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Very well. Neat and tidy on the ball. Knows where to position himself. Looked comfortable. Would like to see more going forward but seems a prospect.

Agreed. JRod just didn't get involved, hopefully he'll come good.

Seems he's off. €20m is good money but I'd prefer to keep him.

It's a nice little role for him. He's well respected by the players and hierarchy and will be working between both. Many coaches are just coaches who struggle with player management, KD will be spending 3 days on the training ground and 2 days suited and booted. It's as close to a football management apprenticeship as there could be.

He's got a nice 'player liaison' role. 2 days suit and tied, 3 days on the training ground. As MLG says he's with the squad in the states.

I think the French / English speaking Jaidi will have a bigger role. He was with the u21 team all last season and knows the qualities of all the younger players.

I'm with you on this. If we're getting a man in his late 40s or 50s he's gotta be properly proven , if he's young and has masses of potential then track record is less important. This bloke is neither a man with an excellent history, nor is he someone with an obviously bright future.

Cheers. K Billy has said we're getting Black so it's probably correct. Black's hardly an upgrade and if Sammy's been binned that's very unfortunate.

Sammy Lee leaving? Where's that been posted / reported?

I think it's because he's not pellegrini.

Quite. Pellegrini's record of finishing behind Leicester despite spending a fortune, and having no track record of actual coaching or nurturing youth, apparently makes him the better man.

Coral were listing 5/1 but said the market was suspended when I tried to get on it.

Market on Pellegrini now suspended.

Good article, thanks for the link. He looks very interesting.

That's kind of like saying that you would have preferred a David moyes type over Poch when we hired him. Personally I'd take Jemez.

Could be. Schmidt would be great but I think he'll see us a sideways move - he's destined for the top. Yakin would he risky. My money's still on Paco. He's the new Poch.

Thanks, good watch.

That's where my monies going. Poch 2 IMO.

Man Utd have more wealth but look at the ffp caps. Spurs can pretty much pay what they want. They're a smaller club but if they win the league they'll have the clout to pull in the big boys.

Sure does. So calm, fantastic timing and good in the tackle. It'd be nice to bring a centre half through, been a while.

Nah. Lallana as a youngster stood out as an obvious future England player. I saw him at St Mary's against West Ham reserves when he was 17 or so create about a dozen goal scoring chances. Hesketh is capable but for me an obvious league 1 (poss championship if he knuckles down) player.

Good performance on the while. Gardos looked solid, young Jones very good as was Gallagher, Hesketh and Gape. JWP worked hard as did Reed but they didn't stand out. Targett looked awful at times although he put in some nice corners.

Interesting that his brother has a different take on it!

Not sure where you heard this. RK rates him. He didn't want to loan him to Hull last season.

Better than me! Not a thing today. Will sit out tomorrow and see what I can salvage on Friday.