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I genuinely assumed this must have moved on from that opening source to warrant a 12 page thread. Bollocks confirmed.

The only thing that didn't go to the Devil's script was that Hull scraped that 6th spot and got promoted because of two other clubs ****ing it up over Derby. Everything else went as badly as it could have done.

I assume all this is bollocks?

Shame to get the confirmation about Jordan James. Someone is going to pick him up for £10m this summer and get a right bargain. If it’s Cov I’m going head first off the top of holiday inn.

Piggybacking off this thread to ask... does anyone have one of those cracked GBA style handhelds that have loads of games pre-installed on them? Love retro games and i'm considering buying one to play old GBA games whenever I have a minute to myself and was wondering if they're any good?

Just clocked we're not taking Adam Wharton.

Depends on injuries. The first 11 stands against anyone IMO. Anything happening to Kane would be game over.

Personally think the following are crazy decisions: Spence over Alexander- Arnold. Obviously Spence won't be starting games and neither would Alexander-Arnold but who do you want to come off the bench when we're losing to swing crosses in? Burn over Hall. We don't need 5 centre halves and we have gone into the tournament without an out and out left back. O'Reilly laying left back for Pep doesn't count. He won't look the same in Tuchel's system. Madueke over Bowen. I think this one is obvious. No chance does Madueke go over Bowen if he played for West Ham and Bowen played for Arsenal. There are 5/6 that are on that "I can see why he's done that but I wouldn't have taken him" but other than that, it's a good squad. Huge wake up call needed for Foden and Palmer. 25 and 24 years old and should be in their prime. Two years ago they were the two best players in the league IMO.

Djed Spence over Trent Alexander-Arnold is nothing short of ridiculous.

4 assists from 3,000 minutes as a number 10. Nowhere near creative enough IMO.

My squad; Pickford, Henderson James, Alexander-Arnold, Konsa, Guehi, Maguire, Stones, Hall, O'Reilly Rice, Bellingham, Anderson, Wharton, Lewis-Skelly, Mainoo Saka, Bowen, Rogers, Palmer, Gordon Kane, Watkins 2 players for each position with an additional attacker in Palmer. I think picking a 3rd goalkeeper and a 3rd number 9 is a waste of two spots when we know for a fact that Pickford and Kane will play every game that we need them to. Would much rather get additional legs in midfield by picking Mainoo so we can actually afford to rest Rice properly as well bringing an extra attacking midfielder meaning we can afford to rest Saka and Rogers with little to no drop off. If it was up to me this would be my squad without question with our best side being; Pickford James Konsa Guehi O'Reilly Rice Anderson Bellingham Saka Kane Rogers Runners in midfield, pace in attack, Kane having the freedom to do whatever he wants and an athletic defence. It's coming home.

Someone do the one from this bloke's video that's in the long sleeve blue top. The way his face drops is perfect.

Might be out of the loop here but he's the assistant coach of a Belgian 2nd division team that finished 5th? Why would signing him be a show of intent?

It's important that the FA investigate this properly. Anyone with knowledge of this happening in a senior position should be sacked and banned. I do not believe that only the manager and the intern knew about it. There will be a lot of people with knowledge of it and also lots who probably encouraged it.

I'm happier to see the likes of Villa, Palace and West Ham win trophies given they're not our rivals and most of their fans have never had their day in the sun over the likes of Arsenal, Man United etc whose fans are entitled enough to look down on the trophies they've won without actually winning that much in the last 10-15 years. Yes it might diminish our trophies in the eye of the neutral but nobody can take our achievements away from us. I would say we've paved the way for this lot.

The change to stop UCL teams from dropping into the Europa League has been an inspired one if you're a middling English club. Bournemouth will probably be one of the favourites to win it next season for instance!

We let this man walk out the front door. Probably our best player to not win the Premier League. Our record signing. We let him go. I just imagined Patson Daka doing that and burst out laughing.

Why did they think they had the right to cheat Middlesbrough out of the "£200m" game? Southampton have had a result rescinded and were charged with a -4 point deduction. Anything beyond that is speculation. Given they've apparently cheated more teams out of their privacy and ability to compete fairly, I would argue that it is a very soft penalty. That statement reeks of entitlement.

"Anniversary Match Attendance" still tickles me each time I see it.

I swear Sky are just desperate to **** fans over.

I dunno about that. Mahrez won the treble at Man City and that's the sort of thing that gives you immortal status at any club. But even so, I doubt Mahrez would care about that. He's not a Man City fan and will likely live out his life in the middle east.

Is there any danger of him coming to this charity gig?

That is horrendous