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Lahm didn't play for Bayern until he was about two years older than Lewis... On that basis I'd suggest his trajectory isn't bad.

The effort to keep up standards at the level the team has been at for years has been enormous, and unprecedented. There's a reason why teams don't usually just carry on winning and winning. Physically and mentally the work and hunger it requires is immense. That's bound to take its toll, and I...

Nah. Sane scored some amazing goals and had incredible pace. But he wasn't an amazing scorer of goals - 39 in 135 games is very good, and better than Doku at present - but his touch was sometimes pretty poor. He did play with prime KDB which really suited his game, whereas Doku has largely...

And Sane's control was often rubbish.

I've not minded this saga with the England job in that it's made the idea of Pep leaving pretty concrete. All things must end sometime and whether this is his last season, or next, or whenever, he's going to leave a massive hole in the club. I'm glad that the evidence on Txiki, Omar, and now...

Quite likely, although it would be good to see him play off Haaland more, too.

I'm not sure what points you are trying to make? That he had the talent and Pep didn't spot it, despite training with him every day? Or that he wasn't that good until he magically transformed at Chelsea? Neither seem very likely. What seems fairly clear is that he had enormous talent, that the...

He was extremely promising, and was great in the community shield just before we sold, and you simply don't know how players will develop if they are given a chance to shine. I doubt anyone would have looked at Rico Lewis before he broke through and said he was at the level he now is either...

He's performing so well. I'm delighted for him but it's quite painful, isn't it. I think he was very close to performing at this level for us. It's fine for young players to be inconsistent. But he got goals playing off the right, he looked good when he played. And that was just as a fan - Pep...

I like him and think he's quite a good pundit definitely growing into it. It's not a god-given right to get into broadcasting and it must be incredibly competitive. People need to set themselves apart he seems to be working very hard at it. He's definitely improved in the few years he's been...

Spot on. You know, the pipeline into the first team works just fine. People forget how long Foden took to get a regular spot. He wasn't picked over Silva, or KDB, or Mahrez at first but got just a few minutes here and there for a LONG time. Rico Lewis has been slightly different. I even think...

He's not going to want to sit on the bench, is he?

Our fans' enthusiasm for academy players is only exceeded by our willingness to write them off once they've actually played for us...

Pep code to play him for 63 minutes at Wembley. That's a pretty big vote of confidence. Think he should stay here. He's not going to get a lot of game time, but he's going to learn loads. Much better than having him warming the bench or being kicked about in the Championship.

Disgusted and shocked by these racist thugs, but also the right wing arseholes in the media, online (and some in politics) painting this as some kind of result of legitimate concerns... People who happily call for climate protestors to be locked up apparently not so concerned about people being...

What a lot of grudging praise on here. He was excellent - almost the only decent player for us creatively in that second half. If the rest of the team had played at his level, we'd have won.

Hate them. Think people who go on the pitch are wankers.

The irony is that once Pep leaves and we inevitably drop down a level, the media will effortlessly transition to running countless articles on how the club is failing because it can't spend it's way out of the problem, without passing go or ever acknowledging the value of this coach's and this...

To provide that many assists after missing half the season says it all

Love him!