John from Bootle's latest activity

I'm not sure the contract was the issue. They signed a dud, a player who has been reported as being a bit work shy when there, and they decided there was some loophole that could avoid them having to honour the contract. The contract was just a...

I'd see most of our business being done nearer the end of the window tbh. Looking at our starting 11 as it stands it's mostly how we finished the season, solid enough with Alcaraz coming in for Duke. If we can get 2 or 3 bits of quality in...

No sarcasm, it's just my sense of humour and a follow-up to my earlier quote of Jesus wept and of not wanting to read the whole of the Bible to check if it really was the shortest verse.

Yes, he has been very good and it's not that he does anything wrong. But as good as he is at certain things, his quality on the ball is nowhere near good enough for this league. A few years ago midfield was all about energy, pressing and moving...

Well, it's official, one of the forum's stalwarts has been exposed as a bot or a wum. A very sad day.

Yeah, it pretty much is gospel. I'm prepared to back up anything I've said.* *apologies if there's some sarcasm or irony that has gone over my head.

Haha. Fair do's. If I'd seen Macca's post beforehand I wouldn't even have commented. People on here that know me will tell you it's a common trait of mine.😇

No need to apologise mate, it's just a forum and I don't expect anybody to make sure they've read everything I've said before commenting on something. For the record, thks is what I said:

Yeah, I'd already conceded that was a valid point, if correct. ;)

But then that just becomes it's own little deadline doesn't it? It's not ideal to be in a position where another club can just take one of your players at very short notice, with no negotiation needed.

If he goes to Germany and does well, many of the top English teams will look at him in a year or two. None of them will look at him after playing a year or two for a team managed by Moyes. That's the unfortunate truth. Using your logic , I am...

Maybe so. The point remains though. Barca decided to take Gerry back just to move him on. An injury crisis, the hint of interest from other clubs, or even filling the homegrown quota could easily see a last 'second' decision made to come in and...

They should be scrapped without doubt.

Buy backs aren't great at all. With a loan, you know what you're getting. With a buy back clause the club holding that right can literally just decide at any moment to come and take him back. No prior warning, no negotiating, 10 minutes before...

Maupay has never really had any injury issues. Was 3 years younger and even though his record weren't great, he'd still outperformed Dom's last 4 seasons in his time at Brighton. 26 goals in 3 seasons vs 17 in 4 for Dom. I do see what you're...