The Fish

I take your point. I think my issue is that he hasn't played DM for a couple of seasons now. A loan deal is more likely than a permanent transfer because Sheffield still have a transfer embargo, I guess. I dunno, I'm still hankering for a young Cheik Tiote/David Batty type.

Cup game against Crystal Palace last November, was the last time he was really involved.

Nope. But I can probably sort one out, given time.

He's closer to Longstaff and Willock than he is to an actual out and out DM. Sander Berge Football Statistics | WhoScored.com and for the numerate among us

That's numberwang

It's less about his shithousing, that I can get behind. It's the paucity of his attacking output that worries me.

Seems to be confusion. Some are reporting that tis' £40m including add ons, some are saying it's £40m + add ons. I'd be ok with £40m total, but I think if it's £40m +, they've had our pants down.

Why do you take notice of things like this that are clearly, CLEARLY, designed to wind you up?

I'd very much like this.

Jesus Christ, just because @Dr Gloom is no longer Captain of the H.M.S. Pissypants, that doesn't mean anybody else has to take the helm. I'm 99% sure the the ASM rumours are horseshit, Wood going for £20m if he achieves his very achievable targets, is very good business. We're just starting off, lets not get frantic just because we're not signing Brunos every window, eh?

Especially if we pivoted to some 18yr old foreigner who costs us half as much, turns out twice as good and Gordon ends up going to Burnley to help them stay up next season.

He'll Odemwingie it.

I've got the same in my projection doodad. I've weighted teams by GF and GA in home and away fixtures, plus their overall league position. Spits out doom for those three and Wolves to narrowly avoid relegation. Next season I'll use xG as well, but this will do for now.

Genuinely, look at the fixtures Craig put up. They're going to need about 21pts from those games. I can't see it.

Dyche's last five seasons at Burnley averaged 1.14PpG. To get to 36pts, Everton will need to get 1.17PpG. 0.43PpG more than their current 0.75PpG. Everton are conceding the most chances and Dyche might be able to fix that, but they're also failing to create many with only Bournemouth, Wolves and Palace that are worse. And I'm not sure that Dyche's Burnley were particularly good at fashioning chances. Avg xG = 1.09 Avg xGA = 0.89 Avg G = 0.97 Avg GA = 1.39 If he maintains his Burnley average (1.14), they'd end up on 35pts.

Will Dyche have enough to keep these up? Bielsa wouldn't have, but he would have at least given them a platform to return. If Dyche doesn't keep them up this time, they'd have to replace him to come back as anything more than a plodding bottom half PL side. Which means another change of direction.

If an official request has been put in, it might muddy the waters a little? Also if you're an agent of a player who's binning off training, I don't think you'd have any qualms about having a conversation about the kind of deal your client would accept maybe possibly allegedly your honour.

aka her tits

However long the party is going to last, Gloomy's hospitality will last longer. Look at him, he's a peach.

Have to admit, the unveiling of Anthony Gordon wouldn't reverberate like Robert or Martins did, I reckon.

Transport is easy, MF will be driving his murdervan down. Accommodation is Gloom's Georgian townhouse and childcare can be taken care of by the seagulls.

When was the last time we had one of those? Last one I truly remember was Robert, I think?