Yorkie

Shit what an effort that was. This Iraq team are loads of fun.

What a cracking goal that is. Brilliant from the guy on the touchline and a mint header.

Iraqigoals!!!

All the lads in my Last Man Standing WhatsApp having a mint time debating who to pick next. Fuck the Swiss.

State of Giroud saying congrats to Mbappe like he can hear it.

fun end

Wot

Not with another player but with a better shape/structure, which is why big, big money is too tempting. If we still need Tonali's greatest asset to the extent we have recently, we've fucked it anyway. Take the money, thanks for the memories, and let's sink it into the rebuild along with the Gordon cash.

Cheers, I couldn't be arsed. Tbh the stuff I saw most recently on Twitter was targeted at Burn, I wasn't even on about Howe then, though of course he's been in receipt of laughable disrespect too. As for being a usual suspect getting upset at criticism, I said after the Bournemouth defeat I could accept him leaving this summer. As you say, that's really not the point. No one thinks last season was acceptable. The strawmanning is off the charts. Wonder how the Eindhoven crew put up with it.

Potentially £100m for Tonali given his form is an easy decision imo. Appreciate it's another first-teamer out the door in pretty quick succession but I don't think the optics are bad at all if we rinse someone for that amount. Even Spurs.

Absolutely gutting for the lad. Hopefully he logs on here to take solace from all the supportive messages.

I don't think his position has anything to do with him ballooning five yard passes half a dozen times per game. Plus his switch to 6 transformed our season in 24/25.

I love Sandro to bits - great character, great story, part of the cup winning team and generally just immense across 24/25. Unfortunately average-to-poor last season though, and I could live with a sale providing the fee was right and the transfer wasn't accompanied by a painful interminable saga. Anything but an Isak carry-on and he'd go with my best wishes. The ideal scenario for me is that he stays and recaptures his form but if this is the end, so be it. Spurs is a bit of a depressing destination but I could probably stomach it more than going to one of the red clubs. New project under an Italian manager... I think you can probably see the appeal from his point of view.

If you believe Luke Edwards, the last deal Nickson was central to was Botman, so this might not be true.

Based on nothing but hazy memory, isn't it the third round of fixtures where the boredom bites with this format?