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1 minute ago, picicata said:

That United were always there. As long as they can give up all pretence of possession based football and play solely on the break, they are a dangerous team.

Also having some injured players back tbf.

Man City have been the best team in the world for a couple of years, but this season? Nah. Very effective beating Burnley and Sheffield, but their record against better teams this season has been weak. Nowhere near as good as last season.

47 minutes ago, sne said:

Hard to say, anyone would look fit next to Niklas Süle

 

Poor Sule. He is big, but you know what? If he wasn’t very very fit he’d never play at this level. Bonus info: he’s also a really fast runner.

Dougie has been the single most important player in the Emery revolution. Unai has trusted him, argued with him during games and put the whole weight of the club on his shoulders, more or less.

Dougie is brilliant. I suspect we will try and replace him with Barkley (similar attributes) and I pray it’ll work at least somewhat. No doubt it’ll be a PSR masterstroke to sell Dougie for 50-60m and get Barkley in for 2m.

13 minutes ago, Jas10 said:

A deep bench player has someone on top of him.

He has been very good at Luton but by God there are many question marks. Contract length being the biggest one. 

3 minutes ago, M_Afro said:

Ha ha. Maybe. I don’t think he’s bad but he is expensive for the role he plays in the squad. Ferguson was the King of selling players at the right time and I think the time is right for him now. He’s a big old unit and I doubt he will be playing top level beyond 33 or so.

In hindsight the right time to sell him was probably in 2022 when Sevilla sold him, after some great seasons.

2 minutes ago, M_Afro said:

Our biggest challenge now, is going to be moving players out. We would probably be happy to move Olsen, Digne, Chambers, Hause, Cash, Carlos, Coutinho, Donk, Tim, Archer and a few youngsters out. The more we can shift, the better for our squad building next season. I suspect we will struggle to shift half of that lot. 

You’re absolutely right. The rules still apply: don’t sign mediocre players. But If you do, don’t pay them high wages. And If you do, at least don’t hand out long contracts.

3 hours ago, MaVilla said:

hes proven at champ level, he would suit one of the parachute payment teams, Burnley maybe.

But Burnley will be aiming to bounce back up, and then Archer would be in their squad at Prem level again.

Is Haaland even the best striker from Norway? Sorloth just scored 4 against Real Madrid and is winning the golden boot in La Liga.

Just now, Demitri_C said:

Has he gone off yet because he cant be asked?

He just assisted the assist for a Villarreal goal!

Some bloke called Bertie Traore just came on for Villarreal against Real Madrid btw.

How is everyone so confident he won’t be here next season? One year left on contract and buyers hardly queueing up.

6 minutes ago, ender4 said:

Is it?

Just checked, seems to expire now. Props to Gerrard for not giving him 5 years.

37 minutes ago, UpTheVilla26 said:

Last time we ever have to suffer this donkey in our goal. 

Bye, thanks for nothing to be honest. 

His contract isn’t up is it? Doubt anyone will come and buy him.

2 minutes ago, Rightdm00 said:

A perfect stopgap after the Mings injury. Absolutely no clue how he got that contract out of Barcelona though. First CB I've ever seen whose worst trait is defending. 

He’s really bad at running in general.

Palace remind me of us one year ago. Manager change mid-season, drastic change of playing style, main striker firing on all cylinders, ending the season on a high.

1 minute ago, Pinebro said:

It's like we went into the game expecting Palace to have the same mentality as us.

Turns out they are taking the last game very seriously and professional

They’ve also been having so much fun these last two months and are absolutely flying. Very happy to be playing in front of their fans.

This would feel worse if we weren’t playing the most in-form team in Europe bar Leverkusen. Some people still seem to think ”but it’s only Palace”.

2 minutes ago, Ponky said:

Well Olsen's reached his usual quota of 3 conceded

Isn’t it usually 4?

1 minute ago, Leeroy said:

True although the turnaround has been instant in Mateta’s case. Ollie took a few months after Unai arrived.

That’s right. But Glasner’s effective high pressing style leads to a lot of high turnovers and great chances for Mateta, so no surprise it’s had such a quick effect for them/him.

1 minute ago, Leeroy said:

Mateta was absolutely useless up until about 2 months ago, now he’s playing like he’s better than Ollie, ridiculous.

That’s what getting a really good manager in can do (Glasner). Much like Watkins and Emery actually.

Wharton’s stock has gone through the roof lately. If we could buy him, he would be the best ball winner we ever had.

1 minute ago, Lichfield Dean said:

2-0

I knew we'd lose today but it still feels like a real downer of an end to the season. Weird isn't it? Finishing fourth and still feeling a bit disappointed lol.

I also knew we’d lose against Palace as they’ve been brilliant lately and we haven’t. At least it doesn’t matter much.

2 minutes ago, Raymond said:

Spurs lost four in a row and then struggled to get past Burnley. 

Some of you: “They will definitely draw with city now”

Obviously it could happen, but assuming it will is WILD. 

Isn’t it the fact that City historically have had Hotspur Stadium as their bogey stadium? No matter how shit Spurs have been previously they’ve somehow always got results at home against City.

At least City have scored a goal at that stadium now (in the cup) so hopefully the curse is broken.