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I know they suck, but the idea is the same, we used to beat that kind of teams with 2 maybe 3-0 if we were very lucky, but to beat them 8-1 with chances for 10 or 12 is a completely different story. When England played Estonia in the European qualifiers back in 2014 - 2015, England won by just...

City in red would be absolute shambles. The fancy orange kits are already borderline for me.

Anyway, I see the Messi to City rumours have started again in the media, would really love to see that happening, not only for the sake of City, but just the idea to have Messi in the PL, see him in a different shirt ... Bring him on! He can have as much tunnel rows as he likes if he's here

Ey, it's been an international break for him too, what else would he be doing.

what on earth is that based on? maybe wenger leaves end of this season (when arsenal choke a time too many) and it's too soon for vieira maybe guardiola moves on in 2 or 3 seasons (much like he's done at Barcelona and Munich) and the timing is exactly right.

there really is no other way to read this

I know, but teams only get the chance to park the bus if you keep on passing & passing, building up until you reach the 18 yard line. It allows them to organize and set up the perfect defensive line. Whereas if you have a player like KDB playing deeper, he can try to shock the opposition by a...

I think you'd be surprised, a splitting pass from the middle of the park is often much more surprising than elaborate combination play into the six yard box.

I'm sorry to disagree with you here, but I don't think perception has anything to do with this. The most objective stat I think is just the numbers of goals scored per season: 2015-16: 9 in EPL + UCL 2014-15: 7 in EPL + UCL + UEL 2013-14: 9 in EPL You can hardly call someone a prolyfic...

KDB didn't score yesterday either, but Belgium (the team) scored eight (!) with I don't know how many assists & pre-assists coming from Kev. So yes KDB would be likely to get less goals in that position but I'm absolutely positive he'd have even a lot more assists than he's already having and...

Fully agree with this, as much as I like Gundogan and the effort he's put in so far. One minor detail, I would put De Bruyne back one line next to Fernandinho so he can play as a deeplying playmaker, the way he did for Belgium last night v Estonia and he was 'brilliant' in that role throughout...

De Bruyne played as an "8" in Belgium's 8-1 demolition of Estonia last night, and his superb display as deeplying playmaker has once again strengthened my conviction that it's by far his best position, not only for him personally but for the sake of the whole team. So if I were Pep (how cool...

Nope, not at all. For those of you who read Dutch, here's the source article: http://www.sport.be/nl/voetbal/article.html?Article_ID=785322

So Belgium right now have Kompany, Vermaelen & Alderweireld unavailable due to injury concerns... pretty decent back 3 to miss out on!!

Not gonna happen I fear, Martinez said he'd be "surprised if Kompany would get fit for the game on Sunday".

Not really, he pulled out of last night's game just before kick-off because he didn't feel "100%" during warm-up ... It's unlikely he'll play against Estonia either.

100% this.

However sad it is, I think everyone, including Vince, especially Vince, should accept that his playing days are over. Having Kompany as a part of the squad has become a constant liability. Pep definitely needs to push for a wordclass CB in January as a permanent replacement for Kompany, and as...

I just don't get why the badge changes all the f*** time