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Not necessarily. He's got a contract which means we have to pay him but also means he has to stay and play for us. This will be cancelling it by mutual consent and could involve us paying him, him paying us or no money

So he has got a great first touch, it's just a bit inconsistent. As is often the case with young players. At his age, Scholes had made 20 appearances, Foden about 40. Lewis has made 60, often in different positions and, last season, in a team struggling in both midfield and defensively for...

So Olise, Bellingham and Rice wanted to come to us? It's not like cans of beans in Tesco where if you pay the price you can just take them.

They're more likely to get Carson - 5 year contract, £300k a week

Agree with all that. A right back is also something you only have in a back 4 and even then, their role can change if you want someone constantly attacking so more of a wing back Walker was a great right back and had the pace and energy to get up and down the pitch, although only ever got...

There was an interview with him (BBC I think) that I read on Saturday in which he mentioned that all his friends are in Liverpool and Manchester. He'd been linked to Liverpool so seemed an odd thing to say, whether true or not.

It worked when Stones was doing it from centre half and, to some extent when he did it from right back. Walker did ok from right back due to pace, but didn't have the composure on the ball to bring anything in midfield. The current system doesn't work anymore and we can all see where the...

Which is never going to happen under Pep as he wants inverted wingers (although seeing Haaland's headers this season,I can understand why). The decision has to therefore be is Savio (of Doku) any good as an inverted winger? Happy to squeeze Levy until he cries providing we're not left with a...

It's not just us, but was is the point of the square pass across the 6yd box from a goal kick? All it does is gives more time for the forwards to press. It's not a problem when we had Ederson, but with any other keeper, you're generally giving it to the person least talented on the ball. Rags...

You think everything is working then?

It's not two games though is it, it's probably 50+. We weren't great at the start of last season but were getting the results until it felt apart. What's the last good performance from us you can remember against a top tier side? Probably Forest at home. We were poor virtually all last season...

No, it'll still be full of empty seats ;-) Looking forward to it today as haven't been around it since last season, but mainly looking forward to the new screen at the other end so I can actually see what everyone else gets to watch - repeats of the Spurs goals

As I said, needing to find ways to cheat the system. And it's an 18-21 ticket, so suppose I could dress my dad up like Angus Young

Not sure I look under 21, so a risk I get banned for using it

Suspect this will be my last as a season ticket holder. Lad is at uni and unlikely to make 10 games. I've loaded his ticket to my phone and will try and find a way to get him to 10 by taking others, but I'm basically having to think of ways to cheat the system, when all I want to do is pay for...

We could recall Reis in January, if needed and O'Reilly was left back for a lot of last season when we had one less than we've got now. Considering Pep said he wants a smaller squad, how many centre halves are enough and do we need the same level of cover for all the other positions?

Yeah, down to just Dias, Gvardiol, Stones, Ake and Khusanov for the two positions.

Worse, didn't use his feet at all

Obviously depends on someone wanting them, but I felt it was a message to them, along with things Pep has said, that they're not going to play a lot this season. Might not be an issue for Gundogan at his age, and probably what he was expecting last season, but Akanji in particular must read the...

In rather depends on him. If he fulfils his potential, we'd be interested even if we didn't own him so would definitely bring him back. If he doesn't, he wouldn't be good enough for a team chasing titles, so who cares that we don't see him. If Leverkusen can develop him into the next Wirtz...