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I would fancy Baines in any situation. There is nothing he couldn’t do! I miss him so much.

I agree. I always think wingers and creative kind of players are better in those situations than strikers. Strikers seem to be better playing on instinct (look at Jelavic, first time finish fantastic, time to think about it garbage). Mirallas, Naismith, Gylfi, Richarlison and Pienaar, take them lot in a one on one over most strikers we’ve had in the last 20 years.

Alex Crook on TalkSPORT saying that 80% of the Premier League are on the edge of a breach. 16 out of 20 clubs! The transfer window shows whats going on. Clubs are now scared to spend. What happens here is we now don’t get as many of the worlds best players coming here. The league ends up devaluing itself by its actions. But wait, they see this happening. So they have already got plans in place to change the rules to make sure that doesn’t happen. So when they change the rules City and Chelsea are ok, so they can carry on spending £100m on a player. During that time the damage has already been done to Everton and Forest. If I wasn’t so annoyed I’d be laughing.

Fortunately, Mark answered your post with this post…

Seems like everything hinges on the appeal. If we win the appeal then surely it’s got to kill the second charge.

If we take another points deduction this season, and then they change the rules in the summer and it doesn’t happen to another club, it’s going to be very tough to continue to be a supporter. All the talk of this tonight has got me thinking do I just ride it out until we’ve had our first season in Bramley-Moore, just so I’ve finished at Goodison and done the move with my Dad. It’s exhausting and it’s cruel. Our fans have complained for years and even decades about how badly run this club is, no sustainability rules stepping in the sort the club out and actually help the club be sustainable. But now they hand out punishments while City refuse to talk to them. Then they might just change the rules, probably to settle it with City so they don’t get embarrassed by their expensive lawyers. It’s out of hand, out of order and out of control. The Premier League have no idea what they are doing and clearly are making it up as they go. This isn’t the game we’ve been watching all of our lives. This is something else and frankly it’s fucking shambles.

Went with Branthwaite. Composure and some solid defending. Not a bad point against a decent side.

They are a proper club sponsor too. They provide the gear to the medical team. Ties in nicely with the fitness update.

Watch them change the rules now so that deductions only happen during pre season and we end up being the only team to get one mid season.

Is he still in jail or managed to escape?

It might take a good few years, but if all of these planned bars and hotels go ahead it’ll be fantastic down there.

Known him on TT for the best part of two decades, I disagreed with him pretty much for two decades. I know I had a lot of respect for him and he will be missed by a lot of people here on TT Bill made as big a contribution to this place as anyone over the years. He’s a major part of what TT is today and for that I’m grateful. Condolences to Patto and the rest of your family. Rest easy Bill.

Not really fair on my wife.

Played golf with two United fans today. They heard he’ll be announced as a Sevilla player tomorrow. I’ll take great pleasure in them being wrong if we get him.

As we’ve paid a loan fee for him, they will have to pay us to terminate the loan. Hopefully that money is going into a replacement asap.

It’s mad that the transfer window could be open for two weeks before a club finds out if they are in breach and due a hearing before the end of the season. Should be closed off before the window opens so a club can’t push themselves further over the edge.

These guys have posted so many stories about 777 now, either they are a real shambles of an organisation or it’s personal for the journalists.

I don’t see Onana going in this window, but if he does we need to maximise what we get. No doubt there will be a big sell on clause, and we’ll need a replacement.

We don’t have nice things remember.

I agree. But if we find a winger who works as hard as Harrison, gets as many chances as Danjuma, and finish like Mirallas, he’s probably going to cost about £85m and sign for City.

I hate this thread already. Hope he signs for Sevilla now.

So frustrating isn’t it? He seems to get loads of chances, which is a very good thing, but he’s got to score some of them.