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  1. FatBloke

    Manor Solomon

    Yeah, FIFA extended its ruling over foreign players in Ukraine being able to play away on loans, so that they could simply break their contracts for nothing. Understandably, the Shakhtar chairman isn't very happy about that. He took it up with CAS, who upheld FIFA's decision, but is still trying...
  2. FatBloke

    James Maddison

    I'd say Dele. I mean, he absolutely exploded on to the scene and quickly became one of the poster boys of the Premier League -- and his performances matched the hype. Defoe, Walker, Parker, etc. were all well before him. That said, Dele was a relative nobody when we signed him, as was Walker...
  3. FatBloke

    Guglielmo Vicario

    Quite. Despite his recent tail-off, "Better than Lloris" is a pretty high bar.
  4. FatBloke

    Harry Winks

    In the same way that I could see Winks doing well in Italy or Spain, I think he'd do better with a top half Championship team than Premier League relegation fodder. He'll be able to play his short passing game, perhaps be good enough to dictate the game's flow. If all goes well, hopefully...
  5. FatBloke

    Harry Winks

    Yeah, I'll always have a soft spot for Winks. Him coming through was symbolic of the feel-good factor during the Poch years -- local youngster, living the Spurs dream, bossing midfield against Real F***ing Madrid! I wish him all the best at Leicester. I'm sure he'll receive a warm welcome from...
  6. FatBloke

    Transfer fred.

    It's feeling pretty bloody weird at the moment.
  7. FatBloke

    Harry Kane MBE

    Only hindsight will tell. Either way, there'll be plenty criticising the club's hierarchy for whichever decision they make. If I offered you top 4 for £100m, would you take it? Seems cheap given that's just 3 "decent" signings these days. Selling Kane could be really useful in the rebuild...
  8. FatBloke

    Transfer fred.

    While I've only been keeping half an eye on our potential transfers, I'd be worried about signing any "not the finished article" CBs. If we end up playing a back 4 with Udogie / Sess / Reguilon at LB and Royal / Spence at RB, we need a solid LCB to partner Romero. If it's going to be a 5, we...
  9. FatBloke

    All aboard the Alex Scott hype train

    I was about to write that I'd be happy if we signed the Championship Young Player of the Season every year, as surely it'd be a decent bet. But then I looked at the list... 2006: Phil Jagielka (Sheffield United) 2007: Jason Koumas (West Bromwich Albion 2008: Kevin Phillips (West Bromwich...
  10. FatBloke

    Destiny Udogie

    But does he have the engine for it? While he's wily enough (most of the time) to pick his battles out wide, he does sometimes get caught. Played centrally, he'll have nowhere to hide. That said, now that there are more than three substitutions available, perhaps a forward-thinking coach can...
  11. FatBloke

    Harry Kane MBE

    At first glance, yeah, it does a bit. But then, who are we to know how top-notch footballers think? It's probably halfway between a bit of a laugh (possibly an in-joke with the squad), and a really nice gesture. They're all personalised, which shows he cares, and of course he's the captain so...
  12. FatBloke

    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    It's definitely a different situation to most other clubs. We're the club that everyone, the media included, likes to laugh at. We're one of a handful of clubs that hasn't been relegated during the Premier League era. We've spent the last decade and a bit mixing it with the top of the league...
  13. FatBloke

    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    Same here. Like how my dad ended up in Heathrow all alone, a 19-year-old with a tenner in his pocket and a suitcase in his hand, having been ripped off by the guy who was supposedly helping him to get to England and make a new life via one of the 1960s Commonwealth immigration schemes.
  14. FatBloke

    New Kit?

    Joking aside, there are currently increasing numbers of women's sports teams ditching light-coloured shorts over period anxiety. I had no idea that this was a thing, until a friend who plays for a local women's football team told me about it. 13yo girls have enough on their plate without having...
  15. FatBloke

    Harry Kane MBE

    The goals will come. Not as many, but they will. With a well-coached attacking system geared up to whatever forwards we have (as opposed to this season's Conteball), goals will happen. While a top striker is the single most valuable player for just about any club on the planet, there should be...
  16. FatBloke

    New New Manager Poll (The Lets Get It Right This Time Edition)

    As Bedford touched upon, Poch was lucky to inherit, or at least buy young, some top top players. Hugo, Toby, Jan, Rose, Walker, Dembele, Eriksen, Dele, and of course Kane were all great for him - I'm not sure how many came in before Poch, but it's bound to be a fair few. Who among our squad...
  17. FatBloke

    New New Manager Poll (The Lets Get It Right This Time Edition)

    Quite. We've tried a couple of serial winners, which really didn't work. For whatever reasons. Short of offering Ancelotti a briefcase full of cash (which he'd be an idiot to take), it's time to go back to the hungry young guys.
  18. FatBloke

    New New Manager Poll (The Lets Get It Right This Time Edition)

    The thing that worries me about #2 is that the Dutch league is a lower standard than ours. A few Janssens and Bergwijns from the youth squad might have been enough for Feyenoord, but it's not going to cut it at/near the top of the Prem. Still, most of what I'm hearing bodes well. A flexible...
  19. FatBloke

    Son Heung-Min

    How much of that is mental? Conte's instructions have sown doubt in his mind.
  20. FatBloke

    Bryan Gil

    Well, when you put it like that...! Seriously though, you've got a team that's very much second rung in Spain (with Real, Barca and arguably Atletico as the top tier), a regular (and frequent winner) in the Europa League, versus one of the big 6 in England (taken over the last decade) and who...
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