Foxtrot

That one was literally one of the worst tunes ever made by man

Who is this Cresswell then? Son of Aaron or Richard?

I don't feel much connection to him as a person either. He's a bit of a cold fish to me, a Daddy Knows Best sort of a bloke. Over the decades we've had some flamboyant personalities as manager and for me it is deadly important with a leader of the team who shows passion and character. Slot's and Alonso's demeanour is just not electrifying enough. We're currently bereft of such players too.

five plus minutes for an offside call last night at Newcastle. That's more like due diligence at a takeover, not a single refereeing decision.

Exactly. Remember the days of Hyypiä, who 9 times out of 10 not only won his header, but also 9 out of 10 headed it to a teammate. Always knowing where everyone else was.

(Sorry mate, couldn't resist.)

Also why would he move now, six months away from the World Cup, risking not playing every week for his new shiny club, whereas he now is club captain and is a guaranteed starter every week. Imagine moving clubs now and it doesn't work that well for him and he can slide down the power rankings for Ingurland. Only thing would be a bumper salary, but he is likely to get better terms as a freebie anyway.

True, but sometimes you have to pay through your nose and there’s no time like the present, what with the problems we’re having. And we wont get him in the summer, with loads of clubs going to go not only for him, but any decent cb abound. f***, we should go for Bastoni anyways.

Only they didn't want to sell before their European qualifying was done, iirc. As above Oh, like you said.

I miss Bobby as much as I miss Jürgen, and those merry times! Think it’s great. A chinese acupunctureist lady does that and it’s bliss.

Not having enough centre backs is not doing smart things, but giving bad planning a gilded rhetorical edge. It's rubbish and everybody knows it. Not getting a cb in this window will f*** us up but who cares, cause we have the most cleverest b*****ds in the room.

Good man. We all need sorting our selves out at times - you, me and everyone else. Hope you are all right or getting there. See you back here later.

I think football has moved on and as Pep said it's more about "riding the rhythm" than before, and so he has changed. Remember how old fashioned we looked when Dalglish took over, after the Owl Debacle? Slot who is a bleak copy of the Pep of yesteryear is for me out of sync with the new wave of three at the back football which is the new 433. Where Jürgen would fit in is a topic where I wouldn't hazard a guess thou

We could use some of that in all honesty

It is a brilliant goal and a terrific, once-in-a-lifetime hit of the ball. But he had the freedom of the pitch to make that shot as no one was closing him down, again. Now in comparison to someone who is involved in the sport professionally I know very little, but to me leaving that amount of space just outside of our box is unfathomable. It’s schoolboy stuff really.