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I think James got injured and hasn't found his form again. I rate him but not sure where we would play him and would rather use the money for a centre-mid.

I remember Barzagli doing well straight away. I think a lot were surprised and doubted him until the next season. Matri and Quagliarella were good recent January signings but clearly Barzagli was at a different level.

Because he isn't very good and can only make slow sideways passes.

The issue is who is going to buy Arthur when we decide he is a flop and costing us too much money. We had to pay him 3 times his salary to convince him to move here, no club that can pay those wages will take him on after he has flopped at Barca and Juve. He has shown that he has a questionable...

A 3m hit for a guy we could get for free. We'll see how it ends up once confirmed. Maybe it is to get Scamacca.

10m for a guy whose contract is running out in 6 months and won't be joining for a year and a half. Interesting move. De Zerbi is an excellent young coach, people talked about him replacing Sarri but I think he needs a few more seasons before being ready. Although we did go for a coach with no...

Was he not available for free last summer? I agree we have missed our opportunity to get him. Too expensive now and would get less minutes here which he won't want to do before the Euros. Once again excellent squad planning on our part where we are now scrambling for guys like Llorente and...

Not a chance Edouard is anywhere near the level we should be looking at. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/scottish-premiership/top-scorers

Not sure there is much to read into with that. Dybala and De Paul are friends and likely to be together after the match.

I think the difference is that Pirlo and Vidal were world class. Vidal with us was like 2 players on his own, he could do it all. Pirlo was one of the best players in his generation, he could pick passes nobody could and score goals. I see what you are saying that Arthur could be the regista...

Because he has shown no willingness to defend for about 3 seasons.

I don't see it that way with McKennie. For me it isn't like the mezzala role Vidal had. I think it is very much a core of 2, instead of a 3. I'd agree with that 3 if Pirlo played a system that fitted it.

A bit of a yes/no. We play McKennie or Ramsey and 2 centre mids. The shape is really 2 centre mids with the fullbacks as a 4 then the McKennie/Ramsey floating about in the area between mid and attack. I'm meaning a typical 3 man midfield similar to Conte or Allegri's Juve. Where there is a...

Pogba playing in the 2 man midfield we have would be very worrying. We are already too open when we lose the ball. Pogba has shown numerous times at Man Utd that he doesn't track back and loses the ball in dangerous areas. Unless we switch to a midfield 3 (which doesn't look likely since Pirlo...

Was such an obvious mistake moving to Man Utd, particularly at the time he joined where they didn't play in any way that suited him plus they weren't even in the CL. I think Pogba's ego played a huge part and he believed his hype too much. I think he thought he could single handedly turn them...

I think Demiral is exposed by the system. I know our 3 at the back is meant to be a 4 when we defend but it isn't panning out that way. He isn't suited to being dragged into defending fast forwards with room to run into down the wing which happened against Lazio. To get the best out of him he...

What would you pay for him? I'd take him back at the right price but doubt Man Utd would sell him that cheaply and that he would lower his wage demands. He was a magnificent player but if we are being honest he hasn't played well for any significant period in 4 years. That's a long time and a...

I'd prefer Locatelli to De Paul. I think we need someone to protect the defence if we are going to continue with this formation.