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I want to see players with mud on their shorts, then I'll know they've put in a shift.

Minus the Champagne.

Cheers. I thought so. I was in Widnes market, eating a gyros, when I found the inspiration.

How a couple of defeats cause so many to lambast the squad, the strategy, and to seek out player scapegoats for one-sided, negative analysis.

Stay Ederson Haaland Foden Gvardiol Doku Grealish Savinho Rodri Dias Lewis Akanji Kovacic Bobb McAtee Perrone Simpson-Pusey Echeverri Ortega Go KDB Silva Gundo Walker Phillips In the summer, a squad of 25 would mean 7 players to arrive. Gaps of 3 x midfield 2 x full-backs 1 x goalkeeper...

I have no real idea why some are singling out Rico, especially when much of the pressure we were put under was on our right, as the stats show.

I find criticism of Savinho bizarre. He is 20, and has slotted straight in, looking dangerous again and again. He is a top, top prospect. Nobody, at 20, is the finished article, especially in their first season in a new country.

You will have noted that this was in my paragraph about the first-half!

It must be only me then who considers Rico to be an outstanding prospect.

Excellent prospect: composure, skill on the ball, and the ability and confidence to distribute it short or long.

A very entertaining match for the neutral but a very disappointing result for us. Once again, we began well, and should have put the game to bed. If that doesn't happen, and it isn't at the moment, we get overrun by opponents with superior athleticism. It is the way it is because we have swathes...

Come on blues. Well done Jerome and good luck. Your chance to shine academy boys.

Daily Mail now removed their previous 'European Antisemitism' story.

What links?

Oh, those articles don't exist...naturally.

I have seen a couple of articles this morning about compensation being pursued by rivals "if/when Manchester City are found guilty." It is relentless, and it would not surprise me if the players and management are sick of it, just as we are. That does not mean that it affects performance: it...

What is it that you think I am denying?

I really enjoyed the game, if not the result. The thread is filled with emotion, and people saying really daft stuff, as often happens after a loss, or even dropped points. We lost this game in a second-half spell of about ten minutes. We had 20 shots on goal to their eight. We could easily...

The only thing that I'm annoyed about is the Amorim love-in that will now follow. The loss of Rodri, Dias, Stones, Grealish, Bobb, Walker, and the lack of fitness of Ake, Akanji, and DeBruyne are too big a factor to ignore. Nevertheless, we should have been in front and coasting, and I enjoyed...

He has absolutely been fine, and has used the ball well. Good prospect.