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Have also been thinking of a new forum name. Concrete Wirtz Refresh Button was a classic Fall B-side, reverse of Draygo's Guilt, I believe.

Catching up on 4 weeks of the transfer thread / fish puns / boyband puns / Greek philosophical references is what I like to do instead of working. Likes may be somewhat anachronistic, but I also enjoy the rollercoaster of "oh f**k, I liked this bloke's post 150 pages ago, and now he's been cancelled. Better keep my head down in case the mob is still carrying torches & pitchforks".

For some reason, this is ringing a bell. Can't quite place why.

Baleba at Brighton. He's 20, an absolute colossus, excellent dribbler & passer, and a one man defense & midfield. Only *slight* problem is they'll want more than they got for Caceido I reckon.

F'king hell, kids these days. 75Mb is LIGHTNING if you grew up wfh on 512kbps ISDN

Radio Free Transfer (one for the proper oldies there. So: all of us) ((and goddammit if there isn't space in this forum for a new type of pun))

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Surely Xabi revealing his plans for next year didn't change this perception? He's like the SI unit standard for c**t. E.g. Hodgson = 0.7 Keys.

Ah that's horrible, poor lad. Just seen it now, haven't not looked at anything footie related since Friday.

No Conor?

Yeah possibly - I was only putting them there as there was a media narrative (last year especially) that De Zerbi was a perfect coach, and a shoe-in to succeed at City or us next. The 2nd point is important, as moaning about playing twice a week is a bit whingy - you know that's the drill if you get into Europe. 3rd point is the biggest one for me - there never seems to be a plan B for RDZ. There really are times when you put in high crosses for the big man, if only to mess with how the other team sets up.

Your forum expert Brighton-watcher here. De Zerbi Pros: - slightly mad on the touchline (been sent off several times for losing it with linos) - said to the press that "80% of the refs in England aren't competent" (which was quite clever as he didn't call into question the competence of any specific refs) - demands his players have "big balls" and make brave decisions, take risks - happy to use youth, and develops them well - fundamentally attacking mentality; increased goals scored by 50% over Potter, same number of goals conceded. Same pattern at his last 3 clubs. - is overperforming hugely vs budget Cons - never managed a big club with big expectations (not counting Shaktar as one) - complains about schedule when in europe - i.e. playing twice a week giving him no time to prep tactically - might be a one-trick pony tactically: relies on drawing oppo out and then passing through their press centrally and very rapidly. Amazing when it works (especially away) not so great when the opponent sits back in a low block. Brighton have really struggled against low block teams at home. So overall, wouldn't be devastated if he is our next boss, but not seeing that he's a much better bet than Xabi, and worry that he's another manager that can over-achieve at smaller clubs; doesn't often translate to success at bigger ones where expectations and opposition setup are completely different.

Yeah sorry not saying it doesn't stink even for "free". Was more asking the question from the POV of "at what point does everybody agree this is bent?". Cos obviously if they were being paid a £1million a day, by the blokes that own City, I think pretty much everyone might find that a bit hard to swallow, however much they dislike LFC.

If that was true, I'd expect them to do it as part of their salaried employ by PMGOL.