Grabber and Lobster

And blackmail, as Redwire just mentioned. Don't forget that, to complete the trifecta of c**tery. Actually might be coercion. I'm a little hazy on my mobster behaviours.

Superb. Obvious comparison is late 20s Virgil. Was brilliant at just shutting down danger repeatedly - Belgium had a fair amount of play but very few obvious chances as Jacquet & Lacroix just shut down their forwards when the ball got into their defensive third.

Luckily there's no precedent at the club for highly talented but injury-prone full-backs not being able to contribute for half a decade (Not a dig at you FNB, just we've been here before with RJ, MB, FA etc)

Damn, knew I'd pick a new forum name too soon.

S'alright it shouldn't trouble you too much, seeing as I post about 5% as often as the forum all-stars/secret-email-ring-members

Yeah when you compare our summer to many of our rivals, it seems our lack of 'headroom' stems directly from letting 4 of our best players leave on frees in the last year, rather than getting the thick end of £150-200m for them.

Thanks! had been struggling for a new forum name.

FTFY

Being ultra cynical for a minute: nearly winning lots of stuff might be our owners ideal model. Keeps win bonuses right down (which we're led to believe are a big part of our player contracts), and fan interest right up. Things only start to fall to pieces if we miss out on CL (more than once in a while).

Nah I just have a very slow running brain at the moment. Maybe I could apply for Hughes old job?

Thanks, I'd been trying to write exactly that post earlier today. Hughes & Edwards were such frauds. Utter "work smarter not harder" bell-ends (people who say that tend to do neither).

And Bluesky feels like Twitter from about 10/15 years ago. i.e. far fewer turds (and a lot of people who've migrated there from X)

Well I guess he'll come watch young Florian play every now and then. Be brilliant to have him in the ground.

Well Hughes was a youth player on Arsenal's books for 5 years... But yeah this is all a bit Football Manager where you start as the Manc's manager and release all their players & sign donkeys until you're sacked. Checks out, apart from the last bit.

Beat me to it. 100% that. Or "spoofer".