22 Jul 2026 12:45:29
Robbo and Carra etc.
Is the club not prioritizing or seeking at least one top midfielder to go straight into that midfield?!
Sobs carrying grab and especially Macca.
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22 Jul 2026 12:43:33
I sighed when I heard Iriola wants Macca to stay and stating we're light at cb/RB. We have Virg, Gomez, Leioni (Italian kid) and the newcomer Jaquet. I can understand a versatile cb/RB option but we do not need two players. Move Gomez on then if you're getting another cb. Ridiculous though he's a great guy having him and he's never available.
I thought our priority would be midfield. We've got ran through and were weak there. Macca was slow and appalling in the final. The same Liverpool Macca, slow on the ball, dithering then losing possession.
You can forget about competing for anything next season if we put the same midfield as last. We need two top midfielders.
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22 Jul 2026 12:26:03
So Fabhino has been let go by his Saudi club.
Might just be that the Fabhino replacement we needed was Fabhino all along.
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22 Jul 2026 12:07:47
Statement from the AI in Chicago.
“You have to be always open to new options to improve the squad. There are obvious situations that we know where we need to sign players. A winger, for example – we definitely need to sign a winger.
“There are other situations that we will have to analyse what the market gives you, what’s the cost, how we also see the players we have.
We have some tricky positions where we have injured players that we trust but is still not the ideal situation, so it will depend on a lot of things.”
Wonder is the second position a RB due to Conor's injury record or a forward with Eki out and Isak's injury record?
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22 Jul 2026 11:48:06
We were once linked to Ousmane Diomande. He's off to Forest for under £40m. Surely we should hijack that deal if possible.
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22 Jul 2026 11:55:55
Edd 001
Are we nearly there yet?
Are we nearly there yet?
Can we get a Mc Donald's??
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{Ed001's Note - nearly.}
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22 Jul 2026 11:15:57
Chelsea have a £65m bid for Alex Scott rejected.
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22 Jul 2026 11:55:44
A good player, but don't see where he slots in for Liverpool without being an expensive bench option.
Need someone with bite. A younger Endo would do in all honesty.
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22 Jul 2026 11:56:45
Love Scott, good player.
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22 Jul 2026 12:43:52
He's better than Macca!
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22 Jul 2026 10:54:14
On again, off again, on again, off again. The Diomande transfer is beginning to look like the relationship of Ross and Rachel from Friends.
Hope it gets sorted out soon one way or the other.
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22 Jul 2026 11:31:31
I personally think the energy is wasted where a right back, another forward, a dm, a cb could be a better use of their time.
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22 Jul 2026 11:46:05
"We were on a break!!!!"
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22 Jul 2026 11:58:32
He looks a good player, but I do worry that even if he does sign, his agents will be ready to hawk him elsewhere soon after.
Would be good if we can sign the lad with some agreement that he drops his agency.
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22 Jul 2026 12:12:24
We just won't Pivaaaaaaaaaaat away, it seems.
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22 Jul 2026 13:29:43
Good one, FPF. Great episode. A lot of folk won't have the faintest idea what we're talking about! Beats talking about football, which I've never been keen on.
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22 Jul 2026 10:39:36.
Watching Souness commenting on Rice, saying he is not a world class centre midfielder because he runs too much with the ball. Thinks instead he should take at most 2 touches and then progress the ball.
Have to say when I coach I prefer my cm to release it quickly to open up the play. But then again I’m nowhere near Arteta's level.
Still goes to show why footy is so good - so many different ways to play the game.
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22 Jul 2026 11:33:43
I like listening to Souness and he does come out with good stuff.
My favourite from that specific interview was where he described what is wrong with modern football.
He states, back in the good old days, the forwards and mavericks used to have the most touches of the ball, and now centre forwards are getting less than 20 touches a game, and the players with the most touches are centre halves.
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22 Jul 2026 12:11:21
I've never understood the love for Rice.
He reminds me of a poor version of Henderson.
Even if he does take only 2 touches, he still takes too long to move the ball, and 90% of the time it's a sideways pass.
Henderson was a fantastic captain, but was also limited on the ball, but head and shoulders above Rice.
Both worked really hard, but for some strange reason, Rice seems to get so much more praise than Henderson ever did by the media.
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22 Jul 2026 12:28:20
I don't think Rice is a bad player, but he's nowhere near the level the media like to gas him up to be... Difficult to say how much is down to his ability or Arteta's negative tactics, though.
I don't think he is disciplined enough or a good enough tackler to be a 6, and he doesn't have the vision or passing range/quality to be a world class 8... Hendo clears him atm, but he's still young.
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22 Jul 2026 12:39:20
I posed this question recently. Comparing him with a peak Henderson. Rice is excellent at his best. He's a level below "world class".
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22 Jul 2026 13:00:11
There's nowt wrong with constructive criticism from Souness.
Souness was better than Rice, but Rice is better than Henderson.
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22 Jul 2026 13:34:26
Souness is right, Rice isn't World Class, not in my book anyway. Very good player, no doubt about it. He's overrated by the gooners, in my opinion, but look, I'm sure they feel the same way about us and Henderson. What Henderson may have lacked in ability, he more than made up for with his leadership. I'm not seeing that with Rice at the moment; maybe that will change with time and experience.
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