Polarboy

No problem. Fatley can get all his zero hour contract workers on it Egyptian pyramid style whipping them through the streets collecting materials.

Well the choice is either get down in the trough and the dirt given where the majority of investment is coming, or fade into obscurity. Maybe you might get very lucky and get a John Henry who seems relatively clean for a billionaire, but more than likely you'll get Middle Eastern, Chinese, Russian etc investment. For all of the US's faults billionaires seem relatively autonomous, indeed the influence appears to go the other way a lot of the time.

There isn't a clear difference as you put it. PIF are an investment fund that act of behalf of the Prince and the Saudi state. He likely cares very little for all the details into what they are investing in as long as it enriches him and the Saudi state. Every billionaire in China is entirely beholden to Xi and his government, and indeed only get to their positions by being loyal acolytes. Why are PIF different to the billionaires in China? If there is a tangible difference it isn't clear.

Aren't Wolves and Southampton majority owned by Chinese investors? There's most likely very little difference in the type of control Xi Jinping has over business in China than the Saudi Prince has over business in Saudi. If I had to choose I'd say Xi Jinping has him beat. Muslim concentration camps, the constant murder of his citizens in general for any sort of dissent, Tibet, Taiwan, the constant attempts at expansion, the constant theft of intellectual property, their lies at the beginning of covid, the fact that he has much more global power to cause havoc etc.

I see Johnson has issued a statement through NUST that he would also like to see the Premier League make a statement on the currently failed Saudi takeover. Can only be a good thing, at least in terms of transparency, for their to be pressure from the top like this. I honestly didn't expect Johnson to get directly involved, but I suppose he needs the Saudi arms sales money to keep flowing to get you's in the UK out of the coming recession. On a side note he likely thinks it won't hurt his, admittedly meagre, popularity in the North East as well of course. Edit. Of course if the Premier don't really have a legal reason to block it, then them having to explain themselves might actually pressure them into passing it.

Bit premature there, was sure Shelvey would line it up.

Shelvey top corner.

Great assist from Lascelles there, fucking hell.

Well yes, but in fairness I said you need a sensible manager as opposed to us actually having one. So if you know a player is prone to hamstring injuries and is playing a ridiculous amount of games close together because of a pandemic, you shouldn't show some foresight and consider resting said player? Clearly there are a number of things to consider apart from form and the apparent lack of serious injury when it comes to selecting players.

Which is why you need a sensible manager to know when to bench a player if it's likely they are going to overstretch themselves to the point of picking up a needless injury. Touch wood that won't be the case today.

Because Bruce was talking about giving him a rest, all the players are playing a lot of games in a short amount of time, and he's shown himself to be a bit injury prone. It has nothing to do with his talent as a footballer which is unquestionable.

Jenas is alright. I certainly wouldn't be upset if he eventually took over from Lineker on Match of the Day which seems to be the rumour floating about. Edit. Well that shows you what I know, ASM starts.

Personally I can't wait until the old boys club of pundits who lick Bruce, Moyes, and basically any British manager they've snorted coke and got hookers with, arses stroke out. Then again I seen Murphy and Jenas do much the same and they've likely got decades of talking shite ahead of them. As for the game I'd be very surprised if ASM starts, given that Bruce was talking of resting him for Bournemouth. ASM might insist he's fine, but given we're safe I can see the wisdom of giving him a rest. On the basis of the stats of the 'ammers game against Chelsea they weren't quite as amazing as some were making out. As long as the players don't have their flip flops on we should be able to get a draw at the very least.

Fucking Fernandez in my ff team. Trust us to let a pissy goal like that in at the very end.

Shame that didn't go in for Carroll.

Well I meant a team opposing us, but in general you are indeed correct.

Fair play to the lads, because you can only play what's in front of you, but I honestly can't remember a worse performance from an opposition team.

You do wonder a bit. Are the pundits just that dumb and don't really watch our games or pay attention to Bruce's complete lack of loyalty and beyond mediocre managerial past, or are they in some weird Jeffery Epsteinesque sex club and Brucey is the photographer.

Came off after the 60 minute mark at least.

Was going to get ASM for my fantasy team this week, but got Saiss off Wolves instead. Three assists later I'm sickened.

ASM clearly fancying it today, what a run.

It was an intentional misspelling/typo from me I swear. Krafth usually moves around the pitch like a new born calf

Was just about to say Brazil

Are Bentaleb and and Kafth looking decent, or are Bournemouth so shite they're making them look decent. As for ASM he's really adding end product to his game now. We need the takeover to happen soon, if for nothing else than keeping hold of him.

A shame that Gayle can't score when it actually really matters.