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That also might be me placing unfair expectations on him as I don't expect anybody else to do that consistently for us, not even Cook any more.

I've never once said it's down to him being at number 3 or that he's not world class man. It's just frustrating at the moment because he is so good and you want to see him totally dominate the opposition.

Yeah he got 88, not a century. In his last 17 innings when he's hit 50 he's only got a century 3 times.

Have a read what I've posted. Don't doubt that he'll succeed, but you probably won't see his Man City team at its best until the third year or so of his reign.

Guardiola knows that the Premier League is different from the Bundesliga in numerous ways and he’s been very honest about this, talking openly before his debut match against Sunderland about how challenging it’s going to be to impose his ideology in a new, unfamiliar setting. His greatest challenge, however, lies in the quality of the competition in England and he’ll be facing many top-class teams led by outstanding coaches. You only have to hear some of the names (José Mourinho, Jürgen Klopp, Slaven Bilic, Claudio Ranieri, Ronald Koeman and Mauricio Pochettino) to know to expect superb football this year. And the talent isn’t limited to these ‘big name’coaches. In fact Pep may find his greatest challenger is Chelsea’s Antonio Conte. I remember asking him back in 2015 to name two coaches with the greatest potential and, without a second’s hesitation, he said, ‘Tuchel and Conte.’He sees a lot of himself in Conte: his passion, his aggression, work ethic and determination to have the ball as much as possible, the intensity of his game and his competitive drive. ‘Conte plays positional football too. It’s very different from my own but it’s a game of position and he does it very, very well.’In private, Pep’s gone as far as identifying Chelsea as one of the favourites to win the league this year. The team has a superb coach, excellent players, and a preferential calendar without any European competition and therefore lots and lots of time to concentrate on training and preparation for each game. He may well be proven wrong but before the league kicked off Pep certainly saw Conte as one of his biggest threats. And, to my mind, there’s another good reason to take the Italian very seriously: his playing model, like Mourinho’s, requires far less time to implement than Guardiola’s and we can therefore expect Chelsea to reach cruising speed long before Manchester City.

I'm not sure how you can say the Bundesliga isn't as fast paced as the Premier League.

He never once imagined that Man City was a ready made club. Have a read of the books by Marty Pernambuco and you'll get more of an idea about him. Think the bloke is class in all honesty, don't know how you can say otherwise. Needs some decent defenders mind as Stones was way down his list of choices.

Boycs is making the point about Bairstow if he's going to be keeping. If he's just going to be a batsman and Buttler has the gloves then keep him at 5. Hopefully Root will be back at 4 in the summer too. Getting a bit frustrated by his lack of conversation at the moment, if he does get the captaincy it might kick him on like it has Kohli.

The captaincy.

You're doing it on purpose now Dave.

I think Cook is going to pack it in like.

I hope this is real.

Just started series 2 of The Detectorists. Blown away by that intro.

Inverted wingback actually works like it should since the update to 17.2.

Happy birthday lad. Hope you've let Christmas Tree's daughter out of the basement to join in the celebrations.

Need to push the defensive line up a canny bit.

Or snaking Roy Evans' daughter on that cup final night whilst he's in the hotel room next door.

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/paul-dummett/profil/spieler/170321 Has it down as 2018

Dummett's contract isn't up in the summer at all. Did he not sign a new long-term deal just after Rafa took over? Either that or the deal he previously signed had the option to go to six years.

Really looking forward to being able to see this at some point. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/11/the-eagle-huntress-teenage-mongolian-nomad-oscars-otto-bell

I reckon the next time he's over here he'll do a lot better like. Much better at leaving outside of his off.

I hate the Kohli hype. He's unbelievable don't get me wrong, but the commentators treat him like he's the best to have ever played the game.

I see Saqlain isn't coaching the spinners at the moment, he's returning for the ODIs though. Seems a baffling decision, especially when Rashid had improved so much before this match.