Pat from Poole

Just read on SKY that McKennie has been offered to Burnley on loan from Juve. Think we were after him last year. Could be an option.

Agreed. We shouldn’t go overboard on Tino. Players often have a really promising start when nobody has heard of them, and then the oppo get clued up and suss out how to nullify them.

Could do a lot worse than Schar. Though I think Worrall would have a more imposing presence.

Guardiola’s No. 2 is much the same. Says bugger all in games. Having seen the “All or Nothing” show on Amazon Prime about City, they even employ a bloke who is an ex water polo international who is basically a very good mate of Guardiola…..

Wonder if Forest would be interested in Obafemi or Shane…..

I like him; he seems a genuine guy and he puts up with the edicts from above about how the club operates financially. But it’s blindingly obvious that we cannot keep on losing games.

People who post the sort of “you’re just a rubbish fan if you want Ralph out, go and support Pompey” drivel are presumably the type of sheep who clap the team off at the end of the game after a 9-0 humbling or an utterly hapless performance in Prague. Get real. We have been total crap since January. If you accept crap, that is what you will be given in spades.

Probably doesn’t matter. Pretty nomadic industry, football. Lampard didn’t move much in his playing career, so not having to uproot family might be a bigger deal for him than somebody like Pochettino, who was quite happy for his family to live in a different country while he managed in England. I don’t think Lampard would want to work for us though.

There is as much chance of Steven Gerrard being our manager as there is of me being in a threesome with Liz Hurley and Kate Beckinsale.

Lampard has a pad in Poole (well, Studland to be precise….)

I think he might have become a Dad pretty recently. He might decide that it’s an easier life going down the Carragher / Gary Neville route. Howe left Bournemouth as he hadn’t spent much time with his wife and young kids over the years. It may be that after a year out of the game he is fully motivated to get back in. I do think Howe is destined for the very top. He is still very young in management terms.

He would never have come to us given our transfer policy.

Very true. Although I think the compensation to Ralph would be pretty expensive. If we don’t spend much of the Ings / Vestergaard money and get a couple of loan signings instead, I think we can see where a contingency pot has been set aside for….

He hasn’t. He did an excellent job at Derby and didn’t do badly at all at Chelsea. I’m not convinced he would be a good fit for us though. I’m not sure he would put up with the financial constraints. Think Howe would be more accepting of it.

Wayne Bridge in as defensive coach? I guess not…..

Good manager, Howe. Got unlucky with chronic injuries at Boscombe. Could easily see him at Saints, and think he would do well. I see Lampard mentioned on this thread, He has a pad at Studland. Just over the water from his coont of an uncle. But possibly convenient for Saints…..

None of Bournemouth’s defence are good enough for the Prem.

Still some way to go before Armstrong signs. Still has to agree personal terms. Adam Blackmore’s tweet today hinted this may not be a formality.

Looks like there might be a Saints player going to Blackburn as part of the deal…. https://twitter.com/reluctantnicko/status/1424706568667471877?s=21

Palace also looking at Lookman….

Meanwhile Lookman appears to be available and not going to Burnley. Worth a punt?? So long as he doesn’t take penalties obviously….

We’re not good enough in the key parts of the pitch. We are half-decent in midfield, but that’s just for the pretty passing in the middle-third of the pitch. It doesn’t win matches. We don’t have enough guile to score the goals we need, and we are liable to concede at any time. Plus we won’t have the positivity in the ground for home games that the fans of the 3 promoted teams will create, particularly Brentford. I very much fear this will not end well.

Might be a loan deal. Keep the cash for a striker.

Our form in the 2021 calendar year has been shocking. I’d take 17th now if you offered it to me.

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