The Fish

Just three of my secret identities.

The challenges served their purpose, takeover isn't dead, Tom's a cunt.

Got my appointment for the first jab. Hoping it gives me superpowers.

The way I read it was that it was never likely that the member of the panel would be removed, but the raising the question of bias is likely a tactic to try and stop bias. Or at least better arm them should they want to appeal the eventual decision? The request for the process to be public was unlikely to be granted because it's a private company challenging a private company, The club are still pushing hard for the takeover to go through. That author seems to suggest (to me) that the KSA have, in their law, clear separation between the PIF and the state. Even though there are ministers on the PIF board, it is in their law that the two are separate and distinct. Which is encouraging. It is a madness that Ashley hasn't pulled the trigger on Bruce and thrown a fat wedge at someone who would all but guarantee survival. If Bruce does take us down, Ashley loses c£180m on the asking price, the Saudis may well sack it off entirely, which means Ashley will have to spend another £30m to get us back up, he'll likely need to replace Bruce (c£4m), roll the dice on a new manager, etc. Spending £4m now makes financial, logical, footballing sense.

Physio room has them all penciled in for 3/4/21. So, after the Brighton game. So, 9 games left in the season.

No, I'm expecting that, even though we're shit under Bruce, we'll still have enough to survive this season, plus we have two games at the end of the season to make the final picture look a little better.

Brighton have been unlucky, but haven't scored their good chances. They've just lost Lamptey, so all is not rosy on the south coast. They don't have their goal-scorer or best two attackeing midfielder to come back from injury, we do.

Less vigorously, but I'm still confident. Might come closer than I expected after that shock win against Liverpool, but they've a tougher run in than us and by the time we face them (and Sheffield) we should have Wilson, ASM and Almiron back. I don't expect them to be >6pts clear of us going into the final 2 games and if they are then Brighton or Burnley will be below them and in the mix as well. Brighton are below us in the league and have West Ham, Man City and Arsenal as their final 3 games.

FiveThirtyEight less optimistic but still see us getting safe.

Apparently, the chairman we tried to oust for bias was the one that advised the PL just before the 'no owner accused of piracy' bit was added to the O&D Test. I can see why that might make you think they'd be biased against the Saudi case. What with the Saudis being the only potential owners to be accused of piracy, and all that. Funny to see Ashley wanting transparency, and fighting for what the club and the area deserve.

So, after they beat Everton it seemed like the world was convinced that they were going to go on a run of wins and throw humus at us as they passed. They'd definitely beat Burnley, Sheffield and Crystal Palace. They only beat Sheffield, we've still got 3 pts on them and their run of 'easy' fixtures has passed. Fulham have got to pick up points from Liverpool, Man City, and their ilk if they're to overtake us.

Is it not like kids at school loving the push-over teacher, because they got away with murder. But when they're older it was the stricter teachers that they respected the most?

With Benitez, wasn't it broad "this is a tough league and these are mostly players from the Championship", rather than "That fucking Yedlin is a bag of bollocks"?

Yeah, two players butting heads over a bad tackle, lack of effort, or a previous game is one thing. The experienced, "good bloke", manager storming downstairs to shove a player who called him a mean name is a whole other problem. Surely if Bruce does get the boot it'll be Jones? Can't see a queue of managers wanting to take over with so few games left and without 3 key players.

Aye, if you set out to wind people up, you can't cry to teacher when they get wound up.

They are, but given the pandemic, their perceived injury record and Wilson's age, I'm not expecting the kind of sums we saw for Sissoko or Wijnaldum.

Harder this time around. Don't think we'll get megabucks for many of our players in this market.

Weren't they all on hold until the club's case against the PL was resolved anyway? Plus KSA vs QATAR, plus, plus plus.

I honestly think it's because Ashley thinks of himself as a fan of football because he's been to a few England games. He hasn't a clue about league football, and too much arrogance to employ people who do. Any decent DoF could have delivered what he's after on the budget he's happy with and saved him 2 (maybe 3) relegations. But Fanks Mike wouldn't give up control.

So, best owned by someone competent at cutting hair then? Cockapoo, Aussiedoodle, Poogle. Stupid names, great dogs.

Ian St Gone

The amount of miserable, beaten-down blokes I see walking one of those little fuckers is ridiculous. Those 'dogs' should only ever be walked by a hairdresser, or a trophy wife.

#FishEnergy #69pACrate #busybusiness

He's got form for this, What was the game where the players were literally shouting at Bruce for instructions? Was it Willems debut?

Surely they'll go back down because the demand will plummet, and people will turn to less fashionable breeds as well. We were looking to get a puppy in the summer, but we've both started new jobs recently so we'll park it until the end of the year. Hoping the prices do come down, but using friends with dogs to get us in touch with reputable breeders in the hope that if we do end up forking out a lot of money at least we're not getting one stolen from the park.