Hieronymus Bosch

Good post, Chewie (tho I could imagine seeing it from another perspective if the shoe were on the other foot).

Hugely important just to win that one. We could be historically good going forward once everything clicks into place, and that's clearly Slot's vision for the team. Disjointed and on the ropes at times but you sense that will improve once the new players bed in, everyone gets used to each other and the team moves on from the events of the summer. Plus Bournemouth were excellent and exposed us.

Same. Lovely girl.

Stick to plumbing

Pre-season YNWA>in-season YNWA

Weekend at Bernie's theory the most likely. Possible that I've mockered the whole thing into existence. Mea culpa ready to go on completion of Wirtz signing.

Seriously?

Aye. Just need to du a lippa faith and trust FSG on this one.

Publicly balkan at our offers and tirana get better terms but all a show for their fans.

Cornish wafers for me

Aye. Lack of police presence and people feel they're above the law. Do what they want because they know there won't any consequences.

Seems deliberate? (As in not a pissed-up driver)

Which one of you is Neil Mellor, then?

In Becker and van Dijk we are blessed to have not only among the best players in the world, but also by far and away the coolest. They'd have been dragging on Marlboro reds when I was a lad.

Well I'll go back to lurking.

All I know is that it smoked out Chelsea. And made honourablegeorge think we nearly bought a player for £150m, instead of only spending shrapnel on Chiesa.

Last of the cynics, but smells like another Caicedo stunt to me.

Ultimately, another failure to build a league-winning squad. Just a fresh set of excuses for failing to spend money. As ever explained away by access journalists. Incompetence the only threat to neglect.

Poor FSG. No one will take their money.

If I were Virgil, I'd be trying to use his leverage to get more signings in, given their record. Might be the only way they pull their finger out.

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Suspect we'll be moving into full-blown moneyball mode post-Klopp, targeting the next generation of stars that don't need to be sold on who's in charge. A US-style general manager role is being introduced specifically to draw influence away from the head coach.

Yeah, it's a trend. It doesn't bode well. Likely that collective exhaustion has again caught up with us.

Bog floor?

Leo's got a point there