Recent content by simonhch

Love how people have such ingrained hatred towards a player that they jump in with a knowing and dismissive comment before they’ve even seen the replay. Great insight lads :lol:

Game over

Real have been there for the taking tonight but Dortmund have paid for a lack of quality in individuals. Adeyemi and Fullkrug in particular. Plucky runners who get into lots of dangerous positions, but just lack that top level quality. They’ve given it a great shot tonight, but man for man they...

He was offside

It’s amazing how this Dortmund team made the final. On paper they are really, really average from back to front. A combination of great spirit, some good teamwork, and a healthy dose of luck.

I don’t think half the squad will leave either but I think there will be significant outgoings. More importantly, I think some of the outgoings will have a significant impact on the overall budget. Moving on Varane and Martial for example has freed up 550k a week off the wage bill. Which gives...

People have to stop conflating this potential transfer with the Mount one. Two different people, in case anyone is wondering. At 25m could be a very sensible signing. I rate him highly, and I’m not reading too much into his one big injury.

With you 100%. I think we will actually be slower to move this summer than many have a hope for. It’ll take a little while to reach some sort of operational equilibrium with all the new staff coming in, and old ones going out. And I believe there will be a decent amount of financial...

Thanks!

I completely agree with that. Being British in the PL is such a politically loaded and partisan subject. As you say, people either overrate based on PL experience etc., or completely underrate because they are not exotic enough. Rice is a brilliant example. Judged as a footballer, there were a...

We’ve got CL football for next season which is a big plus, especially for the budget. We have big things to come from the mighty Bolton. Cracking foundation you’ve laid down. @BD and @sebsheep what an achievement! Absolutely brilliant.

I agree you can’t. But there’s no point making the argument about how close the wins were. Liverpool have had close ones too. Etc etc. I only mention the effect Munich had because that crash robbed one of the best teams in Europe from even competing for a significant number of years. It’s an...

Agreed. I’m not sure it’s an actual policy though, rather than just press speculation.

Liverpool have more trophies right now, although the two have often been trading places for the last several decades. But there are other things to consider. Firstly, as someone previously put it, there is the cultural impact of the club. United is just bigger than Liverpool in terms of its fan...

candidly, when it comes to Branthwaite, I am also not sure. I am also not sold on any “buy British” philosophy. But I am also not sold on whether that is actually their philosophy, or it’s just press conjecture. I don’t think anyone from Ineos has said that publicly. What I do know is that they...