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Tony @7 I think Garner is one of those players that, if they have half an eye, managers love…a bit like John McGovern, Hartlepool or European Cup Final, does the same job what ever level He\'s at and you don\'t notice him unless He\'s not there…why is our right / left / middle wide open, why is opposition player xxxxx suddenly running wild. In the london bubble some days your face fits, someday it doesn\'t Kendall Vs Mullery / Storey…in Kendall\'s brief player manager stint he was the best player on the park. Half of me hopes we see 4 Everton players for England, Pickford, Branthwaite, Garner and KDH…and half doesn\'t.

Paul 7, that’s one of the harder-to-believe comments I’ve read in awhile: Demarai Gray over Richarlison? Or some other Gray I’m not aware of. Only if it’s him over a one-legged Richarlison, and even then, I’m not so sure. Realistically, assuming Spurs stay up, they’d want at least £20 million for him. As much as I love the player I’d rather spend the money on Grealish, if we’re looking at aging stars nearing their post-prime days. But I’d probably rather spend that kind of money on someone much younger, assuming our recruitment team has a clue. Or even rather spend it on George and hope for the best. In a perfect world, we could do all of the above, plus bring back Antonee Robinson and Ademola Lookman while we’re at it. But in all seriousness, I’d rather take a chance on Delap than Richarlison just because of the injury concerns. If it’s on a free, well that’s another story.

Sorry. But something Bad has got to happen before they do something about it. Trains go to every half an hour after 7pm. So fans are leaving early, which impacts the team. Then you have thousands of fans rushing to Moorefields, James Street and Central Station. These stations are absolutely rammed [ dangerous ] it was also the case at Kirkdale when we were at Goodison, trains every half hour. I see no problem, public transport staying to every 15 minutes on night matches.

I had read that club turnover will go up by £50m this year. Stadium naming rights, additional corporate, gate recipes, food etc plus an increase in tv and league money placement fees. Additional event money in rugby league, union, music events, and internationals is all adding to the pot. Gates have increased by 30%, but I wouldn\'t be surprised if match day revenue hasn\'t nearly doubled. The club doesn\'t make a lot of money on a oap season ticket at £20 a match or a junior at £15. It makes it on corporate at £200-300 a pop. There are fans paying an eye watering amount each season. You are right the debts are significant, but the way to increase turnover is higher places, European participation, and more commercial revenue. Id expect a new shirt sponsor to be announced over what we have seen previously, and perhaps castore replaced in time. Having better players is part of making that all happen. The club will be targeting £250m turnover from £190m, and have hired extensively off pitch to make that happen. Villa as a comparison increased from £276m to £378m. I would expect another summer of equity investment, and then more sustainable profitability funding the operaring side, and ownership return in increased capital value and perhaps dividends. Ive set them up, tfg better deliver.

Tony #1 Wenger\'s plan alters nothing. We\'ll just be looking for a millimetre of daylight rather than human torso… TBF though I don\'t see how you can easily legislate for offside.