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It made me appreciate even more the way Pep has got City playing: players move into spaces to make the pass possible; defenders look at the opposition, moving back when necessary in a controlled fashion. All right, there are lapses but players seem to know what they are about. Contrast Chelsea...

In my day Birmingham City were a force. There are links there, too, I think.

What will affect his decision to go to one club rather than another? A few years ago, when he was still 17, he came across as sensible and articulate - balanced, mature beyond his years. Apart from money (he's probably already got more than he could have ever dreamed of, and plenty more to come...

When the team was announced and there was no Walker I was worried: what, no one with lightning speed when some or all of Sane, Mane, Coman and Davies are tearing down the flanks? But Pep knows best. Walker can't be chasing all of them, so play in a way that removes the need. I'm no tactician...

Seagulls go for food, I think. Magpies have always been renowned for stealing jewels, crowns, precious things. Does that help?

Just saw the Match Day Live comments. Going on about Bayern having been flawless, absolutely flawless in this campaign. Does this mean that they have reached their ceiling?

I must have said something wrong, or possibly several things, but I was asked by my daughter, now in foreign parts, to say something positive for a change, based upon age, experience and what have you - something to encourage the youngsters, possibly. Quite right, too, so I wrote along these...

For a good while I thought that the referee was having a good game - better than the PL standard at least. Perhaps he was, and the blame should be on whoever was operating VAR. BT commentators going on about Gvardiol's incredible leap when he had both hands on a defender's shoulders, and the...

Very sad. I recognise the feelings you describe. I'm old and I wonder if that is part of the problem, in my case at least - I wouldn't presume to tell anyone why they feel the way they do, but there is for my taste too much ill feeling about the game, and, sad to say, there's a fair bit on this...

Somewhere there's a thread on "Why do they hate us", or something of the sort. In spite of all the talk of resentment at City challenging the entitled establishment, and of jealousy, not only of success but of the style of play which produced it, there seems to me to be a massive gulf between...

Thanks for that. Having had a chance to trawl through a selection of the six thousand odd posts I realise that I need to follow up a few links.Apart from the contributions of the few who understand finance or the law the overall impression is of almost overwhelming anger - not surprising either...

I apologise in advance in case this has all been raised and answered many times, but I am confused and would welcome any clarification. On the face of it there are two strands, one to do with playing by the rules of UEFA and EPL, and the other to do with illegal activity. The EPL and UEFA deal...