Chez

Baz and Downes will start, and possibly Archer too (although I also think Stewart/Downs might hold the ball up better), but if we want to include Fellows and Azaz from the start, we'd need to got to four at the back. What a game to change.

The Sunday early kick off brings back bad memories for me of the 1988 game, but I suppose we exercised that ghost when we beat them 3-0 in 2003 (another Sunday game). As always I am a little nervous. If the 2012 promotion wining side can fail to beat a pretty shite Pompey side twice, then it's far from certain this lot will prevail. However, I am not too concerned about players freezing on a `big, no massive derby stage'. The likes of Downes, Manning, Fellows and Charles have all experienced this type of game before. I suspect only Fellows will get a start out of the new boys.

probably not a good time to be swapping from 5 to 4 at the back, sadly.

u21 internationals same time as the full internationals.

sliding doors. If we had kept him, I wonder if we would have been able to afford the Jelert loan etc.

very little scar tissue remains

in a three man defence, a left back/cb certainly would seem like a good fit.

you'll be lucky if this sneaks past mlg

Jackson goes for £70m. Wonder if we'd got £70m for him if had joined us?

he's on Sky? meh, not bothered as don't have it. It's having my license fee being spent on him that gets my goat

that's pretty much what he does on the radio when discussing football, repeat what has just been said by the other (slightly) more intelligent pundits. I've posted before that his job requires two things, to be articulate and to offer some insight/interesting thoughts. He offers neither.

The skates are signing a striker from Saints...St Johnson that is. Well played BBC.

For some reason, I always thought Craig Dawson would eventually play for us. Our paths seems to have crossed so many times over the years, and his progression and regression from his Rochdale days onwards seemed to be pretty close to your own. Looks like it won't happen.

Aye? We signed Downs. The only difference between some of the midfielders we have signed and Downs is that you've seen Downs and don't like the cut of his jib. Give it a few weeks and you may be saying the same thing about Jander.

are yes, those new photosynthesis gliders. Brilliant invention.

I've not clicked the link, but let me guess, his name is Carrillo?

Good point. I've always wondered how a transfer window can exist whilst meeting current employment laws. Surely denying a player the opportunity to move jobs during a period of time goes against freedom of movement or does it different for `fixed period contracts'?

I couldn't see him dropping down to the championship, but it's getting late in the window so maybe his options are limited. We just have too many bodies to bring another in though.

Cheers. Are these guys available on loan?

dunno, but it would mean there are shit load of players joining PSG at last minute.

Poor of our scouting team to miss him.

OK, but have you ever considered that there simply isn't anyone available that is suitable? It's an open forum, anyone else got any thoughts on a possibly striker on loan?

Yes that's the one. my post was about as accurate as your prediction that he might be an option for us on loan.

Unless someone like AA departed?

Whoever the scoffers were had good reason to scoff and have been proved right for scoffing. Well done you though on suggesting a player who missed an entire season through injury and couldn't get a game on his return might be available for loan. 😉