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Llorente doing part of the draw… memories!

Wouldn’t want him playing more than a handful of league games based on his past form, but no issues with him as a back up. One less position to think about in the summer - which in reality would only be a like for like replacement.

Leroy Rosenior lasted 10 minutes at Torquay before new owners took over! Dave Bassett had the shortest spell before that in English football (4 days at Crystal Palace in the mid 80s). https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cy5pxxew0qxo

Could/should have won both games against NZ & SA, but now pretty much out of the competition after 2 matches. Gutter!

Doubtful. If you stay in League A you’re pretty much guaranteed to be in pot 1 for the Euro and World Cup qualifiers. Although there’s talk of the qualification process being altered from 2030 so who knows by then!

Just seen the scorecard from South Africa v Afghanistan! Looks like an incredible game

This cycle will have very little impact (for us) on the 2028 Euros as we're pretty much nailed on to qualify automatically as a host. Obviously staying up (4th is relegated and 3rd has a playoff to stay up in March 2027) would benefit in term of playing better teams and aid our ranking for...

But apart from that...

More often than the media would have you think. *from Chat GPT, so no doubt there'll be the odd error!

Think that's still pretty common across Europe (including Germany of the 'big' leagues) Our first ever promotion in the playoffs involved a team from the league above - some of my first Swans memories are those home playoff matches against Rotherham and Torquay then listening to the away legs...

Plenty of weird splits and playoffs across Europe, but the Belgian league certainly seems to be the most bonkers, with points being halved after 30 games before a 3-way split! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Pro_League#Competition_format_and_naming *I think the Cymru Premier is adopting...

It did seem strange at the time that the only person on the staff with significant experience as a coach and some as a manager was not kept on after the success at the end of last season. Clearly there may have been a whole host of reasons for that which I’m not privy too but if it was a...

I’m inclined to agree, although Burnley have got 100 points twice in the last 3 years and been relegated immediately (assuming this season plays out as expected). Sunderland also proving it’s what you do in the summer, not the season before that counts. 1/3 of the teams in the league being in...

Looks like this is going to a vote. I’d imagine most clubs in the Championship would vote in favour. Possibly some of the yo-yo clubs would be against? https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/feb/10/efl-clubs-vote-expanding-championship-playoffs-to-six-clubs

I hope you’re right and happy to be proved wrong in the summer in terms of the interest and offers we’ll get. Obviously I’d be even happier if we keep him.

The valuation is largely irrelevant, it’ll come down to what offers come in. Personally, I’d be surprised if any clubs offered more than £15m and if that means we keep him for another season I’d be delighted. I’d also be surprised if we turned down an 8 figure fee for any of our players...

I can understand people watching him occasionally thinking he doesn’t have the all round game to play any higher. The improvement in his pressing, hold up play and different type of goals he’s scored over the last couple of months might make a PL club take a gamble in the summer though. The...

Piroe scored 40+ goals over two seasons and we got around £10m (I think). Slightly different contract situations but I’d be surprised if anyone offered over £15m for Vipotnik (as good and clinical as he’s been this season)

Winning the ball higher up the pitch helps but I agree - for the 1st time in years we’re regularly getting 3/4 players in the box when it’s being delivered.