A horrible night for the 'they just buy the best players in every position' lot.
Ederson - too eccentric, too rash, not good enough with his hands, only ever succeeded in Portugal
Walker - pace merchant, too controversial
Dias - never done it in the big leagues
Stones - too error prone, never just clears the ball
Akanji - mistake-prone, not good enough for Dortmund
Rodri - too slow! Benched by Partey
De Bruyne - Chelsea reject, too expensive
Gundogan - a sicknote
Grealish - overpriced, overrated, out of his depth
Haaland - too predictable, doesn't suit their style - Nunez will be better
Best thing about this team is that over half the players in the squad were at one point considered not good enough by most people.
The only downside is that when Pep leaves, hopefully not for a while, I think it's literally impossible that we'll ever have it this good again. Like Messi, it is so unlikely that anyone as good as him will show up again.
