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To me, the signings they've made have been with a mind to dominating the Championship next season and then selling someone for £30-40m, exactly what they've ended up doing with Buendia.

Covid doesn't even factor into that, it just means they haven't scored an away goal this season.

Norwich are playing with everyone behind the ball except Sargent and Pukki, so hopefully it stays that way!

Has Chris Wilder been talked about as the next Newcastle manager? I reckon him or Eddie Howe would be the best choices. Whoever it is will be the Mark Hughes (at best) of Newcastle's rise in stature, so I certainly don't expect them to get anyone like Conte.

Looking forward to Bruceball finally coming to Carrow Road when Daniel Farke gets sacked after 0 league wins by the end of the season.

Not interested in a World Cup every two years as I quite like the Euros. Might as well just declare football over at the end of 2022 at this point.

14 hours ago, Bobfoc said:

Which version did you get? I never played it myself, but I often saw the Liverpool and Man United ones in bargain bins when I worked at GAME. I never came across a Birmingham City edition, but I saw a Leeds United version here and there.

The Norwich version was impossible. It was the season they made it back to the Premier League (the first time) and the only decent players you could get were U21 loan signings from the likes of Arsenal. I never made it past Xmas without being sacked for poor performance.

3 hours ago, Baddar said:

Saw this wealth split on Twitter so could be nonsense.

Norwich, so poor they didn't even make it onto the chart.

Arguably The Elder Scrolls series for me. I struggle with other RPGs so they stick out as some of my favourite games with a lot of time sunk into Oblivion and Skyrim.

I would say I'm apprehensive but the writing since Chibnall took over has been so bad that I tapped out after about five episodes. Even finding out about stuff after then just made me glad I'd stopped watching.

Personally, I felt that the Moffat era was much closer to the original tone of the classic series, until it fell off a cliff with the awful Clara stuff anyway. The Eccleston and Tennant series' just felt like a pastiche of the character and concepts. But, hopefully, RTD will be able to get the lore back in order again, even if it means lampshading what Chibnall has tried to do with it and then just cracking on with a new plotline.

7 hours ago, The Kraig said:

I also thought of something earlier. When micro-management becomes part of a game. I remember Fable III and Mass Effect being tedious bogged down with micro-management, and in Fable's case it directly effects your final outcomes. In Mass Effect it does effect your overall fun, in my opinion. An automate/skip button would have been grand.

I haven't played any of the Mass Effect games but I think, with Fable III, it's because the variable mechanics they implemented in Fable and Fable II were both incredibly well received. They upped it for the 2nd one and clearly thought that adding even more for the third one would do even better.

9 hours ago, Colly said:

No local multiplayer. I can understand some games not being suitable but the PS4 SSX was such a let down.

Further than this, basing the entire game around online multiplayer. This is especially true for games that used to have decent to amazing single player modes that now just... don't.

7 hours ago, Skummy said:

On top of that, not all matches were worked yet.

Book half of your card in TEW and half in WreSpi. Problem solved.

I'd be very interested in the buyback clause for Abraham. He's only 23 and, if Werner doesn't drastically improve this season, I'd be looking at cutting our losses.

I'm hopeful that 6 months of playing under Tuchel (and VAR being loosened) will have improved Werner. Picturing him playing more as a winger this season with Havertz acting as backup for Lukaku in the middle.

17 hours ago, OctoberRaven said:

I mean, he's got Liger's moveset, so the finisher has to be a brainbuster. Previously it was the Barca Buster.

How about "No longer playing in Spain-buster"?

Paris Saint-Germain Suplex would be an easy replacement though.

1 hour ago, Baddar said:

Rom will give you more than 10 goals. Great striker, given the right service.

This is exactly what I'm hoping for.

Lukaku obviously isn't being brought in to play second fiddle to anyone, which likely means that Werner will shift out onto the left wing or a supporting role. I do think we have too many options in attacking roles now, so someone has to go.

Ziyech would be my first choice to cut as I wasn't too impressed with him. Hudson-Odoi would ideally be shipped out on loan somewhere for a season, not sure where though.

19 hours ago, Hobo said:

I don't pay attention to what other clubs do most of the time, so, I'm kinda surprised by this. Obviously Chelsea have gone through different managers and stuff since he was there originally.  But there's something wild about the fact they have spent 115 million on someone they already had on their books once. 

It's not like it's the first time this has happened. Man Utd spent, what, £85m bringing back Pogba?

It also doesn't really seem like Pogba returning helped Utd all that much, given the on/off relationship he seems to have with everyone that isn't Raiola. If Lukaku can deliver 10+ goals a season then he's already going to improve a Chelsea side that just won the Champions League.

It's a shame to see the mighty Qarabag having to compete in such a lowly tournament like this.

I wouldn't actually mind loaning Abraham out. If Werner and/or Havertz have another crap season then I'd try to use them as part of a swap deal to get Haaland or get rid of them entirely. I'd rather Abraham go to West Ham than Arsenal (for the European football, naturally) and then come back having proved himself somewhere he can start consistently, rather than playing second fiddle or sometimes not even making the bench.

Not too keen on this one, certainly not as good as the last few years. I was considering getting one with Gilmour on the back, but I don't think I'll bother now.

I don't use it to track attributes, its there for me to keep my squad balanced and know what my rotation options are. Conditional formatting on current/potential ability, ages, and contract length to keep me aware of who might need replacing.

13 hours ago, Benjamin said:

What happened to Lamps taking over them?

Pretty sure Lineker (the famous one) asked him if he'd had any job offers during the pundits' talk for England/Croatia and Lampard effectively said "not any that I wanted otherwise I wouldn't be here right now".

2 minutes ago, Kaney said:

I said it elsewhere but yeah, this. Each player on their own are all very-good to world class but the team just doesn't do it. Every year unrealistic expectations are trundled out and England play the way they've been playing for years. Shite.

Scotland absolutely were deserving of their point, I'd have been genuinely upset if England stole it at the end. A Motherwell player had a million times better game than goldenboy Kane.

Based on chatter from today that's been the case since 1996.

Worst England performance I've seen since 2012 and that includes the Euro 2016 performance. Granted I have no memories of the 2014 World Cup and don't watch any friendlies/qualifiers, but still...

Facing Portugal/Germany in the 2nd round with the expectation of getting potentially getting Spain and Holland as the worst case scenarios en route to the final does sound better than an easier 2nd round and having to get past France, only to likely face one of Belgium or Italy before even reaching the final.

An interesting career for James Milner on FM09.