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Do we even need a striker? I know J Rod is going, but surely Gabbiadini, Long and Austin (and perhaps Gallagher) will be enough for the season?

Nope, I said it was the right decision. Try again pal

I get your point, but it is a league, and after the end of it, we finished 8th. I hope we a) are a lot closer to the top 4 (or even in it, as I have predicted... (come on Heisenberg, quote me) ) and b) win more games. I'd still argue though that the final position is more important because of the prize money involved. We received more money than our mid-table rivals, which could be significant.

He was a terrible leader. The government of Nazi Germany was utterly, utterly chaotic. And he got too big for his boots, thought he could take on the might of Russia in addition to fighting in Western Europe and consequently lost the war. Anyhow the point is this - charisma does not necessarily equal success. The same people on Twitter who had written off Puel in December have now swung in the complete opposite direction over one interview.

He had his chance here last season and blew it. We've seen the best of him. I can't say I'll miss his classless relatives mouthing off on Twitter.

We could play beautiful, sexy football all season long, the fact of the matter is, if we don't improve on 8th, that will be a massive failure.

Twitter going hysterical over Pellegrino's charisma, and is therefore 10 times the manager Puel is. Hitler was charismatic too. That makes him the greatest leader the world has ever seen then... Let's judge him on results.

He was dreadful towards the end of the season.

Remember everyone, Tony Adams is going to be the assistant. AR-10 said so, so it must be true...

Lol, only 9th-11th?! People were practically in tears for finishing only 8th, can't wait for the meltdown if we finish lower.

So were the skates.

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