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Oh, it’s bollocks so... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

...err is this the confirmation we have all been waiting for?! :O Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I imagine the new ownership will value the 'If Rafa can work for these lot (Saudi state, etc) - that's good enough for me.' line tremendously. His appointment would go far in appeasing fans who are uneasy about being owned by the Saudi PIF. If there is a manager who can galvanise the club under new (somewhat controversial owners), it's Rafa. He is the right man is every aspect: he will continue building his vision for the club, from the ground up, thoroughly and at the right pace. He will not likely sign players who 'don't want to be here' and he will go about presenting the club is the same professional way that he had been doing before. Rafa is absolutely the man for this job. Would he have issues working for the Saudis though? I'd have to assume that he would have his reservations...

I love a HTT essay!! Keep em coming, bud!

Scores again!

Scored

Scored tonight

@HanoiToon will be able to assist on Twitter. Googled expecting it to be a p*ss take. Wasn't expecting a real account. He's impressively obsessed with hating Joey Barton, like. Knows his stuff then Lived there for 3 years. You'll 100% get the game in O Learys on Bà Triệu. Other then that you can go to most pubs or cafes. In Tây Hồ you have the Republic and a new Vietnamese run Irish bar The leprechaun. Any help, let me know Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using Tapatalk

Very pleased I'm in the eastern time zone for this one A pleasant 6.45pm kickoff here in Hanoi

who said they weren't valid ian? i missed it, can you point me in the right direction mate... These posts are really annoying, FWIW. I obviously don't mean literally. FWIW I agree. I mean- come on. IMO If you guys cant enjoy 4 wins in the bounce then you'll never be satisfied TBH. You cant dominate teams for 90 minutes and smash everyone for 4 and 5 goals. FWIW, Pards probably has to be careful managing expectations now that he's proving the doubters wrong. Let's just hope this continues and get behind the team and Pards. :thup: EDIT: BTW looks like Pards was right about Europe too - noticed a few teams have lost games after a European match this season. http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/images/south_park/episode_thumbnails/s09e07_480.jpg

This for me.

In this case, something fairly specific for me. It was not inconceivable we'd sell our best players and bring in some cheap crap. It has been often said this would fit the Ashley model. We haven't done that. We have Krul, Debuchy, Yanga Mbiwa, Santon and Collocinni. A very pleasing back 5. We have Haten Ben Arfa, Sissoko, Cabaye and Anita. A perfectly palatable central 5. We have Gouffran, Cisse and Remy. A not unexciting front 3. We have a good bench, but beyond that, not a lot of quality. We clearly lack an effective senior attacking left winger and a striker. Pardew indicated he wanted at least one or both and he got neither. That is deeply disappointing, deeply frustrating, and we're all pretty angry about it. Not least because all it would have taken to elevate our optimism for this season considerably would have been that one extra attacker. Raging, no (that would have come if we'd sold anyone of note). But as it is, it's an opportunity well and truly missed. Good post

Decent pundit.

This. And he seems pretty despondent with the current squad and lack of attacking cohesion. Wouldn't blame him either.

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