Roscoe

This will just be to force the Atleti/ Alvarez thing

He talks a lot for someone who’s favourite word appears to be frankly

There’s the obvious money thing, the contested London thing, but as a fanbase we massively underestimate how they grew as a global force since the days of Gullit and Vialli etc

Like the 115 charges City face? they will be fine

Exactly it’s a trading game im surprised (and pleased) that FSG has not engaged in this game but I suspect it’s that they can’t be arsed rather than anything more strategic

Interesting article….but the fact (and a big part of the problem) is that there will be nobody at the September mtg because the people who are supposed to be doing this work will not be here.

I can get round 18 holes of crazy golf in about 25 mins depending on how many kids are cluttering up the place

Blasphemy!

Man City and Barca in particular have mastered the art of not allowing the type of goals we conceded yesterday by having players smart enough to position themselves well and foul tactically when all else fails. MAcAllister can do this but otherwise we just seem incredibly naive positionally and tactically

I think we finally know what Dickie Hughes is doing with his time

Something about focusing on coaching the players he has no doubt the owners- like those at mutd- have realised that our brand is strong enough to withstand not winning stuff. I think they will see more ‘value’ in buying the occasional high profile high priced star or star in the making than building a genuinely competitive squad

Yeah, I’m really confused logging on here seeing all this Wharton chat. Seems very tenuous

He’s very front foot aggressive

Well with our new overlords a left leaning vanguard is more important than ever Sorry I see I was beaten to it twice!

The corners/goal kick and throw in thing is weird- like goal line tech it basically just delivers a factual outcome very quickly. It would take a lot of stuff and nonsense out of the game. Clearly far too sensible to be ratified

And will they mind their toilet breaks being monitored?

We seem to just do the most obvious and the most bare minimum stuff theres no succession planning, no long term profiling, we just respond to the market eg we heard Barcola might be gettable so go all in on that. Where are the right backs, Salah replacements and centre mid options that we have been monitoring and cultivating for months and years? it’s really not smart by any measure as we end up paying over the odds and getting what is available rather than what we need

it’s what has meant la liga has no chance of being competitive and it ruined serie A for years

Darwin will do his running

Fast, tricky, unpredictable movements- sign him up!

Doesn’t matter if it was the worst on field decision in the history of sport, the president of the governing body and the president of a country agreeing to change the rules without any due process sets a terrible precedent. Poch does seem like a bit of a t*** though

Gone off injured unsurprisingly

Nonesense decision

Ha!……let’s look into his eyes in a couple of months time….. it’s rare that a manager isn’t a gamble and over our history we have been extremely fortunate not to have to take a punt too often, but this looks like it makes sense and there aren’t many (any?) sure things out there. I never thought Enrique was realistic and something is clearly off with Alonso so….bring it on!

Late to this but I think I like this appointment, I like the cut of his jib and I think it could be fun again