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Aye, there's a few post retirement interviews I'll love to see if and when they finally come out. Got a horrible feeling there'll be a proper omerta from everyone who's spent much time with Howe though

Well looks like diversity has gone and taken it over, in stead of what you expected

Can anyone point me in the direction of the Toon Toon Thunderstruck track they play before kick off now, searched high and low to no avail.

There's gonna be a few disappointed journalists when Eddie gives his first prematch press conference, and his response to questions around his illness is 'Whats important is to focus on how well the players and coaching staff did while I was away'

As a big fan of social commentary in terrace songs (I still remember singing "We're gonna piss in your water..." to Leeds during the Yorkshire water shortage thirty years ago today, when Northumbrian Water were sending tankers down the A1 to help out), I really hope we sing, "When's your recycling day, when's your recycling day...?" in Brum on Saturday. Would be a shame to miss such an opportunity.

Absolutely. And I’ll bet we won’t know the full story until he’s very much retired!

This one, by any chance?

Christ, you're not helping

I don't think it's really about ranking prejudices. Unless you mean people disliking homophobia is a prejudice. Anyway, we've debated this a hell of a lot

Yep, has been our second best performing manager (points per game) for league games in PL era, for some time now. Getting close to being best. Including cup games, is already the best ever (modern era) in terms of win percentage.

Isn't it possible that he's just done an incredibly good job of establishing a culture where everyone is ready and willing to do the right things in his absence? It's a really good sign that players have been getting texts from him though, I heard it said in that Murphy and Pope interview.

We need more black power!

I am prejudicial against the idea of signing Marc Guehi. Not good enough in the air and doesn’t have any other outstanding traits to make up for it.

Always find it odd when it's said he should've just not worn the rainbow armband. There is zero doubt in my mind he'd have generated at least as much ill feeling. He had no 'winning' move except to wear the branding and keep his mouth shut.

Barnes also mentioned that they’re “so well drilled” all season that they know their roles even if he’s not directly around. I absolutely love that.

Also, absolutely EVERYONE has their prejudices and whoever’s may be judged as more disrespectful or harmful than others atm has to do with the flux of culture and current ideology. And which side of whatever fence you may be sitting on.

I wasn’t present when whoever said that, said that but…..there’s lots of tracts from Sufi or mystical Islamic authors with a very similar theme. They’re referring though to the idea of one’s attachment to God being paramount and that other ‘worldly’ attachments, of which family is extremely strong, are a distraction if one wants to choose the life of an spiritual devotee. My initial reaction would be that the passage you’re quoting may well be of a similar ethos rather than an actual call to arms against your kith and kin.

Reports he's back for the Ipswich game, fingers crossed.

Something else we need to get better at is those mid table sides like Fulham and Bournemouth (who have both had good seasons TBF). Brighton really are our bogey side as well, sick of losing to them. That's the one game in this run we've got where I can't see past a defeat

Yeah, I was certain this man was done too. No chance he's playing at this level at the minute. Can't get my head round it. I'd agree he has to stay on next season now you'd imagine. Looks like the family issues were really affecting him previously, and perhaps that is all subsiding a bit now. Very very impressive end to the season.

Joelinton asked for one with me I said I’d love to but I’m off to H&M home for some new cushion covers.

The last thing we need to crack is our away record against the better sides. I have no doubt it'll come with time.

Give him another £170m to sign 4 players. GK, CB, CM, attacker. He rotates players he trusts. He didn’t trust Tino or Hall back then. But he did rotate with Wilson and Barnes as he trusted them. My only issue with Howe is that he might not play young talents like Tino or Hall from the start (Osula isn’t that level). He was too quick to get Tino back on the bench and he essentially perma benched Hall after a few poor showings.

Surprised Tonali wasn't with them after so many people have been calling him a midfield Metrognome