Recent content by Furio Giunta

"James McCarthy is family" - when I realised that our astute accountant billionaire overlord was an actual moron

40 grand and 3 Nabzys a week and not a penny more

He's unbelievably fortunate that Pickford saved Maddison's penalty and Doucouré slotted against Bournemouth, or else we could so easily be sitting mid-table in the Championship with an unserviceable debt threatening the club's existence. I'd also like to think that he had 777 on strings, using...

He's a perfectly competent player, but not sure he excels sufficiently at any part of his game to be a key part of a team who should now be aiming for European places. I feel like we often look vulnerable when the opposition are in transition due to a lack of physical presence or natural '6' in...

On a free and under-30 then it would be a different story. Unfortunately he's still got 2 years left on his deal so you're still looking at 20m next summer

By that I mean that we've been severely hamstrung for the past 5 years because of previous dealings, signing players aged 27-30 on high wages from middling premier league teams. This fella couldn't stay fit towards the back end of his tenure here (to which your quotes on the previous page will...

Christ we are an absolute parody at times, aren't we

It's been rather clear that the difference between City's most effective teams and this one is their previous ease in stretching teams with constant overloads in wide areas, and their wingers (Sané/Sterling/Mahrez) getting beyond the wingbacks and inevitably finding a blue shirt with a cut back...

taking Cherki off when they did (although cooked) had shades of Ndiaye being dragged off against Bournemouth at home. Suddenly, they had nobody to hold onto the ball, get the team 20-30 yards up the pitch and take the sting out of the match, and so the pressure came back in waves.

Chris Rigg would be a coup if we could get that over the line, a real statement of intent. Elsewhere in the Championship, it's nice to see Isaac Price doing well at WBA; wouldn't be averse to having another look at him. Thought it was a shame at the time to let him go permanently as he looked a...

Looking fairly solid and comfortable, but clearly reluctant to commit men forward for the first 60 mins. Hopefully get Doucouré off soon, the absolute helmet

A 20 year-old was on the pitch for 15 minutes after having been out for 9 months, and you've already concluded that he needs to be sold on? How about we just sit tight and see how he gets on for a bit?

We dropped off significantly as the game went on, but to have a clear pull retrospectively overruled at the death is just completely astonishing

I much prefer Alcaraz stylistically, but Douc's energy whilst the game is tight is the better fit of the two imo. Still have visions of him coming on against Bournemouth trying to defend a 2-0 lead, so I'd be reluctant to give him any game management responsibility.

'Simple farmhand' springs to mind