I don't think the 115 charges were the main factor in their decisions. Madrid are still a top draw for players as for Rice he's a London lad and I suspect that not having to relocate was a factor.Pep has put Foden in midfield multiple times but it becomes a basketball game everytime with end to end. Even Foden has said he needs to be better off the ball.
Even @twosips has said.. the best games he's seen Foden play were always end to end. PSG @ home, Chelsea away this year, Spurs @ home this year.
And Bellingham and Rice both said no to us. We had the money but they didn't want us.. I suppose we can blame the 115 for that most likely as foreign born players won't care but apparently English players sure do!
plus rodri , jack, kdb and doku back in the team is like whole different stratosphere.For me, this is why there needs to be a bit more leniency from fans. We lost Gundo and then first game of the season lost the best player in the league. That's not something anyone was expecting and he's irreplaceable. So Pep used Kovacic alongside Rodri and Alvarez alongside Haaland and it worked well, we won every game. Then came Rodri's suspension and we went from the midfield three that won us the treble to a completely new one, which has now had to play three league games this season. The critical position in Pep's side completely decimated.
He's tried to find a solution in the games Rodri missed and it hasn't worked. He's identified the lack of balance to the side and then over compensated last night. It happens.
Our next 10 PL games are:
Luton a
Palace h
Everton a
Shef Utd h
Newcastle a
Burnley h
Brentford a
Everton h
Chelsea h
Bournemouth a
One or two tricky fixtures in there, but nothing like the run we've been on...things change very quickly in this league.
People saying it’s a much stronger league this year, all our rivals have improved etc etc have got it totally wrong. Arsenal are marginally better and we’re not quite as strong.
plus rodri , jack, kdb and doku back in the team is like whole different stratosphere.
We can’t afford any more slip ups before the New Year. We have to win all of the next four games.I feel a bit better today after seeing our league fixtures for the next two and a half months, but we have to go on a winning run NOW
Simple as that really. We can and will drop more points, but we need to win everything before Newcastle away otherwise I truly think we are leaving ourselves too much to do. It's not enough to just assume we will "go on a run" in the spring. Very doable, though, and think the mid-season warm weather break could do us the world of good.We can’t afford any more slip ups before the New Year. We have to win all of the next four games.
Fingers crossed.Simple as that really. We can and will drop more points, but we need to win everything before Newcastle away otherwise I truly think we are leaving ourselves too much to do. It's not enough to just assume we will "go on a run" in the spring. Very doable, though, and think the mid-season warm weather break could do us the world of good.