Vesper

I would, however love to see us knock RM out of the 2019-2020 CL, with a Courtois howler mixed in. Board has to restock us to get there, and first we have to qualify.

Sarri said after the Newcastle game that grinder games play into his tactics of wearing down the oppo in the first 60, 70 minutes via our passing and their chasing, then we go in for the kill shot, and that is what happened in the Bournemouth game (thus he was prescient)

They are only a finished product when they play all or most of their starters. Large drop-offs at CB, LB, MF (unless Fabinho comes good), RW (as Xherdan Shaqiri is oki, but is no Salah) LW (they have no b/u LW) and CF when the starters don't play. Hopefully they rest some.

Damn, I keep forgetting about Kovacic being only on loan, grrrr. That is a fucking fly in the custard, isn't it. FFS All the big teams (and even some of the lesser but still talented) always seem to get us strapped over a barrel and ready for a keelhauling. Oki, after that refinement. Would you straightaway accept an even swap, Hazard for Vini and Kovacic? Remember, we are will be in a bad position, given only 1 year left on Eden's contract. I do NOT see them giving up both Asensio and Kovacic for Hazard, given that and his age.

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.