Paulie Walnuts

He shouts fans at 35 seconds, is he trying to do some Derren Brown jiggery pokery

still chewing the same wasp

it ain't all about size

My new wallpaper... http://yoyowallpapers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1200-rafa-benitez-download-yoyo.jpg

Seeing Springsteen in Manchester today. This and Rafa news makes this a most awesome day

Absolutely.

the dream team

Intersting. Assumed most of them would have buggered off on their holidays by now.

l Cathro: 'Lads I've got a surprise for you. We've brought someone in to help on the coaching side, he's a local lad with experience of the club and a great linkedin page, some of you may remember him..."

Obertan and Shola.

We need it signed before I can relax and celebrate.

Discussions on transfer budget today - crucial - hope we get some sort of news later

Just tuned in but I think it is Chris Sutton. Always gotta have some miserable c*** to play Devil's Advocate.

Chris. Sutton?

This is why I'm constantly hitting the refresh button.

A comment from him yesterday: 'We had a few problems going into this game, I'm hoping they'll all clear themselves up. They usually do, cup final week, I find. Hopefully that'll be the case'. Questioning the integrity of his players. So glad he's history.

Even though Ashely was in the stadium Rafa earlier said he wouldn't be meeting with him yet and that he would have further meetings with Charnely first. Guess it'd be weird if they at least didn't meet whilst in the same venue. Would have looked disrespectful from Ashley.

this has certainly strengthened Rafa's bargaining powers. Hopefully the fat cunt will realise he's got a chance to get things right. Unlikely known his history.

The difference between the different European leagues is massive. Look how De Jong is scoring for fun.

Hope to God he stays. We need to be preparing for next season now. Massive restructuring required. Need to offload players and bring in new ones and not leave our business until the last minute as we normally do to save a few quid. Of course this can't happen until we get a decision. If Rafa does leave, which I expect him to do, we'll then be further behind a we'll then need to find a new manager. We know how long they (supposedly) contemplated last time before appointing McLaren.

If only we were run by professionals

if he leaves it will also be sad as all the things he's instilled will be forgotten. He's now got us much tighter at the back and done so with a very young and inexperienced defence and keeper - we just need a goalscorer imagine players being managed one day by Rafa and then later some monkey like Bruce - would have zero credibility.

yup.

player of the year in Holland last year. Unbelievable.