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[Devon Malcolm]

10 minutes ago, mim731 said:

Yeah I'm glad we signed him, good option to have and he offers something different going forward when we need to try and unpick a defence, which Arsenal have been lacking in some games. 

Also he seems like a good lad who really wanted this move, so I'm happy for him in that regard too. 

And he's flexible, too, he can play central or wide and I think Arsenal have needed more flexibility in a couple of their players.

[tiger_rick]

2 hours ago, Devon Malcolm said:

Quite why Chelsea want Garnacho is a total mystery to me, the guy hasn't got it.

They're taking Buonanotte on loan from Brighton for the season. That feels even weirder. Bloke was at Leicester last year and heading for Leeds on loan before this. Baffling stuff. At least buy him for £25m and send him on loan 8 times. That'd be normal behaviour.

[sivy]

16 minutes ago, tiger_rick said:

They're taking Buonanotte on loan from Brighton for the season. That feels even weirder. Bloke was at Leicester last year and heading for Leeds on loan before this. Baffling stuff. At least buy him for £25m and send him on loan 8 times. That'd be normal behaviour.

My guess is they want bodies while selling some deadwood as they have to stay in the green transfers wise. Otherwise makes no sense. 

 

[SuperBacon]

Found this a really interesting read on Chelsea and their transfer dealings.

https://the-correspondent-rory-smith-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/chelsea-transfer-strategy

[tiger_rick]

34 minutes ago, sivy said:

My guess is they want bodies while selling some deadwood as they have to stay in the green transfers wise. Otherwise makes no sense. 

Odd from Brighton's perspective too. Apparently wanted him to stay in England to get PL experience and then send him out to be 88th choice forward at Chelsea.

[sivy]

16 hours ago, tiger_rick said:

Odd from Brighton's perspective too. Apparently wanted him to stay in England to get PL experience and then send him out to be 88th choice forward at Chelsea.

Their an odd team, I always thought the lad they sold to Sunderland was decent. Ecriso was going to Strasbourg then Chelsea if he didn't fail a medical. You start to think are they linked some how lol. 

[air_raid]

Spurs gotta Spurs. Fucking inevitable.

[Lion_of_the_Midlands]

I haven't listened to the rest of the game but why are we playing extra time in a league match. 

[SuperBacon]

22 minutes ago, air_raid said:

Spurs gotta Spurs. Fucking inevitable.

As bad as Spurs were (and they were BAD), Bournemouth were absolutely excellent. Iraola got it right, Frank got it wrong. It happens.

[FLips]

27 minutes ago, air_raid said:

Spurs gotta Spurs. Fucking inevitable.

My FPL team is in shambles after that. Debating using one of my Wildcards to get rid of the lot of them.

[TheBurningRed]

Man Utd will be the death of me. I want to turn the clocks back to the 90s, when the team had some bollocks. 

[Vegeta]

We have rebuilt quite well at Bournemouth, happy to have a good result today.

[Tim Healys Chutney Spoon]

3 hours ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:

I haven't listened to the rest of the game but why are we playing extra time in a league match. 

Guessing there must have been some long delays as that seems an awfully long game!

[SuperBacon]

108 minutes must be one of the latest goals in normal time.

I bet there's some game that went on for hours for "reasons"

Edited August 30, 2025 by SuperBacon
108 not 118

[sivy]

3 hours ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:

I haven't listened to the rest of the game but why are we playing extra time in a league match. 

Derby vs Ipswich went 17 minutes. Clearly someone is doing Larry Zybszko somewhere in these games.