Dunge

Bad news: He’s not coming to coach us. Good news: He’s going to be the next England cricket captain instead. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cr475x3wplro

Could’ve been another “loan with an option” deal. Seems to be what everyone’s offering these days.

It looked to me last night like Rowett’s just told him to go Full Huth - no obligation on the ball, play safe, concentrate entirely on defending and clear your lines. It’s probably the best thing for him.

I was keeping an eye on Okoli in the Stoke match. He was rarely in a position to even challenge for a header, let alone win one. He’d go wandering, wrestle a bit with a player in a non danger area and leave the clearing to others. Combine that with Kristiansen ducking out of every aerial challenge too and it’s no wonder we’re getting overloaded. Ideally Nelson should be shouting and organising more, because he’s the only one ever in the right position. But that’s very difficult with inexperience. Particularly, I was concerned that Okoli was hiding against Stoke. Didn’t want the ball, didn’t want to be involved in key moments of defending in case he made a mistake. His confidence must be through the floor. Regardless, he’s got to stand up and get on with it because Lascelles is likely going to be a crock.

I genuinely thought that was going to be a poem from the first four lines.

For those who have been following the saga, is hfaes actually Wout himself pretending to be his own aunt?

Personally, I’m a fan of Union FS. I’m not a member or affiliate, but I appreciate a group who have passion for the club and have clearly dedicated to trying to create an atmosphere, and at a place in the ground where it’s not simply for the sake of antagonising away fans. I also say this as someone who sits in a naturally quieter part of the ground too. I don’t think of them as a problem. Quite the opposite in fact.

I still really like Stolarczyk; having a goalkeeper who is strong in the air is a godsend in a team that’s short like ours. He is making too many mistakes and needs to iron those out. But spending any limited funds we have on a new number 1 would be lunacy to me. We have so many outfield positions to prioritise, while Stolarczyk is good for the Championship and could well have a higher ceiling.

I get the complaints about Thomas, but Kristiansen is the player I most want to see banned from the training ground and told to just leave. He doesn’t want to be here, he doesn’t want to play for us, and he’s nowhere near good enough for the club to put any effort into him.

I’ve been watching weekly, did a double tonight with the last two episodes. Great watch. I had it wrong whodunnit until shortly before the end of Ep 5.

No point doing a DNA test with her because she wouldn’t accept the results anyway. She’s a fantasist.

Under the kind of moderate/anaemic government we’re used to, it is. But my concern is that it’s a gift to a future extreme government. I tend to think: Imagine a government you hate - far left, far right, either, your choice - proposed this. How would you feel then? (For the record, I’m undecided on it.)

His handling wasn’t great tonight, but if a shot goes through the wall then any save is a bonus.

My current gear-grinding advert is the eBay one where the guy’s just bought new speakers. As someone who’s had past troubles with a noisy neighbour, I don’t find it humorously charming and instead I absolutely loathe the fictional c.

I think humanity needs vanity projects, at least right now. It needs to dream, to satiate its desire for exploration. And we’re better off doing that upwards than sideways. For instance, which planet would you prefer Elon Musk was focusing on - Earth or Mars?