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Honestly Ed, he is the only reason I watch City play.
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I’ve always believed that KDB has been the best player in the league ever since he joined City. Injuries and City’s rotation policy have robbed him of putting that into practice game after game.
I’m probably going to be very controversial, but I think he is quite possibly the most skillful player ever to grace the league. Everything about him is absolute class, even off the ball he is a joy to watch, his movement and scanning are incredible
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It’s official
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Yeah, I’ll believe it when I see it about Haaland performing in the Prem. We see it time and time again, top performing strikers in other leagues and struggling in the Prem. Interestingly when Lukaku was being touted as signing for Chelsea this time last year, the narrative was about a striker who has already performed in the Prem. The part of the story they didn’t tell though was about a striker who never performed against the top sides. His record against top 6 sides was and always has been awful.
There really are very few top foreign strikers to have killed our league who were banging them in for fun before they arrived here. Even Aguero and Henry weren’t prolific before they came to England. Henry had only scored 9 goals in this most prolific season before joining Arsenal (I know he was really a winger back then, but still valid point I think). Aguero did a lot better, he scored 20 goals in his last season at Atletico, which for La Liga is pretty low, as the top sides score goals for fun in that league. For all the Van Persies, Agueros, Henry and Drogbas successes of this world there are plenty of Moratas, Schevchenkos, Lukakus, Brolins, Rebrovs, Hallers, Kezmans, Falcaos, Soldados, Higuains, Sukers, Kluiverts, Depays, Forlans, Morientes
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If he gets you 20 goals a season, that’s a steal in this day and age. He’s already scored more than Lukaku, more than any City player, more than any Arsenal player, more than any Hammers player, more than any Chelsea player. Like I said, with better quality service he could be next level. Also, we already know he’s not a one season wonder, he scored 33 goals last season.
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I actually think Ivan Toney is class, I reckon, with good service he could be incredible. Could probably pick him up for 50m too, which for a striker is a steal in this day and age
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City will have the league now and Liverpool will walk the CL
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I’ve long held that belief too that Pep lacks that ability to rev his team for the big moments. His entire philosophy is all about getting the 90 percentile right all the time. That is great for winning leagues as they are about consistency. Knockout cups though are about heart and desire and this is where Pep has consistently been out-managed. He seems to think that you can always outthink your opposition, which sometimes you can but sometimes it’s purely about grit and determination and sometimes just doing the nasty stuff when needed, which Pep has never been about
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I can definitely see both teams dropping points. The schedule along with other competitions and the toll on each of the squads will play a huge part. This race is far from over
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What a bat shit crazy game from two bat shit crazy teams.
Seriously, Arsenal got every single ref call their way in that game. Tavares should have received 4 yellows and Man U should have had 3 pens easily.
It’s embarrassing for the PL that one of these two teams could be representing in the Champions League next season.
Regardless of where Arsenal finish this season, mark my words it is a false dawn, much like Ole’s second place finish last season. Arteta is a pretender and has fluked so many games this season. I’ve watched a lot of their gamesn and so many of them have mirrored this one played today. Ramsdale has easily won them 15-18 points this season and that will unlikely be replicated next season. They will finish outside of the top 6 next year.
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The type of overhall Man U needs is going to be painful in the short term and I’m not sure the hierarchy (or fans for that matter) will allow that. But it needs to happen. If Man U fans think this is rock bottom, they are wrong. Look at Klopp’s rebuild of Liverpool, first season in charge they finished 8th. Man U would never allow that to happen and so the merry go round of mediocrity will go on. SAF was famously a game away from being sacked, but they persisted and it paid off big time. I said at the time, with Moyes, LVG and Mourinho that if you want genuine rebuilding, there needs to be pain first and you are starting from the ground up. None of those managers were allowed to work through that painful period, instead the whole “they lost the dressing room and fans” argument was thrown out there. Then, when they finally learned that lesson, they gave that freedom which none of the previous highly experienced managers were afforded to the most inexperienced and undeserving manager of the lot.
Moyes was the most mistreated of the lot. Inherited an absolutely awful squad of players, a squad that only SAF could do anything with. That squad had been neglected horrendously for the previous 2 seasons with next to no investment and refresh. His job was the hardest of all the managers since SAF and therefore needed much more time to rebuild. LVG was dire to watch, but again the man is a tried and tested boss and was never given a chance. Mourinho, Man U’s most successful manager since SAF (and arguably the most similar in style to him) at the first sign of prima donna player revolt was ousted. Now look where those prima donnas have taken this club. The players have been given too much control, say and influence and this is the price you pay, hence the need for a complete clean out.
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There is zero consistency outside of the top two. I really thought Chelsea would challenge this year, very disappointing. Spurs, I feel under Conte’s intensity are incapable of stringing together a really long set of performances. That kind of intensity with that small a squad is impossible to maintain.
Ed, I really don’t know where you’re getting your goals from without Ronny. Rashford is nowhere, Greenwood on remand, Cavani in a wheelchair. No Ronny, no party the way I see it. He has won them so many games this season when Man U have been awful._____________________________
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Consider for one moment if Ronaldo hadn’t joined Man U this season. Would they have made top 10? I don’t think so
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Brilliant game of skill and tactics at work from two excellent teams and managers.I don’t think I’ve ever seen a game of such skill in the PL. The way City exploited the Reds defensive high line showed City can be pragmatic too and change their style.
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Sean Dyche to Burnley players at half time: Boys, these guys don’t know how to win.
Ralf Ragnick: Hold my beer
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Yeah, I’m not really sure why I’m defending Grealish because I’ve never really been a fan of his and certainly didn’t see why City would want him. But then, I felt the same about Sancho when that got announced too. The Chelsea signings of Havertz and Werner, well I actually rate them as footballers, I think they are class, just maybe Werner is not matched for Chelsea, he would thrive at a lot of other clubs imo
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See that’s the thing. Unrealistic expectations. Grealish was a big fish in a small pond. Villa’s entire tactics consisted of “give it to Grealish”. City simply do not play that way, no one player is their focus, which makes them so hard to play against as threats are everywhere on the pitch. I agree, 100m was stupid money, he’s a 50m player at best, but that’s nothing to do with him.
Either way, Grealish has shown to be far more dangerous at City than Sancho has been at Utd, so far! That could change of course and Sancho may well come good, but honestly, none of what I saw of him at Dortmund suggested to me he was all that either. Even Southgate who is the first to throw a youngun into the mix didn’t trust him at the Euros_____________________________
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No way Ed. Grealish has performed pretty much on par. The fact he is rotated is more down to Pep’s philosophy of always rotating through his front three. If people expected more out of Grealish at City, then they had ridiculous expectations. Seriously, Sancho has been nothing short of crap and anonymous so far!
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I called it at the start of the season that Postecoglu would turn that Celtic side around. He will be managing in the PL within a few years.
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In isolation, I don’t have too much of an issue with the goal disallowed. However, when you compare it to other VAR decisions this year, I do. VAR this season, IMO is at its worst. I actually think there are fewer shockers this season with VAR than in its inauguaral seasons, but they’ve now had time to bed it in and we are back to the original problems with refereeing that we had pre-VAR. Inconsistencies! Compared to so many other VAR calls this season, that goal should have stood. Would that have been the correct call IMO? No, but at least it would have been consistent.
Similar with the potential red card on McTominay. I see no difference with the Allan sending off v Newcastle a few weeks ago. Ref gave a yellow, then VAR interfered and upgraded it to a red. IMO, McTominay’s foul was exactly the same as the Allan one, yet two completely different outcomes._____________________________
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