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Ended the half well when we started to get McGinn and McBurnie involved. Welsh playing in his wrong side automatically slows things down, although I think that the intention behind it is that McKenna stays central while Henry steps forward. When Henry does go forward everything opens up for us, it brings Hickey in and leaves a man free, usually McGinn or McBurnie. Ure looks good, and great to see him take on a shot instead of the easy option of passing. Early stages, but can see some positives. Will be interesting to see us progressing it. Subs will be very key. I suspect we might not see our 8 goals in the second half because of the shaded part.

Far too much space between the 3 centre backs. We play like this against Switzerland and we might get a bit of doing.

Fixed that for you 😉

Very lucky not to be behind, it’s coming. The usual, when we are shit central midfield is non existent. Has mcginn touched the ball??

We are same. Poor start and probably lucky not to be 1 down.

Maybe it’s my tv but I can’t see anything in the shaded area.

Some finish Thank fuck for the offside

I like the idea behind the 3-4-1-2. Suits what we've got.

McBurnie My interest is already on the wane ☹️

Spot on. Fergie is a better manager than Pep because the City board broke a load of PSR rules. 🤣 You do remember the ridiculous spending advantage that Utd had over every other team during the 90s? They basically bought the league for about 15 years.

Aye, I'm fairly certain the seats won't be sold twice. That would mean we would get half the gate receipts for the re-sold tickets, which would lessen the punishment, and it would also remove any potential visibility of the punishment through empty seats. Much as the SPFL are establishment wanks that love all things Hun/Tim, they will want to send the Hun fans a bit of a message too so that this type of thing doesn't happen again.

Interesting lineup. I'm guessing a 3-4-1-2, rather than a 3-4-3 or 3-4-2-1 as hinted at. A reasonably strong side, and will be good to see how two new strikers get on in an area we've struggled in for the last decade.

Thought we might start with Bowie instead of McBurnie given his previous of not turning up for squads.

Think we have to pay for the 500 empty seats so would assume they won’t be segregation seats.

Was listening to a bit of the show they did on 5 live last night. Apparently Spurs (no laughing at the back) were denied CL football 6 times by City. That's a LOT of money even if you make the argument they only make group stages half the time. I think a few clubs will be considering cases against city

Aye taking 500 seats off us that we were unlikely to sell anyway doesn't seem much of a punishment.

If there's a player of old he's starting to remind me of it's Considine 2bh

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There’s precedent here though, with previous points deductions and fines dished out for lesser charges to various clubs. They’ll have no option other than throwing the book at them. Man City will also be wide open to litigation from other clubs (see Burnley and Everton).

You need squad players who know they’ll never be first choice, but are happy to be here & do a job when needed. If Molloy is happy with that then keep him. He’s not big enough, physical enough or aggressive enough for this league. He doesn’t have the attacking instincts for full back / wing back either, but he can do a job filling in when needed, so if he’s happy with that, I am too…

They will be given a punishment, which will be reduced on appeal. The rich rarely get their comeuppance.

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We won’t have any more than 13,000 I’d say so it’s largely irrelevant.