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It's not like the players look like they're having a good time Half the time they appear to be as confused and disgruntled as me, which I'm guessing isn't really what we're aiming for.

Says he wants to be a coach but not a manager which I think bumps up the chances of him staying here long term. Would be cool if he does slot into our setup long term.

Fair enough. It was a genuine question, maybe everyone's loving it more than me. But a few other video features would be good. Maybe convince some of the players to do edited versions of their life story presentations they do for the squad or something. Just for a change.

Sure, it's just seems pretty lazy at this point, what with the connect 4, the scalextric, the pictionary, the darts, guess the tune, guess the face, what's in the box, what have I got stuck to my forehead, what's that stain on the mattress etc. etc.... They'll be guessing how many grains of rice are in a bottle next. It started out cool but how much deliberate naffness can we take?

Are these videos popular? They better be, because they don't half do a lot of them to the exclusion of anything else...

He's an interesting boy...

Trying to use Rice and Saka as makeweights?

That's my gut feeling also. Given what's going on there it sounds like this is a joke. Saying that, supposedly we have been in a decent amount of contact with 777 in the past. There were rumours of us buying their group to fast forward the multi club model. So it's plausible we've got a relationship with him, and I don't suppose I can be too prejudiced against him without knowing more...

Yeah... There's every chance I'm talking shit, of course!

No idea but from what we've heard, I'd take a punt on it being Mourinho's guy from Napoli.

Better make sure he reads the small print on his cone-tract, first.

Reminds me of late '21...

It is striking how many decent foreign managers have really humble, journeyman backgrounds compared to what clubs here tend to go for. Maybe drifting around at unfashionable clubs, maybe retiring in their late 20s through injury in the lower leagues. The closest British comparison I can think of is our very own Eddie Howe And he basically dragged a tinpot club kicking and screaming into the big time to make any mark in this country. And still had the media laughing at the idea we'd hire him rather than someone who knows what it takes like Frank Lampard.

At least you recognised it

To be fair that's a bit of a disease we have in this country. If he was foreign we wouldn't think twice about his background being in Series B or the German third division. But because he's a Brit we naturally expect some star power like Gerrard.