The Fish

The stuff he does at the Trump rallies is particularly good.

Same as it ever was

You couldn't kick the arse of a bare bottomed midget on a clear day with a fair wind. Whoever suggested you hold any ground on here was either a) taking the piss, or b) woefully mistaken.

I know it's pretty blinkered of me, but whenever I see that CT has dared stray into Football Chat I immediately think "Well, this is going to be utter bollocks". So far this prejudice has been utterly and categorically earned, but still, I think I need to work on that.

Minteh represented a much bigger PSR profit than either of them.

It's not necessarily a fuck up. End of the day, the PSR has fucked all ambitious clubs, but unlike Villa and Brighton and the rest we've been poorly managed since 2007. Selling Minteh wouldn't have been the issue, we'd have made a fortune selling all manner of shitcunts over the years. Instead, we have to sell a promising fringe player not because the new owners have necessarily made a mistake, but because of a crippling injury record last season and over a decade of negligence and poor transfer business.

Alreet Captain Kirk

He'd have to be Van Dijk at Southampton quality for us to be talking about £70m being anything but an overspend. I was fine, even positive, on the move at the rumoured £60m fee. But I'll freely admit that was as much out of desperation for a signing, as it was an evaluation of his quality. Calafiori, Yoro, De Ligt, Adarabioyo, Max Kilman all moved for less than Guehi's reported valuation, this window.

Had Guehi moved for £70m to Liverpool or Man City, that's one thing. But nobody else seems interested at that price, so why should we pay it? Especially as it's not like the kid is the new Maldini or owt. He's top half of the PL standard, but he's not better than Botman who is much more highly rated and who we got for 1/2 the price.

You'd assume he'd be on lower wages too.

Joiner is coming today. Ya bum.

You 'gotta' double check your fucking attitude. I create these things out of the clear blue sky, package and present them, and this is the thanks I get? Go find a video of a heavily bandaged man pirouetting to no avail and get to waving at the little boatman, you pervert.

Good catch. Something's fucked in the logic. Let me check. Edit - Turns out it was pulling from the wrong table.

And the estimated wages

That will be tied up with the rumours about the England job.

Put it this way, if we can get a Gordon/Barnes standard player ont he right flank, we're immeasurably more dangerous going forward. And with worse players than we have now, we had the joint meanest defence in the league 2 seasons ago. I think a coach can have more impact on a defensive unit, bringing them up to a higher standard than they naturally are. More impact than the same coach can have at the top end of the pitch where natural talent makes more of a difference. I'm not explaining myself well, I know. But a €60-70m attacker makes more of a difference to our ambitions, than a €60-70m defender would.

Botman should be back December/January, so we've 4 players for 2 positions. Plus any kids that are able to step up, there were a couple of U21s who got minutes at the back in preseason.

His cost is because we gave him a new contract which amortises the remainder of his value over the length of his new contract. e.g. bought in 2019 for €43m on a 6 yr deal. That's €7.2m a year for until 2025. However he signed a 4 yr contract extension in 2024. So 43.3-(5x7.2) = 7.2 remaining of his amortised transfer fee 7.2/4 = 1.8 a year until 2028

They're going to milk that for all it's worth.

Maybe a layby?

PSR commitment for the next 6 years. Committed to €105m for the next 2 years. The hope is we give Gordon, Isak, Tonali contract extensions to reduce the amount we're committed to spending each year. Maybe Barnes too. Obviously this doesn't account for the amount we're paying in wages on the likes of Fraser, Hayden, Lewis etc. There's a lot of shit that we really need off our books. A lot of Shit.

Is it just English you can't understand, or is it any language?