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Why not? What is it with you and ETH anyway? Xavi is new to the management world. It might be a while before we know his true level. These guys you mention have been coaching world class teams for decades. Winning one LaLiga doesn't put him far ahead of anyone objectively, he is in development...

But at the same time, 11 goals in 33 games is truly extraordinary. It could set a record that might never be broken. Is that just incredible luck? Can it be so? It's so good. I hope not, because then we are in for a rude awakening next season.

He wouldn't apologise if he already had an exit lined up... he might be looking to renew with them. Today, they could be the only CL team offering him the money he wants. It might be either them or Saudi Arabia. Let's see but strong suspicion the exit isn't as closed as claimed.

We want Foyth because he fits into the model of Xavi's system, defensive FB who doesn't overlap and can give protection on the right flank because Dembele doesn't really need a fullback with him to create (another reason Dembele is so good). But no point buying him when we already have Kounde...

Damn @Horatio you better watch out

Onto the next one. I will try and read your posts better next time. Other teams in the EPL spend a lot of money too. Again its not like LaLiga where only two teams spend any money. If he was competing for top4 in LaLiga against Villarreal and Betis I would agree with you he is doing a terrible...

I'm not really trying to get into a posting war or strawman what you're saying, so sorry if you think that, I think my point about money spent not equalling a great squad and pre determined objectives makes sense though. Saying because they spent 250m means they must challenge for X is a narrow...

Here's your post that I quoted : 'Couple of players in Man utd team 2021/2022. Varane Pogba Fernandez Rashford Sancho Martial This is what ma dude has to start with, could sell and trade and buy freely to make it is own 😂' Compared that to this [Barcelona squad, including all the players I...

True. His talent ID is bad. 100m on Antony was a big waste and he brought other guys like Malacia and Lisandro just based on his own knowledge of them. If he had a sporting director to take the transfers out of his hands it might be better, because it's questionable if Antony even improved...

Pogba never played for Ten Hag. He left on a free transfer before this season started. Martial has been injured almost every single game so far this season. That's why they've had to play Weghorst. You're bringing up guys who are not even at the club or permanently injured to say he had some...

Ok I'll write it in a way that's simpler to understand. You keep repeatedly stating that the amount of money spent dictates what objectives a team should be competing for, therefore you believe that money spent is the best indication of your squad quality and what it can achieve, and it is the...

Not true that a team with B team players was inherited. What happened during Koeman's tenure last season and up to about January was a massive injury crisis, in which at one point dozens of players were out. Nowadays, 2 players being injured is enough for people to claim 'injury issues'. When...

Xavi should get a 7/10 for the season. We can't take winning a title like this for granted and have put together a great league campaign. My personal question marks over him are the style of football and if that is sustainable for a project going forward, but we will see now, he's going into the...

A lot of teams 'spend all that money' in the EPL. It is not LaLiga where only two teams spend money. Chelsea, Arsenal, City, Newcastle, Liverpool, Tottenham, even Notts Forest all spend big amounts of money recently. Not all of them can get top4 mate. It is also necessary to look at the...

I assume you don't watch a lot of English football or maybe not before this season so you might not get it, but United haven't been a contender for quite a while now. They haven't won any trophy of any kind since that Europa League, until league cup this year. So you need to align your standards...

United making top4 and league cup + potentially FA cup in his first season in management is great for them. They haven't won a trophy in 6 years before now and nobody had them in top4 predictions at the start of this season yet some here are claiming it is a failure. The bar is moving too quickly.

Utd are set to finish above Klopp/Liverpool in only Ten Hag's first season managing United. That apparently doesn't make him close to Klopp but next season if Liverpool finish above them it does? Let me guess this season is a blip but next season will be taken into account if Liverpool do...

What is being seen is that United don't have good enough or well suited players to control games and take the ball from their opponent. Too transition based which can get you some big wins but might not be consistent picking up points in the league. Players like Bruno, Rashford, Fred...

Clearly that guy must have some other significant source of income because being a ref doesn't pay near enough to be able to fully pay up front for 7m property. They make max 350k a year gross. But yeah, the news doesn't state they are suspected of anything, just that they would be analysing...

One of the referees investigated is Clos Gomez, who has some link to Caso Negreira, as Negreira Jr inappropriately informed Barca that he would referee the Copa Del Rey final 3 months before it happened. It has not yet been discovered how this information was obtained.