Erick Smith

College sports editor at @usatodaysports. On two wheels in free time.

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@RealTolmie @sterling7 He is one of the underrated players of his generation. Easy to point to the high-profile misses. But he was incredibly productive player that found his way to goals and assists by being way more intelligent than people realize.

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@MUFC_RA @thePoS_007 @slbsn @themagic_tophat @KieranMaguire 20% of City is owned by American investors.

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@ErlingRoIe That's the beautiful first goal by Alvarez at home in the 2022-23 season. Can see Maresca there.

[Jesse Dougherty @dougherty_jesse]

Cantwell has been active in college sports talks for years, and it's long been clear that her general feeling is that Congress — and for her purposes, the Senate — should do everything it can to keep the SEC + Big Ten from consolidating every last morsel of power. So here we are.

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@Triiistan_fra @InvertTheWing The fallout with Pep started with his dumb red card against Fulham in November. Never really got back in squad fully after World Cup.

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@lp_latest @InvertTheWing Slightly better. What won them the treble was going to four center backs in defense. They didn't need that marginal offensive boost. If your argument is that this version of City doesn't score enough, OK. But to me they need more defensive solidity in the midfield and backline.

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@tomrenniesoccer Diouf would be very good signing for someone.

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@bernardooooV3 They've got 15 million guaranteed incoming for Akanji. You don't have Grealish, Trafford or any of the academy guys included. The individual sales may vary but City probably will generate at least 200 million. Easily can spend well above that on incoming.

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@9320pod "It's my understanding" is the gold standard in journalism reporting. No need for actually naming your sourcing when you have that.

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College leaders have been same some version of this for decades. Yet they keep making decisions driven by money and protecting respective fiefdoms. System has been broken for long time and nobody wants to priortize overall good because their own interests are more important.

[Amanda Christovich @achristovichh]

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey gives us a "confessional" and tells us we can tweet it: "Having to move from a system that was seen as working pretty well, not perfectly--by the way, show me the perfect system to oversee college sports…that worked well and that was something much different has been a healthy exercise. But those of us that knew the then and that now, have to check ourselves."

He says that that part of leadership is challenging. … "That’s an honest observation about college sports."

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@postanythingLFC City likely win that tie if Sane's goal is correctly given. Liverpool was on ropes and City was all over them.

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@Priceless_MCI Sterling had the third-most goals for City under Pep.

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@MrManCity8 Pep's fourth-best title winners.

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San Diego football coach Sean Lewis explains when he gave shirt off his back to fan in order to sell season tickets. https://t.co/VsV9Hg9VTs

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@RealTolmie Is the story that he called the team to tell them last night true?

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@JayMCFC_ @Talhaa10_ No idea why Pep went away from Nico G given he had played well early in season. But after Everton he was done.

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@JayMCFC_ @Talhaa10_ Bro hadn't had one full training session before Saturday's final. Pushing him back out there and leaving him on for 90 wasn't ideal given the pace of Bournemouth.

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@EmmaNnanna3314 @City_Xtra @SPORT1 Been there three years and has two years left. They paid 75 million pounds. He's now 24. Not going to give him away.

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@themagic_tophat Could have said this 100 years ago when Arsenal bribed its way into the first division. You're living in now. History is a long game.

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@KRMotswiane @mancityfever2 They're being conservative in World Cup year. City has the ability to not rush guys back and risk further injury. Would expect him to maybe get a little time Saturday and then available to start last two.