"goose 4:34 Wed Jul 27 ''I didn't know that David di Michele spoke so highly of us!'' Really?? You never knew that? Blimey, It's common knowledge, I thought everyone knew that!?"

"Bank - Yep, IMO we need 2 more first team players, then 1 or 2 fillers maybe nearer the end of the window."

"Yea, Mourinho seems to have found his spiritual home there, he never had a career as a player so he appreciates and values what he has around him there. That said, it can always go tits with him quickly. We should be happy to be in the ECL, albeit we truly shouldn't have finished below the worst Ma...

"I might make an effort to start watching some Serie A this season, seems to have a lot going for it right now. love the passion."

"Have to be pleased with this, seems to tick most boxes and finally gives Antonio some competition. The striker hunt is finally over, as is the Lingard soap opera, so hopefully we can now quietly go about getting 2 or 3 more in."

"It's normal for us to be pessimistic and to fear the worse, but they are saying the op went well and the timescale is 3 months. it's when they say no timescale of 6-9 months is when it could be really bad. no reason why he can't come back just as strong, not that i'm an ankle ligament expert!"

"Take your point, but I suspect Dawson and Og will be 'ready' or whatever term one wishes to use, soon enough, and as big a blow as it is with Aguerd 3 months isn't that long a time, assuming that timescale is correct. I just can't see us spending what's left of the budget on another CB which would ...

"You literally couldn't make it up, absolutely fucking horrible news, and why does it always seem to be worse case with us? First and foremost you have to feel for the player, he must be in bits. The only small consolation is we are ok for CB's, can't see Diop leaving now. Gutted."

"You literally couldn't make it up, absolutely fucking horrible news, and why does it always seem to be worse case with us? First and foremost you have to feel for the player, he must be in bits. The only small consolation is we are ok for CB's, can't see Diop leaving now. Gutted."

"El Scorchio 5:53 Mon Jul 25 ''I think the perception that it takes so long is that we are aware of it for far longer as it's our club. It seems other clubs sign their players instantly because we don;t read about links, talks and all that shit'' What an amazing observation. Brilliant!"

"Sydney_Iron 10:30 Sun Jul 24 ''We are well overdue some luck with signing a striker! Can feel it in my water, 20 plus goals coming up from this fella????'' Great analysis that, you are truly wasted on here with your insights."

"If we can have a thread on sticky toffee hob nobs, then I'm sure we can have a thread on a new striker coming in after 2 years!"

"Give it a rest with stirring up shit, Oxbore. Its fucking tragic."

BCS is back and the 1st (8th) episode was bang on.

Finished the final season of Peaky Blinders. Has it gone downhill? Yep. Is it still better than a lot of stuff on TV? Yep. Film due out in 2024.