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A&E! 4hrs yesterday with my daughter and a dislocated finger and 5hrs today with my son and a dislocated shoulder. Don’t do sport kids!!

Felt more like he just wanted to find out what his hair actually felt like! Done us a favour either way.

Plus there was the road closure which the stadium announcer informed us about 100 times in a fairly extreme tone!

It’s the way he uses his body to shield the ball and then dribble out of space that’s so impressive for a guy of his size. Never going to be a destroyer like Wilf or a ball winner like Kante but he’s got quality when he’s on it. Think the biggest question for Ruud is who starts out of him and Winks, as Wilf as CDM is still a real asset in our position. If we start getting more of the ball maybe Winks + Soumare can work, but for me right now it’s Wilf +1.

God start, but of luck but that’s 3pts we wouldn’t have got under Cooper and a platform of positivity to build on. Dutch ovened myself when I went to bed in his honour.

I know right, embarrassing. Everyone knows it's a Jake Paul + 2 Friends vs Logan Paul + 2 Friends, boxing vs WWE triple tag team cross over fight streamed on Netflix to prove once and for all who is the toughest #3box3

Reality is if Daka hadn’t got injured we’d have never looked at him. Didn’t look a bad signing on paper given PSR but he’s landed badly (for whatever reason) not been used, lost confidence and probably fitness and now needs moving on. Waste of money and a learning but at least it’s a loan!

Great reporting BBC, but I could be wrong but that looks more like Caballero!

Wtf is it an 8:15 ko for, that’s horrible. Obviously a rhetorical question, not expecting you to answer!

Only thing that’s keeping me watching is the prospect of getting to see Thomas Franks ears again.

I hope for everyone’s sake he’s got a bloody good defensive coach lined up!

Not getting the talk of which full back will invert into midfield. As I understand it, Enzo created the overload by inverting the FB, Ruud does it by pushing one FB to the wing then the winger on that side becomes another 10. Essentially the same 3-2-4-1 formation but achieved differently. Could well be wrong though!

Ffs hurry up, been edging since Tuesday!

All about his backroom staff now if he does come in. Feel like he needs a very good defensive coach and someone who can put their arm around the players when he’s upset them. Get these in and it could just work!

Even Ruud’s frustrated with how long the announcement is taking, sat there with a long face apparently.

“So there’s the contract as agreed, you just need to sign there” ”Before I sign there’s nothing I need to know about? No controversies to come out? Nothing illegal going on or financial irregularities that may impact PSR or our transfer finances?” ”Errrrr… well… errrrr… nope!”

I’d suggest SAFs greatest strength was in his man management and Peps in his tactical understanding of the game. It’s probably easier to learn the latter as we saw last season with Enzo.

I’ve seen it more that one FB tucks into CB the other pushes up to the wing allowing the winger on that side to become a 10. For us that’s either VK as LW and Mavididi inside or JJ as RW and you’d guess Buononatte inside. Then out of possession it’s a compact 442. Either way shame for Ricardo and you’d expect a FB to be on the shopping list in January.

Feels like we’ve left an unhappy marriage for the hottie in accounts that we snogged at the Christmas party. She’s a bit of a looker and seems fun, but you have a niggling doubt why an attractive woman in her 30s has never had a serious relationship.

Feels like the risk is less on the footballing side, he seems to have a clear attacking philosophy and let’s be honest we couldn’t look less well organised. The risk seems to be more off the pitch following his stint at PSV where he fell out with the owner, his assistants and players by all accounts. That’s impressive! We’ve had Enzo who looked like a players person, Cooper who seemed nice but maybe lacked the tactical nous to win over the squad and now to a straight talking Dutchman. Could be wrong but if there is a development area for him it’s his man management. Time will tell and may need an arm round the player balance as his number 2.

As breaking news in January.

Just went for a wee and even my willy has put on a roll neck. I thought, that’s a bit Ruud.

Instantly replaces Rude dog (friend of the dweebs) as my favourite one of the species.

200?! Why stop there.

Got serious reservations about RvN. Just asked AI to predict our starting 11 under him given our squad and his style of play and he’s only gonna put Ward in goal. May need sacking before he’s recruited!