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Farewell to Alexander-Arnold and De Bruyne, who I really think have helped to repopularise crossing. In about 2015 crossing was for your Chris Brunts and your Stewart Downings. For your Sam Allardyces and Tony Pulises. But now it's sexy again. www.nytimes.com/athletic/637...

submitted 5 hours ago • 2 comments

Conte one of the great coaches. He’s won the title in his first season at clubs who had come 7th, 10th and 10th the previous season. You don’t fluke that.

submitted 16 hours ago • 6 comments

Truly legendary moment in Italian football there. incredible season for McTominay

submitted 17 hours ago • 4 comments

Marmoush is extraordinarily good. I must admit I don’t follow the Bundesliga much so didn’t really know what Man City were getting. But from the first match he did everything at 1.5x speed and his technical ability is outrageous. Best instant impact since Bruno Fernandes.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

obviously Postecoglou is leaving whatever happens tomorrow, so Tottenham winning it would be so funny. There's nothing he would love more than being able to give it, "I won them a trophy mate, if that's not what the club wants, it's not the club for me" forever.

submitted 4 days ago • 12 comments

Always enjoy it when people call Gary Lineker a "commentator" or a "pundit" when he's clearly a presenter. Others are elsewhere in the Venn diagram but this is surely an open-and-shut case. "Lineker is a terrible commentator!" - well that's good, as he's never done that job.

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

Chelsea going unbeaten in all three domestic competitions is extremely impressive. I'm not sure they're a great footballing side, really, but in terms of physicality and - most importantly - mentality they are miles clear. www.nytimes.com/athletic/636...

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Guardiola's worst season in management by miles. I think Man City were unlucky on Saturday, but they still didn't play very well and I'm not sure Guardiola's approach gave them anything. www.nytimes.com/athletic/636...

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

this is amazing Serie A

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

really like it when stadiums make a big deal of having a pre-match DJ, who is shown the big screens spinning the tunes...but the tunes are just I Gotta Feeling and Freed From Desire like always

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

amazed by that Man City XI. Just looks so open. Also think the wingers will have to be very disciplined as the full-backs are going to get dragged inside.

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

fair play, Cucurella really is good at that isn’t he?

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

world-class second bullet point here

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Well deserved Coppa win for Bologna. Really nice when a historic club you’ve never seen win anything before actually manage to do so. Been a decent couple of years for it around Europe actually: Bologna, Athletic, West Ham, Newcastle, Betis, Leverkusen and most importantly GO AHEAD EAGLES

submitted 9 days ago • 4 comments

I don’t mean this in a “the game’s gone” way but I’ve just read an interview with a u18s goalkeeper who says his main strength is “reading the opposition press”. Imagine seeing that 20 years ago, you’d be baffled.

submitted 10 days ago • 6 comments

Let’s be honest, no-one has anything interesting to say about the lad being booed. It’s impossible. Sometimes you just have to accept that something happened and it is “a talking point” but no-one talking about it will actually add anything. This is that. Cheers.

submitted 11 days ago • 8 comments

4-3-3, lots of possession, a high line...but also quite different from all the other successful Barcelona sides in recent history. www.nytimes.com/athletic/634...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments