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

it's got 67.1% yes votes on DATM, so not a complete design travesty like the Leeds one, but not quite blanket approval! I think it's ok.

i think it looks nice!

It is sort of linked to all that "Terrier mentality" bollox from the marketing dept, where we try market ourselves as a small club, whilst spending £17m on a defender. It wears a bit thin for me, prem money is so ridic these days - the smallness of small club ain't quite what it used to be!

but at least it is traditional part of the club's identity.

I'm more happier with the signs at Hudds station reminding any passing Leeds fans that we are indeed still an EPL club. And they haven't bothered advertising Leeds season tickets on Northumberland St for a few years now!

100k per week seems cheap in context for alli to sign

It is sort of linked to all that "Terrier mentality" bollox from the marketing dept, where we try market ourselves as a small club, whilst spending £17m on a defender. It wears a bit thin for me, prem money is so ridic these days - the smallness of small club ain't quite what it used to be!

Just for comparison, Celtic's highest transfer fee paid is £6m - for Sutton in 2000 and Hartson in 2001. By the way, the top 3 transfer fees paid for a Celtic player are from the same club - the football colossus that is Southampton FC. And people wonder why Celtic can't compete in Europe.

some butthurt Newcastle Utd fan wrote a blog about what a disgrace it is that a tinpot clubs like Town, Brighton and Bournemouth have all smashed their transfer record in the last few years.

It's not much fun being a feeder club for Southampton.

My heart would bleed for you Tom but your financial resources are ridiculous in terms of the SPFL (6-9 times the wage bill of Aberdeen and Hearts, not to mention million pound+ transfer fees). More money in transfer fees to Celtic would make it even more of a procession.

In terms of the English Premier League that 6-9 multiplier is the difference in wage bill between top spenders Man City and 17th to 20th .

AVB to Real is being talked up by the French press and must happen.

First day in the office he tells Ronaldo his era is over and they need to move beyond it.

Cron's ready to come to Wolves anyway so it's all good

hey it looks like the sporting lisbon explosion will blast rui patricio your way

still fighting over him but we seem to be front-runners.

Raul Jimenez signing imminent too apparently

this whole meltdown is incredible, and if it sees off the club president bruno de carvalho after all his outbursts the schadenfreude will be exquisite

yeah the bit about the ultras maybe being incited by the chairman is :O

president i mean

That really is crazy.

Poch stays, Lopetegui will be RM's new manager

poch in lop off

Well that's going to help with harmony in the Spain dressing room.

omfg we're apparently looking at Rodrigo Battaglia, who features in my current FM squad :D

anxiously awaiting the first conspiracy theory that Mendes has somehow engineered the whole Sporting fiasco

You are unknowingly operating the real Wolves now. xp

I finished 6th in the Prem last season so let's hope so

Well that's going to help with harmony in the Spain dressing room.

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/world-cup-2018-spain-replace-julen-loptegui-manager-real-madrid-betrayal-sacked-latest-a8396371.html

Wait, it's all good

Players said to have stopped decision to change coaches prior to World Cup. Seemed nonsensical. https://t.co/7n6Nlxmsgk

— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) June 13, 2018

We're over on the WC thread panda!

Fixtures are out

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44479264

Seems Spurs have gotten around the only one home stadium in a season rule

Lol @ Emery's first two games being against Chelsea and City.

that will cause friction with the board imo we'll soon see if hes hard as nails

Emery out

handy few opening fixtures for liverpool

Emery out

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aw was just about to

Patricio confirmed for Wolves, softens the Cav blow more than a bit

I figured some big dog would be coming in. I think Cav is a bit more of an exciting prospect than VLP was! Goodness the hubris of VLP talking about how Town are just a "stepping stone" for him last season, yeah I'm sure the likes of Internazionale are on the case!

Oh Cav is 10 times the player VLP is. I'm only raising my doubts in the interest of honesty, he was a big player for us last season.

I meant Patricio>Wolves as the big dog obv, but as blase as I'm getting about £10m + signings - Cav is still a very "big dog" signing for us!

Yeah I get ya. This is total unknown territory for us too, enjoying getting angry with dickheads who want us to sign a "20 goal a season striker" like they *still* don't understand the system

from what I've been reading he's got some impressive end product and a tremendous work rate, somehow we managed to get out of the champo without a player like that, and then survive a prem season with the same deficiency!

I'm sort of excited because him going implies a like for like replacement to me and God knows

Or

This could be the start of the "club as business" phase, for Fosun and Mendes

the Belgium press are reporting we've already signed another winger, Anthony Limbombe from Club Brugge for 12m euros, so VLP can get his dream move to bigger club now!

Looks like the Cav move to Town has broken down:( or :)!

Dutch midfielder Juninho Bacuna (Groningen) is off to Huddersfield, apparently.

as long as he's competition for Mooy, rather than a replacement, I'm cool!

He's way too inexperienced to replace Mooy, but tbh I think it's a good (and cheap) gamble! He's young and brash but undeniably talented. Dutch top 3 (PSV, Ajax, Feyenoord) have been sleeping on him.

that's good to hear, and Mooy says he wants to stay at Town anyway, and isn't the type for bullshit player blandishments and he clearly values his relationship with Wagner.