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When we hired Gary O'Driscoll from Arsenal I joked to my gunner mate that we'd struck gold hiring the man responsible for the storied injury history of Abou Diaby. Doesn't seem so funny any more.

Pep has bought plenty of shit players. The number of failed fullbacks he has worked his way through, just for starters. The difference is City's £50m buys are the ones that flop, and everyone forgets about them because they immediately replace...

This is close to what I'd do. But I think you have to leave Casemiro in and rest Bruno. Case's legs are certainly almost gone but I think if you let Mainoo play his natural position alongside him and have the energy (and better ball retention) of...

Maguire was balls. MEN don't know what they're talking about. Dalot was good, and most importantly of all he's reliably that good game after game.

It's hurting him to play this artificially advanced starting position. Looked like a sort of man-marking brief on Mac Allister today too. He's good in tight spaces in front of goal, clearly. But he'd be getting into those positions during...

I didn't watch the match but from those highlights he reminds me a bit of Rashford at his pre-back-injury best. At 16 against Brazil it's insane.

I agree with the majority that Southgate's just not a good enough manager for such a good stable of players any more. And his problems at CB are entirely his own fault - he could have spent the whole year blooding Colwill or Branthwaite and he...

It's a bit uncanny how easy he's making everything look at the moment.

Based on what we've seen of him so far, I wouldn't call him a 'metronome' in the Carrick/Busquets mould, but I do think rhythm and possession are the key things he brings, not explosiveness or penetration. Of course it's the gifs of some of his...

Sure, but that's probably also why we spent so much on Maguire. Regardless, we are just not in a financial position to spend that much money on one player this summer. It's not even about taking a risk vs playing safe. Everyone has their...

Imagine oppo managers working out their attacking strategies not knowing if we're going to field Martinez (5'9") or Toure (6'8") at LCB.

Real Madrid signs them all when they're 12 these days.

You're absolutely right, of course you're allowed to like Souness as a pundit. But it's just wrong to call him 'passionate'. He doesn't come across as passionate. He comes across as a miserable git who doesn't think much of any of the teams he's...

You're right of course. But in terms of morale and visibility, being injured on loan to a L1 side fighting for survival is a lot worse than being injured at your home club. I'm being captain hindsight, but I have thought for a long time we...

That's daft though, isn't it. We literally wouldn't have the money to afford enough central midfielders to make a viable squad. Also, see Chelsea for what happens when you wholesale import an entire new XI's worth of players all at once. Real...