OldNick

As per Pass the Dutchie 'He could theoretically be back. Their final group game is the 23rd. If he's suspended for that game and Senegal without a hope to qualify for the quarter finals, he'd fly home early I assume.' So perhaps you can get off that bloody high horse, he like Boufal might get injured and so may not play

i think most of us have been surprised how little impact he made at Utd.

Amen to that

Henderson and perhaps Mane may return for them, that would make them stronger but it is in our hands now, but we will need to score at least one in my opinion

i was in the Terry Piane suite last night and it was aqnnounced that Boufal is returning from ther ANC cup with an injury that will keep him out for 3 weeks

basing it on what I heard from someone who worked at SMS when he first arrived

in life you see people get top top jobs and just don't see why, They just seem to know how and who to suck up to. IMO Reed is one of those and I suspect a horrible man to work under. Arrogant smug and full of himself

A lot of it is true but a lot is just a wind up. He is right that the fans are accepting how the club banks the money on the pretence of trying to be reall y successful. As for the atmosphere at games, the Israeli game was a nervous affair, but the Inter game there was a lot fo noise. Yes it was Inter Milan but they are not the force with world names as they were which makes it a lot less of a scalp than at others periods in time

I wonder if going to Anfield having to win by one goal may be our best bet to go through

RK didn't want to take him , tells you something. Also as he came from the england set up probably made people think it was a coup

but I was under the impression that you said Reed had not said about CL football? Les has repositioned himself and Fred was correct you cant then erase the statements that were put to us before

I think it is pertinent and needs to be looked at. None of our keepers have improved under his stewardship. He is of small stature and so he is not somebody who would have dominated the area and so fails to teach the keepers to do so. Forsters size is a massive advantage and we fail to use it. Surely it is logical to practice coming out and dominating the area. This take the pressure off the defence and also makes somebody crossing the ball having to really think about it and so move the ball further out of the danger area

sums it up

You must have run out of paper as theres a lot more to his repertoire lol

If you are in a position of strength then you may be able to demand, but Puel isn't at present. I suspect he knew the constraints when he came here.

if that was said it was odd. Sadly I think last seasons drubbing in the quarter final has left its scars and many (including myself) are fearing the worst. In the draw I wanted anyone but Liverpool as if we were to lose that would be the one that hurts most. Having those Scoucers rubbing it in and the smirks of Lallana and lovren will be hard to bear. Football is a funny game and we may make a surprise of course, let's hope so.

I have a real dislike of Reed wven though I have never met him! I assume he is well in with the owner as he is bringing home the bacon while at the same keeping a lot of the fans on board.

im not against Puel but as per us selling the quality players all the time is now Les going for a crackpot idea of squad rotation every game every season? To my mind he believes he is some kind of guru and we are watching his mad cap ideas being played out. Considering the way we are being run anything above 10th is fine, but not what I had wanted

I sent you a lol an earlier post today and I meant it

I do hope he keeps that up

Whilst I understand your sentiments I don't think you can point at a football fan and make quotes by Martin Luther King. Its 22 men kicking a ball of air around, not fighting racism.

watching West Ham last night, I thought I do hope we are not humiliated on national TV like last season!!! I do hope the Nivea man doesn't come and rub our nose in it. Football often surprises but over 2 legs may be asking a lot

I dont know whether that is right, but they knew each other didn't they?

I don't blame Puel, he probably knew that if he said he was happy with the squad it woud make him a favourable candidate for the job. I blame (as always)the complacency Reed and co had. Anyway after reading what Reed said an extra game is not a problem as the players run 13km a game and so we need squad rotation, its of course oh so different nowadays where clubs rotate their squad every game, where clubs like Chelsea (Leicester last) are foolish in keeping to the same each game