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Thought it was telling on Saturday of who played and who came on and, more importantly, who didn't. Lewis and Stones both started and we're replaced by Nunes and Khusanov. In midfield, O'Reilly came on. Suspect that's good news for all of them and a message to Ake, Akanji and Gundogan...

It looks like there's two of him

When Ortega plays, teams press him. Unless the next keeper is as good with his feet, he'll get pressed. Alisson was supposed to be just as good as Ederson with his feet when he arrived, and he can pick out a decent long ball, but teams know if you press him he panics. Ederson is the only...

Why not? It's a crucial position. He's one of the best in the world, I don't see why he wouldn't expect to be paid accordingly. It's the same attitude that clubs won't pay big release for managers but will happily spends tens of millions on players a manager asks for

Why? I don't get this idea that either the transfer fee or salary for a keeper should be any less than any other player. It's the Graham Souness attitude that a keeper who makes a world class save is just doing their job, but if a midfielder misplaces a pass it's one of those things If we...

Hope at least one of them plays, although wouldn't put it past Pep to play an extra midfielder instead

Schrödinger's rags

I'm not disagreeing with that, I'm saying Donnarumma doesn't fit a typical Pep profile of a keeper and we'd need to change style. Maybe we will, but feels a bit like Saul on the road to Damascus if we suddenly have a keeper hitting row Z constantly

He won them games because he's probably the best keeper and best penalty stopper in the world. I've nothing against him as a keeper, far from it, I'm questioning whether he's good enough with his feet for a Pep team and I don't see it. Ortega is decent with his feet for a keeper yet causes us...

Why don't we train Ederson to make saves like Donnarumma? Or Trafford to play like both? Keepers who play like Ederson with their feet will be few and far between - he's not the best in the world at it because he tried it once. In the same way, Donnarumma is much better at the usual keeper...

Do you think we were turning away the queue of clubs looking to buy him? If his reported wages are true, there aren't many clubs who could afford to pay it, let alone a fee on top. Added to that, we can't just sell him, he needs to agree to the move, so even if we received an offer from say...

I don't think our set up this season will require actual wingers most of the time and there are other options who can play there. If he wants out, let him go if the fee is right, and it would be need to be very high to sell to any PL club, let alone Spurs. As for not selling Kovacic or other...

Can't believe there's so few there now. I was there when they first let girls into the 6th form and it was like a Porkies movie for the seven years worth of boys who were already there. Only aware of one of my teachers being in prison, so probably better than average...

Can understand with the existing although I'm surprised they haven't incorporated them into the new roof as easier to design in from scratch and the curve is made up of flat panels anyway. Although with the amount on the CFA, plus hotel etc, presume it gets the whole thing to where they want to...

They work better with direct sun, although less efficient if too hot. Currently getting about 150W per panel in a cloudy Manchester and better quality panels can do a much better job at converting the available light. Considering we're installing 10,500 panels at the academy, I'd be surprised...

Any new player can look good initially if the analysts don't have enough data and the opposition can't work them out. Not sure any of us expected Savio to play as much as he did, due to injuries to others meaning he was needed and maybe/hopefully he didn't get the chance to learn and adapt...

Since they'll never play for us, "We need a separate transfer thread for purchases like this."

"Should have held the first shot" Graeme Souness

Been consuming his podcasts/YouTube for about 7 or 8 years and has made a huge difference to my investments. Would also recommend his books, including the retirement one as a way of consolidating the free content into an easy read.

Not a chance we get £13m for Ortega, especially with a year left and us having to sell. He came on a free, so we've lost nothing if he leaves the same way, allowing a club to pay him a signing fee and lower wages if that works for them. He's been a key part of a squad that won everything and...