John P

If that is indeed true that his wife is expecting this week, it is absolutely heartbreaking.

I'd have thought that Demba would still be in contact with Cheick or his family, or at least be able to get hold of them.

yes. Jesus, this is fucking awful.

f***. Is he a genuine BBC journo?

Express has put something online but just says 'according to reports in China.' Nothing official.

Hopefully this is all bollocks as there doesn't seem to be any official word yet.

Would be very surprised as Rafa loves 4-2-3-1 so much.

Caulkin mentioned Lejeune in his most recent article (Eibar defender / midfielder), so might be him instead of Reina?

Would be quite excited by Semedo, seems to be very highly rated.

All bias aside, I really cannot see him being a good manager based on how he comes across as a pundit. He bores everyone to tears and, for the most part, talks a load of nonsense.

Looks to be a poacher, but very athletic at the same time so I'm all for it. Not many of those kind of players around and they're the perfect fit for Rafa's system.

Giggs always comes across awfully to me when he's a pundit on tv. It might be that he's a completely different character behind closed doors, but he doesn't strike me as the sort of personality who would make a good manager at all.

Are people forgetting that he massively pissed off Rafa during January and, according to Caulkin, Rafa was ready to walk at the end of the season? He hasn't changed one fucking bit since he took over the club.

Think we just have multiple targets incase they fall through tbh, you know like most professional clubs will do. Unless we sell Mbemba I don't think we'll buy two personally. I think we'll buy 2. Rafa is ruthless and must know that Lascelles isn't ready for a full season in the Premier League yet. He also doesn't seem to completely trust Mbemba either.

Why should a university student be in the family area? Because they are young adults? My main gripe is that others who are on automatically renewal don't get called out. Last season I sat next to some bloke and his son who was clearly over 18, the other side of me was two middle aged people, non of them had a kid with with them. So either they are being allowed to keep their tickets despite their age, or they have a child's season ticket and using that to get an adult in. My question is why was I allowed in there in the first place when now 6 months later I have been kicked out deposited there being no change in circumstances? In all honesty I'm not that bothered as I've been moved to a similar area of the ground with only a small increase in price and hopefully I won't be surrounded by radgies. Probably because it was a half season ticket and they just wanted to fill some available seats. Now it's a new season and they are making those seats available to family first. Also, I don't know what the exact terms of the fmaily area are, but I don't think it's unreasonable that a person 18+ who isn't sat with family is being asked to move out. 'Young adult' surely doesn't make you automatically eligible for the family area, otherwise half the crowd would be eligible.

Why should a university student be in the family area?

Hertha Berlin would be awesome. Girlfriend's Dad lives in Berlin so would be a nice little trip.

Is Reina any good now?

We did this for a season too, it's only an hour on the train from York so very doable.

Shit managers who play shit football (Pulis) who masively overreact to a missed chance and then blame that one missed chance for losing / not winning the game. Maybe if you set your team up to create more than one chance a game it wouldn't fucking matter so much. Allardyce does this too, head in hands if one of his players misses a decent opportunity. You can almost see the cogs whirring in his head - there's my excuse in the post-match interview, I did everything right and I'm a tactical genius but Benteke missed the one shooting opportunity he got from a scrambled set piece.

Anyone who watches a lot of Spanish football have an opinion on him? Village Idiot?

I wonder how many players read their own thread on this forum by the way? Say hello if you're there Isaac.

Great interview, he always seems to speak very well and seems an intelligent guy. Got really high hopes for him, think he has the potential to develop into an excellent player.

Think I'd rather just keep Murphy.

Jagielka is painfully slow now, but I guess if he was used alongside someone with pace, like Mbemba, he might be able to do a job for us still.