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Interesting figures

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I would say a decent window if not spectacular. Sold Trafford for a big fee and brought in a prem ready GK. Not got a lot a lot of value from a lot of the deadwood though. Think our net spend for the summer moves (excluding the obligations) would be around £40m so not bad business at all. Our signin...

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I am extremely happy if Ramsey goes out on loan. Asking him to play in the prem straight after a massive layoff is a huge risk. Let him get some games under his belt and re-assess in Jan

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RVclaret wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 01, 2025 10:57 am
Leicester looking to sign Aaron Ramsey from us on loan.

Not one I’d be surprised about, needs to get playing again.

Surprised Boro haven't been all over that, especially after losing Azaz

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Luis flying here tonight, deal almost fully complete: https://x.com/lucabendoni/status/1962145187519422538?s=46 Good news this. Will allow us to play different formations even more now in certain situations. Being greedy tomorrow - Luis in, plus a CB and a number 8/10? Try and get a few out on loan...

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Just seen Chelsea's penalty again and the Chelsea player handballs it first as well! If I was a Fulham fan I'd be raging

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No but I threw them in there as Brighton could have a stale season, and there is uncertainty with Forest due to the manager situation

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After the first rounds of games, early thoughts are that these teams are in the mix:

Burnley
Leeds
Sunderland
Brentford
Wolves
West Ham

Maybes (Forest and Brighton)

All the rest look understandably miles ahead at the moment

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What I'll never understand is why the line isn't drawn from any part of the last defender? Let's say a striker is onto a through ball, the defender can take him out with any part of his body, even pull him back and get a yellow card (or red). They can even save a goal with their hands (and give away...

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This was the most damning feature of the first half RV Claret I agree. So many times the ball was in the air, they either won a 50/50 or we won a header and they were first to the second ball. from there all it took was a neat bit of skill, a quick switch of play, and they were in. I thought we'd be...

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Let's put it this way. I've watched 5 games recently: Burnley v Sunderland Fulham v Utd Newcastle v Liverpool Chelsea v Fulham Utd v Burnley The inconsistencies as to what is a foul and what isn't, what is a push, handball, careless etc, has MASSIVELY varied depending on the team in question. This n...

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28 shots Utd had. We were way too open, hopefully the DM from Benfica will help. The most worrying thing about today was are total lack of marking from set pieces. So many times games are decided by set plays. If we don't rectify this we will go down easily.

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VAR absolutely rinse Lyle don't they?

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Worst half of football from us I've seen for a long time. We look like complete strangers. Very worrying

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Are they playing well or are we making them look good?

Second to every ball at the moment

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Having never seen him play, it's quite interesting to see that the consensus is that we've gone from signing a world beater, to someone who is "dog ****" in the space of 48 hours

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The fact that he is playing for a smaller club is a pretty good indication that his levels have dropped. Just like his recent performances for England. I really don't get this chip on shoulder attitude. We've had a few internationals in recent years. It's pretty clear that any manager will pick the...

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Quite telling that as soon as he starts playing for a smaller club, he is instantly dropped

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Looks like Mainoo is after more game time

https://x.com/David_Ornstein/status/1961185059551011112

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If this comes off, I guess that would be a record transfer for us?

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Prime example of this is Scott Mctominay. Probably took a pay cut to go to Napoli, but he's just won the Scudetto and player of the season whilst being adored by fanatical fans and soaking up the sunshine in southern Italy. So if he is on 80k a year at Napoli and does this for 3 years. In 30 years t...

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The Tresor situation is still puzzling me. What is the endgame here? If he has trained all summer, surely we need to give him more than 15 minutes in a cup tie?

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Fosters disallowed goal looks even more soft from this angle

https://youtu.be/_uzhbz50PsE?si=UmBROoHjcCv-nahe&t=198

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That's more of a foul than Fosters

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When watching the highlights you could see who the mackens were in some of the close ups

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They didn't show the ref the initial lean in by mount. I wonder why

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Really encouraging display today. I was more interested in how we approached the game off the ball than on it, as we are going to spend a lot of this season without it. A couple more additions and I think we are in a really good place. The biggest plus for me is that all of our summer signings looke...

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With the way we are setting up, I don't see much game time for either Flemming or Edwards to be honest. Maybe as impact subs, but not starting.

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JBL doesn't look fully match fit to me yet. I think if you use the cricket analogy of "add a couple of wickets to the score", then if we lost a couple of players in key positions, where would we be light? The answer for me would be centre midfield, striker and Centre back. Although to caveat this, w...

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There was a night match last season, can't remember which, where Anthony was playing on the right, and he just looked devoid of confidence in the first half. Didn't look like he could or wanted to beat a man. At that point I was wondering if we'd signed a dud. Since he got switched to the left perma...

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Think it's a useful addition, just in case you ever forgot or mislaid your ticket card, having it on your phone as a backup gives extra piece of mind.

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Used to love motd, but since sky put all the highlights on YouTube at around 7pm, I've not watched it in years

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That's weird, only watched a YouTube video of an interview with him the other day. RIP

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RVclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 17, 2025 11:17 am
I’m not in agreement we need another forward.

Broja needs to get up to speed according to Parker and has a suspect injury record.
Foster has a history of missing games
Barnes is just making up the numbers
Flemming (forgot him) is not a number 9

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Not sure I'd leave Cov to go to the Blades at this moment in time

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What really worries me is where the goals are coming from this season. Brownhill saved us last season, but if you look at our current attacking options: Broja Foster Anthony Edwards Koleosho Bruun Larsen Tchaouna There's not a lot of goals in there, never mind top flight goals. I think we are all in...

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He must have a hell of an agent.

He comes across as a bit introverted, and mumbles his words. The Brum documentary was a bit cringeworthy as well. How the hell he's had three managerial jobs is beyond me. Comes across as someone who wants to stay in the game but doesn't know what he's good at.

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Watched ten mins of the villa game. Awful match, turned it off

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CJ Egan Riley's Marseille lost 1-0 to ten man Rennes in the 91st minute tonight, not the best looking offside trap

https://x.com/JayVtid/status/1956466498463051883

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I think a lot of fans see we've signed 13 players and take it at face value. In fact we've signed 9 as 4 were in the side last season. Of those 9, 2 were replacements to players we've lost, so in reality we've signed 7 additions, which isn't too disrupting I don't think

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Crap keeper, will disappear into football anonymity now. In 28 premier league games he made 7 mistakes which lead to a goal. The worst record of any keeper in premier league history. No idea why so many on here rated him. Even VK himself knew he was knowhere near premier league standard. Selling hi...

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"Probability of a Clanger every 1-3 games" Muric played 55 times for us Errors leading to goals - Prem - 2 Errors leading to goals - Championship - 1 75% save percentage in the championship (98 percentile) 81% save percentage in the Premier league (99 percentile) Pass completion rate- Championship -...

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He's obviously a basket case, but there is a lot of revisionism about Muric on here.

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The Quest 2 256gb brand new is rrp £289 I think

Used ones on ebay are going for around £90-£120 depending on condition

I think £90-£100 would be a fair price if it is in fair condition

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This starting eleven is all 6ft and over

Dubravka
Walker
Esteve
Ekdal
Hartman

UgoChukwu
Laurent

Flemming
JBL
Anthony

Broja

So we may need physicality in certain games, but I think we have good options just looking at the squad stats.

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Sunderland transfers so far 141 million euros
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/sunderl ... verein/289

Apart from Xhaka ad Le Fee, not really familiar with many, could go both ways I suppose.

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Wonder if the Lazio players are interested in this thread?

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Bournemouth spending £35 million on a player

https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/195 ... Jl60w&s=19

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Tannoy (speaker address system) was awful from the RH side of the Bob Lord near Jimmy Mac. Delay on the speaker, couldn't hear any of the subs properly. Was broken at the end of last season and still hasn't been fixed.

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C'mon guys, don't spoil the thread again

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