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It was very much under the radar - I am overseas but I tend not to miss. Very disappointed in that one but hey ho - he will find out what he has lost. Teddy Sheringham. No more.

Holy shite, how did I miss that one. Millwall as well - they are stuck in that league and wont get out. A big waste (for him as much). EDIT - Even Nisbet jumped back to Aberdeen in the SPL because that was a wrong move.

That hits my bed time but I'll watch Everton v Man Utd.

Burnley have kept 12 clean sheets in a row with a 4-0 thumping of Sheff Wed last night - thanks remarkable (the clean sheets). Middlesboro lose 5 in a row - Carrick under pressure after losing to Bristol City. Bristol City are a club with potential if they could get promoted, its a decent sized city with a good population and they are the bigger club - Rovers arent up to much. Sheff Utd v Leeds on Monday night is the big one though.

I was "maybe" a bit harsh on the 49ers the other day. I didnt realise their takeover of Leeds was in stages. In 2018 is was 15% which jumped to 44% in 2021 so they didnt own half of the club until a full takeover in 2023 when they were back in the Championship - so it wasnt all their responsibility to invest and the previous owners / shareholders were never going to put anything in when they knew a sale was coming.

Likely to be that XI. And you are right about Lawrence. He was awful against Hearts last week and didnt even look half fit. Did you type Clinton because Nsiala is a tough one? 😄😉 Id like to see more of Fernandez and Lovelace. Although am I right thinking someone on here mention Lovelace wants to move down south in the summer?

UEFA have absolutely nailed this format. Its top notch. A lot of pundits using football snobbery and entitlement saying Liverpool shouldnt be playing PSG at this stage because they topped Phase 1, yet thats an insult to the teams who bettered PSG (and Real Madrid and Man City) in the league. Also there shouldnt be a Madrid or German Derby. That is garbage - Do they want to just hand pick the big teams. Its a cup competition and anyone should be able to play anyone.

I keep underestimating Brentford. Leicester are going back down, Wolves are a better side than them.

I think only Lazio have been given a good draw, everyone else is finely in the balance. I'll take Fenerbache. Bodo Glimt would have been the preferred tie but Fenerbache are beatable and would be nice to knock out Jose Mourinho. The away tie will be hostile and tough but with our record we can get a draw there.

Tricky tie for Liverpool but they are still favourites. A Madrid derby is tasty as is an all German clash. Arsenal and Villa should progress. PSG v Liverpool Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid Feyenoord v Inter Milan Borussia Dortmund v Lille Club Brugge v Aston Villa PSV v Arsenal Bayern Munich v Bayer Leverkusen Benfica v Barcelona

A Friday night game again so early predictions in. Leicester 1-1 Brentford Everton 2-0 Man Utd Bournemouth 0-1 Wolves Arsenal 2-0 West Ham Fulham 2-2 Crystal Palace Ipswich 1-1 Tottenham Southampton 0-2 Brighton Aston Villa 3-1 Chelsea Newcastle 4-2 Nottingham Forest Man City 2-1 Liverpool

Rangers 2-0 St Mirren. FGS Tavernier (pen)

I echo multiple posts on the thread. This group may think we are a best option to pitch their brand in the Champions League as Leeds arent getting there anytime soon. The investment needed in RFC is a fraction of what would be needed for Leeds to become a top 4 Premier club. Therefore that could be positive. On the flip side this group didnt invest in the Leeds playing squad to remain in the Premier League 2 years ago - although there is the fact Bielsa only likes to operate with a small squad but he was gone before the went back down. Its quite intriguing and Im looking forward to more news.

Its cost them 52.4 Million to get rid of Moyes, Van Gaal, Mourinho, Solskjaer and Ten Haag. 15M Mourinho was the highest with 14.5M for Ten Haag just behind. 4.1 Million for Ashworth after getting him out of Newcastle then parting just a few months into the job. Disaster ran club.

These predictions are to easy! Great result for Arsenal, its title race on if they win their game in hand.

Now that Real Madrid have negotiated the play off they will be favourites to win the tournament now. City not being able to compete with them for the first time in the last 4-5 years. Third Italian team to go out with PSV overturning them. Feyenoord and PSV knock out AC Milan and Juventus!

Will be interesting if they get Leverkusen. Its either them or Atletico Madrid. PSV v Juventus (1-2) is the better match tonight - very much in the open. 2 Italian teams went out last night, could be another tonight. Cant see Man City overturning Real Madrid, there seems to be hype because City thumped Newcastle with Gonzalez now being the new Rodri after 1 game.

Chelsea definitely need to rebuild or build new to progress, Stamford Bridge is holding them back with only having a 41000 capacity. There still isnt much room behind the goal to the right (camera view) nor the 3 tier stand with the railway directly behind it. But they can easily turn the pitch and move it down. Ive stayed in the Hotel at the stadium before and there is a bit of space while walking around the old shed end and the other stand. But it would be a massive job to build a new stadium on that site but they dont have much options as Battersea power station was pretty much their only option. Im also surprised they dont have a shirt sponsor for additional revenue.

A rearranged game tonight, Villa not in the best form - having a sloppy draw with Ipswich at home last weekend. But they are good under the lights in the big games and I fancy them to get something. Aston Villa 2-2 Liverpool

Im on the same page as you. Every Rangers team I can remember has had the odd home bizarre defeat like the Motherwell game, I remember being a game in 2000 under Advocaat as Kilmarnock won 3-0 at Ibrox. But they were total one offs and the bounce back was immediate. That defeat at Dingwall for me was the game where it all started and thats the one we didnt recover from.

Goodison gets a good atmosphere but if ever there was a stadium that was tired looking its that one. Im sure there will be the digital advertisements and scoreboard around the concrete middle before the start of next season which will finish that stadium off nicely. I thought the capacity would be a bit more than 52,888 they could have got nearer 60,000. Clubs building stadiums like Leicester, Stoke, Southampton and Derby was common for a while but there seems to be a lot of people saying they become soulless and clubs have gone away with that which is great. Aston Villa are adding 8000 seats with a new stand which will make Villa Park up to date and pretty awesome. Spurs built on White Hart Lane Site. Man Utd will either rebuild Old Trafford or build on site. Newcastle will build on current site (albeit may move 100-200 meters behind the current stadium). Nottingham Forest are staying at the City Ground and building a new stand. Palace - Building a new stand.

Poor result for Bayern that! Fair one to Feyenoord, I fancied them yesterday to go through.

Capitulated is the right word - and havent recovered since those results, just further regression. If it was a blip then fair enough, he originally had enough credit after getting us into the title race this time last year after Beale disaster but now we have gone a longer period with these poor performances and results so quite rightly massive questions to be asked.

Second legs tonight. AC Milan v Feyenoord (0-1) - This will be tough for Milan to overturn, I think it could go to Penalties. Atalanta v Club Brugge (1-2) I think a home win and enough to go through. Benfica v Monaco (1-0) home win to finish the job. Bayern Munich v Celtic (2-1) I think Bayern hit them for 3 or 4.