Manquillo

[HughieG]

I'd completely forgotten about him.

Think we'll move him on if we can. If we can't can he be used as back up for Dummett?

This is why the Manquillo signing puzzles me, though he's younger and possibly has a lot of potential. Gamez has experience and looked fine when he played last season, so he would have been my preferred back up to both right+left back positions.

[ghostrider]

Benitez has bought the players in and so far they've done what we all hoped for.
Now Rafa has shipped out some and brought some more in and we have to trust his judgement and ability to manage/man manage and coach them to gain the minimum expectation we all require, which is obviously to steer clear of relegation.

Anything more is a bonus and any better players on the market for our newly promoted budget will be pursued and probably got, assuming ideal scenarios.

Basically we have to trust in Rafa and co to do the right thing, or we can worry about things that have not materialised.
I'd rather have my mind focused on the good.