Short podcast from this week with him here. Talks about Blackburn a little bit

I was responding more to "I'm not sure where it will go from there". Whether he "makes it" as a consistent Prem performer remains to be seen, I just don't think he'll struggle for offers

I don't think he'll struggle for offers at all, he's done easily enough for a promoted club, or a Palace/Everton etc to be interested. Back to Forest might be a shout if they stay up

Looking like he's been called up anyway in the end due to others having to drop out https://www.instagram.com/p/C4p2lAiNmai/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=ae67425d-0b0b-4d6d-b6a0-c2ed290e8aef

She came to UK when she was about 15 or 16 so still mainly grew up in Chile really. Personally I lay the blame squarely at her feet, she never spoke to her kids in Spanish at all growing up. Massive waste of an opportunity - and seemingly paying for it now! I think it was pretty unnecessary for the new Chile manager to come out and say that really, especially when he won't have even met the bloke, never mind seen him with the squad. The stuff about team spirit doesn't make much sense when you consider the players and fans have loved him since he's been with Chile, his impact has only ever been positive in that regard. To me it smacks of a new boss in town singling out a popular player to make an example of. It may be a bit of a miscalculation, a lot of fans won't be happy he's been left out. Regarding learning the language, to offer something of a defence of him, it can be quite hard to get opportunities to practise a language when you're an English-speaker, because everywhere you go there will be people who speak at least a bit of your own language, and are keen to practise themselves. I suspect that will be the case in the Chile squad, there will be a core of players who speak a reasonable bit of English who he's fallen in with, and his attempts to interact in Spanish will be reduced to a bit of a novelty on the bus or in the pub, rather than any meaningful everyday communication. I'm sure he's been taking classes but that alone can be very slow-going in terms of getting up to speed with real-time spoken interaction. For anyone saying they've got up to an "intermediate level" on duolingo, I'd like to see you go and interact in real time with a big group of working-class lads speaking at a hundred miles an hour, using all sorts of slang and niche football terminology etc. I've spoken (Chilean) Spanish to a very high level for at least 15 years and even I get lost quite easily - following that kind of language as a learner is near impossible. But again, all his mum's fault really!

More or less where we are tbh

“Ran his knackers off” ”never gave their defenders an inch all game” “Makes a real difference to the tempo of the front line” “Works ever so hard” ”a real grafter” ”I love how positive he is” “By far the hardest worker we’ve had in that role for years” Greetings from the Potteries.. Just thought I’d provide a little bulletin from our board on your former fans’ favourite 😅 feel free to rofl, lol or smh as you deem appropriate. hard luck satdee… we’re all in the mix now, could be carnage

Well Johnny Eustace would certainly get a decent reception from the travelling Stokies if he's on the touchline on Sat. One of my favourite ever Stoke players, would easily have had a good Prem career if he hadn't been so blighted by injury throughout his prime. Class midfielder. Probably end up a bit meh as a manager but I wish him well

So you're saying he's an animal in the air with sharp attacking weapons and great staying power? 🙏

Not sure but I'd imagine it'll be a cheap permanent

We (Stoke) are supposed to be signing him off you today. Schumacher was his manager at Plymouth. Skimming through your comments here is somewhat chastening. What can we expect...?

Sorry to dredge this up but where does the clearly not rating him thing come from?

correcto

This picture was posted on our board, he was making a delivery to Bargain Booze in the fine city of Stoke-on-Trent. Scored a few goals against us back in the day, for various clubs.. I presume it will be easier for you lot than it was for us...

Pleased to report from Santiago that BBD has been doing the rounds today and I managed to get word to him that it’s imperative he goes back to his roots and signs for the Potters, and that the ghosts of Stanley Matthews and Gordon Banks mandate it. The feedback I received was “he laughed”, which I’m taking to mean he’ll be opening negotiations with our transfer team as soon as he touches back down in Blighty. A dream come true I’m sure you’ll agree… 😉👍🏼