I looked at Manchester United in the FA Cup and I can't remember having abandoned a shot from the brilliant goal of Bruno Fernandes. They sniff and puff and there is nothing there. It's extraordinary.
This is no lack of respect for Fulham, but half of the Fulham players would come to the man Utd team.
So I don't know if Man Utd beat Real Sociedad on Thursday in the Europa League. It is a head or tails game. I just can't see it. Then they have Arsenal on Super Sunday.
I'm worried about man utd. I really, really, really take care of them. They are a million miles and I don't see when that will change.
It is a payback time for the terrible signing sessions that they have done for the past four or five years. I don't mind Fernandes, he will always try to get on the ball. His goal was very good, but he is not a center-Midfield player in a two. I don't understand that.
You have to play to the power of the players and not the power of yourself. This is not working at the moment. It's a fact.
Ruben Amorim is only young, but top managers are adaptable and work out what to do. I saw Jose Mourinho make a replacement after 20 minutes.
He plays on the power of himself and not the players he has. It is a big mess and I don't know where it will change.
Spurs can win Europa League
If you look at the Europa League, Tottenham, Lyon, Athletic Bilbao and Lazio are the four teams that win.
Tottenham has the chance if they can get their players fit, but they have to come through AZ Alkmaar.
Tottenham is a team where you just have to ensure that you are not out of it.
The other week I looked AZ Alkmaar in Galatasaray in the second stage – they have some pace in advance and they were electric at the front.
She blew Galatasaray away and Galatasaray was lucky to get a 2-2 draw.
I don't know how Tottenham will live with them on their land because it is a big old pitch. It is a dangerous game, but in two legs I would expect Tottenham to go through it.
If Tottenham wins this and comes to the Champions League, they have had their best season ever.
But Bilbao would be my little dark horses there. They have Roma, which is a difficult game.
Chelsea needs Palmer to shoot
Cole Palmer has to play against Copenhagen in this match. Chelsea cannot leave the conference competition and they then have Leicester at home on Sunday. This is a nice safety net because the luminaires then increase and that is the problem.
They should win this cup quite comfortably, but they have to make them show up when they play and they are showing up and produced in this competition so far. That is probably due to the standard of the teams.
Chelsea must finish in the top four or top five. It was a great timing the other day when they had Southampton at home. Enzo Maresca needed it.
The only thing was that Palmer didn't score. He had three or four really good chances in that match where he would have scored them with a blindfold at the start of the season. Everything went inside. Now he just pulls a little to them.
He needs one to go inside, even when it goes from his back. Chelsea needs that, because when Palmer plays well, they are complete and completely a different team.
Chelsea would rather have won 2-0 against Southampton and Palmer gets one of the goals than to win 4-0 and he doesn't get one.
Chelsea can make history by being the only team ever to win every European competition. That could take forever because Real Madrid and Liverpool will not be in the Conference League.
If they returned to the Champions League and the Conference League won that would be a great season.
And as for Rangers …
Fenerbahce is a difficult game. Rangers are defeated at home by Motherwell. Absolutely no chance. I would expect Fenerbahce Rangers to beat two legs. It would surprise me if they didn't.
But Rangers look like another team in Europe compared to what they are in their domestic competition. How often do Rangers play in their competition and are the underdog to win? Never, Bar Celtic.
Now they have come to Europe and they are the underdog and they have performed. It is a different kind of pressure.
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