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61 minutes - about 8 minutes of entertainment. don’t remember their keeper making a save yet.

To be fair, it is the model - buy players earlier in career, then sell before their legs run out. doesn’t mean it applies to every signing every time - Virgil and Isak exceptions. But Eti, kerkez, Wirtz, jacket etc all fit that model. Even Dom was relatively young.

He only stays if our style of play improves. In the unlikely event we win the CL, I’ll trust the club call. personally think decision already made. No way he makes those comments in press conferences if he has a chance of staying.

Like United of the 90’s. Refs decision for pen was a flashback.

The cost of changing managers must be high now. If we were to change slot for Alonso, plus entourage etc. must be equivalent to a player - $25-$30mil?

Not our fight. the more points Chelsea villa and United drop the better.

Looked lively again. maybe sub him on at 60 or half time, instead of starting. See how he goes.

Love that type of goal too.

he’s back, Wirtz soon and Isak in April. if we can figure out how to pass to another Liverpool player and run a little more, we may start to be a team!

Not sold on Anderson. maybe a swap of Mac with Camavinga or tchoumeni at Madrid?

We are static. When we get past halfway, there is no movement. Bizarre. we literally have a song about passing and moving. (It’s our groove) basic things.

Ideal is us 3rd and Villa 4th. If Brentford can snag 5th even better, but Chelsea and/or United missing out is optimal.

Just secure it before the villa united Chelsea run, so we can rest for fa cup and cl semi / final.

To be fair, clubs will try and keep as close to break even as possible and on paper, losses. Making a profit helps no one, if we aren’t paying dividends, which we are not. We just end up paying tax. There’s always ‘expenses’ they can push or pull to keep paper profit low, or reduce losses. key part is where the next level of revenue comes from. We’ve reduced debt, increased stadium, got great shirt and kit sponsors, get a big share of media and even host concerts now. Other than ‘doing more’, the top clubs are all fairly similar positions now. assuming we win nothing and make cl next season our wages will fall due to lower bonuses but revenue will probably stay level. That’ll help fund our transfers and on paper, mean we have a nominal profit/loss to keep us inside the financial rules. potential cost would be change of coaches. That has a total immediate cost of approx 20mil by time you pay off old and sign new for the coaches and entourage.

lol, it could be. that’s why this thread is so great. Zidane still coming in the summer?

Chelsea at home is considered tougher than old Trafford away for us. Not sure how accurate that is.

We were decent first half. Back to form for first 30 second half. Got better after subs. i know we’re winning and racking up points but wow we are still so poor to watch. We are getting less than sum of the parts of what we have.

apparently interested in that diomande from RB too. Then you have that Abe kid and Rio of course. Not a bad pool, if Salah sees out his contract too.

Rumours Rio starts this game

No, surely not? he is looking to be dismissed, or knows he will be regardless. no way he’s making those comments with any chance of staying around.

I think the intention is both, ahead of Wirtz.

Wasn’t there stories of the training for fitness, stamina, strength etc being significantly less than the players have ever had? Less focus on diet too I think i read. I’ll see if i can find it, might be just twitter nonsense.

Slot is old school. has his first 11. Everyone else is dead. Then when he needs them, expects them to turn it on. i think it’s the human element that is missing. Elite managers know you have to keep your extended team engaged for when you need them and want their best. I think slot expects them to ‘do their job’ because they’re paid to do it, and doesn’t value the extra lift from human engagement. whilst not knowing of course, Alonso seems to have that balance of technical coaching and player development and motivation.

Dom is earning that no 8 shirt at the minute. once we have a right back slot will play, dom and Wirtz go into middle, grav probably 3rd? Jones and Mac on the bench.

Even tv companies now dumping us in the 3pm graveyard. surely the moneymen will see that and want to change our style of play.