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Hat trick to clinch the first ever Bundesliga title for Bayer Leverkusen, no biggie! :drool:

Probably something rudimentary like: evidencing the ability to consistently install frameworks whereby the skill sets of players at their disposal are maximized and things like arriving at solutions during matches are simplified (be it for those who are currently at the club or those who are...

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Does “Team -er” qualify? T. Müller—G. Müller—Seeler Breitner—Netzer— Schweinsteiger Schnellinger—Beckenbauer—Kohler—Reuter Neuer Subs: Maier, Förster, Sammer, Schuster, Walter, Häßler, Schäfer et cetera. Manager: Arsène Wenger, assistant: Hennes Weisweiler.

Hardly anyone is genuinely arguing that João Neves is going to transform us into a Top 4 side, to be fair; that's reductio ad absurdum, not a good faith argument. What some do think is that, given his qualities, he would give a boost to our midfield collective, and form a potent long-term...

As a former academy graduate (who rose through the ranks to emerge as a First Team player), Fletcher is well suited to his department (it allows him to lean on his own experiences and tribulations, from back in the early to mid 2000s). Though within the new structure, his role might be...

It's not about appointing a gormless puppet per se, at least according to my, admittedly limited, understanding of the subject. Rather, having an appropriate distribution of responsibilities in accordance with areas of specialization, maintaining a sense of consistency with strong institutional...

Personally reckon he has more in common with the likes of Xabi Alonso or a young Luis Enrique, with regard to diversity of thought (by virtue of training under a broad spectrum of tacticians and personalities in disparate environments). On top of playing on the highest level of club football...

Plus, like Xabi Alonso, he is his own man but has played under lots of different types of coaches (van Gaal, Rijkaard, Gasperini, Mourinho, Prandelli, Ranieri, Ancelotti, Conte, Blanc) and takes inspiration from lots of different tacticians (Guardiola, Bielsa, Löw). That breadth of experience...

John Aston and John Aston, among others if you include the youth sector (like Wilf and Paul McGuinness, Jim and Neil Ryan, Robbie and Charlie Savage et cetera). What makes them truly “special” is that both of them won the league with United (and John Aston Jr. additionally won the European Cup...

No more off-topic posts, please. Cheers!

For what it's worth, there's no shortage of talented midfielders in the English youth setup, so it's never too late (we'll just have to patiently develop them, like we've done with countless others in the past, no biggie given our institutional heritage.) Pound for pound, it might just be the...

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