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  1. One would imagine that the issue, for a bond insurer, is that he is likely to never pay you if & when he eventually loses the case. If you'd seen the number of times he has openly welched on a debt, you wouldn't trust him to get his round in at the pub, much less pay back the $400-odd million he's going to owe after this is done. Even at an extortionate interest rate, if you're worried he won't pay at all, it has to make it a pretty scary deal to do for them.
  2. Seeing as the main conflict between Klopp and Edwards last time was over giving long-term contracts to older players, I seriously doubt that Edwards is going to make a 29+ player on huge wages his big signing this summer. In other words, Kimmich ain't happening. It's a bit interesting to think of the kind of moves we made when Edwards was really running the show (so the last half of Brendan's time here and the first half of Klopp's) and wonder what we might do in that sort of vein this summer. I still think there's a decent chance Salah goes, and I wouldn't be surprised to see a player or two in there as well that we wouldn't expect (Gakpo?). Edwards always did his best work on the sales side, good as he was at buying players.
  3. It is with great regret that I visit this thread once more to see Gnasher pounding the "both sides are bad (but I'm only going to mention the Ukrainians being bad as a way of balancing everything)" drum and people engaging with him as if he's saying any of it in good faith. Russian economic figures are an absolute joke. I lived there for many years, I would estimate that the actual unemployment number in our area was probably close to 50%, but the official tally was never over 12%. As for the GDP figures, those come from the statistics bureau. They used to call me once a quarter and ask how many people I employed and what my business' revenue was for the quarter. No verification at all, and there would frequently be questions about "could I say I employed 15 people instead of 12?" and the like. Ukraine is no paradise, but after many years of struggle, they have installed a genuine democracy as their system of government. They have been ruthlessly and horrifically attacked by one of the most corrupt and brutal governments on the planet. Anyone who doesn't acknowledge these facts before entering into the conversation should just be ignored.
  4. You are correct to say that Virgil is back to his best. Or he's close, at least (his best was RIDICULOUSLY good, perhaps the best in league history), but the numbers strongly suggest that he will drop off significantly over the next two years. He could be playing at a high level still 3-4 years from now, but it will not be as high as his level is right now. The question will be whether he will accept that and be OK with a pay cut, or whether he will think that he deserves to be one of the highest wage earners in the squad out until he's 36 or so. I agree with you that we will definitely offer him a new deal, even under Edwards, probably heavily incentive-based and with a reduced base wage. The question is whether he will be inclined to accept it when he can likely earn more from another club elsewhere.
  5. This won't be popular but I think one of the things that will infuriate our fans is going to be the fact that this is the exact kind of deal Edwards will NOT sanction. I actually think one of the main falling out points with Klopp that led to him leaving was re-signing Henderson, wasn't it? It would have been hugely unpopular to let him walk that summer, but Edwards was ready to do so and then Klopp insisted on giving him an extension. I would contend that history has borne out Edwards' instincts to be correct, but it's arguable. At any rate, I think we'll see VVD and Salah let go (not necessarily this summer) earlier than we would have under Klopp. "Let their legs go on someone else's pitch" and all that.
  6. I've been amazed at just how good the academy lads have been this season. Normally you're lucky to have one big hit, and then a few here and there who can do spot duty and be third choice and do OK in 5-10 games a season. This season has been remarkable, to have Bradley and Quansah come through together, just as we needed them with the injuries. It took me 5 games or so to really see Quansah as the quality player that he is, you just keep thinking "he's doing OK" over and over, and then by the end of the game you realise he was actually consistently brilliant.
  7. Nah, not having that. City are very good, as are we. Arsenal are good, but definitely a level below either of us. I think they will require quite a bit of bounces going their way to win it. They got one yesterday with our draw but I doubt they'll get enough of them over the next couple of months. I think it'll be City over us by a point or two in the end.
  8. Have a mate who follows the academy quite closely and he told me that he'd be surprised if Koumas didn't make it at the top level. Born after Istanbul and he's finishing like that on his debut? You wouldn't bet against him, would you?
  9. Interesting one, this. Obviously he's a brilliant lad, which colours our view of him as fans, but honestly, if the price were right, I could see us accepting something for him. While he still brings value to our squad, his legs do seem to be starting to go and sometimes when that happens the player falls off a cliff quicker than we're ready to admit. We will probably be looking for a starting-quality left back in the summer anyway, and if we had a good offer for Andy and we thought it could make the difference in being able to afford someone really good, I could see pulling the trigger on that and going with Tsimikas/Gomez/Beck as the depth options.
  10. It is true that sometimes a really good midfielder can make his partner(s) look much, much better than they are, isn't it? Thankfully our data department seems very good at determining which of them is actually offering the real value! I'm thinking of us going for Fabinho when Bakayoko had just gone for more money to Chelsea because they thought he was the star of that Monaco midfield. Or when Chelsea (again!) thought that Drinkwater was worth 35m, just because Kante had made him look so good at Leicester.
  11. If we're taking players off Chelsea the only one I want is Cole Palmer. Yes, he was stymied by Kelleher in the final, but for my money, he's the only player there I'd actually want. Only 21 and rumours they'll have to sell as he's the only player they could get positive FFP profit from in their squad.
  12. The original is brilliant but this is just ... surreal.
  13. Russia taking no chances on having the poison revealed this time. They learned their lesson after they poisoned him last time and then let him be transferred to a German clinic too soon after thinking that there wouldn't be any traces of it left (they were wrong). I'm sure whoever is in charge of his body this time was shown what happened to the person who made that mistake and will be quite eager not to repeat the experience.
  14. Was running around like he was 52 out there. How on earth is he still in the Premier League?
  15. Is it just me or does Danns move just like Nunez when he's running?
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