***Official English Football Season 2021/22***

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Given the spending done by Villa it was obvious he was going, Villa have signed some good players this summer but moulding them into a decent side could prove difficult unless Smith is given time.

As Grecian noted, Smith definitely has credit in the bank at the mo, shouldn't be under pressure if we start badly unless things get really desperate.

An yeah, with the new players coming in there's still cause for optimism, even if our record when Grealish wasn't playing was dire. Bailey-Buendia-Traore behind Watkins, with Ings in the mix as well, seems decent on paper (he says, having not seen Bailey play at all).

 

[andruid]

Leeds can't function without Kalvin Phillips, as Ajax are showing.

 

[Furball]

As Grecian noted, Smith definitely has credit in the bank at the mo, shouldn't be under pressure if we start badly unless things get really desperate.

An yeah, with the new players coming in there's still cause for optimism, even if our record when Grealish wasn't playing was dire. Bailey-Buendia-Traore behind Watkins, with Ings in the mix as well, seems decent on paper (he says, having not seen Bailey play at all).

Bailey is rapid.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Wesley Fofana with a horror injury in a friendly tonight. He will miss most of the season.

 

[sledger]

Radical turnaround in Messi case: Barcelona announce the player will leave

There has been a radical turnaround in the case of Lionel Messi's renewal with Barcelona, with recent information being that the deal was close to being announced, yet Los Cules ha

www.marca.com

lol

 

[Furball]

It's a fairly transparent attempt to get La Liga to allow them to continue to spend hundreds of millions of euros on duds.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Hope Barca stew in their own ****. **** of a club.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

 

[Kraken]

Good bit of business by Villa tbh. Grealish is a gun - but he’s not worth 100mill

 

[grecian]

Good bit of business by Villa tbh. Grealish is a gun - but he’s not worth 100mill

Yeah, especially considering his injury problems, bringing in a few options instead, almost certainly better for the long run.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Our record last season with/without Grealish doesn't make for encouraging reading. (Challenges Uppercut's theory that Grealish couldn't possibly have improved England too much just by himself. )

With Grealish:
P24 W13 L8 D3

Without Grealish:
P14 W3 L7 D4


But as posted above, happy we've invested the money straight back into the team and still feeling good about the season ahead.

 

[Uppercut]

Our record last season with/without Grealish doesn't make for encouraging reading. (Challenges Uppercut's theory that Grealish couldn't possibly have improved England too much just by himself. )

With Grealish:
P24 W13 L8 D3

Without Grealish:
P14 W3 L7 D4


But as posted above, happy we've invested the money straight back into the team and still feeling good about the season ahead.

Yeah haha but you didn’t have Sancho and Foden as replacements.

I think he’s great. 100m looks more or less fair to me.

 

[GIMH]

It’s the most wonderful time of the year

 

[grecian]

People that don't get excited on this day, not actual football supporters to be honest, watch ****ing rugger or Hockey or summat.

The pregnant expectation, yeah we know for most of us it'll end up in disappointment, but **** it there's just that ****ing chance it'll end in glory, and sustain us through years of mediocrity.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Not excited but wary. Only got 20 players and 4 of them are keepers. We need and will sign more before the end of the month but it feels strange going in so light in certain areas.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Rotherham away, pay on the day - a bit of poetry there to start the season. I'm not actually going, but the fact that the option is there is in itself a good feeling after last season.

 

[duffer]

It’s the most wonderful time of the year

Yay!

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

I think he’s great. 100m looks more or less fair to me.

I rate him really highly. Not fussed about the fee personally. City are the best run club in the world and if they think the can afford it and that Jack is worth it then who am I to disagree.

 

[sledger]

It's a great signing imo

 

[weeman27bob]

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