Tiresias

I do feel a bit bad for this joke in that i come from a pretty well off family so don't really like to be sneering down on people lol but it's a bit true of maddison

Big Chav Energy hauled off

it says "impossible is a word used by some people who refuse to dream big" Wanker

going to google what the tattoo on maddisons neck says for a laugh

I imagine he screams at anyone who eats before he's sat

I still want to find out what James Maddison meant when he said he likes to be the main man even at his home sunday dinners

Englands Maddison there getting a yellow for full on high kung fu kick on murphy

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It's funny watching this on something without a massive delay for once and seeing that obviously onside and people pondering on here for ages, i'm normally the last to see

in own half its safe!

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lucky there, he had waaaaay too much space

He hasnt trained most of week with slight injury according to the commentator

I look forward to one day attending his statue unveiling

I think it's hard to be critical of de zerbi for treating brighton as a stepping stone club when that is explicitly what they are, that's how they are run and how they make money and they are brilliant at it. As long as they can keep digging out gems they will be fun to watch and competing for europe, I understand why the fans are very loyal to bloom he has managed to run it as a business in such a manner it is fun to watch as well. The big however comes, there is a ceiling on how far they will go, which may be a very good ceiling, maybe they can crack top 4, but they relentlessly will have to be selling and buying, and managers will never ever love that, they can buy into it knowing its good for their career doing well under the model, but if they've done well going to a club that will keep hold of players for them and let them make more transfer decisions they may well take that (even if actually their transfer decisions will be worse...) My point being De Zerbi has clearly been agitating for a move. I think he was probably hoping that Arteta would implode and that would come up, or maybe even spurs. He is in with a shot of Man City when Guardiola walks but not sure on that. I don't really know what Brighton fans would be upset about though, that's kinda the deal, and the club will find another manager who will do similar so noone will lose, except possibly de zerbi when he replaces Ten Hag at Man U and everything goes wrong. (I also think some of Brightons success has been a bit inflated by Todd Boehly flinging money at them for players worth waaaaaay less)

Kinda feel whoever takes over may be on a hiding to nothing. Suspect Salah and other aging players will see Klopp going as a good time to leave as well for one last payday, they feel midway through that transition anyway which is a bad time to take over. Will he get the patience as suspect the change will mean a season or two adapting and changing and that means fighting for champions league place rather than title, if that isn't good enough will he be shown door as soon as Alonso is actually available (suspect he will go to Real Madrid anyway but that never lasts forever in fairness). Having said that could be seen as a can't lose on his behalf, either he establishes himself well at top end of premier league immediately, or he fails because noone could succeed after Klopp and will no doubt get chances at other premier league clubs. I just feel a little for De Zerbi clearly auditioning for top premier league job by making a similar move but to brighton and gets skipped over, having said that I think De Zerbi has had a fairly mid season with Brighton so can see him being passed over a bit.

Lot of guardiola signings struggle first season. Hell Ake looked a baffling signing for a long time and now seems a mainstay. (albeit was Ake signed under guardiola? feels an age ago that one). The price tag is eyebrow raising is the thing, no chance of making anywhere near that back if it isn't just adapting and he really isnt up to it

Yeah fine for backup, in an ideal world shouldn't be a starter but there is also a combination of things making him look worse, he's not that great defensively, he's not some ultra positionally aware disciplined defensive mid like Rhodri, but because he's most physically capable since Joelinton's injury he's being asked to be the deepest midfielder. Even under Benitez he played best next to Hayden rather than Shelvey. He's good at pressing high as he will win the ball back in opponents half and will score goals causing chaos in opponents half, but he offers no control and equally because he is all action he's a bit positionally suspect so may over commit and then leave defence exposed in a way a 'true' defensive mid wouldnt

RIP

Considering he's a world cup winner and one of the outstanding players in that win shouldn't be, but i agree he's class

Agree but don't think they're that good either. Would he a weird season they have been far from the usual standard, city have been a bit off it. Arsenal have been as good as they have been since peak Wenger and yet they still can't win it. Strange season.

The only question mark on captaincy for me is his discipline but had managed to avoid that second yellow so far...

Just depends on clubs judgement over summer see how he compares to first team in training and then will trust howes judgement. If he's a real talent but not quite there yet probably would be better if he plays a lot of games than occasional sub here

Oh man wish ol lego head didnt make it so hard to root for arsenal cos i am bored of city winning everything and can't stand klopp don't want that fucking 'fairy tale' media talk on him winning league in last season with 'klopps kids'

Presumably get him back for training over summer see if he can impress howe and decide whether to loan him out on that. Players take a little ring to get up to fitness for Howe so suspect about loan out to more physically demanding league