Search results

Impossible to judge his playing ability properly at City but looked reliable at Leeds and for England. Just think when it gets to the end of a season Pep tightens the circle and he picks from an even smaller group of players than even he normally does. Rewards the guys he Trusts and feels have...

We are going to smash Madrid. We need to be hostile as a crowd and be on the front foot on the pitch from the off. We are better than them , they know we are better than them and we need to remind them from the first whistle. Forget the chess match , lets rip out there throats.

And he is a rag. Hope he gets the yips , golfers elbow and the clap and hopefully after that his luck takes a dip.

The scary bit is that many of us believe that could happen. Was all prepared for a nice easy stress free win against Villa not having post match PTSD and woke up at 4am having to flick through the web pages on my phone to convince myself we really had scored 3 late on half pissed. The missus...

From an Arsenal perspective I would have been looking at the Everton game pinned between the 2 madrid games as the game City would drop points but would also be looking at a tricky midweek fixture at Brighton as another risky game. In reality they needed us to come unstuck in 2 games and after...

Yep. Think there will be lots of fans of a certain age will now be feeling the euphoria of yesterday wear off and beginning to feel some of the nerves come back. Won't be losing sleep but always a pang of doubt in the back of the mind something could go terribly wrong - with this side though we...

Never get too excited by any of those post match assessments. In effect they are paid to make a comment, need to turn it into a debate and often appear to be saying the only things they can think of at the time so end up repeating worn out tropes (Citys bigger squad), team bottled it (every time...

Surprised Arsenal fell off a bit off a cliff the way they did. Really thought it might be difficult to real them back as when I watched them they looked a very good side. What I had not fully appreciated until watching us demolish Arsenal at home was just how good we are - it was an incredible...

All guff from faux journalists looking for clicks and the PR machine of Franco.s arselickers. Just need to focus on winning next game and transfer outcomes will take care of themselves.

He has talent but is a long way off being at the level we would be willing to spend probably near £50m on. He is nearly 23 so next couple of years needs to seriously push on (but not with us). We have our own youth players I would want to see get more game time and fitting Smith Rowe in for...

Bony was a disaster. Might have been due to the bout of malaria or other injuries that made him look so poor. Looked nothing like the player at Swansea in terms of pace and power. Says it all when so many were grateful to recover £12m of the £28m we paid for him back from Swansea. Dzeko on the...

Tight game. Thought we controlled the game well at the start and would gradually open them up but the goal obviously changed the game and got the crowd back up and left us in danger of chasing the game and overcommitting and get caught again. We avoided that and played calmly without making too...

Can’t believe that’s 23 years ago. Remember sitting on a wall outside garage after the game and having a can of lager thrust into my hand as the beer supply was emptied from the place. Could not believe how Blackburn were not out of sight before we equalised. Had a few mates travel with no...

Not read the 2000 pages on this and not about to on a Sunday morning. Am not a monarchist or anti monarchist am probably one of the majority who are largely ambivalent to the monarchy. I do believe in freedom of speech and the right to protest so am torn between condemning the scousers for their...

Having effectively won everything domestically and at international level and about to hit 36 if I was offered £350million a year tax free to play in Saudi Arabia I would snatch there hands off and grab the cash and be penning a 2 year deal before they changed there minds. Poor fella has only...

This would do for me to start with Silva, Ake, Grealish, Stones , Alvarez and Rodri rested on the bench. Key players we need to keep fit Rodri , KDB , and Haaland as the most difficult to replace but too big a game to rest all three. Looked at it a couple of times and is probably the right...

Why do they look likely to get him ? If we went for him think we would be his first pick all day long. History of successful Argentina players , Alvarez and Perrone here to keep him company and can pay better money. The style of football here is a better fit than the way Liverpool have tended to...

The noise on this will be all Madrid. Its how they operate through there media connections. Bellingham may well go to Madrid but you would have to be monumentally stupid as an English player who you would expect will one day want to play in Premier League , the richest league in world football ...

His game has gone up several levels this season and post world cup in particular. Think he has 7 assists so far along with half a dozen goals, winning lots of free kicks in dangerous positions and keeps possesion of the ball. Would like to see his goal ratio up to the double figure mark along...

Think we need to go strong against Leeds and try and get it done early and force Arsenal to be playing with us four points up. Would be nervous without Rodri starting but looks a strong enough lineup to get the job done. Just shows how little everyone currently trusts Phillips including Pep.