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  1. & Switzerland. Young Boys are/were a champions league group stage outfit who play on artificial. I think all the arguments on here in favour of artificial are fair. They play better than many of the Scottish mudheaps December - April, injury argument is a complete myth and of course they piss off the old firm and other fans which is always a bonus. That being said, I'd still prefer a return to a decent grass surface. Separate point - having watched Airdrie and Raith a few times, and indeed Young Boys this season in the UCL, their pitches appear notably "greener" than ours. Is that just my perception? If not, is it purely related to how long it's been laid or are they of better quality or what? They just look a bit easier on the eye is all. Ours was the same shade of green for about a month.
  2. Not really a case of a mistake. They'd happily have kept hold of him but he made the call that he wanted to play every week and given a key role in the team. With the other players at the club, he's not good enough for that. His loss will be Oscar Bobb's gain, in time.
  3. A step for a hint as to the clubs who are fighting against an independent regulator. Why? I am guessing that pre Ratcliffe, United's name would have been part of this list also. His comments on City's charges and the fact they don't appear on this is an interesting development.
  4. I genuinely think this is one of the most bizarrely unfair, but seemingly fairly common, opinion on the guy. If I had to compile a list of wingers/forward players we've had over the years who - pound for pound - aren't afraid to get stuck in, Murray would be fairly high up the list. Faults he has, commitment imo is definitely not one of them.
  5. A bizarre decision, made all the more bizarre that it took another while before Shinnie got his booking despite doing his best to referee the game (again) from the get go. Wee prick was never out Beaton's ear, but he gets away with it.
  6. Some fixtures always entertain and that's one of them. City poor(ish) in the first half and diabolical in the second. Liverpool poor(ish) in the first but excellent in the second. Of course it goes without saying that whoever ends up with the most points deserves to win the league but right now, having watched a fair bit of all three sides fighting for the title I feel that Arsenal and Liverpool are playing much more exciting stuff and more likely to put teams to the sword. City stuttering their way through to an extent. Can't put my finger on it, but the other 2 sides remind me of a City side of 3 or 4 years ago. I know City have changed the way they play for various reasons, Haaland being one, but they look far too lackadaisical at times and the intensity a fair bit off. Keep waiting for them to turn it on but rarely seen them do so in comparison to recent seasons. Walker, Stones excellent. Alvarez shouldn't be near a starting XI right now. Dias brilliant for Liverpool. Kovacic and Doku made a difference, thought Kovacic should have started personally.
  7. Clubs are still folding and running with absurd debts. The problem with the whole concept of ffp is that it's not debt related so clubs with huge debts or huge at least in relevance to their level can and do still pass. Back in 2014 or whenever it was that City were first accused of breaching FFP, they had no debt whatsoever at the time.
  8. Agree with the second part but the first not so much, just the same as the PL in that respect. The rules were to benefit Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern amongst others to detriment of City, PSG and potentially others. Continuous el classico finals or semi finals would have been a great result for UEFA at the offset.
  9. He came in and decided that Joe Hart wasn't it from the off. Bravo could play the way he wanted but came with chocolate wrists and it's been Ederson ever since. Walker arriving 7 years ago as well. Stones was one of his first signings and he's now one of the best players in the world. Guardiola also arrived at a time when the defence was at quite an age, so players moving on and having to be replaced was always going to be a thing. I'm not sure it's nearly the same!
  10. But then again they just signed Jonny Evans in the summer didn't they? So why bother if they don't think he's good enough to deputise when needed? We also have to remember that for all United were missing their only out and out striker, City played a full season without one two years ago and managed to win the league. For me those on the pitch - Rashford, Garnacho, Fernandes are just miles off the quality required. Every week I hear that Mainoo is the next big thing in Midfield and last season Casemiro was claimed to be one of the best in the world but they were completely played off the pitch. I get that the defence in particular was makeshift but if I were a United fan I'd be far more concerned about their attacking presence and total s**tebag approach to the game.
  11. Man U so so bad today. Played like a league 1 club on their big day out. Insane ↓↓
  12. A thread by the excellent Kieran Maguire if anyone is interested. Just information based off what we already know.
  13. Red and penalty, sadly.
  14. Apart from every single level I totally agree. My specs are very blue tinted but I can still see that's a clear foul.
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