Both Grealish and Doku on the bench with Foden at left wing.

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Also, United. They've spent a fortune. I think the biggest thing a football club has to get right these days is the relationship between coach and director of football/sporting operations/spending/whatever you call it.

In business terms I believe this would be described as synergy between strategy and operations. But I wouldn't know about such affairs.

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Well, yeah. That and water polo :-\

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu...%20all%20time.

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Well, he apparently does move in mysterious ways his wonders to perform.

But no, I meant young Eddie as second choice.

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Young Eddie was on the bench. Seems to have dropped below the non specialists in the pecking order.

Strikers- old hat, dinosaurs of the game.

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Young Eddie was on the bench. Seems to have dropped below the non specialists in the pecking order.

Strikers- old hat, dinosaurs of the game.

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:-\ Just imagine; if Nketiah had had the same career path as Ivan Toney till the age of 26/27, people would NOW be demanding we buy him for a hundred million quid.

Big clubs kill young strikers. Or sell them.

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:-\ Just imagine; if Nketiah had had the same career path as Ivan Toney till the age of 26/27, people would NOW be demanding we buy him for a hundred million quid.

Big clubs kill young strikers. Or sell them.

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Well someone has to :-)

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:-\ Just imagine; if Nketiah had had the same career path as Ivan Toney till the age of 26/27, people would NOW be demanding we buy him for a hundred million quid.

Big clubs kill young strikers. Or sell them.

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Didn’t Chelsea just try that with Broja ? Oh how we laughed as their demands slid from £50m to essentially driving him to Fulham in a chauffeured car for a free loan. :)

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Well someone has to :-)

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You're probably right, of course. Unfortunately, Pep sold everybody his pup called tiki-taka, and everyone bought it, impoverishing the game as a result. All the while enriching himself with an array of unrivaled, world class goalscoring talent.

Blast him.

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You're probably right, of course. Unfortunately, Pep sold everybody his pup called tiki-taka, and everyone bought it, impoverishing the game as a result. All the while enriching himself with an array of unrivaled, world class goalscoring talent.

Blast him.

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And then he went and bought himself an old school centre forward :-(

Should we all buy one now? Where is Niall Quinn when you need him?

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Didn’t Chelsea just try that with Broja ? Oh how we laughed as their demands slid from £50m to essentially driving him to Fulham in a chauffeured car for a free loan. :)

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Something like that, yeah :-\

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And then he went and bought himself an old school centre forward :-(

Should we all buy one now? Where is Niall Quinn when you need him?

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Indeed. Paul Mariner (RIP) and Alan Smith too.

May have said this before but, sadly, strikers are a solution for which we have forgotten (or cleverly circumvented, depending on your view) the problem. Suffice to say the only way we throw a hundred million pounds at one now is if we don't win
anything this season. Or if we do.

Once upon a time, such individuals were an integral part of any squad-building project, like a competent goalkeeper and a fist-pumping captain. Nowadays, the less you need one (City, for instance), the more likely you are to get one. And vice versa (us) :-\

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Indeed. Paul Mariner (RIP) and Alan Smith too.

May have said this before but, sadly, strikers are a solution for which we have forgotten (or cleverly circumvented, depending on your view) the problem. Suffice to say the only way we throw a hundred million pounds at one now is if we don't win
anything this season. Or if we do.

Once upon a time, such individuals were an integral part of any squad-building project, like a competent goalkeeper and a fist-pumping captain. Nowadays, the less you need one (City, for instance), the more likely you are to get one. And vice versa (us) :-\

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Oh, I think it is the last thing we need. Some clod-hopping ego maniac throwing his arms in the air and pointing every time he makes the wrong run or is standing offside.

We just need a bit more of everything else. And a midfield *******. Declan Rice is a nice guy, so we need (and can afford to have) a total arsehole alongside him.