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Cardiff City vs Chelsea (LC) Tuesday 16th December 20:00 GMT

Ah becoming a hero cause he has spoken out against the true villans?
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Funny that because Johnny Minerals in his video yesterday said it was all a ruse set up to get the supporters to back Maresca, it looks like he could be right, unfortunately i still want Maresca out

 
There has been a question looming recently as to who will be sacrificed to make room for Quenda next year. I think it is crystal clear Gittens is the player. I have also come to a conclusion that most players sold by Dortmund struggle to adapt to new teams

 
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Quite funny that we end up in the Semi Finals of a domestic cup after only having to beat Lincoln, Wolves B and Cardiff. Probably won't get an easier draw than that in the next 50 years ! Hot on the heels of the Club World Cup, this is further evidence, if required, that Maresca is a "lucky" manager.

 
Estevao slight injury according to Coco, wont be fit for Saturday, would like to know how he got it, maybe he got it sitting on the bench for so long

 
Quite funny that we end up in the Semi Finals of a domestic cup after only having to beat Lincoln, Wolves B and Cardiff. Probably won't get an easier draw than that in the next 50 years ! Hot on the heels of the Club World Cup, this is further evidence, if required, that Maresca is a "lucky" manager.
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Better to be lucky than good really, in life that is.

Funny, the reaction, after his comments post-Everton, because despite pretty much everything, his flaws and so on, it did put things in perspective, ‘the reality of him actually going’, as I can’t think of another serious name, ready for this. The SD’s really need to go, as normally, this wouldn’t even be a conundrum.

 
Quite funny that we end up in the Semi Finals of a domestic cup after only having to beat Lincoln, Wolves B and Cardiff. Probably won't get an easier draw than that in the next 50 years ! Hot on the heels of the Club World Cup, this is further evidence, if required, that Maresca is a "lucky" manager.
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You can only beat what's in front of you, but the draw has been very favourable.

 
A game to forget. We won.

Onwards and upwards!

Garnacho brought shooting boots on today!

 
There has been a question looming recently as to who will be sacrificed to make room for Quenda next year. I think it is crystal clear Gittens is the player. I have also come to a conclusion that most players sold by Dortmund struggle to adapt to new teams
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Really puzzled by our transfer policy at times. If Gittens was bought for 15-20 million then I can see how he might be a player we could develop and eventually sell on for a modest profit. As it is, we paid what? 55-60m? How does that even work? He looks like a work in progress, the odd promising flash, but that fee makes no sense unless he’s a world class talent in the making. It’s a huge gamble. Glad it’s not my money.

 
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Really puzzled by our transfer policy at times. If Gittens was bought for 15-20 million then I can see how he might be a player we could develop and eventually sell on for a modest profit. As it is, we paid what? 55-60m? How does that even work? He looks like a work in progress, the odd promising flash, but that fee makes no sense unless he’s a world class talent in the making. It’s a huge gamble. Glad it’s not my money.
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You need to take salary n age into account.

 
The owners are stockpiling more attacking players , because that’s what the market wants the most - difference makers, assist makers, goal scorers so the hedge fund owners are hedging their bets and hoping one or two of them will come good and go for a big profit, Noni went to the gooners for about a smaller margin than sh*ttens cost. Neto cost 54 mill, 3 more than sh*ttens at least he’s proving that worth. Garnacho a snip at 40 mill looks good vs a Div 3 outfit but in the prem he’s started as he left off at United. His best season there 23-24 7 goals. George they nearly trousered 22 mill off Fulham in the summer. Mudryk cost north of 70 mill , banned for now but notice hasn’t been terminated bc there may be salvage value and he’s unsellable now. Stevo 29 mill seems to be their best acquisition apparently his worth has tripled already. Lastly Palmer cost 42 mill , 9 less than sh*ttens but a has a talent alas that kittens will never ever have and colds value must of doubled at least.

There’s weaknesses all over the squad that the billion plus investment should have prevented (look at arse squad injury proofed finally last summer based on not winning EPL lessons learned ) but there’s a strategy by Clearfake we cannot see clearly through the fog of war on the pitches because we still think we support an elite trophy hungry football club.

 
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The owners are stockpiling more attacking players , because that’s what the market wants the most - difference makers, assist makers, goal scorers so the hedge fund owners are hedging their bets and hoping one or two of them will come good and go for a big profit, Noni went to the gooners for about a smaller margin than sh*ttens cost. Neto cost 54 mill, 3 more than sh*ttens at least he’s proving that worth. Garnacho a snip at 40 mill looks good vs a Div 3 outfit but in the prem he’s started as he left off at United. His best season there 23-24 7 goals. George they nearly trousered 22 mill off Fulham in the summer. Mudryk cost north of 70 mill , banned for now but notice hasn’t been terminated bc there may be salvage value and he’s unsellable now. Stevo 29 mill seems to be their best acquisition apparently his worth has tripled already. Lastly Palmer cost 42 mill , 9 less than sh*ttens but a has a talent alas that kittens will never ever have and colds value must of doubled at least.

There’s weaknesses all over the squad that the billion plus investment should have prevented (look at arse squad injury proofed finally last summer based on not winning EPL lessons learned ) but there’s a strategy by Clearfake we cannot see clearly through the fog of war on the pitches because we still think we support an elite trophy hungry football club.
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The strategy is banking on getting lucky and signing a GOAT thru scouting and trial/error when they're young.

I speculate this based on the Dodgers recruiting Shohei and Yamamoto when other teams were still hesitating on them

 
The strategy is banking on getting lucky and signing a GOAT thru scouting and trial/error when they're young.

I speculate this based on the Dodgers recruiting Shohei and Yamamoto when other teams were still hesitating on them
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We have many fans complaining about gitttens. Gittens 50m sounds stupid when you can get Eze for 65m.

But when you calculate the total cost, you understand why our SD got extension.

 
Well thankfully we got through in the end.

An awful first half performance. A bit better in the second half.

We looked like a team that had been introduced in the tunnel before we came on.

 
We have many fans complaining about gitttens. Gittens 50m sounds stupid when you can get Eze for 65m.

But when you calculate the total cost, you understand why our SD got extension.
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Except that the consequences of their actions are not tied to these actions immediately. When Palmer and Colwill are sold to general incredulity from fans and the media it will be because of the depreciating value and lack of marketability of dross like Gittens.

Speculating is all well and good but any investor knows that you dont have this as your sole strategy and if you do speculate, you do it with the penny shares and not those that have Gilt prices.

 
Another first 45 minutes to forget. Truly dull and uninspiring.

Much better second half with the subs and Buonanotte going from looking like a very poor and even slower Jorginho to someone who could actually play football after all.

Fair play to Cardiff. For a League 1 side they play good football and I like their manager. Thankfully, a little bit of class prevailed in the end.

 
Except that the consequences of their actions are not tied to these actions immediately. When Palmer and Colwill are sold to general incredulity from fans and the media it will be because of the depreciating value and lack of marketability of dross like Gittens.

Speculating is all well and good but any investor knows that you dont have this as your sole strategy and if you do speculate, you do it with the penny shares and not those that have Gilt prices.
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Not sure that is the case. If gittens flop, 4 years from now, he will only be 25. He is not on big salary and you can get 20/30 m for him. If you count his total cost, it is actually not that bad.

 
Not sure that is the case. If gittens flop, 4 years from now, he will only be 25. He is not on big salary and you can get 20/30 m for him. If you count his total cost, it is actually not that bad
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He's still on £108K a week though.

It's not as if he is on £35-50K a week like Santos, Lavia, Gusto, Guiu, Essugo etc

Still a lot of wages, granted less than someone like Eze (supposedly on base £180K).

 
Well thankfully we got through in the end.

An awful first half performance. A bit better in the second half.

We looked like a team that had been introduced in the tunnel before we came on.
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I have a strong suspicion that like with Mourinho when we crashed out at home to Bradford in the FA Cup 2-4 that Maresca did not prepare this match and just picked a makeshift team telling them they were better as they were the higher league team and then worked at half time to turn it around based on what he saw and made changes.

I guess it might be what we call family time and it makes us as supporters on edge of what might be a humiliating loss, we got away with it and turned it around in the 2nd half.

So we move on to the Semis and wait with a mixture of hope and trepidation not least due to what team and preparation they will get before.

 
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