Vesper

I think we are about as inch perfect as we could have possibly expected to be after round 4, given the lack of moves overall, the players that remain, and especially the ones who start (you know my least favourites). I think we will only get better, in terms of cohesive play. Obviously we will take some hits, but that is well nigh impossible to avoid, it's not like we are playing in the Scottish Premiership or Liga NOS, lolol.

Serious question (as we have far more many options to replace Alonso at LB in next year or 2, say Alex Telles as realistic, Lucas Hernández as a pipedream shot). Let's say nightmare scenario unfolds. Eden refuses to renew and demands to go to Real (whether we qualify for CL or not, for the sake of argument) Who, on Real, would you demand to be included (if we do not straight out sell him) in a swap plus cash deal, Asensio or Vinícius Júnior? I go for Vini, as he can play either wing, and secondary striker, plus is crazy young (just turned 18). Has the most upside of anyone on the whole RM squad. We are so fucking stupid if we don't get either Vini, Asensio or Varane (pipe dream) out of the deal (if a deal happens)

He would add a huge American revenue stream, as their golden boy would be on the biggest team in their favourite foreign city. We really fucked up by not grabbing Malcom (Barca only paid £37m for him) that said, I rate over him or about the same atm (in terms of remotely available RWers in January or, more likely summer of 2019) Leon Bailey (by far the best option, although listed as a LW, he has stated many times he prefers to play inverted RW, that said, he will cost basically the same as Pulisic, maybe a wee bit less) Ousmane Dembélé (more expensive than Pulisic though, and I no longer think Barca will sell him, as he is playing loads better this year) Federico Chiesa (dealing with Fiorentina is a nightmare after the Salah shitstorm, and he will not come cheaply) Federico Bernardeschi (Juve has 3 starting level RWers, but its Juve, they fuck us every time) David Neres (I think he is superb, will cost in the £50m range I estimate, Ajax plays hardball) Wilfried Zaha (will cost more than Pulisic and he just signed a new Palace contract, so a REALLY hard pull) wild card .... Malcom (IF Dembele truly goes to next level, they may sell him to us, BUT, you can be assured, he will cost FAR more than the £37m they paid) below him, but still good players (again I only list remotely available, I do not include players who transferred this summer, and some of these are probably not good enough for us) Suso Iñaki Williams Rony Lopes Cengiz Ünder Marcel Sabitzer Ángel Correa Allan Saint-Maximin Domenico Berardi Maxwel Cornet that's about it, most of the second group would be a big come down from what we expect to bring in I think it comes down to Bailey, Pulisic, the two Federico's (I would prefer Chiesa) and Neres, and because of the Italian issues, it will end up being between the other 3

I should have added post NEWCASTLE game comments, as that is where the prescient part (in regards to Bournemouth) came into being (ie.a comment that explains future events) sorry for the confusion

Harvey Nichols foodhall was my staple, god knows how much we dropped there over the years, lolol

Fuck Manure 1 Burnley nil Lukaku header

Lololol

I absolutely think we can beat those scouser cunts. I think we can beat any team, on our day. Obviously we, as you said, will have some bumps, but we have a shit tonne of great pieces already and I am 1000000000% in on Sarri, i think he is a fucking genius.

oi! I adore Harrods, its a Vesper and wifey frequent stop

Manure streams http://streamspn.com/tv/nbcsn https://www.easysport.tv/games/burnley-vs-man-united/ spud cunts stream https://www.easysport.tv/games/watford-vs-tottenham/

COME ON BURNLEY!!!!

I hope they smash those spud cunts!!!! Since birth i have been taught to detest Spurs, literally.

Torreira, Leno (as backup GK, which he apparently IS, lol), Mattéo Guendouzi, and their 2 main strikers (for a temp solution to our ills there) are literally the only goona players who even remotely interest me. I never fancied Héctor Bellerín, other than his clothing, lol. The rest of their squad is rats piss in my book. I detest Özil.

His net worth would double in 2 years. £45bn. Then he can buy us Mbappe and SMS too, and build a stadium in the middle of the fucking Thames!

I just left him in for shits and giggles. In 2 years Mount can replace him. Now we just need Ratcliffe's chemi firm to make a mind altering drug to use on Bayern to get them to cough up those 4 players!!!

I do. He was a great buy. Vastly superior to anything Manure and Arsenal have. I would not trade him for any of the spuds CB's either, although they also are far better than anything Manure and the goonas have.

Ffs, Cardiff should have scored on that header, arfff

Was a horrid mistake by Bamba, their CB.

Cardiff's entire team is worth much less than HALF of what just Hazard is. They have no player valued over £9m on TM, and only 5 worth over £5m. staggering that they are in the EPL with this team. I would take Stoke (who are playing like shit so far, Gary Rowett will get sacked by Xmas if he doesnt turn it around), Aston Villa, West Brom (even after massive player losses as they brought in some smart buys/frees/loans), and Middlesbrough's squads over theirs any day. Shows you how shambolic Arsenal are atm, as the game is tied 2-2-. LOLOL

Same reason Sarri goes with Luiz over AC? In other words, I have zero clue.

Sarri made a very prescient comment post game. He said these grinder games play into his hand as we utterly wear out the other team with passing and pressing for the first 60 to 70 minutes, then we go in for the kill.

Xhaka is a fucking nightmare for them, like Alonso and Luiz rolled into one bad defensively. Emery will be as grey as Wenger by season's end, lolol.

Lpool has serious depth issues, I am convinced (they will fix it by end of next summer window I am sure) They have probably the best CB tandem in EPL now that Gomez has exploded (I think he is their POTM) BUT after them it is a huge drop off, as Dejan Lovren and Matip are their ONLY other CB's LB they are fucked if Andrew Robertson goes down,as Moreno is even worse that Alonso defensively, and if they have to pull out Gomez and play him at LB, they are then not only way weaker at CB, BUT have only ONE backup CB, one. Starting MF is great (Keita is a MONSTER), BUT Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain out for the year and then Fabinho being a bust (so far) again creates depth issues. Henderson looked terrible yesterday, and Adam Lallana (one of my least favourite English national team players, I must disclose) has really went downhill. They need Fabinho to come good badly, as those 2 are their only backups if he isn't on the squad. On the 2 wings, they are truly world class (Mane,Salah) at starter, but only RW backup is Xherdan Shaqiri, and they have NO backup at LW. Striker is the same, Firmino is a beast, but a drop off with Sturridge,then a huge drop off in Solanke (lolol, so glad we dumped him). Divock Origi is a wild card. Overall striker is not nearly as bad depth wise as their back 4, MF (unless Fabinho gets it together) and their wingers. GK (like most teams), they have bad number two option, Mignolet, who Klopp ripped a new asshole in public recently, lololol. Deffo the scousers are not as deep as Barca, RM, Shitty, Juve, Bayern, AM, or PSG, which are the only other teams that can win CL, IMHO.

Cardiff v Goonas links if anyone wants http://streamspn.com/tv/nbcsn https://www.easysport.tv/games/cardiff-vs-arsenal/ both are HD quality

So here is the plan. Ratcliffe buys the team and offers Bayern 400m euro (as they are fixated on euro and it is £360m which is also inline perfectly with the low end of my £90-100m valuation due to group discount rate, lol) for Alaba, Kimmich, Süle, and Goretzka. We liquidate (I only list back 4 and MF) Cahill, Luiz, Alonso, Azpi, Zappacosta, Moses, Fabregas, Drinkwater, and buy Pavard for RB backup and CB depth and Kieran Tierney for LB backup-future. The buys would come up to around £440m in total. The sales around £220m. So a net spend of £220m which is both FAR less in 2018 quid than Roman' biggest net spend year (2004-5, inflation adjusted around £260m net) and £30 to 80m less than Mbappe alone would go for. We can deal with wingers and centre forward as the picture of targets and sales becomes clearer (ie Willian, Hazard, Pedro, Morata, Giroud, Abraham, Bats on sale side if forced (£375m or so generated) versus buys of Belotti, Martial, Martinez (3 main striker options IMHO, maybe Werner too, or pipe dream Dybala or Icardi), RWers Bailey, Chiesa, Neres, Bernardeschi and one of 2 Barca, ie Dembele or the just bought Malcom and finally LW if Hazard goes) options (far less high quality options than LW left, unless we force RM to sell Asensio to get Eden) of Bailey (keep him at LW and buy another of the RWers above) Martial, same as Bailey, keep him at LW, just need another striker then from the list above, Julian Draxler, Kingsley Coman (Bayern wont sell I bet), Sané (pipe dream, zero chance Pep lets him go) Julian Brandt (Bayer Leverkusen would never sell both him and Bailey in same year), Ryan Sessegnon, or finally a dark horse, Mikel Oyarzabal from Real Sociedad, 21 and crazy skilled. Lets say we buy Belotti, Bailey, Martial, Neres and Oyarzabal. Plus Kovacic. I estimate thats £375m or so. A wash That means an overall net spend of around £220m, and again that £40m LESS net than Roman spent in 2004-5 adjusted dollars. I will even toss in £30m for extra costs. £250m net, still less. Insane team for £250m net (I know its not possible, I just like to fuck around). GK Kepa CB Süle CB Rudiger CB AC CB Pavard (he is RB backup too) CB Ampadu LB Alaba LB Tierney RB Kimmich DMF Kante DMF Jorginho CMF Kovacic MF RLC AMF/CMF Goretzka AMF Barkley RW Bailey RW Oyarzabal LW Neres LW CHO STRIKER Belotti STRIKER Martial Crazzzzy team, CL winning team probably, if Belotti and Martial come huge good, maybe top scoring team in Europe. I know a couple names may not be that familiar (Neres, Oyarzabal, even Goretzka) trust me, those are STUNNING players, crazy technical and amongst best passers at their positions. That team is also so so young, in prime.