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  1. BBC Chairman Samir Shah: MOTD should show fewer highlights and more analysis

    Couldn't agree less. The highlights are already so brief that you usually get little sense of the flow and balance of a match. Instead there are a few key incidents, generally replayed from at least two other angles during the match and then several times more in the analysis. It's not uncommon...

  2. Ask admin a technical question (For mod action/questions, please PM us)

    Every time I access a forum page I get the pop-up asking me to allow cookies. Every single time. Started yesterday. Is it just me? I'm on a MacBook, via Safari browser.

  3. Rasmus Højlund | 2024/25 Performances

    He's regularly isolated up front, chasing balls lumped forward. I can remember plenty of matches where Rooney was put in a similar position and looked awful. Obviously he's short of confidence and form but we don't give him much to work with. I think there's a good player there if he's allowed...

  4. UEFA Champions League 24/25 - Playoff Round - 11/02/25 - 12/02/25 and 18/02/25 - 19/02/25

    PSG beat Brest 7-0 with 7 different scorers. Any stats junkies out there know whether that is the highest ever score in which no player scored more than once?

  5. City and Financial Doping | Charged by PL with 130 FFP breaches | Hearing begins 16th Sep 2024 | Concluded 9th Dec 2024 - Awaiting outcome

    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/12/red-flags-debts-sir-jim-ratcliffe-ineos-chemicals-empire-ratings-agencies-downgrade £11 billion debt. Dream on. Only we could find a saviour who is at risk of going bust.

  6. Which Forward will we sign or loan today? (Deadline Day)

    Shearer's been released by MOTD........

  7. Which Forward will we sign or loan today? (Deadline Day)

    I'm expecting no-one and will probably still be disappointed.

  8. Last Man Standing 2 2024/25 | 147 competitors, down to 6. Entry closed.

    GW24 Newcastle

  9. Last Man Standing 2 2024/25 | 147 competitors, down to 6. Entry closed.

    GW23 Aston Villa

  10. Toby Collyer | 2024/25 Performances

    Decent performance. Breaking up play, receiving and playing simple passes. Which can work as long as he has a progressive passer next to him.

  11. Joshua Zirkzee | 2024/25 Performances

    He's just not a striker. The only way might work in 343 is as a false 9 who is there to hold up and set up two decent goalscorers alongside (I'm thinking of a Mbuemo type).

  12. Patrick Dorgu | Signed for £25.2m + £4.2m in potential add-ons, until 2030

    I don't know anything about Dorgu. What I do know is that this thread demonstrates how comprehensively we have lost faith in our scouting and recruitment system. (With good reason). Were we so much better when we were picking out Solskjaer, Chicharito, Vidic, Stam et al or have I just forgotten...

  13. The main current problem, players or formation ?

    Morale is terrible, i think. Perhaps telling your workforce that they are all disposable is not the best way to get them to perform for you. (I know, they were already bad, but I can't imagine that helped).

  14. Last Man Standing 2 2024/25 | 147 competitors, down to 6. Entry closed.

    GW22 Nottm Forest

  15. Last Man Standing 2 2024/25 | 147 competitors, down to 6. Entry closed.

    GW21 Manchester United
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