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It's not so much team selection as whether Haaland and Alvarez in the same team works for us tactically. I say no, Pep says yes. What do I know? Still don't like it though.

Pep needs to lose this infatuation for Alvarez. Sometimes it’s a bit shit to be a manager when you have to break bad news to someone you like, but the kid needs to be on the bench.

If I were the PL I'd want to manage expectations before any news of a loss for them at the independent commission becomes public in order to reduce the size of the meltdown. It's still going to be epic though if this happens. Might even phone Simon Jordan myself.

The legal technicalities being lack of evidence.

It's so funny to read stuff like this from rival fans when we've been banging on about this for years. You voted for this shit and were quite happy with it until it started affecting you. So take your ten point deduction and shut up.

When KDB and Haaland were injured Pep was forced to play Foden more centrally and everyone got to see just how brilliant he is there. This gives Pep a bit of a headache because he clearly rates Alvarez and wants him in the team, so Foden gets shoved out wide. Problem is this puts huge pressure...

Yes, a negotiated settlement. Will involve some painful concessions by the Ukrainian side, but compared to losing a generation of young people this would seem preferable to me. However, if the Ukrainian people want to carry on fighting I respect that and wish them well. Just don't think this war...

How do people think this war will end? With a total victory for Ukraine? Events on the ground suggest that this is extremely unlikely. So the war goes on and Ukrainians continue to die in large numbers indefinitely? This is totally unsustainable. As some of us were arguing from the start.

Gutted to hear this news, Bill was a mainstay on here when I was a newbie to the forum. Always came across as a top bloke to me. RIP Blue

The clubs now have the option of creating a competition outside the jurisdiction of the governing body

Is it your position that a governing body can introduce rules without regard for whether those rules conform with the law of the land? Or is it that we can’t challenge the rules because we signed up to them? Or is it something else? Just trying to understand your argument.

Because people are always resistant to change

I'd suggest it's a bit naive to believe that the clubs aren't still in dialogue behind the scenes. The potential for this is immense, a license to print money for all founder clubs.

I remember arguing this at the time, but apparently we were prepared to accept a slap on the wrist in order not to upset the apple cart. I thought this was a mistake at the time, because FFP should have been a mechanism to prevent clubs going into excessive debt, not to prevent investment and...

Hopefully the clubs have learned their lesson from the disastrous first launch of this. Qualification needs to be via sporting performance/merit. There needs to be a promotion/relegation dynamic. There needs to be the ability for clubs in the domestic pyramid to gain entry. Providing these...

Went for Foden but wouldn't argue with any of the other 3 who are up there with him in the voting

Been banging on about Alvarez all season. Not that he's a bad player but his inclusion in the starting line up leaves us short in midfield. Foden should be playing there imo. Have a funny feeling Pep will be too stubborn to change it. Stones miles off the pace, Lewis struggled, the defence...

Pep has decided to go with Alvarez and Haaland which leaves us short in midfield and is exposing the back four. I don't think this is particularly controversial. So we are making lots of chances but are also less secure defensively. Pep has the option to bench Alvarez and shore up the midfield...

Don’t think we can afford two strikers against better sides, it leaves us too exposed in midfield. Fine against the lesser teams because it gives us more options going forward. Madrid or Munich will tear us a new one if we play that wide open against them.

Would have taken a point before the game, not surprised we lost. The drop off from Rodri to whoever replaces him is just too big and needs addressing asap. Unpopular opinion? Haaland AND Alvarez isn’t going to work against the better sides because we have to sacrifice too much creativity or we...