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In this day and age where transfer fees are astronomical, this is actually pretty good. Fellaini has some unique attributes and we've got enough money to spend on wages. He won't be a starter.

I think Zlatan as #10 could free up a lot of space for Lukaku. You can't let him be as he has a cannonball of a distance shot with good placement, but he's hard to pressure once he has control of the ball too. He's a feel player though and he's been away from it and old, so his touch will be...

I think the Xavi comparisons are out-of-place, Scholes was a Premier League player his entire life and that shaped him as a footballer. Scholes was probably the better Premier League midfielder, and Xavi was better in La Liga. Overall, you could give it to Xavi since he won more, though Scholes...

Of that youthful Ajax team that won the Champions League, Seedorf had been the star prodigy in the academy. He was seen as the one to watch over Kluivert even. I feel he had a great career, starting for many great teams, but he was never among the three most important players though. Davids was...

In Holland van Nistelrooy is seen as penalty-box striker, but a rather good one. We were rather critical after Patrick Kluivert, who is seen here as having been the much better footballer, but it has to do with styles a somewhat. Kluivert was from the Ajax academy as was the majority of the...

I don't mean he is a saint -- for all I know he's an asshole. I'm interested in him for his football, and he's focussed on that.

The absolute GOAT. He'll only get his full due when he retires. He stands alone, Maradona and Pele be damned. Football is a game of space and time. In the modern game, there is a lot more pressure all around the field and a lot less space and time compared to past eras. He still does what he...

There's something about Rashford's mentality that seems destined for greatness. I mean, Martial seems more talented, but I am 100% sure Rashford will go places in football. I think he's just that driven. And that might matter more in the end.

Koeman will set up for a draw, his side isn't scoring and it's away to us. We'll do well to score anything.

Well, that's a promotional gaffe from Sony UK. Giving an opinion about football is one thing, but to make fun of the manager of the most popular club in the world? What's he on about next time, religion?

Gullit was a physical powerhouse with the same kind of confidence Zlatan has. His touch was actually not that special -- when the singer Craig David interviewed him a decade ago, Gullit could not keep a ball in the air for more than a few times, so had it waned. Compare that to Maradona who I'm...

So the man that makes the top four every year but never wins a trophy has declared he prefers making top four over winning trophies? Say it isn't so.

I think as it is in any sport, good enough equals tall enough. Or strong enough. Or old enough. Or technical enough. I remember Mike Tyson making it seem as if being tall was a disadvantage in heavyweight boxing. It wasn't but he was good enough that it seemed so! Different things work for...

What if everyone turns and ridicules mob mentality? We'd have a paradox.

I think Mourinho likes consistency. Famous quotes like "the mentality is not we have to win, but we absolutely cannot lose" and his general dislike for players that are talented but fickle, or mentally soft leads me to believe that. A tall player will never have that attribute taken away from...