, would be even an extra drop in the bucket.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Sarr showed a lot of quality for a poor Watford team the two times they've been up since he's been at the club. 25m would be a decent price for him and he's still young and coachable at 24. He's only that cheap because he has a year or two on his contract. Villa will probably still sign him, I just thought it was funny that it's in slight danger of collapse going by the tweet.

My tits would be fully laughed off if we actually did nick him off Villa. He could just have heard about the ridiculous wages other Villa players are getting and wants parity, but it may also be the case that he's waiting for another club.

You'd assume both parties wouldn't go to the trouble of direct negotiations if there wasn't a deal there to be made.

When asked Howe said he was hopeful we'll sign someone next week, but there are no guarantees. Hopefully he was just being a bit cautious and Pedro will be sewn up in the next few days. I think he was vaguely asked about Pedro when the question was asked. So he didn't name him but that was his response. Having Pedro would really help us manage Wilson's minutes better, like today when he felt his hamstring was tight. Wood is OK for a sub, but compared to Pedro's pace he may as well be running in concrete.

Sounds like Wilson being taken off was just a precaution for a tight hamstring. Thank fuck for that. Bacon tits would have left him on and let him get a serious injury.

Literally and figuratively.

Yeah there is no debate, Pope is clearly the superior keeper between him and Dubs.

Ciggy and mahogany on to win the game for us.

His movement is amazing, but how do you not have someone tight on Haaland at all times.

Never in doubt 😂

I can't tell if things just aren't quite falling for Wilson today, or if he's got balloons for feet in this match.

It really is just that last few properly competent players in attack that we are missing. If we had a Maddison, Harrison etc we'd likely be level.

Pope is going to need to get a promotion to Saint if we're going to get something from this.