Do you think this Australian style humour will be appreciated in the old country.

Some of these footballers seem pretty entitled.

Now Kurt Zouma has demanded West Ham get him a larger dressing room citing the current one as having barely enough room to swing a cat.

Gerrard doing a quietly impressive job I feel at villa despite that result last night.

He’s made some shrewd signings and those saying we shouldn’t touch coutinho with a bargepole will have changed their opinion. Tell me now he wouldn’t have given us something till may. Class player

The Saka open to leaving stories clearly aren’t going to go away until he signs a new contract. If he does.

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I think it’s at the stage where we might have to do what gaz says and include a release clause that after 2 seasons if we are still not in Europe we will let him go to a club that is for 100 million or something.

Saka’s current deal expires in 2024. Why would he even consider signing a deal tying himself to Arsenal for longer even if it says if we don’t get into the Champions League in the next two years we’ll sell him for £100m. In two years time (which I’m taking 2024 to be), can’t he leave the club on a free transfer?

Win win for both parties. He gets vastly more wages and Arsenal ensure they get a fee if he’s sold for some time

You could say that about any player though ? Why did Özil and aubameyang sign new deals? Because obviously they were better than they could get elsewhere.

The club can include loyalty bonuses and all sorts sometimes payable up front, backdate pay increases it’s all made up. Remember aubameyang? All kinds of ridiculous bonuses and clauses. Or failing that pay the kid 300k a week. I doubt many clubs would wanna touch that.

If the player wants to go at all costs it’s irrelevant but if he’s open to seeing how it pans out but is reluctant and on the fence it may be a better option than letting him run down his contract. It’s basically the Grealish scenario at villa.

Yes she has that head mistress like "you've broken the rules and must be punished" look.

I’m actually with you on this.

There was a case recently where I live where a cat got into someone else’s garden roaming and was killed by a Greyhound (probably but not definitely). A major row occurred with the cat owner reporting the dog owner to rspca, police and all sorts and not to mention plastering it all over local Facebook groups vilifying the dog owner.

Where do you stand on that one ? I’m not a pet owner so I wouldn’t even know where to start with that. I suppose greyhounds are used to chasing and running but can you vilify a dog for doing what comes naturally to it in its own garden and it’s owners for not being able to control that.

Like I said I’m not a pet owner and I find 90% of cat owners are weirdos anyway, dog owners similar but a slightly lower percentage maybe 40-50% are weirdos.

Big game tonight, chance to lay down a real marker.

You just know we will find some way to cock-it up though.