Man U smashed it last night. Great performance! Stroll in the park.
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Glad to see the Refs clamping down on Players and Managers for poor behaviour. Could be great fun.
Bollocks - Chelsea about to sign Michael Olise from us. Why donāt they just buy every player in EPL ( apart from slab head) and be done with it
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It seems that for the most part we are buying Didier Deschamps World Cup winning team of 2026. With a few others thrown in.
Tbf Olise did move from Chelsea in the first place, heās only coming home againā¦
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Indeed - although I think he was let go rather than moved of his own volition! Anyway, for Ā£35m I think you have a bargain compared to some of your more recent purchases
I believe weāve lent you Lewis Hall for the season. Proper decent player he is.
Indeed he is! Cheers (although would rather have kept Olise)
Thatās not alienating people who cannot afford to go to games? How much do you pay for your season ticket? And someone who cannot afford to pay that is less of a fan than you in your book are they?
There is a 40 year waiting list for a season ticket at Arsenal and online tickets go for between Ā£150-Ā£450 depending on the match so someone who cannot pay that isnāt a real fan in your book.
Iām not a season ticket holder but have followed my team home , away and abroad for 40 years but now cannot afford to spend Ā£500 to take myself and my nephew to a game am I less of a fan Andy.
I spent hundreds on Tv subs and kits each year am I less of a fan?
And Iām alienating you?
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With respect (though not much) Bob, if you had followed Arsenal āhome, away and abroad for 40 yearsā you would NOT now be on a 40 year waiting list for tickets. That is utter nonsense.
Iāve been going to SJP since 1976, and have had a season ticket, in the same seat, for 38 seasons. I get it that some people canāt afford to go to matches regularly (or canāt now get tickets). But, also, many people make a choice not to go to matches regularly.
My ST costs Ā£562, since you asked. This is on a discounted scheme, and will rise to c.Ā£850 next year, so back to the āproperā price.
I will pay it. Football comes first. I fully appreciate that Iām lucky to afford it, but itās incredible that I have to defend myself to someone who spouts opinions/vitriol to people who actually go to the games, when they donāt! Have a great season though Bob; I like Arsenal and think theyāll go close again. 
LFC to sign Elvis Costello, as he does not want to go to Chelsea. 
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Oh, btw, that 5 year amortisation rule thatās come in is a UEFA one for clubs playing in European competition.
Apparently, as weāre not in Europe this year, it doesnāt apply to Chelsea yet 
Silver linings and all that!
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Firstly Iām not a liar Iāve been going to matches home away and abroad and on many occasions have had to sit in with the home supporters at away games. I did not say that I was on a waiting list for season tickets I said there is a waiting list of 40 years.
Going to matches does not make you more of a supporter than someone who doesnāt it just makes you more fortunate supporter thatās all and if you cannot see that then there is no point arguing.
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Pochettino managed one of the most expensive teams ever assembled at PSG lost the title in first season only the second time theyāve lost in 12 seasons failed to win the CL and was sacked after 18 months, across 14 years and with 5 teams heās managed just two trophies both with PSG.
So the Ā£800 million is no guarantee of success in Pochās hand expect the managerial merry go round to continue at Chelsea with returns of both Mourinho and Conte in the next few years.
The refereeing madness has begun and as I predicted above Andre Onana will be a liability at United amazing with ball at his feet but erratic in every other area.
A stand has to be taken regarding points lost by the these ridiculous referees supposing Wolves get relegated due to those lost points.
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Complete incompetence is one thing, but I worry more whether the same decision would have been reached if the incident had happened at the other end of the pitch.
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What they used to do was denote them to the National League until the latter rightly protested. It was interesting though to see that when faced with football as a contact sport rather than endless variants on ballet those same officials were absolutely outstanding without exception.
Itās very easy to blame officials nowadays but essentially a game within a game has been created and it requires humans to make judgements on events which run at speeds which are near impossible.
Considering the number of basic grammatical and spelling mistakes I witness on this thread, I think we all should tread carefully hereā¦
There. I tells ya strait.
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