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He works in insurance so I can confirm it isn't him

Excellent signing, I think the system we played last year severely stunted his output, I'm almost certain he gets 10+ goal contributions in the PL. Worst comes to the worst, we shift him for £30m+ in the event of relegation and begrudgingly it's good business.

He did what he was supposed to do but stayed on far too long. 2018-21 we genuinely had enough belief that we could win a tournament, I really don't rate him but he's done a good enough enabling job. He's been an upmarket Puel and that's what we needed although I wish he'd gone after the Italy final.

Needs to be a manager with a great tactical track record and in-game management, by far Southgate's biggest weaknesses. If we were to go with a big name we could do a hell of a lot worse than Mancini. If it's Potter or Howe than please please please be Howe, Potter is the continuity option and the opposite of what we need.

#WhenTaken #138 (14.07.2024) I scored 795/1000 🎉 1️⃣ 📍 2 km - 🗓️ 2 yrs - ⚡ 198 / 200 2️⃣ 📍 503 km - 🗓️ 9 yrs - ⚡ 172 / 200 3️⃣ 📍 260 km - 🗓️ 12 yrs - ⚡ 170 / 200 4️⃣ 📍 4424 km - 🗓️ 6 yrs - ⚡ 119 / 200 5️⃣ 📍 174 km - 🗓️ 23 yrs - ⚡ 136 / 200

So you believe in political violence?

What? He can’t complain at being shot? That’s insane

What that you’re hoping he was killed? Spit it out

That’s a disgusting thing to say

I’d rather get a deduction whilst the season has started than beforehand, I think having some wins under our belt first helps rather than having the psychological blow of seeing -6 or -8 before a ball is kicked

Kimber and Cox are a good partnership together

Not all that surprising that our old mate Mongerton is all over it.

Dreadful, I'm particularly bad at guessing the year of black and white photos #WhenTaken #135 (11.07.2024) I scored 734/1000 🎉 1️⃣ 📍 608 km - 🗓️ 12 yrs - ⚡ 161 / 200 2️⃣ 📍 640 km - 🗓️ 2 yrs - ⚡ 179 / 200 3️⃣ 📍 268 km - 🗓️ 12 yrs - ⚡ 170 / 200 4️⃣ 📍 108 km - 🗓️ 5 yrs - ⚡ 190 / 200 5️⃣ 📍 3638 km - 🗓️ 34 yrs - ⚡ 34 / 200 https://whentaken.com

Wharton is it, I think if he'd had a full season under Glasner there'd be no qualms about him starting

Agreed, that’s what I was implying

I’m a 99th percentile Southgate hater but fair play he actually got it right. It’s 11 v 11 Sunday, who knows

Much tougher which is good #WhenTaken #133 (09.07.2024) I scored 821/1000 🎉 1️⃣ 📍 825 km - 🗓️ 10 yrs - ⚡ 160 / 200 2️⃣ 📍 9 km - 🗓️ 7 yrs - ⚡ 191 / 200 3️⃣ 📍 3.9 metres - 🗓️ 10 yrs - ⚡ 185 / 200 4️⃣ 📍 352 km - 🗓️ 20 yrs - ⚡ 144 / 200 5️⃣ 📍 1991 km - 🗓️ 7 yrs - ⚡ 141 / 200

This thread is quite illuminating in a way because there’s fans just totally at peace with us being shit off the pitch

The Vestergaard deal was silly at the time, it looks even sillier now the first manager to actually play him left. We're bad negotiators.

I think he's talented but 400 minutes or whatever in the PL isn't going to do him many favours, his finishing was fairly smart last season but his otherwise ineffective in side with so much of the ball. A loan is best but whilst our striking options are Vardy who'll never stay fit for the whole season and Daka, he'll probably stick around.

They're not stupid obviously but a deal can be struck, there's some give and take. I'd rather limit our liability and pay a slight premium for it (and give an optional finally year extension) than be tied down. Quick players tend to have starker declines. An Athletic article which shows take on data for wingers declining pretty rapidly after 30 https://archive.is/QgplP I like him but he's 31.5 now, End of 24/25 - 32.5 End of 25/26 - 33.5 End of 26/27 - 34.5 If by 25/26 he's just a bit part player than we'd rather not play we have another Bertrand-esque situation. If it was a straight up binary choice of 3 years or no deal I think I'd opt for the latter.

There’s a world of difference between say Bet365 and whoever were sponsored by

I’m not even convinced these could fulfil any sponsorship fees. If they did any due diligence on their finances they’d have surely came across their abysmal reputation

He wouldn’t sign if we didn’t offer him 4 years, should offer him 5 just to be sure.

What sort of player is he? Box to box?