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Not really. I looked at Nasri on the right before the first whistle, and I thought the right hand side would be a dead end, and more vulnerable. Apart from Fernandinho, I can't think of a City player who looked comfortable, or at his usual level. I don't think our tactics and team selection...

If two goals would have led anyone to applaud THAT performance as one of tactical acumen and engineering we will have to agree to differ. Two goals would have stifled the debate, not made bad tactics good. The finishing was the difference in the scoreline, but the question is would different...

You are right, and so is the guy who questioned the substitutions. If the chances had gone in we wouldn''t be having the discussion, but that has damn all to do with whether or not you are right. You are right, and so is the guy who talks about substitutions. If we had taken the chances it...

Well put. If anybody delivers a ball into the box for our type of striker better than Kolarov, I've never seen him. It isn't just very good, it's fantastic. He takes the odd angelic free kick, and now he has a genuine midfielder in front of him instead of a French corporal, the supposed weakness...

I hope you're right and I'm a mile out. The guy tries, there's no doubting that. Give us a more solid midfield, and both centre backs will be less exposed.

The idea sounds good to me, although I don't see Mangala ever being the player we expected. Nobody wants to say it, so we hope he will turn the corner, we blame the left back, we suggest giving him time and so on, but I look at him in one v ones, and I know the opponent is going to get a shot on...

Very succinct and accurate. We all know the reason for buying Delph, but a player doesn't have to be spectacularly good at anything to make a difference to a team. It's about giving our key players a better platform, and his energy and pace might just do that. Add in the hg element, and this is...

Quite so. We need the best homegrown players available for out squad (and the best foreign players for our first eleven). I think this is a better signing for us than it for the player himself. If you look at the Barcelona, Bayern, Real etc squads, they have their share of makeweights. Good...

Well I AM an old sod, and I share your views. The guy is a superb defender at the peak of his career. Four years is an eternity in terms of the turnover of players, and he'd make a massive contribution. He's the most effective player United have been looking at, and the thought of stopping them...

Because instead of shooting from the hip for this player or that player, it starts to address what we need to make up a great team. Transfers are mentioned in the replies, Pogba, Sterling, De Bruyne, etc, but they are not just lobbed in at random. For example, if we don't get Pogba we get...

Very good shout. Sterling and De Bruyne would fill in so much better than Nasri and Navas, so we could play a genuine 4:5:1 if need be, instead of pretending we were doing it, and leaving Yaya and Ferna to get swamped by anybody with midfield runners. The player I would most like to see is Ramos...

Completely agree. He is always there, and always seems to deal with it. I don't want to have a go at Mangala, but the difference between the two in experience and reading of the game is massive. Kompany is over-reaching trying to cover.It wouldn't happen with Ramos.

Regardless of how he improves, anybody who bets on a footballer still being at the club in 5 years is likely to lose most of the time. I just take Sterling at face value today, and £50m is no longer mad money, given the TV deal. He is homegrown, he has the pace we badly lack, and he can beat a...

Your assessment of Liverpool at present is bang on, but let's not forget who we are, the state we were in not so long ago, and how we got out of it. Liverpool history is not what they won, but that they helped stop U know who from winning the title for about 20 years. Those of us who were...

He would probably be an asset AND a greedy money-grabber. The second one just means he is human, like all of us except the Dalai Lama. Fair enough if you think he is over-rated, you may be right. I just think of him having the ball instead of Navas or Nasri, and I know which of the three any...

You are so right it hurts. I suspect Barcelona might see Pogba now as they saw Yaya when they sold him (around his prime). They opted then for less power and more mobility in midfield. Iniesta and Raketic are not great defenders, but together with Busquets, they press superbly well, and they...

I take your point that Reus is a more complete player as of now, but two very rapid midfielders who can beat a man and hit the back of the net cannot quite be a million miles apart? Certainly either would provide pace we currently lack. With the right players around him, Sterling had one...

Completely agree with Kippax. Sterling has speed, the ability to beat a man, can score, and will help out when we don't have the ball. Maybe a Dzeko part-ex would push Liverpool into doing the unpalatable? Reus too would be an asset. You don't look to get a decade out of a player nowadays, but...