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I rarely criticise Pep because we owe him so much, but for me today was down to the wrong team selection. Not things that can only be seen in hindsight, but glaringly obvious selection errors. Savinho shouldn’t be playing a single minute on the left while Doku is fit, and the midfield 3...

Some very odd decisions by Pep today. Most notably choosing not to start with Nico and Doku, who made us look infinitely better, and then allowing Savinho to stay on the pitch for 82 minutes. It’s pretty obvious that Villa targeted Nunes today but in the absence of Khusanov we aren’t blessed...

World class. The improvement in the defence will be strongly linked to the increased confidence he gives them. A real lift to the entire team. In Donnarumma, Haaland & Rodri we have 3 players who are arguably the best in the world in their position.

Overall it’s a positive start, in the sense that despite tons of injuries we remain “in the mix”. The most annoying one for me is Spurs at Home. You can always count on dropping some points away from home (Brighton, Arsenal) but home games need to be bread & butter and we were toothless on that...

I don’t think last year was the transition.. last year was the realisation.

If €80m is true he has to go. Only cost £30m a year ago and he’s been OK.. he has done well and has the potential to justify his fee but I don’t know if there’s any ceiling he’s capable of where we would regret selling at that price.

This is a good test for the start of our season, not necessarily because Spurs are a fantastic side, but time and time again this is the type of game we really struggled to win last year. If we want to get back towards 90 points then 3 points consistently in these home games are key. The...

I personally think Trafford at 21 getting to work every day with this City crowd won’t do the boy any harm. If we do well in the cups he’ll still get 10-15 games which for a year would be fair. The challenge for him would become if donnarumma joins and stays a beast then what does Trafford do...

Maybe we can buy Eze and then let Cherki drift to the right hand side.

If we get £90m+ for McAtee & Savinho then that’s excellent business in isolation. But as many have already said a big factor will be who comes in to replace. Unless Pep thinks this is Bobbs year & between Bernado, Cherki & Bobb the right is creative enough.

Maybe. I just assume these behind closed door games often come with a handshake of no risk of injuries etc. so they aren’t the most “fan-friendly”.

Marmoush scored a goal more than Isak last year, and that’s playing for two different clubs in two different leagues.

I think the way Isak has dealt with it has probably made the deal a lot more difficult. Had he kept it out of the press (or his agent) then it’d be getting done. Now probably less likely.

Bosh. City’s number one. Good luck to the lad.

I rate Isak a lot but £130M+ would be mad money for his scoring record. We are so lucky to have Haaland locked up.

It’s such a big upgrade on last year I think people underestimate how much better we’ll be this year. Rodri staying fit is still key.

Those passing stats will be heavily skewed by the defence he is playing with and the way he is encouraged to play. No doubt his Stats will improve at City. If he can make sensible decisions with his feet and be a better shot stopper then I am happy with that. As people have pointed out, anybody...

Liverpool spending so big because they know we’ll be back to 90+ points next season.

If we only ever signed players who’d achieved big things before coming then we’d still be a mid-table side. We’ve never been one to chase ready made stars in my opinion.

At the right price this would be an excellent addition. I’ve come round to the idea a lot. I was quite disappointed when Spurs were linked at £60M. Makes it a good deal.