Recent content by SecondFig

Interested which of Liverpool, City or Arsenal you think we're stronger than (on paper of course)?

I'd agree with this. I think our squad (only on paper) is stronger than Spurs', Villa's or Newcastle's. But combination of coaching, tactics, and a toxic dressing room culture are seeing us punch well below our weight. We shouldn't be expecting to challenge for the league, we should expect to...

You're doing God's work

And probably waiting for the Real job

Like pretty much everyone, I'd take Potter over Southgate, but don't really want Potter. Problem is, there aren't many managers I can think of where I'd be delighted with them at the moment. de Zerbi's Brighton have been poor this year, Amorim seems to be headed to Liverpool (and is pretty...

Daily Mail can exclusively reveal that bullshit premise, floated by the Daily Mail last week, will not in fact be an issue.

Racism is more complicated than just flagging specific words as "Racist", it is absolutely contextual and depends to a degree upon balances of power and privilege. One white passing person (I'm not sure how she identifies, but she's white passing and 3/4 grandparents are white) calling another...

Add Bruno and that'd pretty much be mine. I'd probably not include Dalot though, not because I don't think we should keep him, but I wouldn't call him untouchable

And how many times this season have we really played well? Like, dominated a game? Because most of our wins I can remember have been scrappy, or lucky, or just absolutely chaotic where we could have had 5 but so could the opposition. He's been in the job now for a season and a half and we...

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely 100% don't want Moyes anywhere near the club, but I'd take him over Jose

Same. I'd take back Ole in another caretaker role in a heartbeat. I'd take back Moyes if meant stopping Jose returning

100% - he's had a horribly injury hit first season at a massively dysfunctional club, and people are writing him off completely. It's nuts. I still don't understand why we signed him, but he has a lot to offer and judging him on the last 9 months is stupid

That would be my guess, he's going to want an elite club but he doesn't strike me as the type of guy to be attracted by the PSG job, Barcelona are a mess, Bayern would be a real surprise, and Real look like a really good fit. Edit: should have said; when he comes back, I think he'll take a good...

Right, but we don't know that he's not fit for purpose because he's barely played and when he has its been part of a totally dysfunctional side in which nobody seems to know what they're meant to be doing. If I was judging our players purely on performances this season I'm not sure I'd be keen...

Counter point, he's been player of the year multiple times at Chelsea, and I believe during his loan in the Eredivisie. He might not be the most talented player purely in terms of technique, but he has a lot to offer in a cohesive team, the fact that he's not shone in our clusterf**k of a team...