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Stamfordbridge, nice one! Good to see another new poster. It should just be a case of clicking on your profile picture and uploading a new one. Otherwise, email me the pic you want to use and I’ll change it for you editor@footydebate.com

Chelsea.man welcome to the site!

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Pogba was a big miss today for Utd. I’m not sure the result would have been much different anyway but I don’t think we’d have been as poor in the middle of the park with Pogba in the side. The better side won and it is surely all over now for the chasing pack

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Congrats to all the City lads on here. That hurt. We were out-fought, out-thought and outclassed. I didn’t believe City could go all season unbeaten but you would be a fool to rule it out now

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Wow!

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Here you are Goat, last week’s scores. Sorry for the delay

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Hightown, I’m still struggling to get the weekly tables out straight away. They seem to take longer to generate for some reason. But after a quick check, it looks like you and Mav are tied on 25 points for the top spot on the week and I wasn’t far behind on 24 either. I’d be surprised if we’ve had more than 25

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Up now!

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Pax, where does Alli go from here though? He’s not really earnt a move to a bigger club but Spurs won’t want to sell him to a smaller club for a small fee as they’ll fear him finding the form of last season. Very difficult to see where he’ll go, if anywhere.

Is it the case of yet another English player who was bigged up way too soon or is it just a terrible patch of form?

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Out of the City game too. Silly boy

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Chucky, I’m amazed Utd have gone in with no goals conceded there. Utd deserved the lead but it’s been all Arsenal since. It’s hard to see how this can stay 2-0

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What a game so far! Utd will do well to hold on to this lead.

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That’s the worry 9!

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Weekly table from weekend fixtures:

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Hats off to City there. Really looked like the gap would close a little at the top tonight but that’s a huge win. Two very late wins in their last two games for City.

On one hand, a great show of character. On another, it definitely looks like they’re not rolling over teams like they were earlier on in the season. As long as they keep picking up the wins, though, they won’t care.

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Rooney still has it! Wonderful goal

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Chucky, yeah don’t get me wrong, they’re both doing a great job punching above their weight. My point is that I think they excel at being underdogs and that they seem to struggle once they’re expected to deliver. People often say things like “Look what Ranieri did with Leicester. Imagine if he had City’s budget.” My point is that I don’t agree with that. I think some managers are great “underdog” managers but it’s an entirely different man-management technique to deliver once expectations have been built up. As an example, I think someone like Klopp would struggle at Real where every single game they would be expected to win. Give him an Atletico Madrid level of side, though, and I feel he’d do wonders with them as the expectation to deliver is not as high.

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Jim, Young has been solid all season to be fair. He’s been without a doubt one of Utd’s best players. He won’t be a defining inclusion to the squad but I’d take him. We’re not blessed for left sided players and he can play anywhere from left back to left wing (& even on the right) and do a job.

As for Spurs, I’m starting to wonder if Poch is one of those managers who are great when there is no pressure or expectations on their team but struggles when it comes to being expected to get a result or being in a position where they’re expected to fight for the league. Klopp is a little bit like that for me too. They’re the kind of managers who are masters at getting to finals against the odds but lack the final bit of man management skills to get the prize once expectations have been built up.

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Ashley Young scored two very nice goals already. He has to go to the World Cup next year, as much for his versatility as anything else. Tonight should have been a tough game for Utd but Watford have been pegged back all game with Utd looking like scoring from every attack. Should have been 4 but for a stunning double save from Gomes just before the break

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Goat, it’s a scoring system. You can “Vote Up” posts you like and the karma score is a tally of how many posts each user has been voted up

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Well I was almost right on the late game until that late goal, Sean! Good result that for the rest of the pack in and around the CL spots. Top 4 impossible to call this season

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