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Start the party early, I say. When Arsenal do it it's laughable, they will never win the PL again. It's up to us to be the ego-carriers of the league. In the way United used to expect every single trophy from the competitions they competed in, I believe to my core and wish you all shared the same belief, that we are by far the best team in the league, leagues beyond City too, and it's only a matter of time before our next CL final.

I'd say that out of the top teams, we've got the least 'loud' users on Twitter, and the least in population too. And yet....

I agree with Manpe. Plus, he's actually a pretty lazy player. Too nonchalant for my liking. All the ability in the world, but he'll never apply himself to the standard he could've reached if he ended up at Juventus like everyone seemed to think, including himself.

Thank you, I was just relaying the message that he's apparently been wrong before about us before. Your post gives me much more hope.

Matt, the man reporting this story, vehemently repeated that Luiz would not rejoin us.

If calling a manager and player shambolic makes you a twat you better @ every member on here Ash.

I'll send you a mint condition Mew card if you stop slandering me

Manpe, going against popular opinion doesn't make one a troll. I think only people who reside in the lower levels of their mind even use that 'troll' word seriously. Baaahh. Baaahhhh. *munches grass*

I SAID this guy was soft, with his movie-like jawline and childish hair. He's the equivalent of one of Neymar's toenail clippings

@ anyone who doubts me, I was backing Moses in 0'12, I was on his DICK, I said he was a prophet, everyone did, that was the joke, but i meant it, i felt it, and look now.

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No offence intended (well, a little), but do realise deeply that some clowns on here wanted Stones & Simeone to lead us this season. The same clowns aren't posting anything about Simeone, because they only wanted him due to where Atletico ended up in the table, and the media reports. Who's watching Atletico consistently this season besides the couple of (admittedly not clowns) Griezmann fans? Shambolic manager in a shambolic league. Their players are incredible. They have some of the most talented players in world football. But they were as talented before his arrival. I'm so satisfied that things ended up how they did. Ranieri won the league last season, should we go for him next?

Even Conte says here that Costa can improve. No whiff or sniff of him being the best striker around, yet. I'm glad. (It's so satisfying to get a long post-match interview that's just enjoyable. I've never experienced this before.)

1:06 made me choke

All this talk of the Premier League being more competitive these days, but the top 4 looks the same as it has for over a decade.

Some players simply don't recover from the loss of a parent, and more often than not, it's specifically Brazilians who hurt most. I think he's done at this level for a few years until his mind is more settled.

/end sarcasm moments don't make players, consistency every game makes players, and Suarez + Lewandowski are still an entire calibre above. I hope we go for the latter if we lose Costa.

Costa is the best striker in the world!

but Costa is the best striker in the world !!!!!!

I can't stop gushing over Conte and it doesn't stop today; I have faith that if we don't get a goal this half, he is the only manager we've had in many years that will actually truly evaluate the details, and tweak them for the second half, to our benefit. All our other managers would just persist with the same tactics from kick off and think introducing subs are enough. Getting to half time 0-0 vs. any team under Conte feels the same as 1-0 to me.

I just realised for the first time in ages that Hazard doesn't really come to the right side anymore. With Pedro being both-footed surely they should be interchanging more

Granada have been the most consistently shit team in La Liga for a decade. Other teams have come and gone, but none have stunk as much as this team. It'd be like Barcelona sending one of their best youth products to Sunderland on loan, thinking that out of all the teams, they're the ones who'll bring out the best from their player. Absolutely mental.

Early games used to put fear in me, I always felt our players would be complacent. But with Conte, no such fears.

You're damn right. I'm treating each of those games like a final.