He could have had so much more if he stayed post-2015 which pisses me off in a way.

Him leaving like that kinda soured me on him.

Roy Keane > Xavi as a staff, record label, and a motherfuckin' midfielder.

Every team has their time at the top. I mean Liverpool was also pretty s*** before Klopp came along, you could be saying the exact same "All they have is history" thing about Liverpool circa 2012

And you're objectively wrong about Xavi. Just look at what position on the table Barcelona was in when Xavi joined vs what position they finished the season You have no idea what you're talking about.

LFC was trash from 09 to 16 apart from 13-14 and i totally agree we were in a similar situation i.e mid-life crisis.

Xavi is mid and that's that in my book just cosplaying at Pep at best at the moment.

Alonso better than Xavi for f***s sake

God you bin dippers are permanently off the dog food

Not even a remotely hot take

Few things not sitting right atm:

• Our marquee signing evidently doesn't want to join after a summer of offloading toxic mentalities

• Losing Cavani and leaving an even older Cristiano to do all the work up front without any proven back up options, if he even stays

• This sudden resurgence of faith in Martial.. because..?

The scouse friendly was a great laugh and it's fun to get carried away but there's definitely some glaring issues, and judging by transfer leaks we're not interested in solving them

not too many take aways from the first half for me other than we look very vulnerable on the counter and have done a decent job on winning back possession

still look very sloppy in the final third

Did I actually just read Xavi is mid

Hoping we see a lot more of the youth involved this year

Zidane Iqbal and Charlie Savage looked great today

Loan them, keep Garner

I think frenkie does want to join. The deferred money from Barca is an issue, and it might drag on for awhile it’s a staring contest and negotiation between him and Barca.

I like it makes this dead period / frenkie wait more manageable

Maguire can’t even play defense against Melbourne

Maguire and a high line until May is going to be the death of most of us I fear

I think he gets an unfair shake by many but at the same time he's not without his faults

Yeah there is no way Maguire can be first choice if this is the way TH wants to play

Varane - Martinez 🔥

That’s fine but then we need the actual DM we’ve been needing for a decade besides Matic

Glad Ethan Laird played hopefully he just needs one more successful loan until he’s ready

4 years away from being 4 years away

Thank god we didn’t get him