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Of course we don’t know what the ins and outs of all these deals have been, but surely the people up top (Txiki, Ferran, Berrada etc.) must understand how awful the optics are for the club. They will frame it as not even bidding for Kane or choosing to walk away from Ronaldo, but ultimately it...

At 70 minutes, I resigned myself to defeat and was remarkably relaxed. Pep made his intentions very clear with his eleven (When Mendy starts you know how he views the game!) Fair enough to use one or two of the lads out of form, but all of them? And all of the front three too? Sterling is in...

All on Pep. Every single inch of it. Yes, you can talk about the foul, the miss, the goalkeeping howler, but they may have been completely irrelevant had Pep played his best players and best system from the start. Immediately, you’ve put yourself on the back foot. An absolute stinking start...

For the entirety of the first half of the QF last year the Scouse shat themselves. After Jesus’ goal, they were in a state of panic that I haven’t seen from them in ages. The crowd contributed to that massively. Need an atmosphere before the kick off and throughout the whole game. We just can’t...

I think today and Palace have been coming for a while, all from the start of the last international break. Before that, up until the Derby, I thought we were deservedly top. We were playing below our absolute best, but were producing more convincing and entertaining performances than...

The shitty part about last night was that it just reaffirms this whole notion that the Anfield atmosphere got the better of us. If you watch those first 10 minutes, we were comfortable and kept them at arms length; we were handling the atmosphere. We shot ourselves in the foot again though by...

Was always going to be a difficult game with it's being their first game in the division; I never thought we would steam roll them. The fact we were SO in control is a positive, but I just thought the back three wasn't a roaring success. I think we needed Sane and Sterling to be those players...

Don't know if this clip has been posted already, but watch up to 4 minutes. Considering I've heard some think the lad is just pace and wouldn't be able to come inside and play, I'm impressed. The way he switches play in particular is very good; it's something Guardiola will love if ever we get...

Since 2011, we've won everything domestically, including 2 league titles, 2 league cups and an FA cup. Since 2011, Arsenal have won 3 FA cups and have only finished above us once in the league during that time. Should we have achieved more? Absolutely. But I don't think there's any question...

The question you have to ask though, regardless of rotation and game time, is would Sanchez make us a better team? And the answer is of course he would. He is absolutely world class, and with world class talents like that you MAKE room. It's similar to the argument about Van Persie all those...

For years, people have complained that our squad isn't good enough and that the drop off in quality is far too much from our first XI. This summer we plan to rectify that and have a hugely competitive squad full of first team players, and still there's complaint. I understand everyone's...

Sanchez could easily displace either Sane or Sterling on the sheer basis that he scores goals. He is more of a wide forward as opposed to an out and out winger, but that is what we need badly. Sane and Sterling are exceptional wingers and can get you to the byline, but when you're looking for a...

There are certain games where Yaya could prove useful next year, particularly against teams who park the bus. However, he can't be a mainstay in our midfield anymore as I still think there are times where he slows down our build up and makes it easier for the opposition sometimes. So squad...

This season hasn't, and by this club's standards, will never be good enough. Top 4 is not a trophy and is the bare minimum. However, I'm still optimistic and think Pep has ultimately been the victim of his own success. if you expected him to come in here and piss the league in his first season...

This will be the big test. The rags have some personality about them now and a bit of arrogance, and have quality in areas that could cause a few issues, Martial etc. I don't think they've been great in the games I've seen, they gave Southampton a lot of room out wide a few weeks back that we...

Thought atmosphere was decent yesterday. Apart from when West Ham got back in the game a little, never too many silent points. Early goal probably helped but 115 and the South stand did a decent job.

I thought overall we were very good yesterday. First half was nothing short of phenomenal, I even went out on a limb to my brother and said it was the best football I have seen at the Etihad. Granted we've seen some excellent performances down the years, some of the games in Pellegrini's first...

The wind last year was so bad it made it nigh on impossible to play second half, although it didn't make us any more wank. Hope it's not like that this time.

One could argue those players were who they were because of Pep; that Pep made the gap. They were good, but I certainly didn't hear their names as much as I did before Pep got hold of them.

Big move if he goes to Stretford, can't say I wouldn't be jealous. But the fees they are paying and their general transfer dealings just show how desperate they are to make themselves the big I am. All the money on Di Maria, Falcao, Martial (although he's quite decent) and now the astronomical...