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

Huzzah!

We are delighted to announce we have reached agreement with Ajax for the transfer of Davinson Sanchez subject to medical & work permit. pic.twitter.com/bCjP3ur3Ca

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) August 18, 2017

i'd still like a bit of good news for liverpool before the window closes

Great news on Sanchez.

On a side note, is it easier for footballers to get a work permit these days? Sanchez has only played for Colombia twice and Richarlison has never represented Brazil at senior level.

sans EU we'll be BRIC-ing it yo

^this may be incorrect

Would that have made Tim a briced dallas howard

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40979887

quality press conference

they changed the permit rules so that if a transfer costs a certain amount of money the player is assumed to be of the quality required to earn a permit.
xps

actually it looks like it changed to a points-based system, and the points are based on the value of the transfer and the wages, etc. upshot is if you pay a lot, you'll almost always get a work permit.

Ah, thanks.

My theory is that they have engineered a version of fmrte that works in reality.

when it rains, it pours
https://talksport.com/football/deal-close-tottenham-hope-conclude-deal-argentinian-defender-juan-foyth-170818251047

not sure sanchez or especially foyth make spurs better this year

so many puns

why sign two defenders when they had such a mean defence last year?

these two are young enough to be toby and jan's eventual replacements, but a right back would be good right now.

poch seems done with wimmer so cb depth was needed

Rashford looks the part rn, but Pogba won't finish this match. On a yellow and losing his head.

Shame Rashford's shit in front of goal really

Yeah that was bad. There's so much frustration in this ManU, I hate it and put it down mostly to Mou.

come on

there's 11 men behind the ball

delighted for Bailly anyway. We look a threat from set-pieces all of a sudden

He was very keen to get that. Though I could watch Pogba's header over and over, such force.

Agreed on set-pieces

United bossed most of that half tbh, need more end.product

think we'd have more joy with Martial's dribbling ability second half. Might be an idea to bring in Herrera to take some defensive responsibility off Pogba too

I've got 56th minute for the last goal in the pub, that's my main interest now

It was Bailly's first professional goal ever. Half expect him to bump the 'I scored a goal ffs'-thread.

Was gonna say Lukaku's not in this at all, but then he doesn't need to be

Pogba you beauty

hell

yes

Riot

not so frustrated now?

Well there's a few more goals than I expected

I concede NN. Really happy with this start.

Pogba is liberated with Matic in the team. You barely notice Matic is playing, which is a great thing.

It's almost like paying £80m for a midfielder and playing him out of position for an entire year was a bit of a dumb idea?

He's playing in the same position...

He's not in a different position!

xp lol

horrible

Yeah I noticed he was playing in the same position, in Football Manager terms it's his role that's been freed up

Anyway, obviously far too early but these fucks finish top 2 no question

That strikes me as way too early indeed. But we're looking so much better than last season, it doesn't even compare.

I think Palace are in for a total shellacking today, de Boer and the team seem totally at odds with each other. And we killed Zaha last week.

Yeah I don't think De Boer is a good fit for the PL.

Was looking for a Terriers stream but it's not till tomorrow :)

Saturday games are so last season, darling!

Haha :)

Have to thank you again for killing my weekend productivity with that genti.stream thing; best one I've ever had, no problems at all.

Lukaku 3 goals
Pogba 2 goals, 1 assist
Martial 2 goals, 1 assist
Mkhitaryan 4 assists

✓

Happiest with the Mkhi stat tbh

he actually wasn't great overall today, despite getting MOTM. Struggles in tight games but once it opens up he's lethal

Hai Beeb can we have a "That's what 28m gets you!" for Arnautovic? Thx