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Chelsea already have Kante, Man City seem not too bothered about defensive midfielders and Pep is meant to be off soonish anyway, which only leaves Liverpool as a regular CL qualifier. The best route to them might be via Gerrard at Villa anyway. If Spurs or Arsenal qualify for the CL then it...

According to Naylor we rejected an offer of £35 million from Villa in January. So an offer of £30 million+ in summer, when he has 12 months left on his contract, should be achievable. I'd feel disappointed if it was less than £40 million though.

That's why I put "easy" in quotes. I just don't think it's possible to come to a conclusion on this. None of them came close to Rafa on clay, but peak Rafa defeated peak Roger at Wimbledon. I'm probably biased against Roger because I think he's a bit arrogant, and I got fed up with all the...

Roger won a lot of "easy" slams before Rafa and Novak were on the scene. If you look at his record when those two were up and running, it's not that great, even taking into account his age. Also you could argue that Rafa won 21 slams despite his game being far more suited to a surface that is...

That post was towards the end of Hughton's time I think

Contrary to popular opinion in the UK, black pudding is not some northern peculiarity but a popular food eaten all over Europe. If you can get hold of some "morcilla de Burgos" is particularly good (it contains a bit of rice, onion and spices as well) and is eaten all over Spain

I'm fairly sure I heard chants of "Marcos Alonso you know what you did" when we played at Stanford Bridge over Christmas.

Except most people overseas can't see the advert, let alone the content. Some of the content ends up on Netflix, allowing them to tie up even more of the global market, and some of it is viewed for free (e,g, via a VPN) but most of the BBC's content simply isn't available outside the UK. And...

So why not make the BBC accessible to people around the world? For a small fee?

Good. Hopefully the BBC can move to a decent subscription sevice and flourish globally, instead of having to geoblock everything outside the UK, while forcing everyone in the UK with a TV to give them money or face being fined (regardless of whether they view BBC content or not).

I voted Gross because we've already got nearly 5 years out of him, during the first 3 of which he was pivotal in keeping us up. If we get another few years out of Veltman then I might change my mind, but not yet. Similarly, if we get another few years out of Lamptey and then sell him for say 50m...

Mwepu pretty much walked straight in to the matchday squad as well. I think the club's policy is buy to develop, but if word on the steet is there's a young Spanish international (or similar) with a 15 million buy out clause then go for it.

Traore turns defenders inside out regularly. The problem for BDB was due to his frame, he looked like a pissed giraffe trying to ice skate when it happened to him. Which stuck in some people's minds, and probably reinforced any doubts they had about someone that size playing as a wing back...

Lamptey due to age and nationality. Only doubt is his ability to stay free of injuries. If he sees out this season without any setbacks then he'll be worth more than White.

Obviously Brighton would sell Lamptey for the right price. That's the definition of the "right price". What's open to debate is what the "right price" should be.

Yes, I was wondering if the absence of Bissouma had anything to do with it? He's invaluable against the top teams, but against bottom half teams we don't transition to attack fast enough. Mwepu can seem like a loose cannon at times, but maybe we need that unpredictability he provides. He'll mess...

Stanley Baker? (Btw Connery and Moore were not the first two Bonds)

The first one was very good, but not really an action movie like the rest. It was as much an Ocean's eleven type caper, although a bit more atmospheric

Thanks to whoever it was who leaked that video of Allegra Stratton, an XMas lockdown would be political suicide for the Tories. It ain't happening.

In his defence I'd say he was promoted to second choice striker too soon. Andone and Locadia were shipped out, there was no time to find a replacement, he comes on as a relative unknown against Spurs and scores twice. In hindsight it was a bit of a one-off and resulted in him becoming a bit...