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ESPN interview with Reece

My Dad used to say to me that UK Town Planning was more destructive than the Luftwaffe. He did, however, have his tongue in his cheek, so I may have misheard.

I assumed he was just copying Nkunku

I watched the highlights, but I won't watch the games until we are three or four games in. Preseason is about getting fit and learning new patterns of play that match the coach's tactical vision. You don't do that in a couple of days because of muscle memory.

I could put out the cones. 99s all round?

I thought Guiu looked quite good, but it's just the first game. Let's see what they look like when it comes to Man City in Ohio. In case it helps:

Whatever the boss says is good with me. I'll keep me head down in training and wait for a chance to show what I can do.

Given the injury situation and just how competitive/physical the Championship is, I have doubts anyone would have got us up (especially if players chose to leave).

Is it because they have no clue which will succeed and which will not? Noone does. If you buy a group of young players and all but one, don't make it, but you get a return that covers your outlay, then you are up in the books because of the one.

I demand the right to discriminate. Trev is "one of ours". I think that has value. I would prefer to watch him play than some person I don't know brought in to replace him, even if the latter is ahead of him in skills. As much as I hate to say it, a lot of this stuff is about the narrative. Trevoh is still in the middle of his story. I want to see how it turns out. I want to see if he can overcome difficulties and hold aloft trophies won in a Chelsea shirt.

I suppose we might have another Mutu situation where we have paid an awful lot for a player's services whose behaviour has meant that he can no longer play for our first team. If so, it will be interesting to see how the club deals with it. For Mutu, we got a lot of criticism for kicking out a person on drugs, which I never really understood. Would we get the same criticism here if we did the same? Also, it would be interesting to know what his contract says.

Does anyone know anything about Caleb Wiley apart from him being a left-back?

Will wait. After last year, I have no idea who will be in the squad, who will be loaned out, who will be let go and who will be banned for half a season.

if you couldn't be arsed to read the terms of registration the first time, I suggest you re-read it. If you did, then you need to understand that these rules are for everyone and for everyone's benefit. You are not exempt even if you do believe in the absolute moral certainty of your opinions. In case you are hard of comprehension, the condition that says "No religious or political posts are allowed." means exactly that. I am off now.