He is such a funny guy.

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Manchester City’s struggles are mainly down to losing Rodri, but selling Julián Álvarez hasn’t helped either. Haaland’s been shut down by teams recently, but he has to play because he’s their only proper striker.

With Álvarez, who had 20 goals and assists, City had more options. He could either play as a striker to mix things up or slot in as an attacking midfielder, which made them more flexible tactically. Now that he’s gone, Pep is stuck either playing Haaland every game or trying a false 9, which he hasn’t done since Haaland joined.

They should’ve kept Álvarez—he gave them another dimension and could’ve been a solid backup or even a complement to Haaland.

Former Everton fan, now a Swansea Fan but still have love for Everton. I got a BONE to pick with a CERTAIN TEAM. Yall know who yall are. FRONT AND CENTER PLEASE !!!! Im seeing WAY TOO MANY comments from yall when yall were quiet for 3 straight years ! Where was all that energy then. (Backs out of discussion before they realize I’m a Swansea fan)

Now that Maresca is cooking and has Chelsea looking like a real team what do we think about Poch's ability? He's a manager who's highly rated but in my opinion, it's for what he might do rather than what he's done consistently, he reminds me of a manager version of Rashford.

There is still time for things to go wrong for Maresca once the league gets used to his style, but he's still managed to achieve more than Poch in less time.

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Personally, I don’t mind this going on until the end of the season. It would be great trolling if every team had their most likely goal scorers wear “stay humble eh” undershirts to flash at the end of every Man City tie/loss. Would love to see the entire Arsenal team do this if they finish ahead of City. Where’s everyone at with this? What would going to far look like?

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While Liverpool's early season form has been impressive, it's important to temper expectations. While they've shown flashes of brilliance, it's unlikely they'll sustain this level of performance throughout the entire season.

Factors such as fixture congestion, injuries are yet to hit them, Additionally, teams like Chelsea and Arsenal have shown consistent strength and are likely to challenge Liverpool for the title.

While Liverpool's current form is exciting, it's crucial to maintain a realistic perspective. A strong start doesn't guarantee a title win.

Even though Pep Guardiola just signed a new two year deal is he in a position where he’s won so much that he won’t be sacked?

He plays in this "3 4 3 with a diamond in midfield" inspired from his bayern munic side which is basically a little less glorified 3-1-6

His dm has to do all the work and now without the best dm in the world,his system is falling apart and leaking

He hasn't built a solid squad,they literally have no players for rotation,natural full back and youngster rico Lewis has to play each game at dm

His team is slow in the build up,boring and has to use the wings literally all the time(exactly eth man u lol) only difference is his players can actually pass the ball to each other and not the opp team

only difference is man City line is too high and they keep conceding on counters while eth didn't have the balls to put his defence high and yet they still conceded on counters

And now city just conceded a penalty,lol I'm loving this downfall

City fans, why is he playing lw today. This brother was doing bits for wolves as a 8. Getting overrun in midfield, I don’t watch week in week out. Can he not sit deeper next to gundogan and get doku on.

I don't understand why we need so many camera angles and fancy aerial shots... it's like the live football directors think they are making a Michael Bay film. All I want to do is watch the football - which means I want the widest possible view so that I can see the team shapes and how the game is playing out, and nothing else. The flow is constantly interrupted with extreme closeups of players, managers and the crowd. Who tf wants to see that? It completely throws me off of what is happening, because they don't only do this in dead ball situations, they do it during the play. So I have to see a closeup of some gimp in the crowd, the manager shouting or a player blowing snot out of their nose, meanwhile they've completely failed to show a counter attack or how it emerged.

Football directors need to learn what their job actually is and save the dramatic filmmaking for their short film.

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Whenever there’s a free kick like that one at Chelsea the attacking side always give the defenders half a second to close the ball down by passing to someone for a shot with the outcome nearly always the same. Surely it would be worth someone just whacking it at the goal, the chances of scoring from a deflection (needed with it being indirect) must be higher than with the way it’s always done.

For what it's worth, from a Forest fan... Sorry

I need to see it back but I was right in front of it and couldn't believe the ref gave that penalty.

We NEVER get those kinds of gifts. But the ref seemed to give almost everything to us today, and unfortunately that happens sometimes to promoted sides in the Premier League. You play well, deserve at least something from the game- but either the ref or just bad luck strikes and the Premier League knocks you down.

It's happened loads of times to us and it never seems to be us that are the beneficiary, but today we were.

We didn't deserve to lose this game but we certainly didn't deserve to win it. Very much a ground out result and one I am very grateful for. But Ipswich were a good side, definitely the best promoted side we have seen and you were a bit robbed today.

Good luck for the rest of the season

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Manchester City let Cole Palmer leave and kept Phil Foden, who would you prefer for your team, Foden or Palmer?

I follow football VERY casually. As in, I check on the standings a few times a year and watch the matches very occasionally.

I know that Man U is historically one of the better premier league clubs. Ask an American like me to name a single UK football club and there’s a good chance they pick Man U.

So, what’s the deal?

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