Recent content by Mr Smith

Doesn't that tell you it has more to do with the bloated squad and poor ownership than it does both those managers? Four managers have now tried and failed to lift that squad out if mid-table mediocrity. Say what you want about their tenures elsewhere, but I personally don't judge Poch, Potter...

Highly doubt he'll actually go for that price, I'm sure Brentford will engineer a bidding war. But if not, we should be all over this.

Ridiculous how incapable we are of keeping the ball even with numerical advantages.

Garnacho is gassed, it was the right call.

We constantly give away possession from out goal kicks and clearances from Onana. I'm not sure if it's Onana's kicks that are poor or if players aren't where they're supposed to be, but it's a big problem.

Hojland makes such good runs and never gets found, it's really frustrating...

Not the same thing at all. There's a difference between being strategic and holding what you have, and actively stopping play in a manner that suggests there might have been a pre-agreement.

Look I'm not a Southgate fan and I dont want him at United but that's extrordinarily reductive. He has limitations but he has a lot of qualities as a manager.

I actually thought Southgate used him well; bring him on as a sub to terrorise tired teams with his running in behind. I think he could be used the sane way this summer. Back to Mainoo, Southfate would be mad not to start him with Bellingham and Rice, he's made for that spot between them.

Media definitely being disingenuous running with this as a headline story.

You know, I'm not sure the stats actually bear that out. We've had a couple of shocking home results this season, but in general we beat the teams we're expected to beat and lose to most top six rivals. Our away form against the bottom half in particular has been pretty solid (as long as you...

According to the letter of the law, probably a red. But as I've said with many of these discussions, common sense indicates that the law's an ass. People jump with their leg out like this to bring the ball down all the time; if Abeloa doesn't time his jump at that exact moment, not only is there...

Interesting, wanting Ange for those reasons does make a lot of sense. I think I just thought this level would be too high for him and he'd be found out (hence why I'm so impressed). Out of curiosity, where do you sit on Poch after a season? I've got the sense he's made some odd choices (playing...

Have you ever watched a Potter or De Zerbi team? Their whole appeal is that they don't sit back on the counter but rather take the game to the opposition and play like a top team despite not having top players. I'm not saying we should hire them, but that is not the reason they're not good...

So this feels like the last chance to mayyyybe stay in the CL hunt with Spurs playing Villa this weekend. If we win and Spurs don't, we'll move to within four points of them at worst. We still might not get CL, but we'll stay in the hunt, wheras if we lose its definitely over.