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[Risso]

I suppose they wanted to be open about their investment in other clubs. I hope they haven't lost interest and are instead heading to Portugal to try to get Champions League football that way.

The day Guimarães play in the Champions League I'll get Risso to offer you a golden farm to go with your golden pigs.

God forbids Moses and his followers to eat swine “because it parts the hoof but does not chew the cud.”

Seems like a completely logical thing to insist on. We can't be eating any of those non-cud chewing bastards.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I suppose they wanted to be open about their investment in other clubs. I hope they haven't lost interest and are instead heading to Portugal to try to get Champions League football that way.

The day Guimarães play in the Champions League I'll get Risso to offer you a golden farm to go with your golden pigs.

God forbids Moses and his followers to eat swine “because it parts the hoof but does not chew the cud.”

Bob Marley said something similar.

[Sexual Ealing]

So did Bob Dylan.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I wouldn't know.

[algy]

To be fair I'm not sure I'd be trying to eat golden pigs either. I imagine they'd taste a bit metallic.

Maybe it's just like tinned bacon though where the gold is just a coating and it's mechanically recovered pork inside

[OCD]

There’s a story in one of the papers that as part of the deal, we’ll bring Ibrahima Bamba across. He’s a 20 (soon to be 21) year old Italian who usually plays as a defensive midfielder who can also play as a centre back.

This got me thinking of the possible strategic importance of this deal. Before the UK left the EU, we acted quickly to sign Bogarde and Swinkels because we knew it would be difficult to get international clearance for a lot of young European players after we exited the EU. Signing up a European club allows us to recruit and park a lot of promising talent, build up their experience and bring them across once they likely would get clearance. Could be quite a significant move.

[Drummond]

There’s a story in one of the papers that as part of the deal, we’ll bring Ibrahima Bamba across. He’s a 20 (soon to be 21) year old Italian who usually plays as a defensive midfielder who can also play as a centre back.

This got me thinking of the possible strategic importance of this deal. Before the UK left the EU, we acted quickly to sign Bogarde and Swinkels because we knew it would be difficult to get international clearance for a lot of young European players after we exited the EU. Signing up a European club allows us to recruit and park a lot of promising talent, build up their experience and bring them across once they likely would get clearance. Could be quite a significant move.

Ah, the other part of our new centre back partnership with Kamara.

[Brazilian Villain]

There’s a story in one of the papers that as part of the deal, we’ll bring Ibrahima Bamba across. He’s a 20 (soon to be 21) year old Italian who usually plays as a defensive midfielder who can also play as a centre back.

Ah, the other part of our new centre back partnership with Kamara.

Bouba 'n' Bamba has a nice ring to it.

[eamonn]

Just keep Bobo Balde away from our team.

[GarTomas]

There’s a story in one of the papers that as part of the deal, we’ll bring Ibrahima Bamba across. He’s a 20 (soon to be 21) year old Italian who usually plays as a defensive midfielder who can also play as a centre back.

This got me thinking of the possible strategic importance of this deal. Before the UK left the EU, we acted quickly to sign Bogarde and Swinkels because we knew it would be difficult to get international clearance for a lot of young European players after we exited the EU. Signing up a European club allows us to recruit and park a lot of promising talent, build up their experience and bring them across once they likely would get clearance. Could be quite a significant move.

Is the correct answer.
The Price of Football podcast covered this story this week, effectively it can be used as a vehicle to park talented EU teenagers who now can’t be signed and moved into the UK (thanks Brexit) so this alleviates that. Plus the added benefit of them playing regularly in a higher standard.

The shared methodology is effectively training methods, diets etc so if Villa do them bring them in once that have enough points (some quota around games played etc) the new players then only have to adapt culturally but their work environment doesn’t change that much.

[chrisw1]

I quite like the idea of keeping an eye on Vitoria.  This could be fun.

UTV.

[LeeB]

Just keep Bobo Balde away from our team.

I miss the Glaswegian pronunciation of that name, it was magnificent.

[OCD]

With Central Defenders expected to be able to play out from the back and Defensive Midfielders often dropping back into defence, the position is more interchangeable now than it has previously been.

Choosing to play Kamara as a centre back would be batshit. Apparently Bristol Rovers have pushed Bogarde into midfield though so there is a smaller divide now.

[LeeB]

With Central Defenders expected to be able to play out from the back and Defensive Midfielders often dropping back into defence, the position is more interchangeable now than it has previously been.

Choosing to play Kamara as a centre back would be batshit. Apparently Bristol Rovers have pushed Bogarde into midfield though so there is a smaller divide now.

Old knobhead Pep likes to do that sort of thing doesn't he? He had Bernardo fucking Silva playing left back the other night, and had Mascherano playing centre half way back at Barcelona

[johnc]

To be fair I'm not sure I'd be trying to eat golden pigs either. I imagine they'd taste a bit metallic.

Maybe it's just like tinned bacon though where the gold is just a coating and it's mechanically recovered pork inside

I am fairly sure they would only be gold plated. It would be silly otherwise