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I was about to leave the bar because no one was coming to take my food order. Then I found out that everything was done through the app. I meant that they are well-managed inscriptions and that they have been put to good use.

The first time I went into a Wetherspoon I almost left angry and without eating. If they stay to explain that, it seems to me that they are exploited inscriptions.

Yes. Hahahaha Okay. I don't want to scare anyone. But Manquillo at 18 years old was a Top player project. (As today is Lewis Hall) (Don't hate me). He played in the lower teams of Spain with two older boys (Montoya, Barcelona; Carvajal, Real Madrid) and the best of all was Manquillo. He looked amazing. But when he made his debut with the Atleti first team, he had the misfortune that Juanfran began to play in that team, who was a converted winger and who was the Best Right Back in the history of Atleti playing for the club for 7-8 years. great level. Manquillo went on loan... And it was so stupid that he went to Liverpool (where Glenn Johnson and Jon Flanagan were) and in the years in which he had to make the leap... he was playing very little and on loan without sense. Then he started playing LB sometimes... Where he had never played... And he ended up being a mediocre player. PS: The story with his brother is curious. Both played for Real Madrid. But Real Madrid kicked out Vïctor (his brother from him) and stayed with Javi when they were both 13 years old. This greatly upset the family, who wanted the brothers to continue playing together. So they went to Atlético de Madrid. But Víctor really wasn't good, he didn't pass the tests and Javier was left alone. Víctor went to Rayo Vallecano and there he was. Victor retired 5-6 years ago and the highest level he could do was play a year in the third level of Spanish football (and in Spain, the third level is not professional and you don't earn money to live).

Yes. In Celta Vigo. Could be. Because Celta de Vigo has 2RB (Carreria and Vazquez) and only 1LB (Manu Sánchez, on loan from Atleti). Carreira and so young and inexperienced, Vazquez is not so good and Sánchez is (for me) very soft in defense. The other day, Rafa played with Cervi (Second Striker) in Left Back.

It sounds to me that Manquillo is in Spain. A few months ago Cádiz wanted him, who ended up saving the category. I've been looking, and there are only two teams in Spain that need to sign a RB (Alavés and Rayo Vallecano). Rayo Vallecano is in Madrid, so he could come home. The problem? Manquillo's twin brother (yes, there are two) played for several years in the Rayo Vallecano youth academy and when he left there must have been a very bad relationship between family and club.

Hall is very young. He has to earn a place and we'll see what happens. It is a long season, 60 games. I believe that with this, what happens is that Burn will be one of the 4 central defenders, but he will continue to be the starting LB, and that we will not sign a new CB this market (unless Lascelles leaves) and we will leave the signing of a CB for the next summer). What "scares" me is the number of players that we are going to have with barely playing minutes and that I don't know if we will be able to sign up among the 25. I understand that Fraser, Hayden, Manquillo and Hendrick will leave, but even so, we still have players that Howe wants to be on the squad and that they are going to stay despite knowing that they never play like Ritchie, Krafth, Dummett, Gillespie...

By the way. Is Hall an old fan of the club or something?

I thought the reason for Gillespie's renewal was because he grew up in the youth academy and could fill one of the 4 required UCL slots, but he actually left the team at the age of 15-16 so he doesn't count as a UEFA youth academy player. Anyway, I really like what the club is doing. A sense of belonging to the squad and a sense of belonging to everything outside, with people like Ameobi or Given taking part, with people like Shearer with whom you interact... That visit from Milburn's relatives on the trip to the USA... Hopefully important things can be done with people like Solano, Keegan, Gazza or even Steven Taylor to try to reach different generations.

I don't know what will be his position in the team, but can we add Gillespie to that?

Hahahahaha I don't know anything. I only give my opinion on things about which I may have certain concepts or knowledge.

La Liga is boring, but it is not if you are going to play for Real Madrid or Barcelona. You make sure to be champion yes or yes every year of one or two cups. For many years, Real Madrid and Barcelona have been able to expand very well in South America and every person born there dreams of playing for these two clubs. (I understand that also because of a matter as simple as the fact that we share a language). Keep in mind that, although the Premier League is the best league in the world, there is no clear dominator. There was it with Fergie at Manchester United, but in the last 20 years things have been divided between Manchesters, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool... It's more difficult to feel identified with a Chelsea that wins the UCL one year, but the following year He doesn't play it because Tottenham, Leicester, Everton or, from now on, us also fight for it. On the other hand, Real Madrid and Barcelona not only play the championship every year, but have dominated it for years. Madrid historically, and recently too. And they have benefited from this thanks to the unfair distribution of television money that they have had for more than 10 years for which they took 160M euros each team, while for the rest of the 18 teams in Spain there were 300M to distribute. In addition, they have also had the two greatest stars of world football (Messi and Ronaldo) of the last decade as emblems. Madrid and Barcelona is not the same as saying the Spanish League. And if you can't go with them, you'll go outside. The sample was what happened in its day with players like Silva or Mata (they played for Valencia, which was the third best team in Spain and had to go to the Premier) or with others like Cazorla. Without going any further, nothing ago, Leeds in the Championship signed Rodrigo Moreno to Valencia, then their star striker. And there are many cases of players leaving teams in Spain that are Top 6 to go to teams that are fighting to stay in the Premier League. PS: For a few years now, thanks to Simeone, Atlético has become a very attractive team also for some players.

I haven't seen him play too much either. Even though I'm Spanish, I barely watch the Spanish League because it's very boring to me. But the defense of Juan Miranda is what is always criticized the most. He has never been a starter in his 3 years at Betis and neither was he when he was on loan in Germany. Only in these last six months (because Betis sold Alex Moreno to Aston Villa) he kept the position. If you remember him, he is the player who played in the Euro U21 final a few weeks ago. And certainly, he had a very good tournament. I think he can be adaptable to our team, but maybe a bit expensive and he doesn't offer absolute guarantees.

I'm not sure Juan Miranda is solid defensively. Yes, it's going very well up there. He is a very good attacker and can help us in games where we need to attack much more. He still has room for improvement, because he's young, but he also makes some big mistakes. He has come out of the Barcelona youth academy, so he is very good with the ball at his feet. Now, I think our offer will have to be close to 20M because Barcelona itself has 40% of a future sale so Betis won't let it go cheap.

I am waiting for you in the final.

Well, Liverpool urgently needs a defensive midfielder and I don't know if there are many on the market. It is time to leak that Chelsea want Isaac Hayden for 30M so that Klopp will go crazy and offer us 40.

It seems to me that Liverpool and Chelsea are still a step below us. Chelsea have good players, but Pochettino still doesn't know what to play (I'm surprised he chose 3-5-2) and I think Mudryk is going to be very, very good when he adapts to the rhythm of the Premier League. Liverpool finished last season at a very high level, but I think they are going to suffer a lot from Fabinho's loss (they have a very weak and weak midfield), that Salah (who is going to continue scoring a lot of goals) is not the player from 3-4 years ago and that if they don't find a scorer in Darwin Nuñez they will suffer a lot in tight games.

Spanish media says is near to Real Sociedad.

Well. I think it's time to analyze the game, already cold. I'll start with the best. Do you know what it is? I think Bruno played a fairly normal game, turning bad. He did not stand out too much except in some very showy long delivery. If we play like this, and Bruno wasn't at his highest level... Ufff. And be careful, because I think that Villa is a very good team that will surely be Top 8 in the League and that last year already made it difficult for us. We made 5, but if it wasn't for Dibu Martínez, it could have been 7 or 8. We saw Villa's mistakes and we knew how to do damage by pressing their ball out and destroying their defensive line so far forward. Fantastic defensive line. The 4 of last year (plus Pope). This can only get better. Stronger, more compact. Incredible. Of course, I think we need to sign a defender for when Schar or Botman are not there. The season, with 4 competitions, is very long. Joelinton-Bruno-Tonali. That has to be the starting MC in important matches. Joelinton is no longer just a Box to Box who runs, fights and steals. He now understands and distributes, he knows when to pass long and short, he knows how to move around the midfield seeking to associate with everyone. Knowing how Howe understands the game, this team has to be Joelinton and 10 others. Tonali made a sensational debut scoring right out of the gate and that makes everything easier for him. I think he is a player who does not shine in goal and assist statistics, but his job is going to be to do the dirty work so that others shine. This is his level and this is just the beginning. In attack, magnificent. For me, Gordon was the man of the match. He ran every ball, he fought and he helped Burn a lot (for me, the most important thing). He has quality, his ball handling is incredibly good and he is in a sweet moment after winning the U21. The best game from him since he signed for us and I think he is going to become one of the players in the League. Nothing to say about Isak. In the end, the millions we pay for it will seem cheap to us. A pity he couldn't hit the hattrick. That competition with Wilson has to make him (both of them) much better and he has to understand that Callum is also very good and that it will be difficult for him to play 90 minutes. With Almirón he was the one with whom he had the most doubts, but yesterday he showed that he is still plugged in and that his level will only improve the team. And when the team can relax... You look at the bench, and you find Wilson, Barnes (fantastic debut), two boys from the house like Murphy and Longstaff or Livramento so that the level doesn't drop. Only yesterday I had a small regret and that is that, after the great preseason, Howe did not give Anderson more minutes.

Good Ebening.

I hope I can watch it from Amazon Prime in Spain.

Anyway, I don't think much of Ben Jacobs because I remember him being the journalist who said that Newcastle had signed Trippier for a fixed 12M, and another 12M if Newcastle managed to stay. Many Spanish media copied that information. A few days later, Jacobs posted on his Twitter that he had no idea, that he had just posted something that made sense to him and that it was his thought and not information. I don't know how you will believe it over there, but in Spain there are still many people who believe that Newcastle paid Atleti almost €30M in total for Trippier.

I like Kilman, but he doesn't fit me in the team because he's a left-footed center back who handles his left foot. We already have Botman as the starter and Burn as the substitute (and Dummett as the substitute's substitute). And Lascelles plays there even though he is right-handed. If we're looking for a replacement for Schar, it's not Kilman (unless we want to play Lascelles instead of Schar and Kilman is the replacement for Botman, which seems even worse to me). And it is very difficult to play football with two left-handed central defenders. It's like playing with two Mike Williamsons.

Their defensive line is no better than Gateshead's.