Greenridge

Has Romeu ever played at the back?

McQueen would be a much better fit for how Ralph's teams play.

When you say "most" you mean a few, right?

Let's hope they've got a player or two up their sleeve from their Bundesliga contacts or someone like Gary Cahill.

So you quoted so it was posted again?

All the comments about defensive coaching are hilarious. The players are sh1te. No coaching will help them. They aren’t good enough. It really is that simple.

The Les Reed legacy.

Transfermarkt quotes only one hamstring injury in Sept 14 where he missed 3 games. I appreciate he's had other injuries but he's hardly prone to hammy's which pretty much every footballer has suffered on multiple occasions.

It will be interesting to see how he sets up the defence. Good luck to him.

The Foo Fighters Dave Grohl?!

He’s bringing just the one assistant with him I believe. His name escapes me.

I’m assuming it’s players who didn’t feature yesterday or didn’t start. He said in the presser that he only had one session tomorrow evening with the team before Saturday as they were on a rest day today after last nights game.

He's only got tomorrow evening with the players for a session before Saturday's game. His focus is on the defence. Not surprisingly. You'd better be prepared to work, both on and off the pitch, if you want a spot in this team!

I’m already sold on this guy. Great interview. The players are going to be working their ****** off and anyone who doesn’t can wave goodbye. Will focus on the defence and everyone will know their role and tactics. Youth will be given a chance. Likely to see new arrivals in Jan and probably departures too.

Our CB’s are pretty much as bad as one another. Any coach is going to struggle with that roster. You’ve got to have some level of ability for the coach to build on. Good luck with that one Ralph. I don’t blame the players. I blame the recruitment. To think we’ve lost the likes of Toby, Jose, VvD and Lovren in recent years and this is the level we’re left with.

At CB.

Let’s hope he doesn’t march out and home never to be seen again.

Let's hope so. It seems like an awesome appointment. Fingers and everything else crossed! Blackmore was saying that we talked to four people about RaHa and they all said we had no chance of getting him!

For most, yes. For some, no chance.

1. Win 2. Win 3. Win 4. Win 5. Win

But what about Puel. You didn't mention Puel. Should he be more Puel-like than the recent managers. Should he change his name to Puel? Do you have any thoughts on Puel?

Their forum makes interesting reading. Striking parallels with this one when he was here. With recent events at the club and some better results he’s got a stay of execution for now but mutterings pretty much all season that he’s been one or two games away from getting fired.

He’s received something like £18m in compo from his sackings at Citeh, QPR, Stoke and Saints. Not bad eh.

Can’t help there but apparently his surname translates to Rabbit Hutch. No joke.

Interesting read. Thanks for posting.