“You’ll never come across anyone that good again.” Yann Gueho was an outrageously talented French wonderkid, “better than Mbappe”, signed by Chelsea & destined for the top. Sadly, the last hat-trick he scored was in prison. This is his remarkable story.

@1jack_beast @71_alec Just watched his saves 👏

@71_alec Great to hear, AJ. My dad is just giving me his run down… we made a slow start but had some good chances aside from scoring?

@gaaareth90 Go on, Gareth…

@egansmind @IlltydFrancis @CharlieSwans8 Right you lot, I need to work! We could go on for ever! Let’s hope we pull a result out the bag on Sunday.

@Dai_Splash Good question, David.

@CharlieSwans8 @egansmind But this is the thing: that doesn’t mean the sporting director role (with autonomy) is wrong. What was wrong was the decision to appoint Watson.

@railroad7654 @CharlieSwans8 @egansmind It’s also about speaking to agents, as Leon said. What’s the point in flagging players you’ve got no chance of getting?

@Dai_Splash Yep. Responsibility rests with him. He wanted to be hands on with transfers. If that’s the case, you’d better make sure your recruitment team is up to it. But as Leon said the other day, where’s the football expertise, the people with contacts?

@CharlieSwans8 @egansmind First things first, it needs to be a sporting director role with all the responsibility that typically comes with that. Not just a title. There’s the first problem for anyone.

@Ace109610 @CharlieSwans8 @egansmind You need to think more about the type of recruitment we’re doing 💻

@CharlieSwans8 @egansmind A lot working behind the scenes, Charlie.

@egansmind Absolutely 👍

@CharlieSwans8 @egansmind No. He’s long gone. Point I’m making is that department has a big team. So I didn’t interpret what Williams was saying as being aimed at one or two people.

@egansmind Oh not one or two. Loads of people in that department - I was astonished to find that out.

RT @TheAthleticFC: Forget Duolingo, language lessons start with football terminology and nicknames. Then there's Pochettino, who listened…

🎥 Nunez, Thiago & Vincent Vega 💷 £20k for learning English 👶 Translating in the delivery suite 🇮🇹 Smalling’s Italian job 😔 Bielsa’s ‘sorry’ interpreter 🍒 Ouattara & the “corridor” 💫 Fabregas top of the class Football & languages, 🖊️ with @jwhitey98

@jackjiffy @firstphas3 I miss the days when I used to come over and write about “the model club”, Mark.