To the small sliver of BAHSTON STRONG people personally affected by the bombing, my apologies. I suspect you’re not a part of that sliver though, so fuck you.

Also can I say fuck “Boston Strong” too? Being in Worcester when a bomb went off and killed some people you have no relation to does not make you stronger. You’re still a douchebag.

Is there any fanbase, or collection of fans from a city, that can’t take a joke more than Boston/Patriots fans? Guys, relax, its a joke. Every team gets roasted. My god, its hilarious the inferiority complex that bleeds out of Boston sometimes.

I’m ready for this hate parade, Deadspin. I’ve got my Andre Tippett jersey on, I’m drunk, and I’m not wearing any underwear. But if I were, you can be DAMN SURE that they’d be emblazoned with a Pat Patriot logo.

The thing with West Brom is, and most of these teams down the lower end of the Premier League table, is that they all know of the big money influx due to hit next season from the new TV deal. Furthermore, the home grown player quota which means, 8 of the 25 squad members, must have been with an English/Welsh team for…

Man it would be the most glorious of clusterfucks. Get rid of the draft and let them go bananas. What do you think Andrew Luck would have gone for... a Billion???

In the middle of last season, the striker made some indelicate though perfectly accurate statements about wanting to maintain his performances that season so that a bigger club would come for him in the summer.

Whilst selling and getting rid would have been wise I am glad West Brom took a stand and showed that players can’t hold teams to ransom. £18 million is not much considering Andy Carroll went for £35 million at the same age with similar records

Not a fan of this article, gives the idea that a player is bigger then the club. It's not like he's blowing up west Brom for a perennial CL contender. West Brom could make a cup run this year and make the Europa League. Tottenham seem to forget money doesn't buy history, they're under the delusion they're a much…

Imagine going through all this trouble to play for Tottenham.

Good takes, all of them. I love a lot of what Billy Haisley writes, and think he gets it right more often than not, but this is some of the worst analysis I’ve encountered from him.

Regardless of whether the fee is outrageous now, it ought to rise were he to become England’s first choice center back for the Euro’s next summer. That is likely to happen if he stays with Everton for this season. Therefore, it’s not dumb to hold on to him for one more year.

Maybe risky (is anything in sports not…

There are a few other issues at play here that make Everton’s stance a bit more reasonable.

With all due respect, Billy, I think you’re missing a lot here. This boils down to bad-timing, lack of depth on the squad and Bill Kenwright feeling the HEAT from the fan-base.

I have defended the price tag for Raheem Sterling, but if he was worth £50m, then Stones is worth £60m. Centrebacks are a very valuable commodity. Add in the inflation for being English (+£20m) and young (+£20m) and he's £60m all day long. Sadly.