S-Clarke

Talk about totally missing the context in order to make a point. The cynical side of me is wondering if she has deliberately ignored the context in order to create 'outrage'. It was quite clear - he was talking about the Premier League, which is a mens league, full of teams with men. Hopefully the criticism is shut down quickly, because it's nonsense like this that is doing my head in with the world right now.

Bonkers when they already have better. Not sure what their plan is this summer, feels very scattergun. Like someone said above, Ziyech and Pulusic and probably CHO if given game time are all on a different stratosphere than Antony bloody gordon.

He was decent in an attacking sense in the second half, but if we are up against quality and he has to defend then we are in big trouble. Kuvuleski ripped him to pieces at Spurs, and teams will naturally target him as an obvious weak link. I really don't think we should be persevering with him as a defender in all truth.

We could even do them a never-to-be-seen again prime day deal, Redmond and Elyounoussi thrown in for free. Rodgers will probably lap that up given that they were linked to Elyonoussi recently.

Has similarities of Fulham signing Jean Michael-Seri when they got promoted.

When he refuses to play for us in an FA Cup game because his priority is Poland, then yes, I'd say he does deserve a lot of the grief he gets. Surprised he's still here after that incident.

It would be strange, he was on the bench for City y/day. (Maybe an effort by them to show that he'll get chances there)

What I'd say with Bednarek is that his errors aren't always born out of the system or shape we play, he has terrible positional sense and his lack of ability to read or sense danger kills us. But there is also the added issue in that we play an active way, in either 5 or 4 at the back. This will lead to situations whereby the centre backs are exposed and his attributes mean that he'll never, ever be suited to that which is why he tries to commit early and then falls flat on his arse. If we play a 4 or a 3, you will often see Bednarek done by an attacker who is a yard ahead of him in mind. I think we will automatically look a lot better with ABK and Salisu in a pair. If we can get some money for Bednarek then we should snap whoever's hand off.

He's someone I didn't really think about, but when you look at the fact he probably wants to play regular football now (he's 25) and Shields originally brought him to the City Academy - then it could be someone we are genuinely perusing, with the promise of him being the main man. I'm not sure he's an 'out and out' striker as such, strikes me as more of a supporting forward, but he can certainly score goals if given a run. He's got his mate Aribo here too. I think he'd be about £20m, but Leicester may see him as one of their more expendable players who can give them an immediate cash flow without having to sell their 'stars'. (Although i still think Fofana is off)

He's never really been given a run anywhere if you look at it. The best run he's had at Leicester was during project restart if I remember, and he was banging the goals in. Then Leicester went and bought Daka and still didn't give him a chance to play regular in the new season. He strikes he as a player who is crying out for regular football to settle down and show his ability. He's well liked at Leicester and one of their complaints with Rodgers is that he doesn't play him enough. Kinda similar situation to Jesus who seems to have benefited from going to a club and being seen as the main man.

Jeez...

Never heard of Jackson, reading some articles it suggests this is his breakthrough season in the first team over there (he's made 1 app and already scored). He seems to be a wide right attacking mid sort of player, as opposed to an out and out striker though. Which a supposed £28m release clause....

It could be quite an unsettling week for Leicester off the pitch. The pictures released y/day after the match showed Fofana waving and standing on his own looking at their fans, something brewing there. Tiliemans is expected to leave as well, rumours are that Arsenal will push next week for that one. Impossible to say who they'll have in their 11 come Saturday. We just need to go the way we finished the Leeds game, support the forwards with more attacking players close to them. Who knows, we may even have a new one by the time this game comes around.

That's exactly it, but the prob is they look hopeless when they've got no runners to lay off to (hence the first half struggles). I think Stu Armstrong was the only one trying to break the line in the first half. I'm not sure what Elyounoussi thought he was trying to do. We do need a proper focal centre forward, that will stop us having to shoehorn Adams and Armstrong into these loan striker roles.

They don't get away with it from their own fans! Sancho being labelled as their worst ever signing, and they all want shot of Rashford. Both of them are so far away from the england squad right now.

It was a good cameo from him, he used his pace and the space behind their sleepy full backs to great effect. I don't think he'll ever be a capable centre forward in this league, basically due to his physicality, but in a 3 playing wider of a main man could be an option to have around the squad.

I think they were often a 4 under Smith. They had Konsa, Mepham, Henry and their right back was decent from memory, Moses someone. Not sure what happened to him. They played a 4 quite a lot in their promotion season under Frank too. Dalsguard - Pontus - Pinnock - Henry.

Villa's new defender, Diego Carlos, has suffered possible ankle ligament and Achilles damage. Bit of a blow that one. Wonder if we can offer them Bednarek for a cut price fee?

A guy from Atalanta is imminent, as well as cheick doucoure on a free and they're the ones in for Maupay, who will cost them £15m Still hold strong interest in Gibbs-White too.

And to add to that, he was originally brought to Man City by Shields.

It would be a decent tactic if he was any good though. But he's crap and when he's on the pitch he doesn't offer anything. It was up to him and Armstrong in the first half to link the play, find the space, cross into the box. And they failed miserably. Elyounoussi more so, one of his attempted crosses into the box was so bad I wondered if a fan was on the pitch.

That's because he had support from Aribo. Likewise, Moussa had support from Armstrong (who was making runs in front of him). I don't think there is much future in it after today, I'd be surprised to see it as a starting formation. I think there is a potential place for it in terms of an in-game change, but starting with it never seems to work with us and the players we have.

Because it was 0-0 and no damage had been done. It was fairly even. I felt we'd see Aribo in the second half and that injection could help us as they tired, and it did - but we gave up two goals before that annoyingly. I think it's fairly clear the starting formation doesn't sit well with the players we have, not just CB's but the attacking options as well. What I found frustrating in the first half was the lack of width provided by Elyounoussi or Armstrong, it was all very central and we were soly relying on KWP and Moussa to provide that width, thus leaving us exposed down the flanks. If we had better attackers (and a better left back) it could potentially work, but I don't think we have the players to play this way at the mo.

I don't understand why Ten Hag and Man Utd thought it was a good idea to sign a 5ft 8 Centre Back for a Premier League team. He might be a good footballer, but stick him at CB or DM in this league with that physicality and he will be eaten alive and spat out again. £59m on a profile of player so far away from what they need. Bizarre club.

He's more of a presence than I thought he'd be, had a bit of strength about him to hold off and turn to play that magnificent pass. 19 years old isn't he? Certainly has something about him. Not afraid to have a pop and a sprinkling of quality and good decision making.