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Abysmal again for me. Literally an eyesore watching him. Useless.

Tomori would of been perfect to play where he did here under Frank in a back 3 with TT or even on the right. Plus I have every faith he wouls of plaued more often with TT than with Frank the second season. And with Rudiger going, he would of been a shoe in perhaps but to be fair, (what looked like) a lack of belief in him and chances he got under Frank sealed his fate. And for someone in his situation, when a club like Milan come knocking, particularly with Maldini fronting a lot of their transfer activities, the history of players like him, Baresi, Nesta etc weaved into their history, its a once in a life time chance and a tough call for any young defender. He's no doubt improved a lot but I feel he would of done so here with Thiago Silva (who definitely had a positive influence on Rudi and Andreas as did TT) and the managers system, as well as due to his talent, which was there. Guehi is good too but I think Tomori is definitely a much much bigger fuck up. Between the board and Frank, putting him on a loan there with an option was mental. I mean its mind boggling. You don’t do that unless both club and manager are more than happy to let a player go either so the blames definitely as much on Frank as the folk on the board.

No he’s not a nobody perhaps but he’s hardly a elite level central defender. I mean he’s a reasonably solid squad player and even then, you can bet Pep won’t pick him regularly when he has all his CBs back fit and available, I mean hes no better than Ake and hes a pretty average CB. Dortmund were eager to sell because he had 1 year left on his deal and he declined a new contract, plus anyone who’s watched Dortmund over the years know he hasn’t exactly been a revelation for them and they could afford to let him go. I mean I think him going to City was a surprise for many, he was available for transfer all summer and nobody went for him at that price barring City at the last minute due to Ake picking up an injury on top of the already injured Laporte not being closer to fitness. But because he’s doing well for City (think he’s played 4 games, Seville, Dortmund, Wolves and United - ironically two teams have ended up sacking their managers for very subpar performances this season - particularly in attack) we should have “been all over him” as if he is any better than who we went after or who we signed. If people said last summer we should replace Rudiger or Christensen with Akanji, they would of laughed. We needed to target top level CBs to replace the 2 good players we lost. Not a rotational player/squad player in that position because Azpi and Chalobah can already do that roles. If he plays for City regularly for 2 or 3 years when everyone’s fit I will eat my words but I significantly doubt it. Also without question Kimpbembe is a vastly superior player, absolutely, so makes sense why we were going after him. Even without considering the more obvious reason of his quality, he is a mobile, strong, left sided central defender who is comfortable in a back 3 or 4. Which would of been a pretty good buy to take Rudigers role as TT continued with a back 3.

Playing at home though. Will expect them to play better.

Much better tonight. Much much better. Maybe helps when Chilwell stays high and wide as opposed to coming inside a lot more also. Creates more space for the likes of Mount, Sterling etc inside.

May have kept a clean sheet but Koulibaly and Fofana look off it defensively for me. Koulibaly seems to be late to everything and Fofana never close enough. I know Fofana went off injured but this is an accumulation of a lot of his appearances here. Ruben & Reece be fantastic though - although Milan lacked a lot of first 11 players and will be a different proposition next time.

Going to be extremely tough. Not sure if Potter can afford to experiment by changing system against Pioli. Have to play one system and stick it to get some sort of consistency.

All well and good saying that now he’s went to City for a decent fee in this market and has looked at home there (albeit again he’s only played due to injuries to Laporte, Stones and Ake more than anything). But lets be brutally honest, before that the majority on here probably never ever thought of him playing at a top 4 PL club, yet alone would of wanted him to come here specifically. I mean he didn’t even have a hugely successful time at Dortmund so I find it ironic now to say he’s someone we should have been all over. If he had a poor run for City it would of been “lol what were they doing signing him”….

Again none of them are natural strikers so its not really scary as most of them bar Sterling have only had success playing off of/with a recognised forward in their teams. I mean we can talk about false 9s and interchangeable front 3s but again, we’ve just spent the best part of 2 and a half years of playing this same idea with other players where people also thought it would be effective. Without a natural striker, with these sort of floaty/second strikers/number 10s/wide forwards. I mean theoretically it looks good on paper but again Sterling and Leao are much better from wide areas and Nkunku plays with Andre Silva at Leipzig so unless we play 4231, then it will be unlikely all 3 play at once considering Aubamayang is here.

So after another hat trick, are people still convinced Haaland will go missing/doesn’t do enough in the build up/doesn’t have enough touches? What. Absolute. Nonsense. What a player. I’d be surprised if he doesn’t go and score another 5 hat tricks this season. We are only 8 games in. The guys absolutely lethal. No doubt he will make the difference for them in the CL games as well. I would be surprised if they aren't favourites to win every trophy this season, domestic and European. And thats saying that despite the fact we’ve got them in FA Cup. Don’t want to watch him up against Fofana and Koulibaly. Will be a blood bath.

Amateur hour strikes again. If we don’t get the deal done it will almost be as laughable as when we got Willian after he had done a medical at Spurs. How the fuck is shit leaking every second week?

No. Thiago Silva did

Watching Everton Southampton highlights. Wow, Everton are a shambles defensively but Southampton are even worse offensively, how many big chances do they need to score? Both teams going nowhere fast regardless. Saliba looks like hes going to be a superstar for Arsenal also. Looks like a younger Rio Ferdinand.

Not impressed. At all. Just ponderous throughout most games. Hes played as a 8, 10, winger, CF and off the front now here and I still don’t see what his best position is or what he brings consistently. If we could recoup at least 55-60m for him, just sell him. He's a luxury player who doesn’t exactly excel at anything.

No Havertz or Mount. Please. My eyes cant take watching the pair of them in this sort of form.

Skeptical of Nkunku deal, Werner looked a better player in Germany than him for Leipzig and look how that turned out here. Not saying its a given he can’t do well here but lets see what happens. Wouldn’t say he’s sure to hit the ground running like Haaland is. I mean Werner and Sancho are two prime examples that it can be difficult regardless of how well you do at the likes of a Dortmund or Leipzig

I mean do Bayern really want him? Have they seen how he’s played over the last 6-8 months? I mean their record with buying players is usually spot on but I don’t think he’s done enough here, in a much more competitive league, in which Bayern would go “wow we need to sign him”…. was the same with Werner

No Juventus apparently rejected the notion of him or Timo in a swap deal for de Ligt. Nothing to do with loans or not. Why do you seem to be defending him 🤣 He was even linked to United and that never dame to fruition (obviously they are stupid but not that stupid) and we priced Newcastle out of a move. He is finished here effectively, if he’s still here next season then we have lost the plot.

Yeah but he’s 24 years old. And has achieved next to nothing in his whole career really. I mean he has 5 trophies but wasn’t a key figure in any of the teams bar the US national team in the Nations League… I mean if it were Messi, aged 24, writing a book about his life and career so far. Ok yes. Or someone who’s career has been of some sort of substance. Or broken records. But not someone who breaks down after playing 2 games a week or doesnt play/misses half a season every season… Cashing in or not to think at 24, ok I’ve done enough I can write a book and then to go after a manager whilst he’s still got to play for 10 years yet. I mean its egotistical, its narcissistic and quite frankly, its ridiculously naive. Whoever has advised him (his father undoubtedly again) is ridiculously naive also and he really should look at getting someone else to help him with his career off the field, someone without as much of a personal or emotional bound. I think a lot of people here and across the fanbase will be “dumbfounded” and “disappointed” he’s felt the need to write a tell all book when he’s been a full time professional adult footballer for maybe 7 seasons, wouldn’t you agree? Maybe he will have a better career writing books than as a footballer - I am not surprised TT and Boehly were both keen to get rid of him in the summer. Its as bad as Torres complaining after we won the CL in 2012 because he didn’t start the final. What he has got in terms of medals is scarce but the ones he has here is because he’s been a part of this group, not the other way around - I think he forgets that he’s lucky to still be here.

Why the fucks he writing a book already? What an egotistic little little man. Focus on what your good at.. or well could be good at. Get your finger out your arse, get fitter and stronger, stop letting dad convince you you’re the best player alive/are a certain starter etc and do the work. I mean if a manager says one thing and then does another maybe you should question why, did your training level or application drop? Did someone else out train you? Was there a tactical reason etc? If we as a club keep hold of Pulisic beyond the world cup or the end of this season for any reason other than consistently good performances then we have seriously succumbed to proper idiotic non footballing decisions. I mean I already have next to no faith with this new owner and undoubtedly he will probably see his fellow countryman as extremely marketable.

Wonder whats changed from previous years… a certain loudmouth American who every week is looking more and more dafter. I am already looking forward to seeing what else is going to happen in the coming months because it sure is going to be interesting and no doubt comical for either us or opposition fans 😂 There is no doubt if its not directly coming from him that some of this stuff is definitely coming from people close to him. I mean he is the owner and interim sporting director so who else could it be?

Christoph Freund is impressive but at the same time his history at Salzburg, they are a feeder club and the type of signings, are we going to have such an environment where these players who may be seen as unknowns come here and play straight away? Or if we go the multiple club route will they be signed by others with the long term in mind? Its going to be interesting to see if he can find these players who can contribute straight away and where time isn’t necessarily going to be a saving grace as there is a clear higher focus on short term as well as the long run in the clubs recent history - something that I don’t see changing with the new owners.

Will say it again, a lot of the players need to take a long hard look at themselves. Underperforming is one thing but some of them clearly aren’t that bothered and it shows. Only one game for GP but I am struggling to see what more he can really squeeze out of players like Havertz, Ziyech, Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek that Tuchel couldn’t. It is clear they aren’t going to be players we can rely on this season. Auba isn’t going to get goals with the service we seen tonight. Our attack needed at least another top level wide forward and although we got Aubamayang this summer, we are still going to be short up top solely relying on him and Sterling to get the goals. I am also baffled GP said that the effort and application was there tonight, we didn’t really play with any more urgency on or off the ball than we have done at any point this season. I hope he’s going to be a bit sterner behind the scenes with some of them. The supposed market value of a side means nothing. Particularly when you don’t do the basics against them well as a team ie winning headers, duels, running/pressing etc.

Really? For me it seems he hasn’t stopped talking since buying the club. And talking a lot of nonsense too. After initially being impressed with him and how he seemed/initial transfer recruitment, he just seems to be a bit eccentric and misinformed (won’t say clueless as thats maybe unfair) as to how things are done within the PL and European football. I mean the PL all star game is an incredibly stupid idea considering fixture congestion with domestic cups, the CL, European Championships and World Cups every 2nd year. Managers are rightfully going to call him out on it like Klopp has done. Also the bottom 4 relegation tournament thing is also daft, more unnecessary fixtures at the end of a long season for teams when most clubs have international players who participate in tournaments. It also defeats the purpose od the whole 3 up 3 down thats been used for years. Using American Sports as an example isn’t necessarily a good thing. American Sports are successful but the MLS and “soccer” is not. Not at all. The standards improved but its hardly a model or standard worth using for the PL, ‘the worlds greatest league”, is it? I mean does he want to disrupt football matches being broadcast by having breaks every 10 minutes and multiple sponsors and a half time show where Shakira or Dua Lipa or someone comes on and sing 5-7 pop songs next for the best part of 45 minutes? The alternative way to helping the footballing pyramid is the same way its always been, big clubs stop looking out purely for themselves and redistribute a % of the TV deal money or so its more even and can be used to help clubs in the Championship/League 1/League 2 who may need a parachute payout. Like Gary Neville suggested in 2020. I don’t think theres been a more sustainable or logical method to do it. Plus every big club in the country tried to join a European Super League almost a year ago - so it is clear the majority of the bigger clubs don’t care about the smaller clubs that much. So an All Stars styled game will never fly unless the majority of the big clubs get a cut of the revenue to make it worth their while. For me it looks like he is trying to reinvent the wheel without having any actual substance or experience in the footballing world. The whole multi club thing he is just copying whats been done before and plus actions speak louder than words. Being a successful businessman is one thing, being successful in baseball is another, but until he surrounds himself with proper football people I am unsure of what to expect. And the decision to sack Tuchel after 7 games, whilst being unsure he had same vision for the club months ago and then backing him, giving him a full pre season, it is one of the most amateurish and stupid things I have heard of in my time following football.

Not going to lie, for me, this guy is nothing but an absolute mouthpiece. Not a fan. All he does is talk and talk and talk and talk. Journalists must love him though- plenty headlines to keep them busy.