It's a bit of a curate's egg. The production is very poor - every track sounds either really 'muddy' or as if it was recorded in a swimming pool. Hannett had lost it by then. In contrast, the live performances of the same tracks (eg on the 'Taras Schevenko' VHS) are great. I also agree with the...
Although it mirrors Man City this season...
...and also, to a certain extent, Southampton.
Reflecting the fact you need the players to make that system work (and injuries scuppered us last season)
Interesting article in the Gruniad today, with a graph illustrating how our style has changed across our Premier League seasons:
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/oct/14/is-it-naive-for-a-promoted-side-to-play-possession-football-in-the-premier-league
When I used to do night shifts in London, we would go to the Hamilton Hall pub in Liverpool Street station, which opened at 7am. They would sometimes turn into proper five or six hour sessions. It always amused me when the shoppers and office workers would arrive at the pub at midday for a quiet...
Was recently recalling such activities with a female colleague who I worked with in the late 80s. There was a pub across the road from our office and we would keep an eye on our boss's office window. He would often have long business lunches and we knew we could stay in the pub until he...