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Reply | Jimmy Dunne new contract
at 18:03 18 Jun 2025
They were going for a Question of Sport 'mystery sportsman' vibe so the instant was a red herring, making us think it was Colback. |
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Reply | "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..."
at 11:05 15 Jun 2025
Similar to the much maligned (maybe until the season just gone) Danny Welbeck.
1 in 4 at club level despite being surrounded by (ahem) 'top top' players most of his club career - which would make you think was international selection down to being a 'big club' player...but a decent 16 in 42 for England. |
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Reply | Sam Field Contract Extension
at 12:12 14 Jun 2025
No.
But I do think the players will have a view, and having an idea about the managerial plans will form a part of that for both player and agent. And any player worth their salt uses an agent who focuses on (and seeks reassurances about) the footballing side of what's on offer as much as the financial side.
And I stand by my point that it must be weird for players having someone their age with no true football experience acting as DoF. |
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Reply | Sam Field Contract Extension
at 11:36 14 Jun 2025
I share the frustration of most about the comms silence, the mystery around the new manager, and Nourry-speak (must be odd for players like Field & Chair, talking to someone in that role who's your own age with no discernible football experience and seeing them publicly discuss your aptitude in certain roles)...BUT being naturally glass half full if not quite full on happy clapper, I'm seeing some of these key players being happy to extend as a positive. I'm sure they wouldn't be doing so without some inkling of what's happening on the manager side. |
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Reply | ‘Keeper Fetish
at 20:54 13 Jun 2025
I am similarly bemused.
Even if we sell one of Walsh or Murph for half decent wedge, we still seem to be racking & stacking to excess. |
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Reply | Manager situation
at 23:05 11 Jun 2025
“Disjointed signing strategy.”
“Poorly constructed squad.”
Any bells ringing? |
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Reply | Manager situation
at 12:44 11 Jun 2025
As a wise man once sang...
You're as tight as a hunter's trap
Hidden well, what are you concealing
Poker face, carved in stone
Amongst friends, but all alone
Why do you hide?
Say something, say something, anything
I've shown you everything
Give me a sign
Say something, say something, anything
Your silence is deafening
Pay me in kind |
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Reply | Middlesbrough sack head coach Carrick
at 16:14 4 Jun 2025
Spent a good couple of hours in the pub before the 4-1 home pasting chatting with some Boro fans.
In a nutshell...they said most fans liked Carrick, thought he was a good coach, liked the way he represented the club, and appreciated he was hamstrung to some extent by players sales (I know, I know, it's all relative) - but what drove them all mad was inconsistency. The whole time he was there, they'd go on a great run, everyone would dare to get excited, then they'd have a nightmare month and be back to square one.
Again as I say all things are relative - their inconsistency meant just missing the play offs, ours meant just pulling clear of relegation...but it was that inconsistency they predicted would do for him in the end. |
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Reply | Eze watch - Cup Final
at 08:51 25 May 2025
To save starting a new Eze thread, just located the most recent one to say he's now being linked with Bayern as they lost out to Liverpool on Wirtz.
Would love to see him play with a big European club rather than one of the usual PL suspects. |
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Reply | The season 25-26 squad thread
at 22:01 20 May 2025
Thought I'd edit this with an update and add players as they're signed / extended so we have an at a glance view of the squad as it mutates through the summer... |
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Reply | Spurs v Man Utd Europa League Final
at 08:32 15 May 2025
Crazy that after such abysmal seasons, one of them will get rewarded with CL riches...but gotta be Spurs for me, as you know they'll still go on being Spursy and won't build on it...but equally I find all the "how long since they won a trophy" stuff boring, so stops that.
The United car crash is hilarious, Ratcliffe / Ineos only making it worse - the thought of them not in any form of european competition whatsoever, and thus any player worth their salt who's even on the fringes of 'elite' not wanting to join them is just delicious. Especially if their rejects continue to flourish, eg McTominay gets to win Serie A, Rashford gets a move to a CL club, and even Antony, not a likeable character I grant you, looks like playing Europa League next season. |
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