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Yes I did see some praise from Steve. I don't think they ended on terrible terms or anything, although they were never gonna be quite as close after events that have been and gone.

Stick a nice new five year contract on the table with a fair rise, and nice Europa winners bonus attached. Guarantee him "outfield captaincy". Get the new manager to take him out for a slap-up michelin star meal. Talk up the prospect of becoming the kind of name that will be folklore for time...

Nah, this is better. Going again in UECL isn't enough reward for the winners IMO. Plus, as you rightly mention, those returning clubs would most often be favourites the next season and could enter a farcical loop. This trophy will always have a different winner than the last year, that makes it...

On the flip-side, it could be argued he had success at Frankfurt. Not all success means lifting a trophy, we know that well enough from the "pre-Oli" days. I would say his 3rd placed season was a success. Bayern and Leipzig too, how much can be attributed to him as assistant, are not bad...

Thanks, I'll take that as a compliment, Willo has my respect. He's knowledgeable and eloquently spoken. Far more pessimistic than me towards the club most of the time, and I think politically we are very far apart. Yes, a lot of rumours circling. The same media "source" will put out a different...

Played mostly in Germany, including Eintracht, bit higher level than Oli's playing days but nothing major, some Bundesliga, Kevin Keegan's Man City signed him early on but he returned to Germany without breaking through there. Never stayed more than a couple years at one club. Started out in...

Yeah he's been mentioned before, took over from Glasner at Frankfurt, steadily pushed on without rocking the apple cart from what I've heard. Got 'em to third in the league.

Expected to travel are the following 12 players; England: Hendo Colombia: Muñoz, Lerma France: Lacroix, Mateta Senegal: Sarr Spain: Yeremy Japan: Kamada Norway: Strand-Larsen USA: Richards Côte d'Ivoire: Guessand Morrocco: Riad We have a full squad basically travelling to the world cup...

Can we bring in a suitable replacement for that money? If not, we should stick.

I might get one, I'm considering it at the moment. This season I did get all three, so I will have two similar looking shirts hanging up if I do get this one... but yes, nostalgia is the draw of course... and I don't begrudge that. The club should (and will) benefit financially from success...

Where the money is being laid will have an impact. Could be nothing more than that.

Yes, always.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting we should. But most often we do. We have always left things late. We do most of our transfer business late, and that's been the same under multiple Directors of Football. Dougie was a fantastic DOF but not someone that acted quickly. It remains to be seen...

But does UEFA check info@uefa.com ?

We're raising funds for Mbappe 😉

At this stage of the season the kit we wore all season might be £15. This is a different kit. One because of Palace for Life (okay we had that all of Europe), but more importantly because of the stitching on the chest saying Uefa Final 2026 Leipzig etc etc.

Pace has never been our way with these things, when Doug was doing things we took our time but reached a decent decision eventually.

Yep no need this time. We are safe. I would assume we will have done it this time anyway just in case both us and Brondby did qualify. I'm sure they wouldn't risk a repeat.

I have faith in all of our players.

Commonly get's stated that it was meant to be for the weaker leagues. If that was the case surely they shouldn't have included the stronger leagues. (Or as I suspect that's not the intention; more aimed at a general tier of clubs across the nations.)