AyeDubbleYoo

When does the program start?

And?

The Joelinton signing was very weird. Spend nothing for ages and then suddenly pick him to spend £40m on.

I don’t see the point in posting that much about Howe these days, or at least I try not to. The ultimate question is whether we should be fully behind him, and the answer is of course we should.

One of our main signings was a direct replacement, I think that says where he is on the football ladder.

He's a really, really average player and not good enough for anyone in the top 8-10. Not as a starter anyway. I guess he wants to stand up and give more but he's just not physically and technically capable. He would probably be better in a slower league where you get more time.

I have no doubt the club wants to keep Joelinton, doesn't make any sense any other way. There's no way Dan Ashworth was arguing for keeping a starting PL midfielder on £43k. Maybe there was a debate about the final figure, but that's normal.

Solanke is hot property at the moment.

The ‘Bruno’ shout is terrible, but I suppose the kids like it.

Aye I get that, just people were talking about the say that the manager should have.

The manager has to have a big input, the club has to have a broader strategy too. I guess for us it might be slightly more tricky because we are (probably) only just establishing our longer-term strategy and Ashworth will have been doing that.

I know, just basking in the comedy.

Not in itself, I just meant that in itself it isn't an easy answer to anything. And they tend to cost a lot.

Small, slow, can’t run.

I used to try and time the crescendo for when the train crosses the bridge, coming up from London. Got it right a couple of times.

Yeah fair, I guess at the moment he maybe thinks he has to be everywhere.

When people listen to Local Hero, do you listen through the full intro before the crescendo? Test of a purist IMO.

I still think it's not completely clear that we need someone other than Bruno for the central role. I know it's an endless debate but he's really good there. Really good. Chelsea ran two DMs yesterday and they really did almost nothing. And they cost £100m each.

I would like to think we have a list of strategic priorities, a list of targets and all that, and the recruitment staff will continue with it.

There shouldn’t be any battle about influence. Not sure there is TBH. Howe is a modern manager and we’re a modern club now. I believe that Howe is sensible enough to know the role of a manager.

Yeah, I guess they have to play the PL anthem.

I listen more to Big River now, since the ‘we will rebuild’ Wor Flags display. Listen to it at least a couple of times a week

Remember when it was taken away, never been so angry

There’s nothing better than that song before kick off. Just wish the guy wouldn’t shout ‘enjoy the game’ and ruin it

Yeah, but even that is ignoring the other factors. It’s nice to use kids when you can but you can’t say one approach is always better than the other.