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Were you expecting him to start Alex Sandro again and burn him out or is the issue that you were expecting him to start Pellegrini over MDS. (They are both as bad but at least MDS has a bit of experience and can position himself on defence. We played with two wingers and two central mids plenty...

Genuine question - Is there another big team in Europe where a forward has to drop to the half-way line or even further back constantly to pick up the ball so that the team can get the ball up the field? I can’t think of one. Whether it is due to the deficiencies of the team or preference of...

Glad no one is saying the conceded goals were unlucky due to deflections. If you get out to close the ball down late and then turn your body/hang out a loose limb when someone shoots then there is a good probability a shot will deflect unfavourably and you deserve to concede. Also, we had them...

We are utter dogshit

Yes, that Maignan incited it by going to warm up near the away fans.

I wasn’t using the sample size of no minutes as a confirmation. I’m using the fact most top flight Italian clubs do not field unproven youngsters and the fact that so many of our young players out on loan do not play or have clauses to play a certain amount of minutes. It smacks of desperation...

Think there is a good chance Chiesa starts up front instead of Kean if Morata is injured.

At what point do healthy draws turn unhealthy?

The ref played safe all game and tried to avoid calling anything and he did the usual safe thing there by booking both players even if Tonali did nothing except get pushed out of frustration for the team not kicking the ball out.

Didn’t bother attacking their depleted back line in the second half and despite not pressing them for the majority of the game we ran out of gas well before the end of the game and they looked fresher. Set pieces have been a massive issue for a good 6 years at least.

I think Rabiot continuing in that LM position is likely to continue. He offers the ability to hold the ball up, gives the option of a direct aerial diagonal and the tactical flexibility to switch from a 4-3-3 in attack to a 4-4-2 without the ball. Obvious flaws are it limits the attack down...

Just read today for the first time that he’s on a two year loan and hasn’t had any game time. Absolute genius move.

Tek Danilo-MDL-Bonucci-AS Cuadrado-Locatelli-Bentancur-Chiesa Dybala-Morata

Instead of a betting market for corners this game should have one for crosses from Cuadrado. I’m going for +10.

We are desperately holding out for a CM who can collect the ball from deep and know what to do with it. Locatelli’s addition should help but certainly is no saviour. It’s not hard to look impressive in comparison to what we currently have.

Clearly I did not apportion the blame to him for either of these things so you have quoted the wrong post or not understood what I wrote.

The most hilarious moment was when he shouted at De Ligt for passing him the ball when he was open and not just hoofing it up the field to no one.

Won’t jump on Max after 3 games. I didn’t mind the organised, low block approach without the ball yesterday when we clearly were the inferior side on paper away from home. However, he’s surely got to learn that approach requires a capable back-line that makes minimal mistakes and a keeper who...

Bonucci against Porto, Higuain when he first came here - but they were behavioural. For actual performance maybe we have to go back as far as Capello benching Appiah for what felt like the remainder of his Juve career after his error cost us 2 points against Cagliari I think it was.

I do question if he could’ve been any worse than Bernard this season having never watched him play before.