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Lots already questioning his lack of a plan B and apparent lack of ability to change it when required. 65% possession but toothless up front and beaten by a lower level team. All sounds rather familiar. Excellent.

Aaaand here they go, that didn't take long ... It is obviously really early in Pochs regime but today for me has put a big question mark on him with his team prep, selection and basic tactics and use of subs. He looked clueless on the sidelines today. I said before the season started that Poch could easily be sacked before 10 league games are played. Still would'nt suprise me. Please no more, Poch. Terrible match, no fight, no running. I was so excited by Poch, I've seen glimpses of good stuff, but I'm beginning to be completely unimpressed by him to be honest. Part of it is I don't agree with a lot of things he does, then what he does do fails pathetically which just reinforces the irritation he doesn't do what you wanted! Enjoying yourself Mauricio? http://www.glory-glory.co.uk/showthread.php/6853-***-OMT-Tottenham-Hotspur-v-West-Bromwich-Albion-***/

The Faltering Fullback is decent and is about 10 mins walk away. Just round the corner from Finsbury Park tube.

Out of interest, what device/ browser are you using? I've subscribed to Sportsnation HD and am on a Mac. Hardly any of the streams work for me and I've tried it on Chrome, Firefox and Safari, all with pop-ups disabled. I've tried to get both the Spurs and Everton games tonight, and neither would connect. I just get the page with Ronaldo on the left and the chat window on the right, with 'connecting' in the bottom left hand corner ad infinitum (on Chrome). Meanwhile I could get either of those games for free (albeit in shady quality) on goatd.net at the same time, so it's not like they weren't available. Any advice gratefully received...

"I also have a boy. That comes in the afternoon to me, politely gives a hand." No wonder he always looks so relaxed.

*Shudder* My god those were bleak times

My word, they really haven't taken to dear Dejan have they : All fur coat and no knickers at the moment. He really needs to start sticking to the basics and cut out the simple errors that are costing us. Not writing him off or anything, hopefully he'll improve like, but he's a walking f*kcing mistake at the moment. It's like watching Skrtel with hair. Rash, lacking in concentration and error ridden - its like watching a front footed Skrtel! Maybe its nerves but he needs to get back to basics and improve fast Lovren is becoming a concern. We were warned that he wasnt upto much but I thought he was better then this. His positioning is appalling. http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=315355.1440

Lovren getting skinned every time and Lallana scuffs and misses from six yards, excellent.

Corky's middle name is Porteous. We should play him as part of a midfield three alongside Athos and Aramis. Would give us a cutting edge.

Right, didn't know that. OK so it's: GK: Forster, Boruc, Davis, Gazzaniga DEF: Clyne, Alderweireld, Gardos, Fonte, Yoshida, Bertrand MID: Tadic, Wanyama, Schneiderlin, Cork, Davis, Mane ATT: Rodriguez, Pelle, Long, Mayuka That makes 20. So we've got 5 more places. Have we actually got 5 more senior pros who aren't out on loan? Then the U-21s who don't count but we can still pick are: Cropper, Targett, Ward-Prowse, Isgrove, Gallagher

So far I've got: GK: Forster, Boruc, Davis, Cropper DEF: Clyne, Alderweireld, Gardos, Fonte, Yoshida, Bertrand, Targett MID: Tadic, Wanyama, Schneiderlin, Ward-Prowse, Cork, Davis, Mane, Isgrove ATT: Rodriguez, Pelle, Long, Gallagher That's only 23. Who are the other two going to be?

Chicharito, who wasn't good enough for us, signs for Real Madrid

An interesting role, also known as 'cosseted footballers' b!tch'. Simon Jordan tells some great stories about some of the stuff PLOs get asked to do, not least by our very own dear Fabrice: "Last April a Fulham player liaison officer told the papers about some of his tasks. He said he'd been called out to Alain Goma's house because 'Goma's goldfish was swimming in the wrong direction'. He'd been called to rescue a player lost on the London Underground ('he was helpless'). He'd been called out by Fabrice Fernandes who kept waking up in the morning with a wet head, and discovered the player had been 'sleeping by an open window'."

Just reading his Wiki page and discovered that rather brilliantly, Gaston's home town is Fray Bentos. If he stays, his new song should be 'who ate all the pies'. That'd confuse him.

If that's true, at 23 years old, that's extraordinary.

Samaras signs for West Brom on a free. Phew.

I really, really hope you are Daniel Agger.

In the comments underneath that article is an equally interesting preview by a supporter who goes by the username Consortium11. Interesting not least because it must be 10,000 words long. It's literally the longest web comment contribution I've ever seen. Whoever it is has dedicated a LOT of time to it. Does Consortium11 post on here?

And the flight, tbf

We're reported to be offering a big hike in wages. That normally does it.

Celtic have already got Craig Gordon but would need a replacement no. 2 if Forster went. We should offer them £6m + Gazza. They get their backup, we'd have Boruc/ Forster to fight it out for no. 1 and 2, with KD as emergency no. 3 in the unlikely event the other two are unavailable. Win win.

Ezequiel Matías Schelotto (Italian pronunciation: [skeˈlɔtto]; born 23 May 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Parma. He is nicknamed El Galgo ("The Greyhound" in Spanish) because of his running skills or, less frequently, El Mosquetero ("The Musketeer") because of his peculiar look.

So what we have heard so far this afternoon is that J Rod and Spider are staying, and that we are working on 3 signings before the weekend, which are a GK, defender and forward who will be 'young, english talent'. So let's speculate and say it's Forster, van Dijk and Ings coming in. That would mean, if Krueger is true to his word, a side/ squad more like: ------------------Pelle-------------------- ---J Rod------Ramirez------Tadic---- ------------Spider----Big Vic--------------- Targett—Fonte—Van Dijk----Clyne -----------------Forster------------- Subs: Boruc, Yoshida, Davis, JWP, Cork, Gallagher, Ings Squad: Gazza, Hooiveld, Sharp, Mayuka, Isgrove, McQueen, Reed + youth players Still need a proper LB, and another forward of PL quality. And bearing in mind J Rod won't be fit until October, probably a wide player too. And the wider squad is very weak once we start getting injuries. But it would look better…

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