Pamplemousse

Leicester went and won the entire league! So no, the top 4 is not 'mental', considering we were only 3 points off in 2016.

I'm surprised this guy isn't joining him https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Macaya_Fern%C3%A1ndez He's worked with Pellegrino at every club he's been at.

I said this last season, that even with Puel in charge, we would finish higher than 8th. The fact is, that all of the top 6 clubs have European football. At least one, possibly two, will struggle. Liverpool is my bet - they only just got 4th spot, with only the League to play for. They struggled the season before that with the demands of European football. Everton will definitely finish lower than 7th - they'll struggle to replicate their league form whilst playing every other Thursday. That is, of course, assuming that Koeman can get them past the qualifying rounds... We were the 'best of the rest' whilst having indifferent form. I think Leicester and us will be competing to be in the Champions League places. I'm sure Heisenberg will quote me at the end of the season (if he doesn't get banned before then) but I'll put my neck on the line and say that's where we will be. Not finishing higher than 8th will prove though that the decision to sack Puel was a mistake, so there are no excuses.

Their model is completely unsustainable. I seem to recall another south coast team spending beyond its means. It'll go tits up soon.

They're all holed up at Martin O'Neill's place in Winchester

Resdlo's post deconstructed beautifully the troll's argument that even he is lost for words and hasn't replied.

I quite like it actually. A bit different. What does our fashion expert Turkish think though?

We played some turgid stuff under Pochettino too. The loss at home to QPR (Redknapp's first visit back to SMS) and the defeat at home to an already relegated Cardiff spring to mind. And I don't think Puel went on a run of not winning as Koeman did at the end of 2015.

The same people complaining that Les Reed wasn't saying anything are now complaining that he is 'lying'

JWP causing huge problems with his set-piece delivery

I imagine the work permit issue probably put us off.

AR-10, nobody is ever going to believe you. At least try and put some effort into trolling.

Not by Liverpool it won't be. Lol. You can't afford our asking price. Only the elite English clubs or those from abroad will be able to cough up the required money.

Lol, Millwall is a bigger draw for players than lowly Portsmouth. How embarrassing

All over twitter that he is having a medical tomorrow, £5.27M plus £1.75M in bonuses. Looks like he'll be our first summer signing.

Pellegrino's coaches have been with him at every club he's been at, so they'll move from Alavés to here.

I never said he wasn't in the city. I said he hasn't been anywhere near the club. We are not going to be after a failed former Portsmouth manager.

Tony Adams is trying to buy Sunderland, so relax guys. He hasn't been anywhere near the club.

So when does the 18-19 kit thread get started?

How about we sing this Pellegrino instead of Jermain Defoe The complicated ones with lots of nice lyrics in are cool but we have to consider what the Northam can actually do. Lots of fast pace clapping as well, so it fits in nicely with the capabilities of the Northam.

If we win and do well, he'll have nothing to troll about. He's only happy when we lose. Sad!

Vallejo was already at Alavés, I'm not sure Pellegrino has worked with the same GK coach at every club. Perhaps though this guy is so good that MP will want to bring him in too.

No news yet, but there are three guys with whom he has worked at many of his clubs before, so it seems likely that they'll come with him. Unless they don't fancy the English weather.

None of them have English wikipedia articles so I had to rely on my A-Level Spanish knowledge and Google Translate.

No. But I have done some digging. His assistant at Alavés was another Argentine called Carlos Compagnucci, who has worked with Pellegrino at his previous three clubs, so I'd imagine he'd be one of them. And there was another called Xavier Tamarit, who also worked with him at Estudiantes, Independiente and Alavés. He also worked with a Fitness Coach called Gabriel Macaya Fernández he's been with Pellegrino at every club he has managed.