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Straight after an international break so I’d expect close to full guns for ‘rhythm’

Home and away legs would be that way round regardless (home first)

That’s how it should work but UEFA gonna UEFA

Did you see the side they put out vs Newcastle with 10 changes from the league game? They can quite easily rotate players with everyone fit.

We can in theory rotate more but only if we have the players fit to do so

Just to say that if Atalanta beat Bayern they will ‘steal’ their seeding so City will be home the first leg and away the midweek before us!

Fans of overperforming teams don’t like to be told their team is/has overperformed

Surprised you’ve not taken more heat from Villa supporters

That’s a pretty pointless stat tbh because the Mosquera fee would have shattered the world record transfer fee at the time Wenger joined Arsenal and that’s been hailed as a bargain in 2025/26.

Much better would be spending relative to rivals - both wages and transfer fees.

Yep, wouldn’t be averse to that

Accumulation used to work across competitions but they stopped it because players were tactically taking their 5th yellow in order to miss a cup game

Were wolves ever in real danger? Genuinely can’t remember

Not seen it for a few years but it really does feel like West Ham are doing that thing where one of the relegation candidates turns in European-level performances for a stretch

Look on the bright side Spurs fans

You’ll probably be able to sing ‘Champions of England’ next May.

No fucking way he actually used the word ‘asterisk’

Important to lead with the headline that Arsenal are the ‘villains of the title race’ and would be ‘unpopular champions’ as they go up against the team charged with 115+ counts of cheating to gain an unfair competitive advantage over the other premier league teams.

Ironically they’ve done as much damage to City this season as anyone

They know what they’re doing. Everything is geared towards influencing

Just inject it into my veins. Directly in.

Enormous

Long way to go.

Calafiori is excellent CB depth tbh

He will bring wolves back up and probably do OK

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Really? If it’s ‘very simple’ a 300 word Bluesky post should be more than enough

Attacker stands in front of the keeper in the 6 yard box and doesn’t move. Blocking, or existing?

Defender or keeper comes over and muscles him out the way. Penalty?

How do you reconcile teams ‘blocking’ with a footballer’s right to exist on a football pitch?

Call it a ‘non open-play goal’ if you like

You’d know all about deliberately cheating being a Chelsea fan

I would say top of the open play GD and xGD, and top of the overall GD and xGD is title-winning fine

Probably 😂 but history has shown us that teams will do whatever they can within the rules to get an edge. Look at City’s rotational tactical fouling they’ve got away with for years for example.

Yep - people don’t realise what they’re asking for

You can’t stop what we’re doing unless you completely nerf set pieces by e.g having a completely different physical threshold for attacking vs defending