Mikky

I think the shape of the team is ok He has to get his XI correct - no way can you play Willock and Shelvey as the double pivot - Hayden has to play in place of one of them Fernandez, Manquillo and J Lewis are a must i’d actually play 4231 with Murphy in the 3 out wide - possibly Joelinton down the middle

This - Lewa was no:1 in 2020 and should have had the recognition he truly deserved - 2021 was Messi, simple as

Lewa defo in 2020 totally agree - bloke is simply brilliant BUT Messi for me has been the best player on the planet in 2021

Schar and FF just have to start along with Lewis and Murphy (in a 3-4-3)

Would be my 11 too

Wow this half has been unreal from Napoli

Been sensational this half without him mind

4 or 5th would be brilliant - most likely finish 6th or 7th which is where they are at - they still have Spinizolla to come back plus you sense they are about 3 good players short, which I think Jose knows too - this season is about consolidating then next season make the push for top 4 at least - going to be hard competing with the Milan clubs, Napoli, Juve and Atalanta

They ain’t going to do shit

Italy will be there - Portugal you just don’t know - should do so much better with the players they have

Pretty much this - doesn’t have the authority which you need to manage at the very top end

Having watched his Barca teams he’s an average manager who basically relied on Messi to bail him out

The bit where Steve meets him on a Monday “Right Cristiano you can have 4 days off, that’s what the scientists are saying - right i’m off to Tenerife - be back on Friday when you can play my favourite game “Chase the ice cream van””

Oh my - first time ever a sub has gone my way

I wonder if you can play a 5-2-3 formation? I have no Raphinha today and Rudiger is first sub

Cancelo is unreal

In fairness to Joelinton he’s had to endure shoddy coaching for the last 2 years - it’s no surprise he is totally shot - will park my judgement on him until we see him under Howe

I think the DoF will have the bigger say in terms who is on the shortlist for a certain position then between them they will decide on who to go for - I prefer it this way

Yep all the way until May the following year god knows how many matches that equates to (over a 100 at least)

The league starts on day 1 of pre season

Howe apparently has a league table at the training ground with the win % of every player during all the training matches they have during a season - done to ensure intensity of the training is kept high

Woodgate Batty Shearer

He talks utter bollocks - has no contacts - basically self promotion like Wraith

The Monaco wonderkid? Defo one I would look at - him and Brozovic in CM? Ooof

They are still in the red I think - plus Brozovic has an expiring contract - he would be an incredible signing fwiw