paulw66

And now Roy Bentley.........sad times.

The trophies justify everything. How is winning 2 titles "going backwards"? Second in all time assists, below a guy who played twice as many matches. https://www.premierleague.com/stats/all-time

I think these sort of fees are impossible to set Like you say, he could be the next McEachren, Bruma, Michael Woods......... IF he turns into a superstar, then they will have a point.

Ampadu fee set at GBP 2.5m Seems fair enough to me but Exeter aren't too chuffed.

Quite. Take personal feelings aside, there is no point sacking him if the replacement is inferior. I would hope that is something everyone would agree on

I agree with the statements that our squad was too small, and for that AC cannot be blamed. Where I lose sympathy is the way he has managed the players he does have. If you don't have a squad capable of competing on 4 fronts, then don't try. The most punishing part of the season is Xmas, and the period thereafter when players get ran into the ground. Whilst most of the competition were have a gentle January with FA cup ties against lower league oppo and free midweeks, we had two extra games against Arsenal in the LC with 2 fully fit XIs. Both those games cost us players to injuries and of course to make matters worse, we didn't win it anyway. We have about 7 or so key, irreplaceable players. None of them should get anywhere near the field for league cup ties.

I don't think they are close to be honest, and not sure they ever will be. A team of superstars that can stroll to victory week in, week out will never be fully primed to win the biggest games in the latter stages. The PSG owners need to invest in the French league (as ridiculous as that sounds) to increase the standard of the competition. Already talk that Neymar is bored there Top players and managers will only go for the coin

beware of false prophets

PSG is the only big job up for grabs.......and I understand Tuchel has that job.

With Emerson, having barely played for a year, I wonder if 2 starts in 4 days will be considered too much. We shall see.

Is that the team you would pick, or the team you think he will pick? Personally, the fact Hazard and Willian were on the bench yesterday means they both start Sunday. Wouldn't be surprised if Zappa is our LWB too; would annoy me, but can see it happening. I think he will pick Courtois, Azpi, Christensen, Rudiger, Zappa, Moses, Kante, Fabregas, Willian, Hazard, Giroud.