Quote Originally Posted by Rich View Post
Maybe with Saka and Odegaard back we might. But Zubimendi seems shot to pieces. Is Merino back before the season is done?

If not maybe MLS gets a go next to Rice.
It is all down to the game at the Etihad on Sunday. Lose there and it is over. Get a draw, and we are still in with a distant shout. It would be a brave or stupid man who would be confident of us avoiding defeat there.

For the moment, he has lost the fans. It is the Mourinho effect. This kind of dreadful football is only acceptable when it is winning you things. The minute it isn't, you lose everyone.

They'll never say it, but I promise you this- the players HATE the way we play. You can see it in their actions. You can see how frustrated Declan Rice is, pretty much all the time. Nobody becomes a footballer to wrestle at corners and feign injury.