'Even allowing for inflation, this thread is not worth 198 Terry Francises' - EPL 2017-18

he looks like a boy scout next to some of the lower league nasty fuckers I've seen in my time. Darren Bullock was more like a violent offender than a nasty footballer. But he had a heart of gold and only ever bludgeoned to death his own .. etc..

He once threatened to break Craig Bellamy's legs in the tunnel, but got sent off before he could do that, for stamping on someone's head. Not for us, I should add.

Chris Morgan played epl which is a disgrace given his career was the injury of players

well here is a coincidence, both Morgan and Bullock were both former Warnock signings.

Early days obv but I have to say Matic looks like a superb signing so far

Was just going to say the same.

Kind of amazing that united haven't created a single chance from all the corners they've had considering the physical size of the team now. That goal was pretty great though

lol what was that bit of drink bottle arranging ocd all about from Mourinho?

Well this is quite satisfying

down to 2nd ffs!

more like waste ham amirite

More like Slaven Bilious amialsorite

this is fucking up that 250/1 quid bet I've got on Hudds being top after 3 games. Gonna have to treat that cakewalk against the Geordies next week as a GD improving exercise.

oh fuck me! here comes the hyperbole after Man U have a good game. It never gets old.

The hyperbole is terrible, but I've not seen ManU play this good in at least a year. I'll take it before the inevitable string of draws kicks in.

I'd say four years...

tbf they were excellent, but the portentous tommyrot starts to become unbearable!

This is a good United team, like it's actually balanced in a way that no post-Fergie squad has been. Still needs more in attacking midfield positions but the Matic deal could go down as one of the all-time worst transfers for the selling club.

It is only early doors, but to miss out on Lukako and lose Matic to the same rival seem like season defining blunders.

To have sold them both tbh

But wasn't there some kind of nonchalant arrogance from Chelsea's negotiations? Like they thought they were a shoe-in to resign him at one point? God I hate that creepy, wiggy bastard tbh.

Meanwhile on the Spanish Super Cup Ronaldo came on for 20mins, had a contentionsly disallowed offside goal, scored a ripper, got booked for taking his shirt off, booked again for diving and have the referee a bonus shove on the way out.

Pretty sure Chelsea were so confident of getting Lukaku that they forgot to put an offer in.

The situation with Costa is strange as well. The move to Atleti sounded very straightforward on paper but has clearly gone off the rails.

Sanchez to Spurs rumors are persistent, and indeed seems to be abt 40m quid. He's pretty good but.. is this really the position they need enforcement?

Dier playeing 20+ games at CB last year suggests yes.

If they can him and Balde (and possibly Diop) that would be a terrific window.

I'm guessing we'll sell Wimmer but given Sanchez can play RB as well as CB it seems like a sensible buy. Wimmer tanked really badly last year and I don't trust Dier in a back four. If either Toby or Verts (or both) get injured we're kind of fucked.

Makes sense guys. Haven't been paying enough attention obv, thought Wimmer was still a bright prospect.

We supposedly bid £25m for Martial on the weekend too. Not sure how much truth in that tho as surely even Levy can't expect to get him for that price.

The move is never the move

So tonight Liverpool are up against the team that last season scored the most goals from set pieces in the Bundesliga

Wonder how that will pan out

Spurs aren't going to sign four players today

Feel like barkley, if signed, would be the floodgates on the wage bill. No harm imo.

He would also be an interesting test case on whether poch can make any willing but talented idiot a high functioning team member

Pochs going to leave this season isn't he

Serge Aurier has apparently agreed terms but then a few weeks ago it was reported he'd done the same with United.

'Was I happy with the start of the game? No,' Klopp added. 'We had pre-season where it is clear how we want to defend.

'In the end it is not fair. I don't imagine many people wrote that we won 3-2 according to the rules but, like Manchester United last year, their goal was offside.

'We can either allow the pressure on this game to increase to the extent that we cannot walk any more, or we try to enjoy this opportunity.

lol let it go buddy

Watford deserved something out of that game if we're bringing fair into it

Spurs sign someone

is that a report or a request?

Had seen keita balde announcement but maybe not final

would be surprised if he's the first, but i would welcome it. his youtube highlight reel is nice, but paolo bandini said he wasn't convinced by his finishing. he also has this strange wiki detail: Born in Arbúcies, Girona, Catalonia, to Senegalese parents, Keita came up through the FC Barcelona's youth academy. In 2010, Keita travelled with the Barcelona youth team to Qatar for a tournament, where he played a practical joke by placing an ice-cube in a teammate's bed.[1]
As a punishment, Barcelona sent the 15-year-old Keita on loan to satellite club UE Cornellà, despite Keita's reputation as a future prospect for the first team.

feel like there must be more to that, but the referenced article is in italian.

Yeah, the full detail was that he had paid ice-cube to perform sexual acts on a team mate as a prank

money on the snitch being deulofeu

If there's more, it's not there in that Italian article. It does speak of his fondness of mozzarella though, and that he eats all the time. xxp

He ain't the one

Spurs players can sleep easy in their beds etc.

Does the Italian for bed resemble the Italian for anus, I wonder...

I do work with an Italian woman but I don't think I could broach the subject without getting a 70s sitcom style slap across the chops... she's an old fashioned girl.

Che faccia tosta subject of a 90m bid from citeh

Bloody Kramaric is determined to keep making my boosting of him look foolish.

whoa

kind of lousy keeping but a great hit

actually nah that wasn't being saved