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Also, Wellens might be back here soon as manager

He was a centre half, on loan from Liverpool. Decent player at that level

I actually liked Wellens. He was always willing to hold onto the ball for a bit longer, waiting for the right pass to, say, Andy King

Albrighton, Fuchs, Okazaki......

Eduoard's cameo against Bournemouth

They could pick 11 15-year olds and play without that sponsor on the shirts

The players and the clubs are paying massive amounts for something (contract negotiation) that the PFA will do for a relatively small fee.

I am going to the game, travelling a long way to do so (calm down, I´m combining it with a visit to see family). At least this season there´s no tension about whether we might stay up. I thought we were down when we lost to Palace. I wonder what the audience does at the opera or ballet when the performance is poor. Do they sing "You don´t what you´re doing" at the conductor and "You´re not fit to wear the leotard" at the ballet dancers"?

Is Ruud drinking 2 pints or has Rudkin gone to buy some crisps?

They have tactics? There are 2 possibilites: 1. Some of the young players are better than the current first teamers but Ruud doesn´t want to "rush" them, which would be worrying. 2. The young players are worse than the current first teamers, which would be very worrying

I´ve already booked my return trip to Mars in 2043, on Elon Musk´s SpaceX football special, for the inter-galactic (northern area) play-off 2nd leg

Options 2 and 3 are basically the same as we will not be able to get rid of many high earners. We should sign several promising players from lower leagues to combine with home grown players and the senior players that stay. I hope that if things are not going well then the crowd doesn´t turn on the players, particularly the younger ones. I think the booing of Ayew and McAteer, among others, is disgraceful. Perhaps they are scapegoats and the fans are really booing the owners and the coaches and recruiters, but it doesn´t achieve anything.

The players have been asking Vesty´s dog how to hold onto a lead. He (or is it a she?) told them not to worry about that as it would require them to score a goal

Not really related, but what happened to Vicky the Vixen and Cousin Dennis? Did they run off together, leaving Filbert on his own?