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He is only responsible for successful deals, everyone knows that.

Zidane is not using Kovacic much. We need two great dribblers in the team. That's what the most successful teams are doing. A fit Hazard and Kovacic would create a lot of problems for defenders.

I haven't been there but stands near the pitch at the Emirates seem to me too flat and to create atmosphere it is better when the stands are more steep like in Allianz Arena. So I am hoping to see a lot of stairs.

If he sells the new owner will also be a super rich guy who may not even love football. Things can get a lot worse if someone like Kroenke buys the club.

Levy owns Jonathan Moss.

I thought Hiddink would stay as an advisor next season?

Great analysis as always. I am wondering what you think about Conte compared to these two?

The best part will be his turd season.

He is substituted at 25th minute, looked frustrated.

Italians are good at spotting players with grinta. Even if we can't get Vidal or Nainggolan we will have someone similar I am sure, maybe someone underrated currently.

It is the truth but it does not make much difference for the local competitions, because most of the top clubs are run by clueless owners and their puppet accountants in England. M.City have a direction but I don't think it is the right direction for an English club. Europe is different though, it is hard to compete there with clueless owners and their accountants. Again all English clubs struggle there. Conte has good motivation and man management skills I believe. These skills are very important for managers of PL teams. I am glad we'll get Conte instead of Allegri who I think lacks those skills. So I agree no need to be too negative about next season.

Whether you like it or not some of us have to tell the truth.

I don't think it was just about defending Mourinho. Some people would exactly act like Fearn in such situations and it tells a lot about a person's character or the lack of it.

Shameful idiots

You are wasting your time.

Don Mourinho will make Manchester United great again.

Thibo's performance is far away from goalkeeping version of this and I am talking about the overreaction to a young player when his performance drops. But you are right I guess, most of the fans who want Guus to play youngsters want that mainly because they think we might get better results/play better with them not because they want our young players to gain experience.

He is experienced but still very young for a goalkeeper. Fans who want to see the young players play should not just expect to see mistakes but the same mistakes repeated imo, yet the best goalkeeper of his generation is on a bad form after an injury and and he is called as donkey, not a top goalkeeper, overrated etc.

This is how you react when a 23 year old goalkeeper makes mistakes while in other threads you want Guus to play youth.

I will lose all my respect for Conte if that is true. Even at Liverpool the manager has final say over transfers. http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jan/19/jurgen-klopp-i-have-final-say-liverpool-transfers

Our scouts do not have a clue who will contribute who will not.

Diego Costa is hardly the Mourinho of strikers. There have been and will be many strikers that accomplish what Costa has accomplished at the age of 27, Lukaku can become easily one of them.

National team performance of a manager hardly indicates anything about his performance in club competitions and vice versa. His transfer list which he can't have as a national team manager is much more important for us than what he does in the Euro cup.

Cruyff:"Talent should run the business." This is how most of the successful European teams are managed. English clubs on the other hand bring in world class managers and then they make them work with some accountants.