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Any team is gettable. In two leg games you can have moments and of course the atmosphere always helps or hinders. That PSG midfield is an absolute machine though and they are so effectively well organised off the ball. You've got to be able to win and keep the ball high up and push them backwards, I think that's the real weakspot in this PSG team. Was hilarious watching Inter attack in the second half, they would win the ball high up but couldn't keep it up there, which in turn invited pressure. Not sure I can remember such a pace heavy attack since 2019 Liverpool. Worth remembering though that their domestic league dominance means they can give their players a lot more rest to keep up with the livewire intensity they play at.

Inter were embarrassing in that game. Well done PSG, like I said back in March after the Liverpool defeat, they were the team I couldn't see past. We ran them close, but ultimately they were better. Easy to say this could be a period of dominance for PSG, but I do think the likes of Barcelona, Madrid, Liverpool and Arsenal will strengthen weak areas in the summer. It's amazing how much more likeable PSG are when they have no massive stars/ego and a manager universally liked!

Sign, just like Sunderland voted for Brexit. People don't understand the gravitas and long term implications. Get a free $5000 dollars (which I doubt will happen) to keep people in line while the industry is sold off to Japan. When will he realise that the tariffs mean ordinary Americans end up paying the cost.

Haha Liam, you are so blinded on this topic. It's Friday again so shock, the TACO has made an announcement, just like other fridays. Nothing peaks more like protecting jobs than selling US Steel to a Japanese company.

The price quoted is £80m, which I think is about right market value for him. The BBC article is odd though, seems a bit of PR based. Think clearly Man Utd would like to keep him, but obviously they are in dire need of cash too. From the outside seems a bit of a tug of war.

Thought I'd get this up and moving with the first transfer window opening early on 1st June. Expecting there to be a lot of movement over the coming week or so, before it slows down until June. No major international tournament this year and lots of clubs competing in the Club World Cup and likely to be plush with cash, so likely to be a very busy summer! Liverpool have somehow got 10m euros for Trent.

Oh come on! The Last of Us games are amongst the very top tier of games ever. The storyline in the first game is fairly basic, but the themes throughout that run through are so strong. The second game's narrative is unlike anything I have ever seen in a video game before. The violence in the second game reflects the story, and of course keeps people engaged in the gameplay. I can totally understand people not liking the story with Joel being killed off, but pretty much everything about the second game is flawless.

He’s no better than Hojlund really. Probably the London factor with Chelsea, but he also might be being promised to be first choice along with CL football.

The drugs charges could be anything at this stage - doesn't necessarily mean anything, there could be traces of anything be it narcotics or prescription. What is most important is thankfully, it looks like fatalities have been avoided. I'm sure most people have seen the videos and it did not look good, so the fact at this stage it appears as if everyone will be OK is amazing. As a Liverpool fan, what irked me from the start was how prominent right wing influencers were already willing for it to be something else, sickening. Then of course when this turned out not to be the case, some influencers started blaming fans for attacking the car in the first place! In the latest CCTV you can clearly see other cars who are moving slowly or are at a standstill. The road was blocked off as vehicles were unsafe with the level of people. Such a fantastic response from all the emergency responders and thankfully the fire brigade were able to get on the scene so quickly to help with the people stuck under the vehicle.

It's a bit from the game, but it just seemed so random. Honestly it's like the writers are stuck between a rock and a hard place, as they want to show their favourite moments from the game, but have chosen to have a reality that is a bit more grounded than the games, so I think some of the bits they have hoped hit the spot, actually miss. Don't worry you will be an expert in both WLF and Scars by the end of Season 3! And some of the background characters you've seen will take a bigger focus.

If what I have read is true that he's already come in and demanded the #10 shirt (albeit that could just be a made up rumour) then it's going to be brilliant.

Similar to how I feel too. Abby is such an interesting character. There was so much set up in the final episode for next season that will all become apparent. I wonder if Issac will take on the Joel role for next season- clearly the show suffered a lot without Pedro Pascal, whereas the game doesn’t have that problem in the same way. What Just think that whole random scene where Ellie was captured by the scars was so out of sync. Not really sure what the point of that was unless they decided on a switcheroo. Which surely they won’t. @blacksquare the cranes were an excellent Easter egg! Like blacksquare says, there’s a lot of good material up and coming and narratively it has the potential to match Season 1 with the storyline in Abby’s story.

Next series will follow Abbie, but also Ellie too judging from the comments I’ve read. In the game we’re about 15 hours through at this moment and the narrative completely switches from Ellie to Abbie.

That data is interesting but it’s hard to make sense of it. It feels a bit like Reform are the protest vote as people don’t actually think they will get in, but they don’t necessarily like Farage? Idk. Feels like this week was pitched for Farage, but I’m guessing with the Liverpool news they will change the timings of their “policy announcements”. Helps Labour I think. But yeah does basically show the Tories are toast.

I'll be interested to see what people who have not played the game thought of the season! I still can't just look past Ellie's character and some of the shoddy writing throughotut the show. It's almost like they are stuck between fan service of certian moments, but then trying to ground the show in reality (see the boat scene). Obviously these moments set up Season 3, but meh, how they have wrote Ellie's character is so confusing. It's like she's a bratty teen still and I just don't think it works for where the story goes, or punches the same way. Interested to see how people react to not knowing how that cliffhanger ends for a while yet :D (although I reckon they'll reveal it in the first episode somehow).

Yeah it's horrible, I know a few people there and it's absolutely carnage all over the city centre. The videos don't look good. What annoys me the most is the right wing morons peddling on the back of this before anything had been announced. Some other videos from earlier up, looks like people tried to stop him and opened his door.

Thanks Houdini for running. Need to remember to put some wagers on my predictions next season!

They've had a brilliant season and should be exceptionally proud - I think the Conference League, whilst clearly not as exciting as the Champions League, will be good for the fans and club. If Forest take it seriously they will have a great shot of a long run in the competition. That being said, I think they will be disappointed, their league form in the first half was exceptional. Unfortunately the defensive fell apart and Wood's goals dried up. They will be disappointed they had it in their hands and let it slip.

And this season will be remembered for Mo Salah's record breaking, Liverpool winning the title, Man Utd & Spurs being hopeless, Mitoma's worldie goal. There's loads of good moments, just like any other seasons. Sure it's not had any real exciting final day drama.

Oh come on Houdini, nobody actually remembers seasons, people just remember moments :lol: It's been a great season and here's hoping 2025/2026 is even better!

I think the only big money signing we've made that hasn't worked out really has been Nunez. A shame, but he's never kicked on. Nunez, Elliott, Kelleher, Chiesa are all certanties to leave imo.

I thought we had no chance, but looks like we're in pole position to sign Florian Wirtz. Don't know if I'm more excited about the fact we're signing a superb player or actually spending money 😂

So it proves my point that it's not a £120m :lol: I'd say there's a lot of PR out there at the moment. It could be the hierachy decide to cash in on Bruno, I'd think his market value is about £70-80m though.

AFC Bournemouth 3-1 Leicester City Fulham 1-2 Manchester City Ipswich Town 2-2 West Ham United Liverpool 4-2 Crystal Palace Manchester United 1-3 Aston Villa Newcastle United 2-0 Everton Nottingham Forest 2-0 Chelsea Southampton 2-4 Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur 2-3 Brighton & Hove Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Brentford

He’s got 2 years left on his contract, there is absolutely no way Saudi are paying £120m for him. He clearly wants out but most of the European players who have gone to Saudi are haven’t settled or are mercenaries.