OhForAGreavsie

Yes, I forgot we're playing on Wednesday.

This is going to work out as well as it could in the circumstances. Moises will miss the next two games but be fully rested for the vitaly important Atalanta match. He then serves the final game of his suspension against Cardiff. A fixture there is a good chance he would have been rested for in any case.

Me for one.

Inevitable. The economics of such a development was certain, on its own, to overwhelm any plans involving a football stadium. Throw in the political pressures at national, regional, plus local levels, and a football stadium was never, ever, going to win the argument.

On last night's showing Arsenal are significantly better than Barcelona.

Yildiz, Rogers, and Wharton works for me although the club's bank manager might not agree. 🙂

Would have been a fantastic stat if Reggie had scored to break the record for a third time on the night.

Wrong comment quoted.

Rogers remains my preferred alternative to Enzo. If affordable, a move for Wharton as well would still be possible.

I've never been a believer.

I like that expression. 🙂 Who else makes the list?

And who would blame them? Our expenditure on alternatives since missing out on Olise has been a lot more than that.

And people complain that the WSL is a one team league. (Chelsea) Every once in a while a Dortmund or a Leverkausen come along to offer some camouflage but, in the end, the point of the Bundesliga is who's going to finish second.

All sides evolve but if there is one thing all of us here will agree on it's that it'll be a while before the club can build any hopes around Romeo's ability to stay fit. Meanwhile, all players have to earn their place in the squad, including Enzo. Whether we can afford, and can attract, an upgrade to our No. 8 are answers that we don't know but, if I was involved in the decision making, they are questions I'd definitely be asking.

I'm guessing there were a cocktail of reasons for the club's decision. Among them might have been; bearing our track record in mind wanting to avoid the risk of extremely heavy punishments if these payments were to come to light, wanting to establish a new relationship with governing bodies, perhaps the purchase agreement included an agreement that sanctions relating to historical misdeeds could be charged against the reported two billion fund held for contingencies and management wanted to clear all liabilities while that fund is available, a desire to clean up our reputation, and other guesses too.