Distance makes the heart grow fonder.

Or in footballing terms: The longer a player is out, the better they become in the memory.

Edited April 22, 20251 yr by Zeta

13 minutes ago, nonotnowjim said:

Perhaps - or are they implying that there is Russian state interference. If they believe that, then not right to fight - even if it seems far fetched to the more sane of us (and UB)

5 minutes ago, Zeta said:

Distance makes the heart grow fonder.

Or in footballing terms: The longer a player is out, the better they become in the memory.

Oh I know he wasn't very good, I just miss the directness.

I wonder if this is all being dragged out to avoid paying the 30m euros mentioned in add ons.

5 minutes ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

“Uncle Bob” doesn’t come on here ….

8 minutes ago, Zeta said:

Distance makes the heart grow fonder.

Or in footballing terms: The longer a player is out, the better they become in the memory.

I did actually think he'd come on quite a bit this season, albeit against conference league opposition. He'd offer pace and directness that none of our other wingers currently can.

Hard to miss a guy that has about 5 good games in his career for us.

6 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Hard to miss a guy that has about 5 good games in his career for us.

People still miss Felix off a single volley against West ham 3 years ago

45 minutes ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

People still miss Felix off a single volley against West ham 3 years ago

49 minutes ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

People still miss Felix off a single volley against West ham 3 years ago

4 hours ago, Remodez said:

Call me crazy but I actually miss this guy. Pace and getting shots off, something sorely missing from our wingers. Granted the shots usually ended up in the stands but either way he is entertaining.

You're crazy.

I’m sure that the governing bodies and regulators will ignore scientific tests in favour of a lie detector result.

1 hour ago, JM7 said:

I’m sure that the governing bodies and regulators will ignore scientific tests in favour of a lie detector result.

It's Chelsea, either way the lad is screwed. They are going to punish him severely.

14 hours ago, Scott said:

It's Chelsea, either way the lad is screwed. They are going to punish him severely.

If they had wanted to punish our club they would have said he'd passed the drug test and was free to play for us.

Presumably BlueCo can buy Mudryk off the club and bank a nice little PSR profit ?

#newloophole !

Maybe we’ll see him applaud the fans at HT before end of season?

10 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

Presumably BlueCo can buy Mudryk off the club and bank a nice little PSR profit ?

#newloophole !

Do they own a MLS club, just sell to them for a record 120M, in 15 payments over 10 years.

11 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

Presumably BlueCo can buy Mudryk off the club and bank a nice little PSR profit ?

#newloophole !

Just in case they get ideas - no, that would be third-party ownership and is explicitly outlawed by FIFA. And it's debatable now whether a player's transfer rights could be sold as an "asset" anyway

It's so frustrating that we haven't got an answer either way, there's no way that the results aren't back yet so we're being kept in the dark.

I mean, the answer is obvious, since he's not playing.

Ben Jacobs tweeted last week he was suspended so it’s obvious his B sample was positive too.

On 24/04/2025 at 02:36, SydneyChelsea said:

Just in case they get ideas - no, that would be third-party ownership and is explicitly outlawed by FIFA. And it's debatable now whether a player's transfer rights could be sold as an "asset" anyway

Haha

Well if he was being bought as a footballer then maybe so, but they'll buy him to make the tea or something. I doubt there are any rules on third party ownership of tea boys LOL

23 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Haha

Well if he was being bought as a footballer then maybe so, but they'll buy him to make the tea or something. I doubt there are any rules on third party ownership of tea boys LOL

"Buying people to make you tea" has been outlawed a very long time ago!

12 minutes ago, Zeta said:

I mean, the answer is obvious, since he's not playing.

Is the answer obvious?

• Has the B sample come back positive and we're trying to search legal avenues

• Has the B sample come back negative but the FA/FIFA are trying to ban him based on the A sample?

• Did the B sample get lost in the post?

All possibilities and 5 months later we still don't know. If it was as cut and dry that it's came back positive again wouldn't he have an official ban already?

From football pov it really doesn't matter what the result is. He played only 100 min this season.

It only matter if you look at it from financial pov