Dinho lad

I was over paid by them by £690. And now it's officially mine.

This is how I view the signing. He's not going to be a classy John Stones type of centre back, but he'll probably be a big hard bastard who will provide the no nonsense defending that Williams and Taylor were supposed to but never really delivered. Think of Robert Huth at Leicester. Hanley will be great in the championship, but also useful next year against the Tony Pulis or Allardyce style teams. Maaaaaan... if we don't go up this season.

true.

Even though most of them have been largely responsible for our relegation? Yeah, my fucking heart is bleeding for them.

The dumb fuck.

I think, like us, they have high hopes with their manager - David Wanger - who was manager of Dortmund II when Klopp was there. They're mates and share the same philosophy, apparently.

steady eddy.

Refreshing to see a young player taking his career seriously and who clearly self-reflects in order to improve. He's grabbing his shot at professional football with both hands as he's smart enough to realise that you only get one shot at it and have to make the most out of it. Impressive, indeed. Good luck to him.

Don't. Just please DON'T!

Bless you, you big, lovely, bugger.

Pretty sure he'll have specified it has to exist. Maybe. Why bother though? Good craic innit. Well he's a renowned manager and football expert, why wouldn't he have a website? He has his own stuff to say that doesn't need to be through any particular club. Just because our last two managers didn't know what the internet was. Genuine question, do other top managers have them? And, if so, do they still use them when they're employed by a club? Of all of things with this club and THIS is the thing you have an issue with? Wow. What are you talking about 'issue'? I don't get it particularly. I'm hardly standing outside the stadium with a 'Rafa Out' banner. Also find it weird that Ashleys regime has been notoriously jittery with regard to press and the messages coming out from the club being joined up, Mirror relationship etc, that they're seemingly so cool with this. It was one of the first things that I thought would go if I'm honest. I think I said that at the time of his appointment too. It doesn't really chime with the previous views. I'm not that arsed what he does on his website frankly, just find it a bit peculiar. It's obviously Rafa the Brand - what's so strange about that, Minhosa? It's normal business in contemporary football world. I'm not saying it isn't. What I was asking was whether most top managers have them and whether they tended to use them whilst employed at clubs? It was a genuine question, it's not something I've ever paid any attention to. I was also making the point that it's the only time during the Ashley reign that we've had messages coming out from two sources about the club as he's been notoriously nervy around PR and he's always had that reputation in business of being mistrusting of the media. I think from a fans perspective, it's got to be a big positive overall as we're at least getting some noise from a respected member of the club. It's not a criticism at all, it's just an observation that it's a marked change of approach in an area that's clearly close to Ashleys heart. Why does it matter if some top managers have them or not? The control of the PR probably stemmed from one of Ashley's many crap advisers.

Pretty sure he'll have specified it has to exist. Maybe. Why bother though? Good craic innit. Well he's a renowned manager and football expert, why wouldn't he have a website? He has his own stuff to say that doesn't need to be through any particular club. Just because our last two managers didn't know what the internet was. Genuine question, do other top managers have them? And, if so, do they still use them when they're employed by a club? Of all of things with this club and THIS is the thing you have an issue with? Wow. What are you talking about 'issue'? I don't get it particularly. I'm hardly standing outside the stadium with a 'Rafa Out' banner. Also find it weird that Ashleys regime has been notoriously jittery with regard to press and the messages coming out from the club being joined up, Mirror relationship etc, that they're seemingly so cool with this. It was one of the first things that I thought would go if I'm honest. I think I said that at the time of his appointment too. It doesn't really chime with the previous views. I'm not that arsed what he does on his website frankly, just find it a bit peculiar. It's obviously Rafa the Brand - what's so strange about that, Minhosa? It's normal business in contemporary football world.

Wasn't he a Pardew signing? I thought Obertan and Elliot were his only signings? Those two as well.

Pretty sure he'll have specified it has to exist. Maybe. Why bother though? Rafa own some sort of football coaching/stats software - part of its marketing is no doubt the fact that this software is designed by one of the most knowledgeable and high achieving managers in the game. Owning a website, as a base of his talents and achievements, is a no brainer - it's no different than someone owning a LinkedIn account. He's clearly astute, not just about football, and is simply making the most out of his potential and potential earning. I have no problem with that.

Wasn't he a Pardew signing?

Gonzallo Pelle's gesture before taking his penalty against Germany and how that penalty ended. Right up there with Zaza's, imo. (No wonder he buggered off to China. ) On a serious note, Portugal beating France, on their own patch and in the final, is quite a highlight, imo.

Couldn't careless - he's right. Over-privileged cunts.

Yeah. Also the fact that the BBC think he's qualified enough to be a pundit.

Savage, Fowler and Townsend are all working in the media now as well. Employing intelligent people wouldn't hurt, you know.

Nzogbia was the better player for us.

As Portugal showed, you don't need to win games to win tournaments. No wonder football is so much boring these days if that's the approach.

Modric? The keeper should have saved it.