Dan

**** me strike

He'll go nowhere because they'll just leave it to this technical director, who won't be here until February at the earliest.

These types end up being wrong in the long run nearly every time. Makes me giggle if anything else days.

That's more than Vardy's on. We haven't got this sort of luxury.

Looking at some clubs 2021/22 windows. Everton: Demarai Gray, Begovic, Andros Townsend, Dele Alli Aston Villa: Danny Ings, Calum Chambers Arsenal: Nuno Tavares, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Tomiyasu Crystal Palace: Odsonne Edouard I've specifically picked out signings who made little impact in the season we had that window. That's the timescale you're looking at - what we do is equivalent to if these clubs were still reliant on those players in nearly 2026. It's completely preposterous.

We seem to have our worst windows at our best and best windows at our worst. The biggest farce of this is the fact three of those four are still here and I've no doubt Bertrand would be too if he hadn't retired. If you drew up some comparisons from other clubs it would make for hilarious reading and puts into context how absurd this is.

I think PL sides have underperformed in Europe relative to the amount they've spent personally but because there are only a quite limited number of actual trophies to play for it's given a bit more of an illusion of balance. I'm saying this as someone who'd rather things were a bit more balanced in general as well. It's quite bleak to me that Bournemouth could play Porto or Ajax and probably end up bookies favourites.

I did always quite like him but blimey. He looked to really drop off in the last couple of years - for obvious sort of reasons.

Think this is undoubtedly true now. That final last year was a pretty bleak outcome. Two genuinely rubbish sides who were still able to dig out enough to make a final - it's broken when this can happen.

Fiorentina still winless in the league this season as well.

It probably will but it'll be at a glacial pace as usual.

Standard has enormously dropped off since the dropouts from the Champions League were stopped. It's why two garbage Premier League sides made the final last year. That being said I do think Bilbao were better than both last season and really fumbled it in the semis.

Christ I think Qatar were a less egregious host.

That's Cifuentes safe until February at the latest. They have form for this sort of thing - taking time to do something meaning nothing else can be done.

Like I said elsewhere - Bristol City have just played as well (couple of hours less rest if you're being really picky), they made only two changes themselves and they seemed to cope with it OK. This is the sort of thing we should have the upper hand on, not substantially weaker.

I do enjoy these articles and always have a bit of a smile to myself that James Knight is drafted in for every bad result

If true Cifuentes' NPC status is firmly restored and needs to be gone 10am Sunday at the latest.

This is my biggest fear with sacking Cifuentes. We press reset and get another soft arse.

We were knackered but Bristol City weren't. Riddle me that.

James would be a future captain if ours if he wasn't going to sign for Wrexham in the summer.

He's a very bad fit for Real. They thrive in chaos and he's simply the opposite.

Shite

Will lose this and QPR.

Please just play Aluko. This bloke is horrendous.

Fan of his but not good tonight.