The Fish

Typo, 400 ships. Still, that's some navy she had. Inherited the force from her husband, then shacked up with his adopted son (or his lover, there seems to be confusion) after the old man drowned.

Yeah, it only shows where dissent or a tactical foul has been blown up. Man City are prodigious with the ol' tactical foul, but get away with it. Chelsea and Man Utd are most likely to suffer in my opinion. They're more reliant on the individual plucking a bit of quality out of their arse, rather than the team's style. Bruno Fernandes gets benched for 10 minutes, then there's nobody to pull the strings. If Nunez gets benched, Liverpool will get by without him just fine.

If we play Tino we're less susceptible to pacey wingers in a straight race, but are more susceptible to powerful wide men and we're more likely to be left shorthanded whenever we're hit on the counter because Tino will be further up the field. If we play Burn we're able to switch to a fairly solid back 3, but are more susceptible to pacey wingers. Stick Joelinton in the midfield and both players' weaknesses are mitigated somewhat. Maybe the answer isn't dropping Burn, but changing the way the midfield operate? Or pulling Gordon further back to provide defensive cover? Changing formation to a 5-3-2, with Burn and Tino on the left hand side, the only 3 midfielders we've got in front of them and Isak/Wilson and Gordon up front? I don't know what the answer is, but I don't think a straight swap of left backs is the panacea people appear to think it is.

Zheng Yi Sao was a prolific pirate in the early 1800s. Her fleet was about 40 ships, with 60,000-80,000 pirates. She was probably one of the most successful pirates ever.

How much do you reckon Toney will go for in the summer?

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Does it solely affect loans? Or would it cover sales as well? Because I can see why Man City would want freedom to buy players from their City Group affiliates on the cheap?

Nothing has changed Paddy. Nothing at all.

I dunno, I think it would be fun to see Liverpool and Man Utd down to 2 outfield players for 10 minutes every other game.

Transfermarkt says: Clarke - €15m Ballard - €3.8m Bellingham - €9m Ekwah - €1.8m Hume - €5m Patterson - €10m Rigg - €300k Neil - €5m Cirkin - €2.2m Alese - €1m

Hey! Before you penetrate my echo chamber, you have to get consent!

Little known fact, Matt Le Tissier has all his conversations from a child's roundabout.

It'd be the only thing that actually belongs there.

It's taken you this long? For what it's worth I think whatever training they receive focuses on the wrong thing. They are often so guarded, so bland so as not to provide soundbites or make mistakes. When really, a course that allows them to be more human and have a laugh would make interviews way more interesting. It's a game after all, they don't need to hit the soundbites like a backbench MP

We have you Sir Rounded, you should Sir Render.

Reckon that's just him playing his cards close to his chest, to be honest. I guess the ideal would be to have players who can operate in that DM position, but who has the flexibility to play further forward. Didn't Man City do that with Toure? They'd bring on a defensive midfielder when they were chasing a game/looking for the win and that would free up Yaya Toure to play further forward

Last few games Bruno's been more conservative with his runs and passing, which I think has diminished his impact, but served the team better. It's like trying to get Tom Hanks to fix the spaceship with whatever they've got lying around.