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Charlie Dogscock said:
Well technically anyone who joins it right now is joining the worst team. And a lot of players will need to be signed to significantly change it, plus there's no guarantee Amorim will significantly improve even with a changed team either.
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Without labouring the point, no one is joining right now, and players are definitely leaving, so changes are going to happen. Ergo, it won't be the same team.

I agree, players who demand Champions league football won't join, but then so what.

Hopefully that means Rashford definitely leaves because apparently he wants that as well, the prick.
 
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Chief said:
Without labouring the point, no one is joining right now, and players are definitely leaving, so changes are going to happen. Ergo, it won't be the same team.

I agree, players who demand Champions league football won't join, but then so what.

Hopefully that means Rashford definitely leaves because apparently he wants that as well, the prick.
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This came about as a result of Fosse's Man U Brand statement....ie I'm saying its isn't that much of a pull right now, and Man U and will attract players of a different level right now, ie players that will potentially get them into Europe, rather than building a title winning team.
 
Saf said:
Why would a country winning the AFCON make one player, great?

If you don’t know much about him, just say. It’s quite obvious you’re just blagging this and making it up as you go along. Which earlier rounds? Gyokores has been playing champions league football all season and scored 6 goals in 8 games.

Comparing Slimani to Gyokores tells me and everyone looking in you don’t really know what you’re talking about. That’s how ridiculous it is. Sorry.
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OK ... was still going when Slimani played so saw him a few times in the flesh ... but haven't been comparing them as footballers ... simply that both played for Sporting and excelled there ... but the jump from the Portugese league to the Prem is massive ...

Wanted us to take a gamble on Gyokores when he was at Cov ...

... and I'd obviously forgotten about your season tickers at Sporting and Coventry ... or is it simply that you have 'an opinion'...

Only time will tell if Gyokores can make the jump successfully....
 
Saf said:
Can’t even remember what type of punishment was dished out to Luton.

I don’t really care if they’re punished or not tbh. It was just interesting listening to it all being broken down bit by bit about what’s been happening.
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30 point deduction after a previous one had relegated them to the fourth tier, the absolute irony that year was they won a tin pot trophy and one of the wins in that competition in the league would have kept them out of non league football
 
haslam said:
It's going to be interesting to see what happens. As the others said Nick De Marco is the top dog for all these things but there is an added issue I can see Leicester having.

When Newcastle employed De Marco it was as a reaction to the Premier Leagues "new" rules and trying to see if they were legally enforceable (how our owner was defined for the fit and proper person test and then all sponsorship rules that were brought in after we were purchased). Although Newcastle "won" both cases the onus was on the league to show not only that their tests were legally correct but also that they were reasonable (boring bit: under administrative law you not only have to have the power to make a law and have followed the correct process (substative and procedural ultra vires) but you also have to show it was reasonable to do so - just because you can make a law doesn't mean you should).

Essentially, it was up to the league to show they should have done what they did. They failed to do so convincingly. The same is true of the Man City charges (To my understanding) at the moment. Before they look at whether Man City breached the rules the first thing is to establish if the rules should have existed and that's up to the league to argue.

With Leicester the laws being questioned are already established and have been enforced a number of times. The league doesn't have to show any of the above, it is up to Leicester to show they didn't breach these rules, or that the rules shouldn't apply to them, and I assume the league(s) believe they have compelling evidence that they did and they do. I'd have thought that was much harder to wriggle out of, last time they relied on showing the rules didn't actually apply to themselves on a technicality (there was no suggestion the rules shouldn't exist or that they hadn't breached them). Honestly, I'd be very surprised if they wriggled out of it again but if anyone can do it then it's Nick De Marco.
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I’ve read that twice and I’ve liked the post. I’ll come back to it on Sunday mate. I’ve had some pretty ****ty news today so I’m sitting on my bed having some beers and struggling to cinentrate and take that all in. I’ll come back to it on Sunday. I’m fine just not taking much in.
 
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Saf said:
I’ve read that twice and I’ve liked the post. I’ll come back to it on Sunday mate. I’ve had some pretty ****ty news today so I’m sitting on my bed having some beers and struggling to cinentrate and take that all in. I’ll come back to it on Sunday. I’m fine just not taking much in.
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Tbf mate thats how I usually respond to a Haslam post as well
 
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luvgonzo said:
I rated him, just kept scoring. People said I was full of ****. They may have had a point.
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He’s become an absolute hero there. Player of the year for the whole division but more than that to the fans and he’s totally embraced the city and culture. Obviously it’s funny that he was surplus to requirements at United but it’s just nice to see a British player killing it abroad.
 
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Saf said:
I’ve read that twice and I’ve liked the post. I’ll come back to it on Sunday mate. I’ve had some pretty ****ty news today so I’m sitting on my bed having some beers and struggling to cinentrate and take that all in. I’ll come back to it on Sunday. I’m fine just not taking much in.
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Sorry to hear that mate. As scant consolation I do hope Sunderland can at least do something to alleviate the situation. As you know I'll be cheering your boys on.
 
Actually just noticed the kick off time.

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Is that due to a minutes silence?
 
<laugh> Forest have banned Gary Neville (refused commentator accreditation) for their game against Chelsea tomorrow because of his comments when Marinakis came rolling onto the pitch at the end of their game against us ...
 
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