...Dan...

Arsenal have done pretty well to spend over £100m and still not really improve their first 11. I think White will prove to be a good signing once he settles in but Ramsdale doesn't do much for me and Odegaard didn't exactly blow me away last season either.

Did you just compare MGK to Nirvana?

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Great result today against one of our bogey teams. I think Benrahma is gonna come into his own this season, had a great pre season and got off to a flyer today.

I tend to have a cheapish bench of players I know will at least play, do a bit of research online and you will find good bench fodder for like £4.0-£5.0m that will get minutes every week. E.g. I have got Daniel Amartey in my team after he played well against City and with Fofana injured he will likely play a lot more, he is only £4.0m.

My personal favourite is the rage quit followed by another post a few hours later.

Geeeeeeez, what a fucking drama queen.

Usual pre season nerves for me. Our squad is tiny and we need numbers in if we're going to be able to compete in Europe and domestically. Areola from PSG on loan is a good signing but we need more depth in defence, midfield and attack.

Quite mad really, he's one of the best young players in the world playing for one of the biggest teams in the world. Would have thought he would be held in quite high regard. I suppose if football isn't that popular it makes sense. Quite nice that he is with Jordyn Huitema though, bit of a Canadian football love story.

Bit off topic but how much of a star is Alphonso Davies in Canada?

I mean that's the issue isn't it really? They're using all these songwriters and writing vastly inferior music to what they did when it was just them.

Fair play, song doesn't blow me away but it's catchy and you can just tell he is in a good/happy place now.

Madrid seem to want to risk putting all their eggs in one basket with Mbappe. Spent so poorly in recent years on players who aren't fit to replace the ageing squad they have. Who decided it was a good idea to pay well over £100m for a nearly 29 year old Eden Hazard with one year left on his deal? All that money on Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo as well, sure they're still young but will they ever be good enough? I'm not so sure. Also, are there any plans to replace any of your ageing central midfield options? Lost both first choice centre backs, all seems like a bit of a mess from an outsiders perspective to be honest...

Any truth in the £400k a week rumours? that is an obscene wage if true and is surely going to make players like Fernandes look for a better contract?

Only got a year left on his contract. City also have Dias and Stones as first choice as well as Laporte who is also very good, that's as well as Ake. I think City could probably rather use that £40m towards getting a striker than a top centre back that they don't really need who is going to want to play every week.

Yeah I mean it didn't blow my mind or anything just always think it's more interesting when a band at least tries to change the song up with a cover rather than just a cut and paste job.

I thought this was a decent cover, cool and unique take on the interlude and outro especially. Also for a good cause as well.

Positive news.

Just renewed the league. Anyone fancy making one of these a challenge for me anytime soon?

Guess only time will tell. Issue with Jose is that when things start to not go his way, he throws his toys out the pram, starts blaming everyone other than himself and then just hits the self destruct button. I can't see it ending well if I'm completely honest but I'm sure there will be some great highs as there always is with him. Can him masterminding some classic Jose wins against the likes of Juve/Inter/AC.

My heart honestly still hurts from Sunday as well...😑

You should keep posting for sure, I watch a bit of Serie A and always at least catch the highlights and keep up with what is going on. I know it had his proper glory days back in the 90's but I honestly think it's my second favourite league in the world now. And I think you're exactly right with Jose, my prediction is a top 4 finish and a decent cup run (maybe even a win in first season) then the wheels come off in season 2 and he gets sacked. Not a particularly astute prediction I know and maybe a change of league will do him the world of good.

I can link you to the sharp rise in right wing ideology/violence in your country as well. No country is perfect. To be honest, I'm more disappointed you didn't link the photo of the bloke with the lit flare up his arse. Care to challenge my point where I linked you to a video of German fans booing our national anthem in a friendly? considering you were so outraged when we did it...you disappeared fairly sharply after that was linked I noticed. Either way, it's clear you don't actually watch football so will see you in here at the end of 2021 when the World Cup in Qatar kicks off. Have a nice 18 months!

24 hours or so....COME ON ENGLAND!

Love watching the Italians sing their national anthem, it truly is a thing of beauty.