It is a silly scenario, because if we hadn't sold ANY of those players, then we couldn't have afforded to buy Pedro (or Buonanotte, or Estupinan, or Igor, or Baleba, or Barco, or Verbruggen, etc)
But - if we'd kept 'only' Mac Allister and Caicedo, AND signed Joao Pedro, we'd be top 6 certainly.
Hants, chasing a target of 171, were seemingly on the ropes at 44/5, but steadied the ship, and cruised to a five wicket win.
The Durham chase if they pull it off will be incredible. 380/5 chasing a target of 475.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/ECKE1217430
Adam Lallana apparently wore the captain's armband yesterday, at Pascal's suggestion - to mark his last game for the club.
Given that Adam has been here five minutes, in comparison to Pascal himself, I hope this was because Pascal did NOT feel that he himself needed to mark the occasion in such...
I bet it didn't.
DeZerbi reportedly lost out on some serious job offers around the turn of the year, due to the cost to his suitors of paying the compensation set out in his Albion contract. I'd imagine that allowing for that to disappear, is incentive enough for RDZ to accept a no-strings...
The second half one - the ball arrives behind him, and he actually does a really good job of adjusting to hook it towards goal - and only a really good bit of defending from Casemiro on the line prevents him scoring. I don't see Ferguson or Undav doing any more with that cross.
The first half...
Absolutely. But actually there was a WORSE (and not at all unfeasible) potential time of departure. At the end of the transfer window, three games into the start of the season.
If people are going to start ONE MILLION threads to go over the same ground, then I am just going to cut and paste the same thing into every one of them:
There is no possibility they could ever have 'sorted this out'.
The club has a recruitment process, and a wage structure that best serves...
There is no possibility they could ever have 'sorted this out'.
The club has a recruitment process, and a wage structure that best serves the club's mid-long term security and success. Any head coach in position, is bound by those structures.
If De Zerbi walked into his showdown meeting and...
Chastening and entirely avoidable defeat, on Saturday.
Won the toss and chose to bowl - on my insistence - conditions were perfect - I knew it was going to be hooping about.
As last week, myself and our off-spinner bowled our 9 overs each right through, and after those 18 overs, the opposition...
his positional sense was questionable- understandable in a position he has never played previously.
but as for the rest of it??
If he ’lacks pace’ heaven help the rest of them. Did you fail to notice Moder make up a ten yard headstart, to make a great saving tackle on one of the quicker...