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Nothing fickle about it we've gone from washed up dross to a proper manager with coaches who have pedigree.

Perhaps longer term Shelvey will be pushed forward but I think that is quite difficult to pull of this season where we have too many attacking midfielders and no one that can play well in central midfield other than Shelvey. Having said that though, if he were to make a good box to box central midfielder out of Wij or Moussa that would be amazing. He tends to be play with two pivots, i'd be surprised to see any box to box players although our squad isn't suited to his system at all.

Fucking hell, this still hasn't sunk in

4231 with two holding midfielders

Imagine being against this[emoji38]

Holy fuck we have a manager!

Some on here are going to absolutely hate him and his 4231 mind. I'm delighted best managerial appointment we could have made!

Last update this afternoon from As (who broke the news this morning that it was nearly done) is that talks are still ongoing, and that the holdup is that apparently Benítez demands significant transfer investment since his aim is to transform NUFC into a PL top team again. That's a pretty damn big hold up.

Douglas has to be on the wind.

Fabio Pecchia at Napoli and Real Madrid (he's still at Real Madrid now) Boudewijn Zenden at Chelsea Mauricio Pellegrino at Inter Milan Pako Ayestarán at Liverpool (but he and Rafa then fell out and he left with Sammy Lee becoming assistant) Aye, paco hasn't been his assistant for years

I'm going to be the first person to call the "we tried" tomorrow after talks break down Wouldn't expect any less from you mate I was about to post "fuck off" but then realized that I 100% deserve whatever reputation I have as the board's worst pessimist. Top man as far as im concerned

Who by? Us? Are these guys (Sun and Mirror) the media partners? Sorry, I appreciate that makes me sound like I think you're the oracle![emoji38]Anyone, chip in... Dave is as close as can be to an Oracle to be fair.

I'm going to be the first person to call the "we tried" tomorrow after talks break down Wouldn't expect any less from you mate

Aye nothing concrete yet trying not to get carried away.

Holy fuck this can't be real

Binning this useless cunt and getting a proper manager in feels far too good to be true.

Captain[emoji38]

Source? SSN reporter on twitter. Sounds like he's getting binned and we don't have a replacement secured yet to me.

Source?

Until the end of the season only reported by the Mail and SSN. Back to square one in the summer

They haven't worked with each other since his Liverpool days I think?

Still umming and arring about McClaren from the sounds of it.

Oh god, i don't even dare imagine. Rafa would be a dream

Looks like another day of getting fuck all done at work thanks to these wankers