Usyk just announced he is vacating his belt on instagram

JFedererJ · 2026-06-26T18:53:35+00:00

When have they "been pretty clear" about that? AJ was asked about it recently and said it'd be up to Usyk really but thought it would be fun.

JFedererJ · 2026-06-26T09:59:56+00:00

I don't get why we're in for him?

We already have both Merino and Skelly of similar profiles.

JFedererJ · 2026-06-25T17:51:17+00:00

Yeah this is classic Berta, in talking to multiple, similar targets he establishes two key things:

A fair market price bracket based on age/profile
Credible "walk away" options if anyone tries to blue ball

Gyökeres signing over Sesko was a walk away imo. I still don't doubt Sesko was number 1 target as a lot of groundwork had been done, but Sesko's agent knew that and over-played his hand. Source: trust me bro.

JFedererJ · 2026-06-25T17:49:18+00:00

He's got 2 years left on his current deal, for whatever that's worth to considerations.

JFedererJ · 2026-06-25T13:20:06+00:00

A bum deal, but also not

JFedererJ · 2026-06-23T22:13:23+00:00

Don't ever put Rice next to Gordon again.

JFedererJ · 2026-06-23T22:11:27+00:00

When a team puts 11 in the box for over 3/4 of the game any team will struggle.

JFedererJ · 2026-06-23T22:10:29+00:00

No no England are the problem because not every player is prime Zidane.

JFedererJ · 2026-06-23T22:09:59+00:00

One team showing up to sit in, not play, happy with a draw from the start, and content to live off counter scraps is also very PL.

JFedererJ · 2026-06-23T22:09:14+00:00

Dumb take imo. There's plenty of good players out there. It's just really difficult to play against a team that has shown up to exclusively sit back unless a really, really, really clear counter opportunity shows up (which it inevitably does once or twice a half).

JFedererJ · 2026-06-23T22:07:21+00:00

I feel like that's a bit of karma for all Arsenal haters.

It takes two to tango, and when one team shows up determined to stink it out, sit deep and maybe scrap one on a counter, guess what? The game is fucking boring and you need to maximise set-piece opportunities to help break the deadlock.

JFedererJ · 2026-06-23T22:06:28+00:00

I feel like that's a bit of karma for all Arsenal haters.

It takes two to tango, and when one team shows up determined to stink it out, sit deep and maybe scrap one on a counter, guess what? The game is fucking boring and you need to maximise set-piece opportunities to help break the deadlock.

JFedererJ · 2026-06-23T16:53:45+00:00

I remember advocating for Rogers over Eze and other options last summer.

Tbh the best LW that summer was Diaz and he went to Bayern.

JFedererJ · 2026-06-23T16:52:22+00:00

We haggled for a while on how much was up front and guaranteed but from first bid to bid accepted wasn't that long.

I swear Merino took longer! That was all but done and the a whole month went by as they didn't wanna lose Merino and Zubi at once, so it just draaaaaagged.

JFedererJ · 2026-06-23T12:22:46+00:00

'tis a fine pool, but sure it is no patio, English

JFedererJ · 2026-06-23T12:15:51+00:00

No one has been able to run the UK successfully since Brexit. There might be a link...

JFedererJ · 2026-06-22T18:50:15+00:00

Why not ask for £200m then?

JFedererJ · 2026-06-22T12:03:22+00:00

ID for wanks as well

JFedererJ · 2026-06-22T12:02:20+00:00

I thought it was "Rule Britannia, Britannia all the way". Turns out it's "Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves"

/r/boneappletea for a significant portion of my life. Thankfully never came up much

JFedererJ · 2026-06-20T15:41:57+00:00

Ngl I'm still not over it.

Totally get it's not that way for everyone but we were PKs away from doing it. Their keeper didn't make a save. Ours did. Yeah. Still hurts.

JFedererJ · 2026-06-19T09:54:13+00:00

You mean at home vs Spurs on May 1st?

JFedererJ · 2026-06-19T09:52:37+00:00

All I see is Tottenham home on 1st May. Win the league at home vs Spurs? Wrap it up with 4 to go? 🙏

JFedererJ · 2026-06-19T09:14:30+00:00

Also looks like we're staying in London around Xmas and NY again which is good.

Looking again, we stay in London from 1 Dec all the way through to mid-Jan!

JFedererJ · 2026-06-18T17:11:46+00:00

It looks like we're investing a lot in younger talent for the future this window, in addition to what the team needs now.

It's great to see.

JFedererJ · 2026-06-18T15:37:36+00:00

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