Wade Garrett

Don't know about record fee. I reckon it's Pelle.

He works at the club and reckons it's from the horse's mouth. He was wrong about Poch though.

Average source told me that Shaw definitely off, trying to keep Lallana, big signing in next few days.

Looks like Rooney down the middle and Sterling wide. I would give it until half-time, if it's not working, Roy has to make some very brave calls. Hopefully Rooney will rediscover his form, but if he doesn't, then Barkley is ready to take over. We are more than capable of winning tonight. Hope we continue the attacking game. So much better than the negative stuff we've played under Capello and Sven.

Give it to Granger. Very well respected coach, and a local lad. Would be good for team morale as well, the bloke isn't all there!

Good work. Personally, I never had any doubts about the quality of our board .

Where's Eamonn Andrews and his big red book?

To be fair, the pundits view of Rooney seemed to be that he tried hard but was sh*t.

I think a lot of the Dutch translations are by Schteve McLaren.

On the plus side, Rio Ferdinand has been brilliant. BBC much better than that amateur sh*t on ITV.

Thought Baines and Rooney were very poor.

We need to attack to negate their decent midfield. Play to our strengths and let them worry about us.

I have complete confidence and faith in Les Reed, the board and our owner. Wonderful people, the club is in excellent hands.

25000+ posts. That's depressing.

Dodgy ground there, we could follow it up with '2 Little Boys' and finish off with the theme tune from Jim'll Fix It.

Bookies still think it's Koeman. I am going to spend the rest of the day watching cricket, golf and football. Might even bash one out. I suggest you all do the same, rather than log on here all day hoping to hear some news. Enjoy your weekend everyone.

Very good point.

They interviewed Benitez this morning. Maybe Les set it all up and whoever does the best gets the job.

Bit of a reality check for Lovren.

Koeman back into to 8/15 on SkyBet.

I could change my view. I am both an open person and flaky as f*ck.

How I feel, and much better expressed than my effort.

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You think that's bad luck, I've got £40 on Koeman being our new manager.

I don't blame him personally if he is wheeled out to give a real positive message, which he has done, but also did before we lost our manager and striker. I hope I'm wrong, but I think the time being taken is either the club dithering, or the club not being able to finalise a deal for who they do want. I'm not sure that it is a robust process. Only my opinion. Fair play to you Minty for asking a genuine question rather than make a sarcastic comment.