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They weren't lucky in either of the cups they won and won last one against City whilst outplaying them.

It's more a question of profiles rather than of quality. We need a winger who can give the team width and 1v1s and Nico even if flawed does that very well. Things clicked better with Dembele for that reason. Even though he isn't an amazing player he had specific qualities that helped that...

We should be able to finish a competitive 2nd with the current squad. Even though we've made no signings as others have mentioned the squad if mostly fit for the season is still very good and capable to beat all teams (even Madrid if we have some luck). Then if we manage to add one top player...

As others have mentioned here it's probably better to sign nobody if it means that in a few years we can go back to the market with our house in order. Scraping together pennies to sign players every window and desperately raising funding through questionable decisions can't go on forever...

If we fail to sign anyone, would any of you mind Depay returning on a short term deal, hypothetically assuming he stays fit? He has a good goal record since moving to Spain and as long as he isn't too prominent can be useful as we've seen sometimes. The only question would be the injuries.

Wouldn't mind a couple of those tbh.

I doubt we could get more than 15-20m for Fermin at most.

Football is changing. They don't allow individuality at youth levels anymore. It's about passing and moving and constantly running, taking as few touches as possible, give and go etc. More and more we are going to see that there are very few individually talented players going forward. The...

He plays in America, he forfeits any right to the Ballon Dor with that. It's season by season and playing in MLS you don't have enough proof to win it.

Mainoo is a class player but he seems really athletically poor. He's one of the rare English players that have the technique and quality but lack the athleticism. He is quite slow and weak and it hurts him when he is trying to carry the ball or win duels. Making him a starter might have been...

Ancelotti is the main reason for Bellingham's great season. He did something people thought unthinkable before he arrived ; most people here were saying he was a box to box, before Ancelotti reinvented him as a 10/second striker. Bellingham is a great player, but I don't think he improved much...

They did make it to the final though, so can't be that awful, despite having a very fortunate draw. You are talking about passing game... Foden was player of the season in Pep's City, Walker and Stones are also there, Saka is there, Rice is there, those are top players who play for possession...

Don't agree that Shaw has always been poor for United and actually been a lot better than some claim. The team missed him greatly during his injury. The stuff with Mourinho has clouded people's judgement of him generally. He hasn't been poor for a decade at all and as a player doesn't have any...

That's it, the players have the ability to play good football, but there needs to be a cultural change from the top in hiring managers who try to play attacking football and not relics like Southgate. People will point to the players being overhyped but a lot of them have performed outside of...

Did you see Shaw today? He was England's best player. When you say 'Morata is a bigger tactical advantage' that's discussing the two teams utilisation of the players, but we are discussing their quality on paper. Morata hasn't even been close to Kane in football and not even a discussion. You...

They really don't imo. Players like Le Normand and Cucurella would struggle to make the bench of top teams. Morata is proven B level striker, Yamal is 17 (very good of course but so young), Nico Williams is a good player but also very young and unproven, etc. The only place you could claim an...

De La Fuente... Nations League and Euros already, that with an incredibly hard route to the final. Shut the mouths of some critics.

The reason England lose is they're too wedded to the idea they have to play a dull and defensive way and are unwilling to change their footballing culture. Their squad is more than capable of playing attacking and dominant football yet they continue to choose boring managers who grind out...

https://x.com/EwanMacKenna/status/1811151487826846061 It was not a penalty as Saka's pass to Kane was a clear handball. Absolutely shocking incompetence from VAR in this game. How on earth couldn't they see that, it was directly before the foul?

People are discussing the ref a lot but in reality it was the VAR team responsible for that penalty. Once again we have seen a decision made in real-time that is quite reasonable, and VAR calling the referee to review contentious incidents to pressure them into making a certain decision. His...