Dr Venkman

Bollocks. Roids has us sussed, guys.

I wasn’t moaning, Ian, I was making a decisive intervention.

Aye, fine. I’m sick to death of the moaning about it though Ian.

You make some reasonable points but this just isn’t worth engaging with seriously.

Useful, at worst.

Look, if Eddie wants DCL, he’ll come here and he’ll be useful, at worst. I fail to understand how any of you can have observed what Eddie’s done here and not come to the same conclusion. It’s a free signing to fill a quite unique gap in the squad. It’ll be fine. The limitations you see in DCL’s game so far will not apply once he’s had a bit of time with our coaches. Stop fucking moaning about it

If only there were some examples we could point to that show Howe can get the best out of previously uninspiring players.

No.

Now would be a really good time for this lad to find some fitness/form. He’s capable of making all of the CL permutations seem like inconsequential anxiety if he gets going.

Agreed. That’s the most important factor.

Do we need players in him?

Best coach in the world at developing players Just broken very long trophy drought Handful of top class players already If we qualify for CL it’s 2 in 3 seasons Finishing the season in fantastic form Play in the most watched league in the world Wealthy owners with stated ambition of being number 1 We have an awful lot going for us.

Love how wound up they get by our celebrity fans getting shown on match coverage. As if Ant n Dec are only at the cup final to get on telly