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Oh they're abysmally run & their recruitment is horrific, no arguments there. That's why they just cheat by chucking money at it. I'm not saying they WILL do that again but if the points deduction isn't significant, why wouldn't they?

Yeah, but they wouldn't have known that loophole argument would be successful, they've played fast & loose for years. Hopefully they get the enormous points deduction that their rampant cheating deserves but I wouldn't hold my breath. And sorry yes, re: Sheffield United, 12/1 to win the...

Yes, Sheffield United. They were 12/1 to get promoted, lumped on that each way (pays out for a top 4 finish) for a very tidy payout. As mentioned before, they finished in the top 6 by 24 points despite a points deduction. If the points deduction is small, why won't Leicester be able to keep...

Didn't manage a single minute played between them. 1 of them made the bench once, that's it.

For god's sake, please nobody mention 'Black Cats' again or we'll have that Sunderland weirdo on here again...

Remains to be seen. Most people said similar about Sheffield United last season & Burnley the season before, both were long odds to win the league (and both netted me some nice money 😁) The point is, unless the points deduction is absolutely huge (which it won't be) what's to stop them just...

It's not an unreasonable point given the gulf between the parachute payment clubs & the rest. Sheffield United would have needed to have 25 points deducted to miss out on the top 6.

Very sad news. Genuine trailblazer. ☹️

Frozen out by Lampard at Everton who refused to even speak to him. He is married to Marcus Hall's daughter though...

Terrific player. The stick he used to get was embarrassing.

What are you basing that on? He is appalling in the air. He rarely even attempts to jump for headers, just backs into defenders & often fouls them instead. Simms won 41.8% of his aerial duels last season (82nd percentile) Riis won 30.3% (14th percentile)

Nobody said that. I said you adopted the nickname recently as you didn't have one, as you have just agreed with. The history of being associated with a black cat may well go back a hundred years but even your own fans, historians, journalists etc. can't agree as to why.

Agreed. He's one I've liked for a while. Too rough around the edges to go straight into a Championship promotion chaser & on a very long contract at Barnsley though so would be expensive.

Still bought their success with a €658m wage bill, by far the biggest in Europe. I think it's fair to give Luis Enrique tons of credit though, as you say he's turned them into a proper team & an exciting one at that.

He's a very good prospect.

Not convinced on Riis personally. I think he's a good Championship player & will be a decent pickup for someone but I don't think he's a good fit for what we need. He's at his best pulling wide & then driving in at goal, not dissimilar to Wright & BTA (or even Gyokeres). He cannot operate as...

Everyone knows where our nickname comes from & it's significance to us, that's the whole point of a nickname. There are dozens of conflicting stories about yours &, from the very article you have copied & pasted there: "In fact nobody knows for sure why the team are called the Black Cats"...

If you stick a release clause in somebody's contract I don't think you can really get too pissy if another club chooses to trigger it. It's not like a backwards move either, he's leaving a L1 side to be manager of Schalke!

I've got an appointment with Haji Wright's barber. I'm dreading it.