The only tweak id make is to remove penalty shootouts. They are needed in cup competitions as there is usually no obvious way to decide who progresses in the event of a draw. For the playoffs, we have an entire 46 game season which shows which of the two teams was better.
To ignore that in...
Mats and Carlos are each others cover as DM. I think both together in midfield as starters would be too defensive in most situations, but given the demands of the position and necessary rotation I’d expect both to get enough minutes.
Baleba probably has another season with us, so Mats is first...
This is bullshit. Our final home game gets moved to an evening kickoff and the coverage will be all about Liverpool. The lap of honour will be in front of half empty stands, and loads of kids will miss out because it’ll finish late on a school night.
They’ll have almost certainly won the...
It was said he was also shown the plans that his previous club had for new facilities etc.., that were entirely dependent on them getting their 20% sell on for him.
Under those circumstances I can understand why he’d feel he had to go.
As suggested above, a different banner (saying something like #Fans United) in the same font with the FSA logo shows solidarity while also highlighting the difference in our situation, and referencing and acknowledging the support in the past.
Tried to use it yesterday, as the prematch blurb had said it recognises and automatically applies the Amex discount now. Wasn’t working for most people (gates didn’t open) and eventually they gave up and closed it.
Real Sociedad (with their own Japanese star) are playing Tokyo Verdy in the same stadium next week. Presumably they’ve seen the sales for that to give an indication of the likely interest.