i know its water under the bridge, and i'm not trying to agitate you guys. merely football discussion but..

should that be a penalty? it was pretty soft to me watching the highlights. for me also, the fact that its soft, doku did try to shoot and stuck his other foot himself and then so many attempts after.

thats really soft.

Looks like Arne is gonna push his own brand of football. Which is so far not working. We can only see when Isak and Ali is back with us.

wtf u still alive...
i wanna see isak and ekitike partner up front again...

Looks like Arne is gonna push his own brand of football. Which is so far not working. We can only see when Isak and Ali is back with us.

even Pep is switching from possession to quick counter so not sure why are we going backwards?

szobos dai sei. Celebrated early agst Ireland & now knockout of World Cup qualifiers

“This was one of the questions I didn’t expect, talking about signings in the winter,” Slot started.

“I think there are so many games to be played before that, and the position we are in, it’s the last thing that’s on my mind, maybe not for Richard [Hughes].

“But it’s the last thing on my mind, it’s not a topic at all for me at the moment.

“We have, in this moment of time, three centre-backs, with Joe Gomez included of course.

“Maybe Ryan [Gravenberch] and Watta (Endo) can play in that position, so maybe you are not aware of it, but we have other positions at the moment which are a bit more of an issue.”

“I think we’re always judged sometimes fair, sometimes unfair. I saw the (Robertson) interview live, and I know that it is an issue for us, which is completely normal,” Slot said.

“But then at these moments of time, I always think about how much I feel for his wife and his children, because that’s so, so, so, so much harder for them than it is for us.

“But that we miss the player and the person, that is completely clear.

“Maybe it tells you even more now we play Nottingham Forest. Last season we were 1-0 down at Forest and it only took him one minute to score the equaliser.

“So now I’m talking about the player that we miss. This season we haven’t managed to come back as many times as last season after being a goal down, and he definitely played his part last season.

“But we also miss him as a person, that is completely clear. But again, his wife and children will miss him so much more, and his parents as well.”

“I think it’s good to remember him every time possible, because of the person and player he was.

“But it’s impossible to measure what it does to the players and then to measure what it does for our results.

“The last thing I will do is to use it as an excuse, because I simply don’t know.

“What I do know is what we do miss the player, that’s 100 percent sure, and we also miss the person, but I cannot measure what impact that has on our performances, let alone on our results.

“That’s impossible for me to say. We will never use it as an excuse, because that doesn’t feel right.”

“Conor Bradley is not able to play and Florian Wirtz is unable to play. That’s far from ideal.”

On their issues, he explained: “Both are muscle issues. I don’t expect Conor to be part of the upcoming 22 days, maybe at the end, unless a miracle happens, which I don’t expect.

“Florian shouldn’t be that long.

Jeremie is out just as long, won't be available in the next few weeks.

Dominik is playing very well in all positions.

Joe Gomez has played two times 90 minutes in 2025 so if we want to keep him available longer it's maybe a risk to play him seven times in 22 days. He missed training yesterday but we are expecting him to train today.

Maybe one or two players have to play in positions they normally won't do.”

We did talk about it, we spoke to Milos as well. It was a big disappointment being so close to play-off games and then going out in extra time of extra time which was fair as there were two subs in that time.

It's really hard that you concede especially because in the other side you see Robbo what it means when you do qualify when you haven't for so long.

“I haven’t heard that (Konate’s contract comments), but yeah, my answer would probably be the one you expect.

“Do I have to say it, or do you say it?”