1. Postpublished at 11:46 Greenwich Mean Time

    Haha, yep that sums it up nicely, thanks Henry.

    OK, I think now's the time to focus on Celtic vs Bayern Munich and the Merseyside derby.

    Fancy a "favourite Goodison memories" as our next Get Involved?

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    Get Involvedpublished at 11:44 Greenwich Mean Time

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    To sum up this mornings Pep chat. I think we can all agree, Guardiola is definitely one of the managers of all time.

    Henry (staying neutral)

  3. Postpublished at 11:41 Greenwich Mean Time

    The floor is open to anyone who wants to make Dave's day.

    Even though he won't be a free agent any time soon, could somebody suggest Alexander Isak to Arsenal, for old time's sake?

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    Get Involvedpublished at 11:39 Greenwich Mean Time

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    On a serious note, as an Arsenal fan can someone please put out a list of strikers that are free agents?

    Dave

  5. Fifth-round drawpublished at 11:36 Greenwich Mean Time

    And then there were 16.

    Here is the draw for the fifth round of the FA Cup. These games will be played across the weekend of 1 and 2 March, however we don't yet know the picks for TV.

    • Preston North End v Burnley
    • Aston Villa v Cardiff City
    • Crystal Palace v Millwall
    • Manchester United v Fulham
    • Newcastle United v Brighton
    • Bournemouth v Wolves
    • Manchester City v Plymouth Argyle
    • Nottingham Forest v Ipswich Town
  6. Postpublished at 11:32 Greenwich Mean Time

    Oh no, we've lost the dressing room when it comes to the Get Involveds.

    An anonymous texter has just messaged in with the opening "Pep Fraudiola".

  7. 'Penalties is not a lottery'published at 11:28 Greenwich Mean Time

    Exeter City 2-2 Nottingham Forest (Forest win 4-2 on penalties)

    Nottingham Forest

    Matz Sels and Jota Silva hugImage source, Getty Images

    Is a penalty shootout just a lottery? Not according to Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo.

    "It was a tough one. This is the FA Cup, we knew how hard it was going to be," he told BBC Radio Nottingham.

    "Credit to Exeter, but probably we didn't do one of the best games. At the end we are happy, this is more important.

    "Penalties is not a lottery. We have to prepare them and the boys were really focused on doing things properly.

    "We take our penalty shots in training sessions and did really well here."

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    Get Involvedpublished at 11:25 Greenwich Mean Time

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    Where does this persistent myth of Pep only inheriting great sides come from?! Barca finished 3rd and 18 points off the pace the season before he joined. City scraped 4th on goal difference. He built both of those title winning sides! (Barca being the best ever side). Just odd that it persists despite being provably wrong with 2 seconds of thought!

    Callum

  9. Forest taken all the way by Exeterpublished at 11:23 Greenwich Mean Time

    Exeter City 2-2 Nottingham Forest (Forest win 4-2 on penalties)

    Media caption,

    Nottingham Forest beat 10-man Exeter on penalties

    "It was a heroic effort - it feels like we've been playing for about three days," Exeter City manager Gary Caldwell told BBC Sport.

    The Grecians are 18th in League One and Caldwell thinks the game against Nottingham Forest can help spur his side on for the rest of the season.

    "The players were outstanding. The mentality, the teamwork, the looking after each other and protecting each other in difficult moments was incredible. It's something we have to take forward," he said.

    "We have to use this performance, we have to use this feeling and take this into the next 17 games."

  10. Forest beat 10-man Exeter on penaltiespublished at 11:20 Greenwich Mean Time

    Exeter City 2-2 Nottingham Forest (Forest win 4-2 on penalties)

    Nottingham Forest

    Nottingham Forest celebrateImage source, Getty Images

    There was also FA Cup football last night - it just never ends.

    Nottingham Forest are into the fifth round of the competition but Nuno Espirito Santo's much-changed side - 10 changes in total - needed extra time and penalties to beat 10-man Exeter City at St James Park in the fourth round.

    In the shootout, Exeter's Reece Cole had his effort saved, while Angus MacDonald smacked the bar for the hosts before Neco Williams scored the decisive penalty for Forest.

    Josh Magennis opened the scoring for League One Exeter after five minutes, but Forest were soon level, then ahead, through Ramon Sosa and Taiwo Awoniyi.

    Magennis got Exeter back in the tie with an equaliser from a set piece in the second half, although manager Gary Caldwell also watched his side go down to 10 men when debutant Ed Turns was given a straight red for an 87th-minute foul on substitute Morgan Gibbs-White.

    In the end, Forest avoided a potential banana skin and they will face Ipswich Town at the City Ground at the start of next month.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 11:16 Greenwich Mean Time

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    Here's my controversial Pep take....He is massively over-rated. Inherited the greatest side ever at Barca, took Bayern backwards and performed as expected at the richest club in the world. Of course, as a United fan, I'm sure I would be singing a different tune had Fergie convinced him otherwise

    Ash from Manchester

  12. Postpublished at 11:14 Greenwich Mean Time

    Other T-shirts featuring rock stars and football clubs are available. Presumably.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 11:13 Greenwich Mean Time

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    The Ozzy tifo for Villa v Celtic has to be the peak. The man himself is selling tshirts of it on his website!

    David

    Ozzy Osbourne tifo at Villa ParkImage source, Getty Images
  14. Postpublished at 11:10 Greenwich Mean Time

    I've always wondered, who is it that makes these Tifos? They're hardly something you can just stitch together in your front room.

    And who checks for typos? Speaking as somebody who makes them often.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 11:07 Greenwich Mean Time

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    The Champions League Final in Munich springs to mind. Yes, their City and their Stadium but it was Chelsea’s Cup!

    Rob, London

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  16. Postpublished at 11:04 Greenwich Mean Time

    Keep your Pep Guardiola takes and favourite Tifo memories coming in.

    Very shortly we'll start building up to tonight's Merseyside derby and Celtic's match with Bayern Munich in the Champions League.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 10:59 Greenwich Mean Time

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    Re 09:27 - When Pep arrived at City the spine of the team was Kompany, Fernandinho, Aguero, and David Silva. He's won two titles and a treble since they left. Not only is it yet another moving of the goalposts as far as City are concerned (remember when we wouldn't be a great team till we won in Europe), it's demonstrably untrue to say Pep hasn't had to rebuild the team.

    Daniel

  18. 'Madrid players now realise how nervous City are'published at 10:55 Greenwich Mean Time

    Man City 2-3 Real Madrid

    Manuel Sanchez
    Spanish football journalist on the Football Daily podcast

    I think Real Madrid have taken a lot of pressure off themselves with the win. I think it will boost the confidence of the players a lot. They needed this.

    It has always been difficult for the Madrid mindset to get this kind of victory against Pep Guardiola when he was at both Barcelona and Man City. I think the players needed this and the fans needed this because they wanted this kind of victory against Guardiola and having the second leg at home now is a big advantage for them.

    I think the Madrid players have realised now how bad that City are at defending and how badly they handle their nerves at this moment. The level of confidence of Man City right now is so low and they need to smell that blood and come for it and I think they will go for it in the second leg as well.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 10:52 Greenwich Mean Time

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    Nothing worse than a soft apple. A great coach is someone who is a serial winner, a great manager is someone who can make the most out of a depleted squad and still contend. Klopp, Mourinho, Fergie, Wenger…and I’d say up and coming for that list is Nuno. It’s the ability to inspire an underdog team to victory. Pep is a master tactician, but he isn’t the best manager.

    James

  20. 'Grealish can't find a rhythm'published at 10:49 Greenwich Mean Time

    Man City 2-3 Real Madrid

    Chris Sutton
    BBC football predictions expert on BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast

    Jack GrealishImage source, Getty Images

    For Jack Grealish to get the nod, I mean, I was surprised. He started just based on his performance as this season.

    So, you know, gets the nod and then had a part in the Manchester City goal, didn't he? Wonderful.

    Ball into Gvardiol and down in Haaland, finished. And then a few minutes later, he comes off, which pretty much summed up his season, really.

    He can't find a rhythm. Let's hope he has a possibility of making the second leg.