Nick wants to retire in North Korea. Problem with Merrington isn’t that he’s too negative -whenever I’ve heard him he’s been pretty bullish. The problem is that his views on the game are thoroughly dated.
Nah don’t think Hughes rates him. Hoedt is one of those players that on paper ticks all the right boxes and presumably managers think they can get the best out of him.
It’s the unseen sacrifices that are performed day in day out that make up a football club. Interrupting your holiday on a Saturday night speaks passion to me. Gao, no stranger to luxury, would understand.