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Honestly we're not even sure. Joelinton provided a lot of cover but while he's been out Burn has been targetted and exploited a lot. Shape has changed a bit recently to help alleviate it though.

:lol: It's just internet armchair experts pretending they would have gotten something right long after the fact. Just pure hindsightism. "Well, any competent DoF will hire 3 separate detectives to fully investigate any player they're even...

Arsenal deserve everything today and it's like we never even got off the bus. Did not look up for this at all.

It's the thought that counts.

Don't mind me, boss. Just spreading my meltdown around. :lol:

To think this could have all been avoided if you hadn't tried to extort 15m for a lingard loan. #shameful

Not rivals in the traditional sense (e.g. you lot and liverpool, or us and sunderland), but more in the "competing for the scraps behind city, arsenal and liverpool" terms, at least as of this moment in time. Granted we've cocked up this year...

He isn't being treated like one. Gardening leave is part and parcel of the way things operate in those echelons. Us not wanting to lose him cheaply to a rival is a very sensible position to have, no? Anyone hoping to replace him would understand...

Absolutely no one who wants to be considered for the job will blink twice at him being placed on gardening leave and us holding out for a massive compo, given the circumstances.

VAR truly the unsung heroes of the game imo.