Let the record show that I wanted this transfer for a while, lol

That intro video for Sterling is cold.

Lineup against Brighton confirmed -

Raya

Gabriel

Saliba

Benny

Timber

Rice

Partey

Odegaard

Trossard

Havertz

Saka

As mad as I am about today’s result, we got stopped by a stranger before heading into the pub this morning and she was a Arsenal fan from London! She was gutted that her trip to DC was just one week after the Chelsea friendly.

Holy fuck Everton what a collapse lmao

So uh. Karl Hein’s probably never playing this loan after this is he.

apparently there’s a new (as in first callup) academy gal promoted in the first-team squad today — Tara Junaid

I was out most of yesterday, so was checking periodically when I could. So, I haven’t really checked my phone until this morning and holy shit have I missed some stuff…

It does feel like the window has been a little underwhelming. I guess because, although technically a signing, Raya already felt like our player. We then acquired another goalkeeper in Neto (Rammers rightly moving on). Califiori looks like good business, but another defender, Merino a midfielder, but is now out with injury for a few weeks. Then, there’s Stirling.

I don’t know what to make of that one. We help out Chelsea by getting him off their books for a year and he possibly still has the skill, I just don’t know if we’ll get it out of him. I’m having Willian flashbacks.

The caveat to that is Havertz was in the same boat and look where he is now. Chelsea is an absolute shambles that I hope never ends.

All in all, I think the market this year has been odd and difficult for a lot of clubs and we were definitely one of those impacted by it. That being said, we didn’t need a squad overhaul. We have a solid 11 that needed some reliable quality in depth and I think we did that. However, if we lose Havertz, I think we’re going to struggle.

Squidward folding up chair meme

for the soton game without a stream just use the daily, given it’s literally overlapping a PL game and with how many pins we already have I’m gonna hold off on that one.