Literally. Missed the door.

And still couldn’t score

…..and asks for a Suffering Bast*rd
Ingredients · 1 ounce bourbon · 1 ounce London dry gin · 1/2 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed · 2 dashes Angosturas bitters

And hits it.

6 miles beneath the earths surface, because that's how low he's set it.

Ouch

And the barman says: 'Will sir be having his usual Sauvignon Blank?'

.. And hurt his head..

"The usual, Andy?"

"How're the missus?"

and says out loud: "I missed you all!"

Wasnt a bar , that was next door!

And apologises, he was looking for the car showroom next door

This is verging on bullying

Meet a conductor and ask: do YOU have the score?

Selection came natural to me but not scoring goals.

Walked straight out again. It was an evolving door…

And asks the bartender how to get to the goal

I think he's actually just the type of player they need but yeah, crazy money. Still a very young talent, I get what Boehly is going for but it's like he thinks it's FM and you just buy loads of young players with potential and it's all rosy from there. In the summer and now you hear of legitimate interest in 2-3 new players basically every week

Do you know what inflation is?

It's insane money but, but it's the release clause. At least the (reluctant) selling club actually gets compensated very handsomely with these release clauses instead of being screwed over by players and agents.

A lot of that can be written off by putting it down to youth development, but they have to act fast before he turns 22. Hence them paying 6m over release clause.

Its often about future potential. He's 21, so theoretically he's probably still on the up in terms of improving, gaining experience etc and should be close to 15 years of career left in him. A lot of that is what is being paid for.

Not that I condone it, its a lot of money. And how many promising 21 year olds end up a mediocre 25 year olds? Big risk for the paying club. Shrewd business for Benfica though.

The Aubameyang signing gave me hope that the new owners are a bunch of clueless cretins. Was really hoping they'd sign Ronaldo too, but apparently they're not that bad...

Maybe you can save the criticism of this deal for when there is a deal to criticise

I think Chelsea's owners are committing to spending £1bil on the club within the first few years. (Can't remember the specifics, was getting exceedingly drunk as it was being explained to me).

Hence the wild transfers and excessive fees.

Thanks, but summed up in the article.

Definitely one to watch. There's a lot of good midfielders out there however.

Trossard is better in that position

What does this mean?

Not if Martial gets a DGW.

Will still get 3 baps

Just you

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Nah
But I have him

No Spurs player is a must for gw20 on current form

Yes. Big game player

A good player to have but definitely not a must. Spurs in horrible form and up against the two best teams in the league.

If you can fit him in, sure, but don't destroy your team just to accommodate for him.

What is the DGW news?

I would've done the same.

I’d downgrade but not to city def

Double united?

I downgraded to Tim Ream as I had too many premiums

Especially exciting as people have been benching Nketiah and Trippier!

Depends on which team it is.

If it's Chelsea, £500m.

weird they dont go for McAlisster and Caicedo, both far better than him and cheaper

Potter at the wheel. Clueless american owner. Shambles.

Benfica set the release clause at 120 Million Euros. Chelsea are just paying it (stupidly or otherwise).

If the release clause was lower, then that's what the player would go for.

High release clauses are set because clubs know big clubs will come and poach their players & it can be set high as a deterrent or to compensate the selling club.

It's a two way street. If FIFA came in with a new ruling to limit release clauses to 30 million, then there would be far less of these massive sums. If clubs such as Chelsea said no, there would be lower clauses
If the selling slub set it lower, there would be lower sale sums.

Some would happen as not all players are tied to release clauses.

If you're gonna blame anyone, make sure to also lump in the likes of Manchester United & PSG for the insane fees they put up for Paul Pogba & Neymar from 2016/2017 onwards. Those sales are what send the market shooting through the roof with 100+ mil transfers becoming more commonplace. (Not to defend Chelsea massive spending by the way, obviously oil clubs sent it crazy initially too)

I've begun loitering to.

Me. Loitering.

Well, hello...

Would never sitch to Watkins. Don't see that as a positive move. I haven't considered selling yet. He looks likely to score. So I'll wait for DGW announcements and see if there's someone better on that basis, or if I need to cash in to make a move elsewhere. Not a high priority to sell for me, but could go if it makes sense given what else is available.

I’ve never owned him but tempted too.

He’s going to rain goals at some point. Been great to watch as non owner

Kane / Wilson

Keeping for Brighton then reassess

Waiting for DGW announcements & then assessing. As of now I’m happy to keep vs. Brighton. Also keeping an eye on the Toney situation as would want him in my team if he receives the all clear

I think Wilson outscores him in the next 4, but Almiron Trippier Schar might be a better triple-up