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I don't inherently care if a player is a bit of a prick off the pitch, but I don't think those players almost ever make good captains. I wouldn't mind Kyle's behavior or his poor performances anywhere near as much if he wasn't wearing the armband. For me personally, having a Kompany or...

Only one assist from those 35 chances. Does sort of imply that they weren't great quality chances. In all competitions it was 5 goals 8 assists. And that was his best form. Imagine Sterling putting up those numbers? The forum would be calling for him to be sold immediately.

Wasn't even that good in those 3 months, it's just that those were the 3 months when he didn't look completely out of his depth.

This screams a 'Haaland gets 0 goals, but 1 assist and an all-round selfish performance' to me. If he gets any goal except a penalty I'll be pleasantly surprised; I think this'll be another tough one for him where he is expected to sacrififce his own numbers for the good of the team. And the...

I fully agree with you here, but I think this message of yours is so important because two-and-a-half years ago we almost all would've gone 'Akanji? The Dortmund reject who was too error-prone to be considered good enough to start for the second-best team in Germany? No, why would we ever want...

I'm glad that the City game is going ahead, but it's still absurdly hilarious that they're so precious about wind speed considering how many horses die per year even in good conditions.

Horses blow over like dominoes. You probably can't move for toppled equines around there. Shame about Blackpool. I'll go out on a limb and say that the Big One is probably not operating today.

IF the game goes ahead I feel pretty good about it. KDB is back and that's good enough for me.

I think this is going to be a rough one. It might even be the toughest result since Pep got here. It might be something akin to the 7-0 United suffered a few years ago, or maybe the 5-0 we handed out to Liverpool, or the 6-0 we handed to Chelsea or the 5-0 we handed to Arsenal. I have to say...

I think it's a bit deeper than that. Even at his best Ederson represents risk and complexity. Ortega represents simplicity and sturdiness. He is a good choice for a game where we genuinely have good reason to think that we may face more shots than we ever have in a Pep game before. We've been a...

No complaints about Ortega. I am not going to sit here and say we definitely can't win, but regardless of the result this is certainly going to be a tough game. There will be a lot of saves to be made. I have no issues with Pep picking the guy who is more likely to produce a heroic 10-save...

I think Pep's just cautious that he could wake up one day and realise he's completely burned himself out, the players aren't responding to his methods anymore and he doesn't have the energy to keep going. He's quoted as saying something similar when he was at Bayern. If that happens he doesn't...

I don't know, I just feel alright about it. I'm certainly not here to lecture anyone who is upset or disappointed by the way we've been playing this season, especially because I have felt exactly the same in other recent bad patches of form, but something feels different to me this time. It's 50...

I don't understand why fans who had previously been very defensive of Jack on social media are choosing now to turn on him?

On the one hand, we are clearly paying the price for Pep's 'oh I hate leaving players out of the XI so I'd rather just not have any players' philosophy. On the other hand, this is the first time in nine years that it might genuinely cost us a title. He's earned our trust, surely? Even if I...

Ederson Lewis (F) Stones Dias Gvardiol Kovacic Bernardo Gundogan Foden Nunes Haaland Ortega, Carson, Aké, Akanji, Simpson-Pusey, O'Reilly, McAtee, Wright, Savinho Bournemouth 2-1 City

I'd be tempted to rotate and play youngsters against Sporting, given that we're not going out of the CL league stage anyway. It'd be near impossible to finish outside the qualifying spots from this position.

Ederson Lewis Dias Akanji Gvardiol Kovacic (L) Gundogan Bernardo Foden (F) Haaland Savinho Carson Ortega Stones Ake Nunes McAtee O'Reilly Wright City 2-1 Southampton

Ederson Lewis Dias Akanji Gvardiol Kovacic Nunes Bernardo Foden Haaland (F/L) Grealish Ortega Carson Stones Ake Gundogan McAtee O’Reilly Savinho Doku City 3-0