Thiago Alcantara top 1 and it isn't close. Joga bonito

Doku is unplayable really, but because he doesn't have end product he's very playable

There'll be a half season or stretch of 10 games where he gets it all together - it's a scary thought

I think he has till 26-27 till he goes to a mid table PL club. Fulham looking likely. Maybe that's harsh

They've done well, we've done badly to make something happen after going a goal down

Just can't keep it under their pressure

Nico oreilly insane performance

Odegaard having a bit of a shocker so far. Needs to relax a little bit, play football, not the occassion. Easier said than done

If Gyokeres had started today i wouldnt have watched

Our game vs big teams only works with someone who can make the ball stick

Do the wrong thing be loose do something else dawg

We're by far the greatest team the world has ever seen tho. I thought 2-1 at the start of the day. Maybe 3-2 to us now

I'm worried most about 10-20 mins post HT. probably decides the game

Fuck Bernardo silva man. Lose the ball for once

Or he was when the results were great, and then wasn't when the results were bad. This is a good way to judgements

As you can tell, I'm still salty about the praise he was getting for being at the right place at the right time

Arne Slot era coming to an end. Please, tell me more about his genius. Or at least he was when Salah won him the PL and we had red cards and injuries

Surely a huge mistake for LFC to let him go? A club who make such smart decisions, they would never. He's the man

Damn really feel for Brantwaithe here. That's heavy

It's hard man. For 90 mins every 3 days. It's hard. It's mentally exhausting

A wayward pass happens when you lose focus on the action. Your brain is thinking instead of your body doing

Less developed players think cool I've made space for the pass, I've gotten away, etc - my job is done. No

The job is done once the pass reaches the man. No matter how basic the action is

Every action being deliberate - and the mental focus and intensity needed to maintain that for 90+ mins

That's what younger players or players who just come to top leagues take time to learn/ get used to. That's the "adapting" period. Among other things

The toppest of the top players are always, always, always so perfectly aware of exactly where their next presser/ defender is and exactly what their momentum is

And so, they respond with an opposite movement

Among a few things, this is a common denominator. You aren't elite without this awareness

I'm not overly impressed with wes fofana

Press resistant midfielder in this era of the PL - you are one of the best footballers to ever play the game

Hato, Gusto, Neto, Caicedo, Mudryk, Gittens(?)

All players we were linked to too. Quite seriously for most

Enzo fernandes great player. Great midfielder

Price tags means he's 'expected' to change games regularly. That's just not his game. He's a pure midfielder

Backline --> bruno fernandes --> front line. Most of the time for united

If not, they don't rlly bring it forward. Next option is find mbuemo, he holds it up

Then later on spend money on less numbers, more quality. Once the base squad is ready

Going forward I bet it's fewer (relatively) signings but still big money spend. More guarantees

Chelsea took the Arteta approach and super charged it. Same idea with unlimited funds. Kind of less fun tbh

Early stage Arteta, early stage blueco - get a lot of good young TALENT. not necessarily top level players

Develop, see what happens

Maybe too much space for Cunha? Makes him think he can take a touch. Should be hitting that first time though. But what technique would he use? Idk if he loves the finish from there

Bruno fernandes and inshallah even in build up

Which teams would that not be the case for? Or which managers

Guardiola basically going back to his old ways

Instead of Haaland over everything it's now everything + Haaland

Similar ideas of old, with an elite striker up top

vs

Play to Haalands strength

Idk I haven't watched them play for a bit

Sporting keeper charges and then stops, to try and make a save. Probably should have just played the probability. Smother Havertz

Havertz took too much time for the goal imo

Can't fully compare cause of the distances, but, his chance(s) vs City in the final

Trafford commits to the charge more. Shuts the angle. Again Havertz slow to release, Trafford can make himself big enough to likely get in the way

This is the type of away performance Arteta dreams about really. In terms of xG at least. maybe a bit too high for them

Need to watch it back but how did that much space in the centre of the pitch open up for Havertz. Centre of the box

Thank you, see you at the ems

Arteta's 100m signing being Declan Rice is sooooo Arteta