The Fish

Nah, £30m isn't very much. £70k pw, until 2026. He's 26yr old and a really creative player when fit. Would be a real difference maker for a team like Crystal Palace. Any midtable team who puts an emphasis on defence and are in need of an attacking outlet.

What's wrong with that? They usually work Saturdays and Sundays anyway.

If someone were to offer £40m for ASM we should take it. He's an exciting game changer for a team, but he's just too injury prone. When we didn't have an actual tactician in the managers office ASM was clearly our biggest threat to other teams. Now he's still a threat, but our overall game doesn't need to rely on him as much. At this stage of our evolution we play a more complete game without him, we need to be shrewd in the transfer window and selling him frees up a bit in wages and a sizeable chunk in transfer fee. He must be on about £70k pw, that plus a £35m fee would make it easier to bring in Barnes who can not only replace ASM's creativity, but also provides better tactical awareness/defensive cover. When we're trophy gobbling behemoth, we can sign someone like ASM, for the lols.

Not sure if it was the cast or the less familiar setting but I didn't get into it as much as the first. Couple of stand out episodes, the one retelling the actions that got John Basilone his Medal of Honor, specifically. There's a third instalment coming out later this year on Apple tv (I think) called Masters of the Air.

I did nazi that coming.

Besides the older fans who might have hazy memories of players from ye olde Sunderland, the younger ones will say Pickford or Henderson, surely?

That you're positive, optimistic.

Why would I pay off the mortgage and then work more??

Needs another cell for Hoymanheyman's preferred method of Jackson Pollocking the bedroom wall.

This is what I'm worried about Gordon burning out after a long ass season.

When he daydreams of being a superhero, he picks Robin.

You're a real sunny day kind of guy, aren't you?

Sorry, these puns aren't meant to deturbot actually encourage activity. Salmon will along soon to link a young lad with a cod given talent. Sorry, I'll stop floundering here and stop this load of pollocks.

That made me bream from ear to ear.

I'm sorry MR Bass

I want Matheus Franca and Angelo Gabriel from Brazil. Because they're young, and foreign.

This will be annoying for him if he has.

At least they'll train on time.

That's a real Ronseal of a pun there.

Bear in mind also that those ratings (I assume from whoscored) are based on specific stats, which is why quite average fullbacks can rate quite highly if they're producing at the top end of the pitch regardless of their defensive contributions. Chalobah is a squad centre back for Chelsea at 24, he's not great at anything, he's no better than Schar or Botman, I don't think he's significantly better than Burn to be honest, certainly not the tune of the kinds of sums they'd demand. Can't imagine he'd want to swap sitting on their bench for sitting on ours. That said I wouldn't take the opinions of a Chelsea fan on the talent of a player. They seem to exist in a purely binary state, either they're Gods or trash. As fanbases go, they've got to be among the most entitled.

Favours the right wing.

I calls it likes I sees it. Plus my wife would straight up murder me if I spoke ill of her profession.

It sucks that this has been your experience. It's not mine though, every time I've needed HR they've had my back. Even when I've had issues with pay they've done their best to get it resolved as quick as possible.