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I wonder on the back of this if we start to see an increase in pragmatic, going back to basics displays. Solid defence, with quick clinical attacks rather than the current preference.

The rules are grey at best, look at our situation last time, look at Chelsea selling assets to themselves etc. it all depends how the rules are interpreted, and then you have the appeals board coin toss.

Laughable situation

Once again Borson and Maguire throwing conjecture and clickbait out there, as no one has any idea what is actually happening

We should start adding buy back clauses into contracts. Sell the player for whatever, if for any reason they start to kick back on and make great progress, we activate our buy back clause

Their issue is going to be what Trent, Salah and Van Dijk do. I can see Trent and Salah leaving

They've basically gone back to basics. Incredible defence and attack with pace

This can't be highlighted enough. Football journalism is 90% soundbites and very few amounts of actual solid journalism. Given the leagues seem to struggle to understand their rules, I'm doubting how much these pair will know.

Apparently handed in a transfer request

It's incredible how unprepared as a nation we are. On one hand you have the gov promising new houses left, right and centre. Yet we're constantly building on flood planes or easily flooding areas without providing the necessary infrastructure. The infrastructure we have then doesn't match up to the demand and takes time to improve. Then our emergency services are stretched as it is, then required to help out even more between emergency's and people being idiots.

Has he had any repercussions minus the yellow? He's clearly looked at De Ligt and then shoulder charged into his face, I know we moan that the physicality has gone from the game, but that was just stupid

Some incredibly soft penalties being given out recently

I saw a thread on Reddit about the basketball shots, that the game had basically just become a 3 point shooting competition. Football is risking becoming the same. We've had ultra possession, pressing, now a weird combination. The game itself is becoming very sterile, we have less technical brilliance and more just pure athletes. VAR is also really not helping. We then have the backdrop of the game becoming a spreadsheet simulator and clubs using fans more than ever before. There's definitely a breaking point on the horizon

Treason is a pretty good watch, decent short series

Can't be seen to do anything to jeopardize the player picture opportunities they get

Misread Google, he still has 2 years left, so this year he's likely to go

He also has something we don't have, a bit of physicality alongside his other attributes further up the pitch. Probably agent talk for a contract tho

For 5/10m wouldn't be against. He's into the last year of his deal.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/01/05/west-ham-transfer-news-evan-ferguson-hwang-hee-chan/

We really do make a lot of an ordeal about the weather don't we? With how common our "freak" weather is becoming, continues to be laughable watching the country flap at things authorities should be prepared for

Actually really enjoyed it, 2 and 3 have both surprised me with how good they actually are. The voice acting alongside Carrey is brilliantly done

Everything about football at a professional level is

Last season we had set attacking moves, an actual strategy. All seemed to be undone within several months with Cooper. It makes sense that those wrongs are taking time to be fixed, but we're seeing patterns return

1-1 and looking able to beat Arsenal and that ground is emptying

We're basically a player or two off being lower mid table.