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I've not rated Tarkowski whenever I've seen him. Not rubbish but nothing great either. Maybe that's what we want in a backup player but not at whatever last season's price was.... £40M?? Nah, less than half that maybe... but wtf do I know about prices? Pick a number.

Is it for the PL to hand out punishment though? Is it the PL rules that have been broken? In fact, whose rules have been broken? UEFA's? As morally, ethically or whatever-else-ally we all rightly think of the 'big 6' actions, there might not be a great that can actually be done about it...

Oh, and I read an article during the week that said Mahrez was a "big game player". Perhaps Pep should have told him that the CL Final was a big game.

Happy for Kanté. That's it. Other than pondering red card rules; Swansea lad slips and gets one, Rudiger's body check only gets a yellow.

Does he know someone there?

Luke.

Certainly be worth asking the question.

At least I'd heard of Topps Tiles. Jako however, **** me, did we draw the short straw. Or was there a bogof deal going at the time

The forum could do with a 'Luke' button.

I wouldn't phrase it quite like that myself but I nonetheless agree.

It could also be the way he plays, trying to roll players. He can be very good on the ball, in close possession. Manages to wriggle away, find room. Something Perez, for instance, tries but doesn't sucede at. By way of comparison, watch Youri - he rarely lets himself be caught in possession...

bet you want the whole ensemble

You put a strong case, I'd not really considered it like that. There certainly is a case for saying that there was a failure to recognise what was at stake, 'irresponsible' seems like too weak a word.

Steady on.

I do too. Aim high with the acceptance that you might not get there. You might not get there but the chances are higher if you at least aim to and give it a shot.

Is anyone bitching and moaning about the season? Plenty of us (and I do include myself) have bitched and moaned about individual games, but the entire season? No, I don't think so. I know I've been pissed off with performances, and wailed and cried like a Idon'tknowhat but that's who I am and...

Yep, and one I'm completely happy with too. The singularly most important thing for me (vis-a-vis the club) at this point in time was to make that sure he stays for next season. That's a tick then.

I agree, Youri as captain because of his footballing brain and position on pitch. No disrespects to Kasper either, who I think is worth his weight in something precious. Maybe we can have a club captain and a pitch captain, formalising what has effectively happened this season with Wes and...

You might recall that I too was one of the more vocally unhappy on here. I am not a good loser by any stretch of the imagination. So I can well get my head around the players' reactions. I was by no means underplaying or understating his, even if I used only one simple word to describe them.

Daniel James? Is he that fella that got that solo goal, ran the length of the pitch (for Swansea??) the one that had everyone shouting 'sign him up'? He's quick, good feet, probably doesn't get much of a look in at ManU, yep, worth a look. £20M sounds a lot to me but it's all monopoly money...

Wow, someone got up on the wrong side of the bed ;)

Thank you homer, that makes WAY more sense (even if he doesn't look overjoyed but then I know the match result upset him) 'Out of context' have done a good job (it that's what you'd call it) Makes you think. A picture might be worth a thousand words but it doesn't mean they're true words!

As is said, hindsight is a wonderful thing. I thought Chelsea's game at Villa wasn't going to be easy but that was a call made in hope/desperation rather than any kind of foresight or tactical savvy. I thought we'd be battling for 4th (I gave up on 3rd) but thought Chelsea would finish 3rd...

I don't understand the context, even as a farewell. A guard of honor for a leaving player? In front of spectators? With not even a whiff of (serious) transfer speculation. Has it ever been done? I don't know what it is tbh but it doesn't make sense as a goodbye. Is it something to do with the FA...

Why? Whatever have you done to him??

Can you just cut to the chase? ;)

"seen them given"

Chilwell, U21 player of the year. ;)

So will Soumaré still be interested? I mean, he has CL football with Lille. Will he trade that for a bigger paycheck and the opportunity to play in the Prem? I thought CL football was everything? A number of players had already announced their intention to leave Lille (and Soumaré was one of...

Yep, it's that kind of identikit shirt.

I hope you right homer. Must admit that when I read lesterboy's post I did think 'well, yes, that is one interpretation' We're all desperately looking for signs (understandably) at the moment; is Youri staying? Is he leaving? is Nacho becoming a Trappist monk? etc etc etc The season's just...

It also speaks volumes as to how BR values his CB options. If he doesn't rate or trust Morgan and Amartey then why are they even on the bench? Why wasn't there a kid there for instance? Or was BR hoping to bring them on so they could say fond farewells? If he knew Fofana was dodgy, BR should...

There is always more than one perspective with every issue.

Amen to that. We've stretched the cloth too thinly this season, largely because we've had to, and it's shown. We've been lucky in some respects; timings of injuries, players being able to switch position, subs stepping up... cripes, who would have thought Nacho would pitch in with the goals he...

Ask me again once I see who stays, who goes out and who comes in. Priority 1 has to be to make sure both Youri and Wilf stay. We need another CB, we've really been caught out there this season - the fact BR has played players out of position to make do shows you how much he rates our current...

I'm just pissed off, OK? I defy anyone to not understand why someone might be pissed off when this feels very much like having thrown away a good chance to get into the CL. How many chances have we binned? We got another today, almost out of the blue, and were 15 minutes away. That there are...

Such a shit way to end the season. I'm trying to tell myself it's been a good season (FA Cup and all that) but this really does feel like being kicked in the gut. Shit shit shit performance, we've nothing like a decent enough squad to manage a season, let alone a European campaign. I've now got...

I knew I shouldn't have watched. I ****ing knew it. ****ing foul mood now.

Doing our best to throw this away

I know Nacho is finding the net, and thank **** for that, but he really does need to work on other aspects of his game. He has to learn to hang on to the ball, I reckon my 5 year old niece could dispossess him.