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Ibe and Smith were summer 2016 - think he was at Bournemouth then, but not sure he'd have been in charge of transfers at that point. Solanke in 2019 may be more his work TBF, Ibe looked like a decent punt at the time, young talented player at a big club. Don't think anyone could have foreseen what happened with him and his mental health issues after that. Was really sad to see that happen to a player

Saw that and thought exactly the same. There's a sustained history of trouble from their Ultras and stabbings in the run up to games and yet there's barely a shrug about it from UEFA

Despite that, Jurgen used his squad effectively to cope with the number of matches (remember that mad line up he put out against Everton when we won 5-2?). There absolutely are too many games, but when you're a CL club you just get on with it

It's amazing what AI deepfakes can do these days.

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Presser's at 1530 according to the offal - guess we'll find out then

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When he started going bald.

Was obvious weeks ago

Not making the one that needs to be made pretty sharpish isn't the greatest of starts

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Don't think so - he's Championship level. He's not really stood out any time I've seen him playing for Wales

No.

Louis Koumas has returned from loan at Birmingham.

Honestly I think most of the team deserve a fresh start under whoever comes in. There’s too many of them off their game at the moment so I think we need to see how they fit in under new systems before writing off completely

Nah, that was when NYR flounced

It’s exactly the same size, with more players that Slot should be trusting. It’s the injuries that are distorting everything

My take on it was that Robbo initiated the move ‘cos he’s not happy about his minutes in a World Cup year - and I don’t blame him if that’s the case. I’d be really surprised if the club was actively shopping him around

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Alternatively Robbo may be staying cos he knows there’s a change coming. #conspiracy

Anyone reliable reporting it?

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And Leoni was bought to replace Quansah, so he’s definitely part of the first team squad. Reckon he’d have played quite a bit if he’d not done his knee Don’t really care if you want to include the 3rd goalie. Everyone’s got a kid or a cheap option there.

Alisson Mamardashvili Woodman Robertson Kerkez Bradley Frimpong Van Dijk Gomez Konate Leoni Gravenberch Mac Allister Wirtz Szoboszlai Jones Endo Salah Gakpo Ekitike Isak Chiesa Ngumoha You can argue about Ngumoha & Woodman if you want. Be surprised if anyone other than City and Chelsea have a bigger squad

As for the rotation, if you refuse to use the players outside your core group it’s not a surprise when they take a while to get up to speed after not playing for ages. Jurgen was excellent at using his squad to prevent that 23 senior players