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You missed two mentions of Mechelen before Baldrick's, old boy. And this one's easy - at least the player. Clarence Seedorf. Ajax, Milan (I think) and can't remember the last club.

I don't understand that sentiment at all. It is as you say. It's part of our identity and must never be forgotten, where we were, the fight we had on our hands to keep the club alive. It also helps enjoy this current golden age (for that's what it is, make no mistake...) even more, and keep our...

Villareal is not a bad shout - only about 50,000 people there. Them or Mechelen, I reckon.

Even if Ansu Fati doesn't set the world alight here, the fact that a player of that profile will join us, from Barce-bloody-lona, on the same day we're drawn in that group in Europe. I'm struggling to get my head round it a bit. I was standing to the left of the goal as we looked at Hereford, so...

Wasn't suggesting one is more credible than the other. Just pointing out the certainty in La Marca's piece. That section is slightly vague, in that it assumes you know what they're referring to already. I think it's some kind of European coach of the year award, as the winner will be decided...

I haven't waded through all 29 pages of this thread, but here in Spain La Marca are in absolutely no doubt it's going to happen. They've already mocked him up in our shirt: https://www.marca.com/futbol/barcelona/2023/08/30/64ef1df822601dd02d8b45b3.html

I should bloody hope so too. But my point remains valid, I think - our club just keep completely schtum until it's official. And with bloody good reason, lately - everybody else does quite enough talking.

If that's happened, isn't that an illegal approach? Do the footballing authorities no longer care about this stuff happening, or are agents and media now such powerful players in the whole transfer saga that said authorities can do eff-all about it? No wonder the club never say a damn word about...

This. If you believed everything printed (which I don't, at all) you can add Caicedo, Mitoma, Ferguson, Enciso, Estupiñan and who knows who else to the loss of MacAllister. I come online to read about the games that are actually already happening all over the place and get swamped with...

@Harry Wilson's tackle, that was my immediate thought on reading this too. Especially given how the game is these days, I never thought anybody would get anywhere near Tug Wilson's total, but if Dunk stays healthy and maintains his level, he's going to break our all-time appearance record. In an...

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They've somehow stayed in twelfth place for weeks without winning a game. I suspect they'll have enough once their fixtures change after the Arsenal game, but there's always one team dragged into it late on as a result of the others' fighting and picking up some results. It's not too much to...

We've been completely robbed, particularly in the 1-2 defeat during the pandemic, by a combination of our own profligacy in front of goal during games we've completely dominated, and appalling officiating as part of a system supposedly set up to eliminate mistakes. So to beat them when they...

I hope that happens when I grow up. But I'm what might be called a gentleman of a certain age now, and there's absolutely no sign of it when that lot are next up.

Going back to Feb 2010, Leeds have won two of their last 18 games against us. Yeah, they'll probably sweep us aside... https://www.11v11.com/teams/leeds-united/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Brighton%20and%20Hove%20Albion/

What a joy. What an absolute joy that is. I know one swallow doesn't make a summer and all that, but that feels genuinely cathartic...

What he said. I'm another one who's been around for long enough to know that football's always been like this, is like this now, and always will be like this. But I don't have to effing like it. And football is pantomime, ballet, soap opera and drama all thrown into one, as well as sporting...

Your own words: "I've been telling them for the 20 months that I've been here what they're doing is wrong and nobody was listening." This is about company culture. That's not going to change just because they say it is. You've already done the hard bit, now they're panicking that they should...

Both. I don't post on here too much any more - living abroad has made it a lot easier to feel sanguine about victory or defeat, and when I get over for games now, I enjoy the whole thing in a completely different way. But today has really depressed me. I realise it's how football always has...

Game-winning goals home and away against a relegation rival in Huddersfield were pretty important too. I agree apparent character doesn't make him a fit for the club. But that goal against Palace has bought him a lot of goodwill in my book.