Recent content by danamann

I guess that was before they found out that Saudi clubs were willing to take their top earners off their wage bill and pay an obscene transfer fee on top of that.

He is Chelsea’s best player and it’s not even close. Watch him join Madrid and be one of the first names on the team sheet. He is one of these rare players that make his teammates better, which many stat obsessed nerds here can’t see. He is just the player they need.

Can’t forgive him for being out of shape physically for most of his time here. This is the least you can do as a professional footballer. It’s the second time now he suddenly starts to work harder when he wants a new contract, you can literally see how much leaner he is now. There is simply no...

Klopp is a great manager and you certainly cannot downplay his achievements in the game but tactically he is miles behind someone like Guardiola or Tuchel. You could see he was trying to change from a pure counter-attacking setup with three workhorses in midfield to a more possession based side...

100mil fidget spinner. To be fair though, he can do whatever he wants if the opponent doesn’t want to close him down.

Spurs struggling in such an easy group really doesn’t reflect well on English football.

My personal favourites are the Netherlands and Brazil. Expect Belgium, Portugal and Spain to disappoint.

This is just not true. He was playing regularly under Emery. Then Arteta took over and didn't play him for a long time until he had to. Then he immediately got injured. I thought as an Arsenal fan you should know better.

Which evidence are you referring to? I assume you are talking about this season, because there certainly isn't any evidence in any of his previous seasons in charge. In fact, I recognize a pattern of coming up short, especially in high pressure situations. He hasn't managed to come near the...

Nothing will ever convince me that Arteta is a good manager. After all the time and money spent and 3 years of underperforming, they finally look like they assembled a decent squad to finish top 4. But when the pressure is on he will fail as he has already shown plenty of times in his tenure.

We won't see the best of Sancho until we drop Fernandes, play him in the half spaces or 10 position with Antony to his right and a Rashford type (but better) on the left. I understand people are unwilling to accommodate Sancho to such an extent based on what he has shown so far but IMO Fernandes...

Giving him that extension was criminal.

Signing him would end any (however delusional) hope of a coherent transfer strategy.

Don’t think it’s a bad signing. I remember Bayern pushed a lot for him, still calling him and trying to convince him to sign for them when he was already in Barcelona. If both Barca and Bayern wanted him there must be some talent. He has a good skill set, is still young and can certainly improve...

Starting a midfield of eriksen, bruno and fred when you have a front 3 that is terrible at pressing is so tactically naive I can only laugh. He is not only going to fail here, he is going to set us back another 2 years.