Itâs more dumb spaniards overcomplicating things in an attempt to be smart
The blood sacrifice Arteta used has paid off.
Well thatâs some good news to wake up to on a saturday morning if that is indeed how it plays out.
Actually heâs very much a Fergie type player. Similarity with Irwin.
Yeah thatâs a good point, was only young when Irwin was playing but I remember him being really good going forward. Plus defensively sound as well.
Good shout. About as no nonsense a player as you can imagine.
Am I remembering right but wasnât Irwin also good at free kicks? @shamrockgooner and @Stroller
Also Roy Keane rates him as the best player of all times, thatâs not a bad thing either.
Was uniteds penalty taker for a while too and, maybe Iâm misremembering, but I think he often took corners as well.
Irwin was their most consistent player and Ferguson has often said that he was the most important player in that team.
He wasnât spectacular and didnât shout a lot but rarely made a mistake and all the other players looked up to him.
Tierney is a similar player and has a great attitude.
Itâs clear we need several more like him in all positions because having a LB as your most influential player doesnât say much for the rest of the team
Itâs no coincidence that when he didnât play against Crystal Palace, a team we should be beating comfortably, we looked out of ideas going forward.
Off topic, but itâs crazy the number of amazing players the Republic of Ireland and Scotland produced in that period (1970s-1990s) not that they donât now, but itâs like when you watch any of the best teams from the 70s, 80s and 90s thereâs an abundance of Scottish and Irish talent. Arsenal, Liverpool, Utd etcâŚ
Allot of the Republicâs players came through the English ranks and got an Irish passport to play for Ireland,
Not having the pick of the worldâs best players also meant clubs had to bring through youth and players playing locally. Generally speaking there was more quality English, Scottish and Irish players as a result of this
We had several Irish players like Stapleton, Brady, Quinn, OâLeary, Jennings, Rice, Nelson, which was probably more than most clubs.
But in the seventies and eighties Scotland had some of the best players in Europe and Liverpool and Man U had a lot of them also, Scotland and Ireland had very good national teams.
I donât know why it isnât happening as much now but there does seem to be fewer top players from Scotland, Ireland and Wales playing in the PL.
As @arsenescoatmaker said, there are players coming into the PL from all over the world, which hardly ever happened before so this could be one of the reasons why.
Bosman ruling ruined domestic leagues all over Europe.
Should have the night off tonight, itâs a Partey situation waiting to happen or worse.
Yeah if we canât beat Newcastle because Tierney is missing then weâre even worse than I thought
Never say never. They lost to Sheffield but managed to take us to extra time 
Should give him a new contract at the end of the season, canât afford to lose him