Totally football show, totally full of transfer tittle tattle, some genuine, some made up.

Kieran Trippier to Atletico is in the legit section, honestly.

As for Unaimri's claim that Arsenal are looking to sign very big, very expensive players,

well, we just have to wait and see what Cronky and sons Penny Pinchingot have

to say about that. Elsewhere, Ravel Morrison is back in England. Mattias is in Turin to the

delict of Yvese supporters and Joey Barton is in trouble with the law to the surprise of nobody.

All that, plus we look ahead to the AFCOM final and talk miced up Eddie Howe. See, loads of

content. I'm at Davis Adams filling in for AC Jimbo, who fear not will be back soon enough. Who am I in the company of today, you might ask? Well, I'll tell you. First up, it's writer, broadcaster and long-suffering brackets a couple of years. Tops, Manchester United supporter, Carl Anka. Hello, Carl. Hey mate, how you doing? Very well, thank you. And alongside Carl, Michael Cox, author of Zonal Marking, Manchester United supporter, Carl, Hello, Carl. Hey, mate. How you doing? Very well, thank you.

And alongside Carl, Michael Cox, author of Zonal Marking. His latest book available now. It's really good. I've just reached part three, foot 2000 to 2004. How's pre-season treating you, Michael? Yeah, it's been all right. Thanks for reading. I think you're coming up to my least favorite section of the book. Okay, great. But it's the shortest.

I was clever enough to trim it down.

All right. I look forward to that. So Huddersfield's become the home of Paddy Power-sponsored hand-doos. My favourite line from the kit press release, the elasticated waistband gives support and security for the whole 90 minutes. The team wore the kit for Wednesday nights friendly against Rochdale.

The FA have concerns.

Let's talk about some actual football stuff, hey?

So we mentioned this on Monday before it was confirmed.

Now it has been we ought to have a quick word on Steve Bruce.

Officially Newcastle United's new head coach,

having put pen to paper on a three-year deal to replace Raphael Benitez.

Chaps, I'm keen for your hot takes in addition to what was discussed on Monday.

Carl, if Steve Bruce is the answer, what is the question?

How much more can you punish a fan base? I think that's probably, probably spot on. Michael,

in terms of tactically, what could Newcastle supporters expect from Bruce? Is there a kind of

classic Steve Bruce team? I mean, he's been fairly flexible over the years. When he was with

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