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You poor person 🤣 hopefully they'll surprise us..

I'll be at the Bridge on Saturday, hope the team won't suck too much.. Will be my second time to see Liam Rosenior in SB, on first he scored an own goal as a Fulham player 😄
Lisandro Martinez and Maguire are suspended, hope we can take adventage on it. 

I love the 51% of the voters. Money or not, they cannot be distracted, they just want to continue their life without Diego Moreira.
 
Diomande joining Arsenal will be bad news for us.. Quenda and Estevao better explode quickly and loudly or we will end up with Neto forever.

I love the 51% of the voters. Money or not, they cannot be distracted, they just want to continue their life without Diego Moreira.
 
Diomande joining Arsenal will be bad news for us.. Quenda and Estevao better explode quickly and loudly or we will end up with Neto forever.

in terms of DMFs, here are the 2 types
 
DMFs - the great ones, but ones who are very unrealistic for multiple reasons, especially IF we miss out on CL, but not just limited to that, as some simply will not want to leave their club for Chels, or are simply too expensive. No need to bold any, as I rate them all. Rodri is not on the list as he is too old for BlueCo, too injured, and would never come here anyway, he will end up in Spain at one of the Big Three I think.
João Neves (zero chance atm)
Vitinha   (zero chance atm)
Sandro Tonali  (obviously a huge target, along with Wharton, but both will likely be FAILS for us)
Adam Wharton  (obviously a huge target, along with Tonali, but both will likely be FAILS for us)
Ryan Gravenberch    (Pool would demand over £100m, and likely would not sell him to another EPL club anyway)
Aleksandar Pavlovic   (we have tried multiple times, no way will Bayern sell him unless we waived £100m plus in their faces) 
Martín Zubimendi    (Arse would not sell him to us for less than £80m or so, nor would he come here unless we had CL, plus I do not think he is what we need) 
Aurélien Tchouaméni (although IF we get CL we might be able to get Real Madrid to toss him in as makeweight for Enzo)
Joshua Kimmich (too old now anyway, for BlueCo, I still rate the HELL out of him, he was, is, and will be a magnificent player)
Marc Bernal   (Barca and he himself have turned us down already)
Kennet Eichhorn   (likely the next German superstar DMF after Kimmich, but he is only 16yo atm and also EVERYBODY wants him, including Bayern, Real Madrid, Barca, PSG, Citeh, Pool, Manure, Arse, Inter, Juve, AC Milan, Atletico Madrid, Napoli, and Dortmund)
 
2nd type:
DMFs that we probably have a shot at (bold ones I really rate, and unfortunately there are not that many and almsot none of those, even in in bold below, make we go 'BUY HIM')
Carlos Baleba (but will be really expensive I fear and he loves Manure, and he laso has regressed a wee bit)
Nico González  (but Citeh will want big money (especially IF Rodri leaves), and we absolutely would need to have CL I think)
Amadou Onana   (he will want CL for sure, and I just do not think he is what we need atm)
Morten Hjulmand 
Angelo Stiller
Boubacar Kamara (injury issues)
James Garner
Alan Varela
Máximo Perrone (he has blown up at Como, IF we had Cesc for our gaffer he would be a prime target)
Ardon Jashari 
Hayden Hackney
Aleksandar Stanković
Leon Avdullahu 
Tyler Morton 
Samuele Ricci 
André 
Rúben Neves    (I rate him, BUT he is 29yo, 30yo late next winter, plus he is on crazy money in Saudi, that said, I dread him going to Manure, he would be perfect for them atm)   
Marc Casadó   (Barca will want big money and he has $audi written all over him, plus I worry about him being bullied in the EPL)
Mandela Keita (but I am not sure he is truly what we need to win the league and/or CL, so put him down as a bit of a dice roll)
Hakan Çalhanoğlu    (I rate him, BUT he is 32yo and is the type who you add when you are stacked everywhere and think you are a top 4 or 5 club on planet and want to win the CL and your league NOW)

value.. raise his market value.

Barco is a complete no brainer of a signing so I hope it’s true. And that’s regardless of this Enzo mess.

Ashley Cole opens up on enjoyable 'whirlwind' start to his managerial career in Italy - but admits that even having an Italian wife hasn't helped with the language
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-15700579/Ashley-Cole-whirlwind-managerial-career-Italy.html

Cole is married to Italian model Sharon Canu (right) but admits he needs to improve his knowledge on the language
 
Ashley Cole has opened up about his 'whirlwind' first two weeks in charge of Serie B side Cesena FC, and the nature of how difficult it has been to settle into life at his new club.
Cole took his first leap into management in mid-March when it was announced that he would be taking over at Cesena, leaving his role as Lee Carsley's assistant at England Under-21s.
Cole, who has a win percentage of 50 per cent from his first two games in charge, has also served as Frank Lampard's assistant at Everton and Chelsea, and held the same role at Birmingham City when Wayne Rooney was in charge. But now he wants to 'prove a lot of people wrong' in his new role as the No 1.
'It's been quite a whirlwind but an enjoyable one,' Cole told the Could It Be Magic? podcast.
'Lost my first game, an eye opener, but got the opportunity three days later to play at home in front of our fans, and a good three points were needed. Keeps us in the playoffs. I am really enjoying it so far.'
One of Cole's closest allies, Carsley, admitted that he had seen signs of 'frustration' from the former Chelsea full-back at a lack of managerial opportunities in English football before his move to Italy.

 
And the retired England full-back, who played 107 times for his country, is keen to establish himself as a manager by doing things his own way.
'I have to be different,' he continued. 'I can't be like the other managers (out there). It was important that I have to find my way in the game a little bit. But the players have got to believe in me and trust me.
'The second game didn't start as well as we wanted. We had moments in the game where we looked good, and then you go 1-0 down, and you feel like, oh, here we go again.
'You get a little respite at half-time. It was important for me to give a team talk and get the players to still trust in what I'm asking them to do, but just do it better and quicker. Second half, we come out and see a lot of positives, and then we win the game 3-1.
'It's a great opportunity to get closer to the fans because it has been hard. I'm kind of an outsider coming into their club. Everyone will say "no experience" - that's the label I get. So it has been hard.
'I still have to prove a lot of people wrong. It was my second game, my first game at home. It was a little taste of what's to come. But a lot of work to do.'
This isn't the first time Cole has moved to Italy in a professional capacity. In 2014, he left Chelsea for Roma, spending just two years in the country's capital.
Shortly after his move to Rome, he met his wife Sharon Canu, with whom he shares son Jaxon, seven, and daughter Grace, five.
However, despite having been with the Italian model for 12 years and having lived in the country before, adapting to life back in the country is proving tricky for Cole.
He added: 'I think the language is massive. It is important, and I struggled to get a number two. I literally jumped in the puddle, jumped in the mud, and just went… I'm just going to have to go. It was an opportunity I couldn't turn down.
'And I was like, that is what it is. You know, you have to sink, or you swim, and right now it's looking all right. It's tough because I've never been in this position. I didn't know what to expect.
'It's been hard getting around the language a little bit. I lived in Italy for a year and a bit. My wife is Italian, but I don't really practice speaking it. So you know going back to the basics again of understanding the little words to get me by.
'But now I need to continue to have conversations with players and just tighten up on my language a bit. But doing the 11 v 11 stuff, I didn't do too much 11 v 11 as an assistant.
'So that would probably be the main difference, really, where you set up your team, how you are going to press, when you get in a mid-block? Are you going to set up. Are you going to be aggressive. Defend your box? It's like a lot of details to get in.
'But like I said you know it is a challenge. But I've watched and been around enough coaches and managers to understand it and pick it up quite quickly. So yeah, it's been good for you.'
Cesena are currently eighth in the Serie B, with just six games of the regular season remaining.
 
 

Unless Neto who starts every game possible..

"guys, I've just been fired.  see ya in Dubai"
 

Tosin is coming on

If Rosenior gets sacked and Spurs are quick too we could finish our season with Tudor.

Correct

Let's enjoy Tuesday PSG game, might be the last CL-game at the Bridge for a while..

Let's enjoy Tuesday PSG game, might be the last CL-game at the Bridge for a while..

So, if we want to change we either have Guiu/Delap or Andrey Santos, nobody else.

Well deserved if true, no objection.

I'm not even mad at him, it's Roseniors mistake. It is crazy to involve any GK so frequently and put so much pressure on him, it was going to happen.

This is going to be a long game..

Keep Tospot and Badshit well away from these game or we are fucked.
The keeper situation worries the life out of me, there will be a bad mistake from us over the two legs between the sticks
Jorgensen, James, Fofana, Trev, Cucurella, Caicedo, Enzo, Palmer, Estevao, Garnacho, Pedro

This game feels like it's been ongoing for 4 hours.. So tideous.

never in doubt

Nice pass by Essugo

Him and Tosin anywhere in the team is madness, bjt whatever.. My mind is already on PSG, not so concerned what happens Today.

Badiashile will be CM? 
Seems off.. Perhaps 3CB, Neto and and Hato wingbacks, Lavia and Santos in the middle.