Owl_For_a_Lifetime

Anything less than 12 points will be damaging... Certainly if they don't get 9 points from West Ham, Leeds & Wolves...

Vincent Company is the prime example of needing good players to execute the type of football he wants. Unfortunately, our players are worse than Burnley's let alone near the calibre of Bayern, Pederson needs to go back to basics and play the percentages..

Not suggesting it for a second by the way, just being a bit mischievous with the devils advocate scenario Agree with the posters who are going easy on Americans asking the question though, from a business perspective and that of their sporting culture it makes perfect sense (similar to no promotion/relegation). They'll have been explained the differences and why it can't/won't happen. The analogy of two phoenix clubs rising will make enough sense for them to rule the suggestion out so they'll move on. The Wrexham guys are a good example of owners everyone would like (without having a Jack Walker on the doorstep). Yes of course they're in it for the money but they're also intelligent enough to buy into and enhance the local community. I genuinely believe they want to leave the club and town in a better place than they were when they took over.. Which is more than can ever be said about our last owner..

I was living up in the north of Scotland when Inverness Caley & Inverness Thistle merged, don't what everyone is worried about as nothing kicked off when that happened A more intriguing prospect though (answer will still be emphatically no obviously), the Inverness clubs merged as it was their only way into the Scottish senior league system... If there was a closed shop Premier League or European breakaway with massive funding and we were given a seat at the table on the condition both Sheffield clubs merged, would more be accepting of it?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cvg84knn2p5o Top four seeds kept apart in the draw and can't meet eachother until the semis (if winning the group)... From an English perspective there's certainly less jeopardy getting through to the last four now...

Brand new 50k seater multi-purpose stadium with hotels / bars / sports facilities for the community to be built for me. Generating income more than just 23 / 24/ 25 days of the year is a MUST. If that can be done on the site of the current stadium great, if not we need to move location as well.

Eze is proof of what can happen if you give young English / British kids a chance at higher level. From QPR to Palace to Arsenal he's kicked on and slotted in at that level like he's belonged there his entire career...

I think James, Stones & Guehi are certainties if fit... Agree with Rashford, his top level of fit and on form is above all other wise players bar Saka...

It would need to be a complete Spurs job where we move out, demolish everything, then rebuild with the pitch rotated about 30° counter clockwise to be perpendicular with the roads. The increased footprint would obviously be impacted by the river so there would need to be some specialist engineering in place. I don't mind the stadium being in the same location but the name absolutely has to change, as many have pointed out any internet search mostly references the disaster so we need out of that shadow.. New shiny sponsored stadium will do that job..

I sincerely hope he sticks to his guns on this one... For all the good Southgate did, not taking a proper LB and continually playing Foden / Bellingham together until the 80th minute in most games really held us back at the Euro's.... The fact we got to the final with those issues shows how good we are...

Crazy isn't it.. We're like a hospital patient who's just been told the cancer has gone and fully in remission whereas they're a city trader being told the annual bonus will only be £100k instead of £250k....

Jermaine Pennant on Talk sport just now.. "Liverpool aren't in a crisis, Sheffield Wednesday are in crisis..." At least it's proof some of the media have their heads screwed on properly...

There have been similar examples in the UK (albeit watered down) like Man Utd having an academy graduate in their squad or Yorkshire CCC only having players if they were born in Yorkshire... Agreed it would be very hard to start from scratch and be competitive..

Exactly this.. Distribution of TV money equally would increase competitiveness creating enhanced demand for the product... Back in the days of Deportivo winning the title and Denilson's transfer to Betis were when La Liga had the chance to challenge. Even Sevilla dominating UEFA cup hasn't helped domestically..

Best thing that could happen to Scottish football is Hearts & Rangers going toe to toe with Celtic... Tight title race instead of winning by 20pts in March would create far more media interest internationally... Better players may be attracted to the league as a result..