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Yes, I saw the EFL one. All looks very messy.

Boro won 5 of the last 6 that season (think you might have the wrong season with lost 4 of the last 5) but it's pretty rare that teams come sixth and go up. I guess the £40m is potential premier league money split four ways.

Boro complaining about a team being subsidised by their owner is a bit rich though. They've been racking up losses funded by Gibson for years.

I'm just watching the replay of the House of Commons discussion from earlier today. It certainly seems that there is support behind us (Derby) and these legal actions don't seem to have much to stand on.

There was a statement from an site owner of a Boro forum saying that Gibson had given them details of how they came up with the £45m figure and it was based on betting odds... Try to get that to hold up in a court of law.

The language used by EFL and Boro statements isn't very professional at all and the EFL statement contradicts itself and earlier statements regarding us on several occasions. I'm hoping we get an update from our side soon and that this can all be over with.

Just a minor matter of the East Midlands Derby this weekend. No big deal. Could be the last one ever, we could have no players left if all sold off for scrap value and we could have no manager if the media get their preferred candidate for the Toffee job...

the media get their preferred candidate for the Toffee job...

This is very much the case, the media would lap this up. Although given what an absolute goon Moshiri when it comes to make even vaguely sensible, long-sighted football decisions, I would not be at all surprised to see it happening.

I'm hoping Big Dunc does well for the next few games while we sort our shit out.

need a t-shirt that says HE’S REO HATATE, MATE

check this topper of a restricted view I had at CP last night, pmsl. seat should come w. a periscope

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Special One to Everton…

Edit: Now on Sky. So probably not true.

No thanks. Match of the Day and the sports pages don't need him.

Special One to Everton…

What could possibly go wrong…

This is the worst thing about sacking Benitez, you just know we’re going to make the stupidest possible move next.

Hopefully.

Leave Wayne be.

Leave Wayne be.

Think that would probably be best for all parties.

Maybe not as funny, but bang on the money: https://thisisnotfootball.co.uk/2022/01/16/norwich-city-2-everton-1/

This one too (worth it for the ‘Doley Trinity’ subheading): https://thisisnotfootball.co.uk/2022/01/18/random-everton-musings/

If Gary Cotterill reported it I’d be worried.

Watched the Brighton chelsea game last night. Brighton were v good. Chelsea had a wiff of player strops and lukaku struck quite a lonley figure. The drop off in form has been quite dramatic.

seriously? I mean, there have been thousand of articles, op-eds, interviews on the radio, outraged talking heads

If you're right here then where is the noise over Burnley's latest postponement? There is absolutely nothing, it can't be because Arsenal are a bigger story because it was "never about Arsenal". The metro this morning have half a page on Conte moaning...

And yeah, there's be a lot of comment, but Arsenal have got it in the neck here to a level of criticism entirely absent since or after....

^Derby fans looking forward to watching football at Pride Park next season

Well, you had bright sparks such as Adrian Durham banging on about it.
https://twitter.com/talkSPORTDrive/status/1481942185989844996

I've got to say though, as big a Burnley fan as I am, even I'm willing to accept that the North London derby being called off due to one Covid case is a bigger story than Burnley v Watford being called off.

I've got to say though, as big a Burnley fan as I am, even I'm willing to accept that the North London derby being called off due to one Covid case is a bigger story than Burnley v Watford being called off.

And in the Metro, to boot.

The Athletic reporting that an Arsenal player is being investigated for suspicious betting patterns around yellow cards. Everyone really is out to get them!!

Haha well as they are joint top of the red card list for the last 20 years, with 97 reds they're tied with Everton, that could lead to a long investigation, that's before you get to the yellows...

Did we talk about Granit thug cunt Xhaka's Cobra Kai impression last week? The dirtiest of the dirty fucks. Apparently Granit has issued more Instagram apologies (19) in the 5+ years he's been at Arsenal than his Prem goal tally (9) or assist tally (16) over the same period, LOL.

Is Granit's behaviour rubbing off on the fans? Just heard this morning about AFTV's DT getting sent down for 3 years for violently stalking, assaulting and kidnapping his former partner, fucking hell, classy.

Fulham really need to get past the mental block of scoring only 6 goals a game..

And there's still a football club he named after himself (DTFC) playing in the Essex Alliance League (with his son as captain) and with him listed as chairman.

Scummy bastards.

How long will this Mitrovic goal drought go on?

It's reached crisis level now they've scored 7 goals since his last contribution.

Or you know, you could backup your point that it's not about Arsenal when the media reports show a clear bias, and the premier League are now considering a rule change mid season, after numerous clubs have benefited to a greater or lesser degree and others haven't...