The Fish

What simple thread are you failing to FUCKING FOLLOW? McTominay - not currently great, probably a low ceiling, will be overpriced Veiga - currently performing well, potentially a high ceiling, not overpriced I've seen McTominay and he's midtable, at best. Diego says Veiga is rated, is performing well and is available for £35m.

They do play in the same position, midfield, though maybe not the same role. Diego, glory to His name, has even mentioned that Veiga has played in a DM position before, so stick that in your Potatoe Pipe and Spud it. And my central point was that the fee for McTominay is likely to be much higher than it is for a more highly rated foreigner with perhaps a higher ceiling.

And £35m is significantly less than I think Manchester United would ask in return for Scott McTominay.

They'll only realise that after I leave, and by then it's too late.

Cool, sure, whatever, but importantly - it's bated breath, ya big phoney.

Scott McTominay (Out) - Newcastle interested + McTominay open to move due to concerns about playing time (Luke Edwards, Telegraph) | RedCafe.net consensus seems to be he's not good enough for where they should be aiming for. If that's the case for them, then it should be true for us too.

I'm not entirely sure, but I don't think you can get in trouble with the club for making stuff up for a shit wind up attempt.

My team is stretched out across the country but we have rare meetings that we have to attend in person. At the same time the company have refused to pay for hotels. So now I have to, on occasion, drive 2 hours to Birmingham to have an hour long 'Team Meeting' in the conference room of a shitty office on a shitty trading estate in a shitty part of Birmingham, then drive 2 hours back. Made all the more worthwhile by half the team calling in from the Newbury office.

I didn't see a mention of the stadium name.

I know what he's saying, but what's the ceiling for him? a top half of the table defensive midfielder? Surely, surely there are players out there with a higher ceiling, that're in our price bracket, and would want to come? Like, even if Howe does manage to make him a better player, how much better can he actually get? But, obviously, if he was playing in the J-League and his name was Sakura Mitominai, I'd be all over it.

He even uses modern terminology to back up his argument against it. He's just being a cunt for the sake of it. I mean, I get people pushing back on Trequartista, that kind of makes sense to me. But gegenpressing, low block, half spaces, these all make more sense to me than the reams of monosyllabic grunts you'd need to make the same point.

Sunderland man... If you fill a plot with shit, seed it with shit and water it with shit, you can only expect shit to grow, I guess.

I like this stat. Seen something similar with goal kicks too.

With a name like that, I can't imagine there'd be too many copycat killers.

Could always take some gardening advice from Fred West?

and brass in bin bags

I like that he offers a different type of midfield role than Longstaff and Joelinton do. He drives with the ball more directly than either of them, he's got a better finisha dn more close control too. Longstaff is better sitting a little deeper, doing the defensive work and being the player that arrives late, rather than spearheading an attack. Joelinton is pure physicality, dominant in the challenge, disruptive with his pressing, his control has improved and has an engine that just doesn't stop running. Different round pegs for that round hole ahead of Bruno. Be interesting to see what his ceiling actually is.

I'd definitely wear either of those jumpers, and look good doing it.

Be snappy.

It was irresistible, and I won't apologise.

Be Happy?

Don't worry.

I got the odds from Betfair, not Betfair exchange. So it's the odds worked out by the company, and as such it'll be based on metrics, and of course the monies usually placed on a particular team (e.g. Liverpool and Man Utd have huge amounts put on their games so they stretch the odds a bit more).