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When I saw Man U against Bilbao in Dublin a couple of weeks ago they looked decidedly pedestrian (I even fell asleep during the second half watching the game). I thought it was down to the fact that they put out what was a second string team - but it looks like it is permeating throughout the...

This is the point - When Rodrygo went for a world record for a 18 year-old he already has 63 games for Santos - Ferguson played three games for Bohs and has played 22 for Brighton. When Mbappe joined PSG he had played 41 games for Monaco and (technically) another 27 games for PSG (he joined on...

This is a cracking good result - Nobody is going to catch the Man City Sheikhs - but every other team has some major flaws. This could be an interesting season

The world record for an 18-year-old is £42m - Real Madrid paid that for Rodrygo last summer. £120m for Ferguson would treble the current record. It is a lot of money for a kid would is still learning his trade and anything can go wrong along the way. Mbappe was 19 when PSG paid £125m plus...

Wolves surprised me last week - I had them pegged for relegation given the players that they sold - but they put in a performance and were unlucky. That may be saying more about Man U than anything else - but Wolves will get confidence from that game. I think it will end in a draw - 2-2 (with...

There are a number of important statistics to consider in relation to this issue - 1. Less a third of all rapes are reported to the police (310 out of every 1,000 cases) 2. There were 67,125 rape offences reported to police in the UK in 2021 3. Out of cases reported - less than 1 in 6 lead to...

It depends on the wording of the clause in the contract.

Kurt Zouma couldn't push him off the ball when he was a 14 year-old - it is well nigh impossible now to shove him over.

Pretty sure I'm not - his dad is a very level-headed, experienced ex-footballer who, in his currently job, noted for working with people in a constructive way. It would be completely out of character for him to dictate to Evan what he should and shouldn't do. He didn't dictate to Evan that he...

Evan's dad doesn't dictate to Evan - the kid is way too mature for his dad to take that approach. From a footballing perspective there is no way that Ferguson should leave. However, players do get injured and sometimes you have to give serious consideration to a big money offer - just in case...

Apparently Lineker is now touting Ferguson as Kane's replacement.

IMO Ferguson shouldn't go near Spurs - they are a hot mess at the moment and no one knows how Ange will pan out - but Brighton do operate on the basis that every player has his price. As for Armstrong - he is far from a ready made replacement - but he is definitely one to keep an eye on.

Rumours in Ireland that Spurs are offering a British transfer record fee for Ferguson - Would Bloom take £120m ?

Maguire is a decent CB but needs to be playing for a team that doesn't press high up the pitch. I was at the Man U V Athletic Bilbao pre-season game in Dublin the weekend before last (absolute rip-off - but that's another story). Man U were very lazy at the start of the game and Maguire was...

Cashin is Irish U21 player and is showing some potential - not anywhere near as good as Omobamidele, Collins or O'Shea at the moment - but a fraction of the cost. He is also born in England - and rumoured to be one of the players the English FA have tried to poach. He likely will play for...

That is the point I was making :thumbsup:

A number of Irish kids have signed for European clubs since Brexit - e.g. Cathal Heffernan - AC Milan (although rumours at the weekend that Newcastle were trying to sign him from Milan) James Abankwah - Udinese John Ryan - Sassuolo Kevin Zafi - Inter Glory N'zingo - Reims Killian Cailloce - Caen

Most social and affordable housing in Ireland is now built by charities - and I have a major problem with this as it let's the government and the local councils off the hook. Local councils in Ireland are sitting on large banks of land zoned for housing but won't build social and affordable...

Most of them were flogged off to vulture funds at a pittance - the vulture funds rented them for five years (their normal strategy) and then started selling them off at huge profits - oh - and the deal when they were buying them for pennies - not tax on the rent or any future profits when sold...

Well he has a five year contract - but ????