Forget the phoney war and stick to the game

THERE are, would you believe, internet forums devoted to this kind of thing.

Lads asking the hard questions; “Do you take your press conferences yourself or do you let the assistant manager do it?”

A few with solutions; “I’ve started to praise managers of players I want to sign and it really works.” Others ground down by it all; “I don’t know how to respond when another manager says something that badly influences the players.”