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My dream of us playing Tottenham in a Champions League QF is already dead.

Ramsey's burst tonight feels like another level. Love it.

I may regret saying this, but defending set pieces against European teams feels like easy mode compared to what happens in the PL.

Current tally is two incorrect offside decisions and two yellow cards not given.

Gordon, Bruno, and Tino fit and we might PSG them.

Yamal's first step is outrageously explosive.

That's one player they should be missing for the second leg. Can't wait to see how many they get away with and then Joelinton will no doubt be booked for the first thing he does.

That ist he most blatant yellow.

I'm not imagining it right? Wasn't Garcia excellent in the first game against them? Think he's just full of nerves right now.

Have to score in the next 10 minutes.

I forgot how great Garcia was in the first game. Annoying watching good keepers.

With just two of Tino, Bruno, Gordon, and Miley I'd feel quite confident about what we could do here. Definitely an uphill battle now.

We've likely built the entire game plan around pressing and pace, so there's really only one alternative to Gordon.

The man who has, at most, chucked the towel in for one game in four years and has spent 48 hours talking about how it's one of the biggest games in the club's history has now purposely chucked it away.

Longstaff looks like a kid the first time they hear a parent swear.

On the plus side Osula could be worth £50m+ after tonight.

Theoretically yes, but also less revenue and since we'd be aiming to get right back the UEFA calendar starts Jan 1 (2027 in this case) and then we'd need to be compliant with all the different regulations by summer 2027, so not as if you can go overboard. There's really no magic bullet or workaround -- you need repeatable revenue increases (commerical + match day on top of broadcast), consistent player sale profits over 3 year periods, and to try to keep costs as low as possible.

17 years ago was one of the worst seasons in NUFC history and at the same time Barcelona had maybe the single greatest club team of all time. @Village Idiot commiserated through many bleak Ashley years and it seemed increasingly impossible that these two clubs would collide ever again. This season has been exhausting and there are far too many games, but tonight has a chance to be a legendary night.

Seriously?

Zero point in thinking about any formation that doesn’t have Gordon as the #9. It’d be crazy to try anything else for this game.

Dying at him here

We've been closely tracking emerging talents in South America for five years now.

If he can get the deals done this doesn’t really need to be twisted as a bad thing, particularly since without the CL and with the age of the squad I think we’ll be much more open to younger / less proven.

For some reason Semenyo being on City is the thing that has made me angry about how much they can spend.

Ha, didn’t mean tonight. I’ve moved on.