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Not gonna too worked up about tonight. Shit happens! ?

Cyle Larin (Orlando / Canada) hasn’t had a bad time in Turkey and Belgium. 24 international goals too. Was someone I always thought could’ve easily transitioned to the Championship.

Primarni Lidl….surely?

Ah, 0-2

I’m talking generally, not just at this moment. Dont get me wrong, they are all good players, but Kane is our only world class player…because he is a world class finisher, the rest of his game isn’t at the level of his finishing…but we need someone to put the ball in the net. I see how Bale and Ramsey massively lift a well organised Wales team, and wish we had them in their prime. I do think we have some tactical / structural issues but I don’t necessarily blame it on Southgate. We are a team capable of going into the latter stages of tournaments so it’s nowhere near as bad as people make out. My expectations are lower, and I actually wish we played a bit more like the underdog, than play with superiority when we aren’t superior (if that makes sense?j. Ah well, here comes Foden. I don’t have the answers. I’m not too fussed about this set of fixtures (after a hard season) either. I do think Southgate is at his best when he’s managed to create a club squad within the England set up. Wittering over! ?

Personally I don’t think some of our players are as good as people (inc the players themselves) think they are. The PL inflates views on them.

Gonna be a new scheme this year….no idea what it will be though.

Armani Little has gone from Torquay to FGR also.

I am. Even if just for the free games and highlights stuff. MLS is a band 4 league for GBE (Work Permit) and means there might be the odd nugget to look out for.

Thanks for that….didn’t open the tweet earlier….that’s good….I often wondered how high the u12s category might be. 11%(ish) sounds a decent ratio in terms of keeping revenues up. Ta

They have played a mix of 5212 (3412) and 5221 (3421) most of last season, so either one no10 behind two strikers or two no10s behind one striker….if that makes sense. They might also be covering their backsides if O’Hare gets poached or Hamer, although Hamer provides creativity from a much deeper position (more Pirlo-esque).

Correct

Although in this case club have said nothing ?

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I know, I know. Finnegan was a Palace player too. ???

Ban towels, or putting the ball up your shirt (“doing a Tomlin”) to dry it.

Girlfriend lives in London too.

Money / wages are of course a big factor in any decision, but so is game time, enhancing Ghana (WC) opportunities, etc too.

Players used to get a cut, think it was 2.5%, not sure if they still do, or are allowed to Im afraid. ….and if said club stumps up £20m (or whatever the amount is) to go alongside that wage then he goes. If not, he stays. Gould will undoubtedly have spoken with Antoine and his agent - Finnegan (when discussing latest contract offer) about the kind of fee needed to prise him away. It will come as no surprise to Antoine / Finnegan that we will turn down a £9m bid (alleged) if we’ve said £20m is the fee we want.

And just to add, he will only have been on that wage for 2 seasons, like 30 years like an experienced GP.

I don’t think we’d be entertaining a wage outside of the new wage structure that Nige / Gould wants to implement. The alleged wages of Kalas and Palmer are out of step with the current market, so we wouldn’t offer Antoine that.

That’s what I’ve been suggesting too. Recognise his worth, improve his current wage but set sensible, mutually agreement “exit route” (nice term). Just say he’s on £100k p.a now (£2k p.w.) which is v.low based on what he’s done for us, then doubling, trebling, etc for a year, with an extended expiry would make a lot of sense, even if he then gets sold next summer (or in January). It benefits / protects both parties. Antoine could get injured, heaven forbid.

But it’s your standard go-to gif ?

You must have that gif ready to go!