filbertway

Does it? The guy is actively bombing the club and aiming to spend as little as possible. This isn't a mess they've got into due to overspending trying to chase glory. Strikes me as a chairman trying to bleed the club dry and it seems to be out of spite at this point.

No Bannan no party

Fair shout, I make it 4. Wilf, Soumare, Faes and Coady. The latter 2 have said it directly. The former two have been largely driven by agents/entourage. I did think Vesty was in that group but he actually came out saying he doesn't want to leave, which I think is wise as he won't make better money elsewhere

Yeah can't disagree at all, I probably should have said that so I came off as less of a dick with my reply sorry

I feel like most clubs don't feel the need to acknowledge every birthday of anyone that's set foot in the stadium.

Yeah I was gonna say, I feel like you've given Top and/or Rudkin way too much credit there @Finnegan haha.

If we go up this season, those "poor, overpaid players" will be deemed to have played well and thus will be awarded new contracts. (See JV last summer)

It's got Hull 16/17 season opener all over it

I think he interviewed or declared interest in 3 jobs and didn't get any of them. Whether that was due to lack of interest in him as a manager or them not wanting to deal with Chansiri I guess we'll find out. I expect he'll go back to Germany enjoy some time with his family and look for a job once sacking season begins in 2-3 months.

Seems pretty clear he wants to head back to Germany, I imagine that's what'll happen.

To be fair they managed to shift 14 players on transfer and make £40m They then signed 10 players and had 7 loans. That's definitely what I'd call a refresh. We've got the same gimps and we've lost KDH's 26 goal contributions. I can certainly see why outsiders don't expect us to be challenging. This is a club that got relegated with a wage budget and squad that had been challenging the top 6 and been regularly in Europe. We're now showing the exact same lack of desire we showed in the summer before that. Pure ability will get us through some games, but when games become a battle and the season feels like a slog, I don't see our boys being the ones that come on out on top.

Last season if 10th had been given 6 more points then they'd have finished 8th. It's probably the massive lack of urgency from the senior management at the club. We've got about 6 players who stated they wanted a new challenge in the summer. Absolutely no new signings. Can't imagine the effort is going to be there from the team this season, especially if things aren't going well, unless we inject some new blood and energy. The kids coming in are great, but unless we have a Gerrard type in there, none of them are going to speak up against a senior pro that's half-arsing it. Marti might get a tune early doors, although the Koln friendly didn't really suggest so much. If we do fail to make squad changes this summer, I expect it'll be an incredibly flat season.

Was gonna say much the same, as useless as the club can be, it's got the be best course of action to contact them first and explain the situation. There must still be some good staff hidden under the garbage

Terrible business by Newcastle if they sign him

Great tournament that was. Glad it's over now though, might be able to get some sleep next week Week off then couple of early starts in Aus and New Zealand

If Littler could find his range immediately instead of taking 5 legs he would find this game much easier

I think most people just assume he's off.

From what I've read, nothing it stored permanently, it's purely inputs used for age verification. Persona apparently store images for up to 7 days then they're deleted. Unless you don't have a passport or drivers licence or any other kind of gov't ID. Then they've got your face. In fact the government will have all of your details already. So not sure what they're going to get from their big scary data grab.

I can somewhat accept it if it's young 20s people who's first intro to pubs and clubs was during covid restrictions. Walking into a Wetherspoons and seeing men in their 40s/50s queuing up single file at a bar that's about 30 feet wide though....it's sad to see

THEY'RE BOTH ON NINES!

Makes sense if Mads is off. Not convinced he is though if he's not gone already.

Also he'll likely get regular football at Dortmund.

Great game! Not sure im emotionally prepared for this one

Gilding piling in them 2 treble visits. Great game this so far

I'm at it again