'Even allowing for inflation, this thread is not worth 198 Terry Francises' - EPL 2017-18

the kind of real england i can get behind

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/06/01/15/4CD0E59F00000578-5795281-Dyche_was_the_talk_of_Burnley_at_the_opening_as_fans_wore_masks_-a-5_1527863333823.jpg

sneak preview of the next season of Twin Peaks.

No way are we bidding for Andre Silva on level terms with Wolves, but even the bollox agent flam linking us with him is quite exciting!

my wife has just seen a pic of the released filip lesniak and is now firmly poch out

fred comfirmed for man u tomorrow apparently
fellaini is in london speaking to arsenal

thought fellaini would be out of the country with the belgian squad, but lol arsenal anyway

also hearing lots about diogo dalot being signed from porto and darmian leaving, sounding like a great window already

I remember a time when anyone moving from Arsenal to United, or going in the other direction, would have been a massive story, a coup, or a betrayal, or all of them. Now they just shuttle mediocre players and up and down the M1 and no one gives a shit.

If this is true then lol at them for immediately signing the least Wengerish player that isn't Lee Cattermole.

that Benik Afobe news is a bit strange, this probably means Wolves have beaten off the new pretend-small-club on the block for Andre Silva!

Yaya offering to play for any of the top 6 for £1 a week

if the Afobe news is true I think this is a real misstep, we should either not have signed him or commit to holding on to him for now, the profit is so minuscule in comparison to the message this sends

i guess there's an element of FFP juggling maybe

I'm all for treating these pampered brats like cattle tbh, but I wouldn't put Afobe into that category - he seems much better than that.

he took the move back into the Champo, scored a few goals including a couple of real beauties, and there's no reason to think he won't improve in the Prem with us compared to Bournemouth. this is some next level ruthlessness if we shift him on straight away, there was no need to buy him in the first place

kdb still at it

https://78.media.tumblr.com/c0783224dd3a0768239537d85beb302f/tumblr_n7wz3uTeLn1ra39x6o6_r1_250.gif

dalot now confirmed at united, more young blood for jose to crush the spirit out of

otm. and this signing problably has already crushed fosu-mensah. two birds one stone!

Amazon says Premier League games 2019-22 "will be available on Amazon Prime Video in the UK at no extra cost to a Prime membership"

— Rob Harris (@RobHarris) June 7, 2018

as long as Prime membership doesn't go up by a thousand percent we're golden

as long as the illegal streams and Ace Stream links on Reddit Soccer Streams page keep flowing, as annoying and intermittent as they can be - basically go fuck yself Amazon!

bingo

refuse to subsidise bezos' giant desert clock

p sure that was dali

oh he said clock

Isn't the Amazon deal something like "all 10 games over one bank holiday weekend, plus one other mid-week batch"? So, 20 games total, many happening simultaneously.

Something like 70% of people don't bother to cancel their subscriptions though, so going big on one weekend is like printing money for them.

The online streaming service has won the rights to show every game from the first round of midweek fixtures in December and all 10 matches on Boxing Day as part of the three-year deal.

So really only two games a year. (Maybe 3 or 4 if the Boxing Day games are at different times and you want to spend all Boxing Day watching football)

Not like Amazon to be useless cunts

Fekir to Pool for €65m. That is a formidable front six

so basically fabinho/fekir/keita (sort of) with coutinho money? p dece business imo

whatever was told to poch a fortnight ago seems thus far to have been bullshit

word is you're in for Jack Grealish and it seems we're gonna have to let him go cheap just to stave off bankruptcy at this stage

in case you didnt know that would be a very good signing, he's gonna be a star for whoever lands him in the end

probably should've gone to the World Cup ahead of Alli tbh

quick straw poll in the pub last night: evrybody irl knows that Henderson is dogshit

I’ve never seen Grealish do anything notable in the 10+ times I’ve watched him play but I trust Windsor’s judgement. £40m seems a lot but West Ham apparently want £60m for Arnautovic so who knows?

Shaqiri has a cheapo release clause and would be a much more vfm option than paying ridiculous money for inconsistent Arnautovic, but I'm a bit surprised he's being linked with Liverpool.

Hey he'd solve their tricky attacker crisis.

I like him a lot but now we're already on the verge of signing Ramadan Sobhi from that relegated set of duds, wouldn't want too many of 'em!

Shaqiri has a chapo release clause

xxp Grealish has been transformed in the latter half of this season - came back from a long lay-off having done a lot of work in the gym and is now stronger, more up for a scrap, makes more tackles. Bruce has moved him in from the left wing to play as a 10 and everything goes through him now.

he's just wonderful with the ball at his feet. great at receiving it under pressure and either wriggling free or drawing a foul (often draws 10+ every single game, ppl love kicking him, he seems to love inviting the kicks). makes sensible short passes when necessary to protect the ball so isn't a liability, but is generally more proactive about turning and looking for the forward pass, which are almost always well-judged and well-weighted. he's already the best playmaker I can remember ever having seen play for Villa since I started watching when i was a kid. and the first player we've had in years who gets that excited and expectant buzz from the crowd every single time he gets on the ball.

see lots of Premier League fans (not just Spurs, he's being linked everywhere) rolling their eyes a bit at the prospect of signing him, either because they've not seen him play since we went down or because he's only really had half a good season in the Championship etc. (which is not an unfair statement but it's still wrong). but i'm pretty sure that if he gets a move to a biggish Prem team and gets to work with good players he's gonna shine almost immediately and will be playing for England sooner rather than later. there really isn't any other English player like him that I'm aware of.

he's visibly being held back by the quality of the players around him now; that's part of the reason his highlights reel might not look like much. so often he gets the decision and execution absolutely bang-on, kick-starting moves that almost immediately breaks down when someone else loses the ball. play him alongside quality attackers and he'll be shredding defences.

wouldn't begrudge him leaving at all. just hope we don't let him go for nothing. though the thought of Daniel Levy coming to the negotiating table fully aware of the financial mess the club's in right now doesn't fill me with hope

"often draws 10+ every single game"

should probably be working as a WC pundit for ITV with this kind of insight

all v positive maybe a swap for dele if yere in that bad a position

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/wolves-rui-patricio-world-cup-14758822

lol!

Jonny Evans at 3.5m is great business. Surprised given all the interest last summer.

Mrs Patricio otm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44414487

Winter break!

oh ffs

coming soon: 4 15 minute quarters and no draws allowed