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He's been wank in both so far, unfortunately. I like the lad and am desperate for him to do well but fuck me the last two games he has been brutal. Just play a pass to a team mate ffs.

I'm genuinely not sure he's done a single thing right.

I'd rather watch Tony Pulis' Stoke side than Guardiola's Man City.

Tonali for fucks sake

Suck the life out of every single game they play. Haven't watched them play outside of games against us in years. Undoubtedly best team in the world by a distance but not for me unless I'm obliged.

Both

Tonali has been absolutely shite outside of the Villa game I'm afraid to say

Fuck me this is dull

Been watching the second half on the dodgy box. I know the matchday experience at the GIS isn't the best but if people are missing out on Toon tickets then this Heed side are a deserving alternative for your attention. Absolutely superb football at the moment.

Tried for PSG home tickets on their general sale and already gone. We think our ticketing system is bad, theirs is borderline criminal. General sale and then unlimited touting of tickets at whatever price you want to set it at, which then PSG take a cut again on the secondary market. Going to have to chance it close to the day on the marketplace when prices inevitably come down.

He attempted 10 passes tonight, completing 7 of them. Bruno had 36/39. Longstaff 38/45. Now obviously he only played 72 minutes, but I think those stats fairly reflects my viewing of the game that he was basically completely uninvolved beyond defensive covering. There's obviously going to be language issues, adaption to the team and his teammates, and accepting we've had a tough start in terms of settling in. But I'm worried that we've bought him with no idea how to use him in this system that Howe will not change from. It's like the 2023 version of buying Hugo Viana to play in a 4-4-2.

Think other than Villa game he's basically been poor tbh. I say that as somebody who rates him as a player. But I just don't see why we've decided to buy him and then play him as a hardworking #8 in this system - where tbh he just seems to spend most of the game forlornly chasing runners. It seems a big waste of resources up to this point imo.

Aye fair point.

Between Trippier and Longstaff for MOTM for me.

Been that way since he joined tbh. Good player but don't think he's suited to either the way we play nor those roles as a high energy #8. Just a weird signing for me if that's the way we intend to play him tbh.

Matt Smith speaks Italian? Fair play.

Murphy and Longstaff in the CL man fever dream stuff

It's a while off but is anybody else looking at home end for PSG away? Depending on ID checks etc it's likely to be me and the old man's only option. They appear to have their own official version of a StubHub system where fans (both ST holders and those with individual tickets) can sell tickets for hugely inflated prices - which PSG then again takes commission. Pretty shitty and some of the prices are insane. However I've noted by following their website that tickets do tend to come down in price dramatically closer to the games - as is the case with most touting. Still looking like £100 a ticket for Dortmund tomorrow but nowhere near as bad as some of the prices in advance. It is likely to be best to hold your nerve and buy tickets on the day. Alternative option is to try and get them when they first go on sale prior to any reselling. They have a membership system which is about £20 a year and they appear to get first dibs on CL tickets for sale. I've bit the bullet and got that - as it might help pick them up during the initial sale.

We've got a long season ahead. Both will play plenty. We're suffering at the moment for prioritising depth rather than first XI but you would think the wisdom of it will pay off as the season continues.

I'm not convinced by him yet. He's much better when games open up a bit though.

Not sure tbh. Every game I've gone to in Italy the checks have took place before you get to the actual gate, with name on ticket crossreferenced with your ID when queuing to get in. You just scan your ticket in digitally when you get to the gate - nobody checks it at that final point. My understanding will be that NUFC will have wrote these names on, and then sent back the details of each purchaser referenced to each ticket back to Milan so there is a record as required by law. This has obviously been necessitated by the quick turnaround of paper tickets (usually the name would be actually printed on the ticket itself). If people are able to wipe the ink off the ticket and re-write the name I would say you have a pretty good chance of getting in. Not that I'd recommend such a process in a public sphere of course...

Yeah nowhere near as good as StiD.

Im gonna go along to the KOR game on Tuesday I think.

https://mancity.com/news/mens/away-supporter-information-paris-saint-germain-v-manchester-city-63768105 An idea of what to expect from PSG away here. Think I'll be in the home end.

If I knew I could get a ticket I'd definitely be doing Dortmund by any means possible. Brugge, Kharkiv, Benfica were all great last time. Drove across in my dad's van for Brugge - slept in the back. Kharkiv we went via East Midlands airport and Istanbul. Benfica flew to Faro and got the train up. But personally if I can't guarantee a ticket I'm not bothered about going to all the effort. Don't really have an interest in just going for the sake of it. I'm doing PSG this time with the old man as we have family in Paris and just going to go in the home end if it comes to it, but it's not the same like.