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Well I tried. It's discussed in the Mourinho thread, the Conte thread, the squad status thread (probably the right place for it) and the match day threads to name a few. It seems that the only threads that squad size doesn't infiltrate is the quick jokes thread and the books I have read thread.😜

N Just what he needs then. When he's played for us, he's shown that he has talent but never looked up to speed. A year being played in a team that is working him physically should be the kick on he could do with. IMO.

Is it incredibly quiet in here or am I having problems getting notifications? Have not seen a post for a couple of days.

My mate, a gooner for his sins, reckons we'll batter them. He thought they played poorly in their last win and haven't really improved at all.

Considering that they had McManaman and Owen for the Chelsea game, could we expect Pat Nevin and Graham LeSaux to be on the panel tonight. Yeah, right!

Tbf though, you could do exactly the same with this discussion. Ignore it. Not having a pop Z, (have no big opinion one way or another) just pointing out that saying that you don't want to read others opinions on a subject then telling the same people to ignore the press and not get involved is a bit of a contradiction.

Personally, I don't think that you should ever rotate more than three players at any one time regardless of the opposition. It's all about the team performance and if you change too many at one time, you compromise that teamwork. Changing two or three players at a time means that they get to play together without too much disruption. Already we have Cahill and Rudiger who can fight for their place which ups their performance. I'd play Christenson and Zappacosta and if we are doing ok bring Musonda and Bats on after an hour.

Relatively!

I agree with everything that Vinod says except that it's not what Ham was alluding to. If I'm right, I think he was saying that if the N word hadn't been "reclaimed" by the black community it would have, more than likely, been forgotten. The spuds use of the word keeps it in the public domain. Using it as a chant against them is quite obviously wrong but them using it all the time about themselves keeps the term alive. These terms tend to die out if not used and heard all the time. I've not seen anyone on here saying that because they say it then it's ok for everyone to use it.

Well said Mr moly. Khobar my friend, you would have loved this.

I understood your point Ham. Wasn't that difficult.

It's the scenario where there are two clubs in a bidding war for a top PL player. One from Abroad and one from Blighty. Gives the European team a big advantage having them extra weeks IMO.

STrouble with these release clauses are that with the transfer prices spinning out of control , a relatively small bid could activate it. Three years ago, putting a clause in for Hazard for 60 mil would have looked good, today not so.

Would like to keep discussions about squad size and transfer dealings away from this thread as they are regurgitated well enough elsewhere. My predictions for this season are: PL. Top two min. CL. QF min. FA cup. SF min. LC meh. Gut feelings only, I use no scientific, statistical or insider knowledge, just my own opinion. I am a realistic optimist.

Not sure that the Irish would like being called Eire.