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6 minutes ago, Gawalls said:

Haven’t they got managers now?

Think they are short term ones if I'm not mistaken.

4 minutes ago, Pokerprince2004 said:

It'll cost Chelsea £50m to sack Potter. Fucking mental these contracts 

Good for him. Would love to see Chelsea have to pony that up

Potter should then just try and go into the Leeds or Southampton jobs and rebuild those clubs.

2 minutes ago, UncleBuzzcocks said:

Hate spurs but Boehly coming in thinking he can spunk money and win and then failing big time is hilarious.

His face in the crowd just then man 

The guy is a complete dunce. What a disaster this is. 

Good game. Really have a feeling the final this weekend is going to be one for the ages.

Lewandowski scuffed it ...

Alonso man, what a pansy.

1 minute ago, Flip said:

Missing three of their best players tbf i  Gavi, Pedri and Dembele.

That's fair I guess. Still expected a bit better than this.

Fred has done way too well against their midfield for my liking.

All those signings by Barca in the summer and they really look quite basic. 

Getting rattled so easily by some pace in forward areas.

Great halftime adjustments and subs by Ten Hag to be fair.

Volcanic ash saving Lewandowski from the clutches of Allardyce is a heck of a career arc

The absolute state of Garnacho man. My goodness

De Gea is pathetically bad with the ball at his feet 

We were being strongly linked with that Kamada on a free. Having a heck of a season. Great pickup for Dortmund.

1 minute ago, GeordieDazzler said:

Hopefully no stupid run up from Lewa

Very stupid and really fortunate in the end

Such an unnecessary grab by Fernandes. Strange guy.

7 hours ago, Deuce said:

Creased at how horny some of you are for this kid to fail. So butthurt he didn’t choose NUFC.  

Hyperbole.

6 hours ago, The Prophet said:

I totally understand his decision to join PSG. The biggest club in his country, based in the capital, with plenty of his mates there.

 

That doesn't mean it was the right decision for his career though. That's where his agent and the people he surrounds himself with need to be asking him the right questions. 

Exactly, with the right moves and development, he likely returns there at the stage where he is ready to go straight into the first team.

PSG are horrible with their own young players having jettisoned the likes of Moussa Diaby and Nkunku in recent times. They're always thirsting after much more established top players, so it's best to go there when you've reached that level.

29 minutes ago, Geordie Ahmed said:

Yeah, I think there was one towards the end that particularly annoyed him

 

It's so strange they won't play him in at every possible opportunity 

 

 

 

It must be infuriating.

It's funny because not to quite the same extent perhaps, but I noticed a similar thing with Lukaku when he returned to Chelsea under Tuchel. Time and time again he was making the same early runs into space that got him so much joy at Inter when paired with Lautaro, and the Chelsea players just kept ignoring his runs, and he would complain to them about it over and over again.

Wasn't long after he just started moping about on the pitch and not bothering half as much anymore.

27 minutes ago, LionOfGosforth said:

 

Their two-touch sideways and backwards passing is such a waste of a unique, wrecking ball of a forward

Yeah, as many goals as he has scored for them, you can't help but wonder how many more he would have had if they were even just a bit more direct at times when he makes those runs.

1 hour ago, GeordieDazzler said:

City play objectively good football but I find them so dull to watch at times. I don’t want to watch a 90min possession exercise.

I think Haaland hates it too.

I spent a lot of the game just watching him when they have the ball. The number of fantastic runs that guy makes into space off the ball while his team mates are looking right at him and they just turn and pass it backwards!

He looked fed up of it at one point.

7 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said:

 

I think people overplay this 'must play games' thing. Loads of instances of players playing regular football from 18 or so and burning out by 26-27. 

 

He had a breakthrough season last year, he's still getting a decent share of games playing alongside world-class forwards even if he's not a regular. If he's being a knob or whatever then that's on him but he's got the perfect platform to progress.

We'll have to agree to disagree.

If I were him and had the opportunity to go to Dortmund last summer to replace Haaland I'm grabbing that opportunity with both hands.

It's still a top club, playing in the top competition in Europe, still alongside top talent that is just younger and more in his age demographic, at a club that does a great job in player development. 

5 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said:

 

You can't see why a 19-20 year old wouldn't see the benefit in learning from 3 of the best forwards we've seen the last 20 years and in one case, ever? Mental. Still had decent playing opportunities too.You can't see why a 19-20 year old wouldn't see the benefit in learning from 3 of the best forwards we've seen the last 20 years and in one case, ever? Mental. Still had decent playing opportunities too.

 

Learn from them while getting some game time year 1, second season get a loan deal and 15-20 goals somewhere, by year 3 Messi is finished, Neymar pretty much so, and you're starting for the biggest club in your own country near his home. It was the perfect career path. 

 

 

 

Well, how has it worked out then? Doesn't seem to have done him much good if there are issues with him behind the scenes. The guy is clearly not happy with the opportunities he has been given to play.

I believe in going to the best club that gives you a lot of playing time when you're a top young talent and not stagnating on the bench even if it is for a year. Now he's going to start getting loaned out to goodness knows where, with how much input from him in that decision exactly? And how much commitment are those clubs really going to have to him when they don't really own him outright?

You get better when you play more games and are at a club that is committed to your development.

6 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

So you were shocked a young French lad picked to go to PSG instead of moving to a new country to play with us? 

This isn't about him joining Newcastle specifically, and me being slighted about that. I just think it was a daft decision after a fantastic breakout season for Reims where he was the lead man. He was never going to get enough opportunities at PSG, and now he's taken a massive step backwards.

Dortmund wanted him as well. They actually probably would have been the best choice for him, as he would likely have led the line for them, as they put a lot of faith in young players and bring them along very well.

Now look at his situation. PSG have already decided he isn't up to scratch and will no doubt go spending again in the summer and his career will be in limbo, getting loaned all over the place.

On 21/02/2023 at 07:13, Cronky said:

It never looked likely that he was going to get much game time at PSG, which obviously is what he needs at this stage of his career. Enough of us were saying that from this distance, so why his agent and other advisers didn't point that out, I don't know. Perhaps they did.

Loads on here said he got to train with Messi, Neymar and Mbappe and so the choice wasn't a surprise 

As if that is the priority when you're a player trying to progress your own career. Going on as if he was a fan on the street and not a player himself! Ridiculous.

Just now, Froggy said:

 

He's always injured. 

Yeah, there's that as well. Can't believe Klopp started him in this game.