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PSG would be 5th or 6th in PL

Its absolutely a red

The ref is unironically, unfunnily on the take.

I am hoping its all time wasting / fake injuries / pre planned! You can hope...

2nd time I saw that PSG player smack one of our players with nothing done

How has this ref been given a final lmao

Lots of women love a good pair of tits to be fair

The game has truly gone

i have never felt more disgusted during half time of a football game in my life

Cole's first performance at this level in a big game. What a time to do it.

Caicedo a moron

Like watching Cole play in PL before people realised who the fuck he was He needs to be given special attention, it doesn't matter what team you are and what you've won

They know who the fuck Cole Palmer is now

Seems to be the standard price for a young striker with potential who hasn't done anything with that potential yet (Rasmus Højlund etc) Just a broken system

Love the Arsenal reaction to Noni Madueke. Acting like the world is ending.

Finally, we have a striker

Liked the ref announcing to the crowd why it was overturned Good idea that

Signing of the summer for sure

Yeah... cynically, could be us trying to pump his sale price

I think frustration with Madueke is largely down to his attitude and selfishness. He has basically one move which is put his head down, cut inside and whip away a shot - 1 move he clearly practices over and over. He's surprisingly not THAT good at it for someone who clearly does nothing else and just practices this one thing over and over. That sort of bloody mindedness could pay off one day and he could become a very good player, but it seems like he's years away from it if he ever gets there. Incidents like him (and NJ) fighting over the penalty that was clearly Cole's to take, just goes to show the character along with this sort of selfish and one dimensional approach to the game in which he at all times is the main character. Ronaldo vibes without Ronaldo results (yet). I think he's a hard guy to like from that perspective but I do see the vision for project Madueke and I could imagine us at some point regretting selling him if he just spends years grinding at the cut inside and finish move like he has been, it also took Mo Salah ages to put it all together to become the player he is now and not impossible Noni could take a big step forward later too - but we are not in a position to just sit on unlimited players forever, those who do not thrive within a few years have to be moved on here, whether we regret it later or not. Our whole business model relies on us moving on players like Madueke regularly.

Poch broke him with his prehistoric training methods imo, may never be the same again unfortunately

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I imagine the club will lean towards replacing him with someone of similar price as we bought him for that they can repeat the story with - another buy and flip in 2-3 years, do a competent job but probably not set the world on fire, adapt and mature with us, build up their rep / brand a bit and then off they go for some more cashflow. Got to keep this model going of flipping players regularly to cover the huge shortfall from stadium revenues / commercial deals / lack of winning things or we will start to breach all of the spending rules everywhere.

From a sporting perspective, having him available makes sense if he actually wants to stay and compete for 1 more year. He's a classic bench player for a top team which is only a good thing - rather have him than not have him, if he was actually up for it and to play in the way the manager wants him to. But probably he's not, or we wouldn't be in this situation (and he would already have improved more than he has). But we live in a world where our club almost exclusively makes its money (special circumstances excluded like CWC) from player sales, and he is one of the few players we've got that we can sell for profit and actually not be that bothered if he goes. We can also (and maybe will) sell other options like Andrey Santos, Chalobah, Colwill etc. Could make good money on any of them (relative to what they cost which was either little or literally nothing). I'd rather keep Andrey and lose Noni.

Not convinced that is so nailed on. Odegaard is potentially no longer the same player he was. Eze hit or miss. Zubi untested in PL. Gyokeres suspiciously no one has gone for, presumably because they think he's a stat padder putting in numbers in a farmers league that wont translate to here - Darwin Nunez got 26 goals in 28 apps in his final season in Portugal and not sure anyone who is a big scorer in Portugal has moved on and kept anywhere close to those numbers. Jackson Martinez another example. Believe it when i see it. On paper, I'd have thought City still have the best XI in the league if we're assuming players play at their peak and adapt to the league. Then Liverpool (for 1-2 more years). Then maybe Arsenal due to how strong / proven the defence is?