To be honest, I'd rather he'd done this last year. In retrospect 2011-12 seems a bit of a wasted year, if he now goes out on loan for 2012-13.
It should have been year loan then potential squad player, but we've ended up doing it the other way round.
Tennis is the worst offender. Everyone suddenly becomes an expert on, say, Andy Murray's chances and 'ooh now Nadal's out' etc etc, just cos it's fecking Wimbledon.
Ask them to name the current holder of any other Grand Slam, and they haven't got a clue.
The Boat Race is also the only rowing...
I was pissed off when John Byrne went. He wasn't an especially amazing player, or even a personal favourite, but it just seemed to say so much about the state of the club at the time.
Am trying to stay positive, but think it could literally go either way. The recent setbacks to a rocess that appeared to be going smoothly are not good.
And I worry about the mentality of Vicente, who has spent much of the past few years doubting his ability and commitment to play, with...
The FA needs to dictate what the PL can and can't do, in terms of number of English players vs overseas, winter breaks, youngsters and so on.
And that is NEVER going to happen. Ever.
He's in poor form heading into it.
Djokovic, Nadal and Federer remain a class above, and I suspect Murray could well come a cropper even before he meets one of those three.
Chances of him beating one or two of Djokovic, Nadal and Federer to win the thing – tiny.