Recent content by Londonsmog

I honestly think the PSR thing was just a throwaway line from Craig Johns based on the way the club's been talking about the need for efficiency etc. in the last few transfer windows. I'd be really surprised if we didn't end up signing Brittain. Can't say I know too much about him but happy to...

Agree with some of that - I was really surprised we didn't sack Carrick earlier than we did. I think the comparison with Sunderland is tricky, since it's obviously a lot easier to do business with guaranteed Premier League money. Agree they're doing interesting business and in general seem as...

Come on mate we obviously aren't planning on signing Brittain and then shutting up shop! We're clearly trying to sign players for multiple positions while also trying to negotiate the sales of Rav and Hackney, and how much money we get for those guys will impact how much we have to spend and...

I think the PSR thing is just saying that we can't as a club be inefficient with our spending as that hampers you in the long term (see any number of other championship clubs for evidence of that...). So this one Brittain deal obviously isn't taking us anywhere near the limit, but if we...

Source? Permanent or loan? Never heard of him tbf - the one who's at Palace?

Good for him and bad for Wednesday. Also really frustrating for us surely! The northern echo guys said that we were really interested in rohl but thought that we wouldn’t be able to get him without a massive fight over compensation which would drag on forever. Now it seems like he’s just going...

To be fair, by hanging on for that long we squeezed Atlanta for a really big fee - Latte has not played great since getting there and certainly wouldn't go for that money now. Sounds like the club had a replacement ready to go (Strelec presumably?) but Carrick insisted on Iheanacho

I enjoyed visiting Pinacoteca di Brera - it’s the main art gallery - and it’s only a short and quite nice walk from the Duomo

The thing that's changed for me is that a few weeks ago I was certain that Carrick would leave if we didn't make the playoffs. Increasingly I think he'll stay... The more distance I get from the run-in I do think there were some mitigating factors this season - injuries to the defense, selling...

Obviously he’s still a new signing and it can be tough to join a new team in January, and I hope that after a good pre-season he’ll be better next year! But so far I’ve been so so underwhelmed by Whittaker. Lacks pace and drifts through games. Seems like a proper ‘moments’ player and I’m...

Surely if he is sacked we should be all over this?? Will be a free agent so no compensation, worked successfully with Scott before, & will have won the Championship 3 times..

I honestly think performance-wise he has. I think our squad is one of the best in the division - certainly it was seen that way at the start of the season, it felt like every week in August-October opposition managers would talk up how much quality we had. Carrick himself said it’s the best...

So disingenuous! Bristol City never expected to be up there before the season - clearly overperforming relative to their squad. Coventry had an awful start to the season and did sack there manager, before charging up the league... Carrick's massively underperformed given the quality of our squad...

Immediately after the game it’s worth checking out the Bermondsey beer mile if that’s your scene. The taprooms generally close around 11ish though.

Hammersmith not too far from KX