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Anderson has done more than enough to start games over Murphy. What is the fucking point of benching him in favour of a player who should be in the development squad FFS?!

Jesus at Arsenal highlights how much Pep’s approach can stifle individuals. At city he looked limited and unspectacular. Given the freedom to roam, dribble and take players on at Arsenal, he looks like the world class talent we thought was coming to the PL when City first signed him. He looks like he’s loving life!

Why not give it a go, she's a proven winner. There's only way to know if the players would respond to her. And she definitely wouldn't play every game with two holding midfielders as well, which is a good start

Scot Parker's iconic cardigan is a glaring omission from that list.

Shelvey and Maxi will make the world of difference to Isak, when they're back. Shelvey gets plenty of pelters on here but he has better vision than most and plays the ball early - he'll spot those early runs from Isak and stick the ball over or through for him first time. Maxi just creates space, which is exactly what we needed against Bournemouth. No striker is going to tear up trees with Almiron, Murphy and Fraser feeding him

Put 20 crosses in - fuck all. Plan B - put 20 more crosses in!

There's an awful lot of home bias on this thread with regards to ranking managers Whoever put Howe above Conte, have a word!

They would never agree to that - it would immediately highlight how inept and corrupt they are. I don't even think our ref was told to look out for a push on Willock, just the foul on the keeper. The whole crowd would've been up in arms and on the verge of a riot if that had been broadcast

It is mate, it’s completely his fault. No one is telling him to do the wrong fucking thing every time he gets anywhere near the box. It’s 100% his fault.

If he’s told to watch for the push on Willock through his earpiece he’ll watch for it but clearly the corrupt cunts in the video haven’t told him. The pundits saw it, we saw it, the crowd in the stadium saw it but the two pricks in the video room somehow conveniently missed it and didn’t tell the ref to watch for it. The whole thing fucking stinks

Your job isn’t that hard you simple cunts! Watch the video, make the right call. Fuck me, you could train chimps to do a better job than these bribe-taking scumbags!

What’s the fucking point any more?!

Joelinton having a rare poor game. Keeps giving the ball away, can’t hold onto it etc.

I would’ve said he was better than Longstaff but he isn’t any more

Willock is fast becoming our worst midfielder. He offers absolutely nothing

It doesn't matter if he runs though, his decision making at the end of the run is catastrophic. He'd lose the ball doing something shit and we'd be on the back foot. Having him on the field is completely counter-productive

Klopp is fast turning from everyone's second favourite manager to an entitled, moaning cunt. He's all fucking smiles until things don't go his way.

Considering the lineup we put out, that performance was exceptional. The final outcome of the game was a complete injustice but no surprise - until we muscle our way into the Sky 6 we'll have to just accept that's part of the journey.

Looks shit, get rid!

Captained Haaland this week and I’ve got Mitrovic and Jesus up front as well, with Zaha in midfield ? This never fucking happens!!!

I don't think we should sign him personally, I'd rather we continued to develop Anderson. However, if Eddie thought he could get a tune out of him and signed him on a free I wouldn't be worried - it's pretty much zero risk. I just think this blanket writing off of players and saying this guy is shit because that similar guy was shit, is harsh. Some players thrive in the right circumstances - settled into the area, the right manager, the right players around them, supportive fans etc. I've always liked Barkley as a player and i hope he comes good and proves a few people wrong.

And he was class for pretty much all of those England appearances! But, Alli has visibly been on the decline for years, has always been a shit trainer and was given a chance to revive his career last season. He couldn't be arsed. Barkley hasn't yet shown that he's lost the hunger, so until he does you can't/shouldn't tar them with the same brush. He may well prove that he is another Delle Alli but just making the assumption because they're a similar age and their circumstances are similar is harsh. By the way, i'm not suggesting we sign him at all, I just think the blanket assumption that he's now shit and is after a last big payday is an easy one to make with no justification....yet.

Ross Barkley has played for England at every age category, including 33 caps for the senior team. People are quick to jump on these things and claim he's shite because he hasn't played regularly for Chelsea. Utter bollocks! He's never been shite and probably isn't shite now. What teams need to know is does he still have the ambition and hunger he used to have. If he does, he'd be a decent signing.

Pickford is so average!

I wouldn't call him a cast off, he just doesn't fit into Viera's system. I've got all the time in the world for an FM-style, left field signing to fill a gap. Understandably we all look at them with complete distain because they stink of Ashley's short-termist, bargain basement shopping, but under this regime i'd be up for a bit of pragmatism alongside our targeting of top young talent