I'm very confused.
We are happy to pay ยฃ35m for a teenager goalkeeper that won't join until next year...but this time last year we were haggling with Palace over ยฃ5m for Guehi, then lost him to City.
Baffling.
Officiating in this country needs reforming.
My proposal? Train ex-Premier League players to be officials.
Pay them well.
Get ex-players that have played in the league, that understand the game in charge.
I can't see how this would be any worse than what we have now.
Hard watching any game in the Premier League at the moment.
The referees get more of the spotlight than the players.
PGMOL under Howard Webb is atrocious and only getting worse.
@WastefulBlimp He works hard. I don't dispute that. But he's so lightweight. The team just steamroll pass him.
I'm desperate for him to "click". But I look at someone like Morgan Rogers...he's a handful all game. Not for 2 passes a game. It's all too "safe".
Maybe I have coutinho blues.
Every other team sends the ball 50 yards forward to their attacking players.
We have VVD and...no one else.
Kerkezโ
Frimpong โ
Grav โ
Macca โ
Szobo....he can, but he's too scared to โ
It's a real problem. Watch ANY other Prem side...they all have that in their locker.
๐จ EXCL: Agreement in principle reached for Iliman Ndiaye to join Tottenham Hotspur from Everton & Richarlison to move opposite way in separate transfers. Deals for 26yo #EFC attacker + 29yo #THFC forward subject to personal terms / medicals @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/R0KGDjBlKc
Why does it feel like any signing we make takes months and months...yet other clubs wrap things up in a matter or hours/days?
I don't even see Chelsea linked with players. It's just announced.
I don't see how any more signings than Barcola happen before Tuesday.
Frimpong - not good enough
Wirtz - utter tripe
Mac Allister - not good enough
Szobo - serious conversations needed...kills every attack by going backwards.
VVD, Jacquet, Munoz, Gakpo - all brilliant today.
Isak gets 0 service.
The rest? Don't go there.
@NeilElsom For a striker, fine. For a midfielder, it's a lot more than that. He can't press. He loses every dual. The opposition walks through him. We lose the midfield battle every match with him in it.
I KNOW WIRTZ HAD AN ASSIST, BUT MY QUESTION IS SIMPLE HOW MANY TIMES DID HE ACTUALLY PICK UP THE BALL & CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR FOREST? HOW MANY TIMES DID HE DRIVE INTO THEIR BOX OR TAKE THE GAME BY THE SCRUFF OF THE NECK? THATโS WHAT I EXPECT FROM A ยฃ116M ATTACKING PLAYER
So we finally get some strength and depth for LW/RW...and instantly go back to bare bones?
Amit Bhatia please take over running this football club because the current lot are making a mess of it all.
๐จ๐ตโช๏ธ Manchester City are set to bid for ยฃ85m package to sign Cody Gakpo after the agreement with playerโs camp.
#MCFC stepping up efforts to get the deal done as exclusively revealed tonight. ๐ณ๐ฑ
City wait for Liverpool to approve sale when they find replacement.