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yet the shorts and shirt had the Hummel branding stitched in, making it far superior to the **** on offer these days.

I quite like #sinkingfasterthantheirpier

It seems a vast amount of money, especially compared to the cost of the stadium, but perhaps it is an essential asset to attract the best players and youngsters. The phrase `overspend' is used on the BBC website, I assume SFC used that terminology, which is different from `increase'. It feels as though Cortese is being blamed.

The argument on here when the BVA loans were being discussed was that the transfer fees would be paid off within 12 months using the Prem/TV money. How much of that is still to be paid into our account? I guess the large chunk of Prem money will arrive after the final league table has been decided. It might be encouraging that KL has added funds, but slightly worrying that we were reliant on a £14m injection despite the huge increase in income last season.

Motd tends to try and show chances from both teams, but it would a misrepresentation if they showed any Newcastle attacks at the expense of one of ours.

Factor in that he was sung his weaker foot and that is some goal. The lad is on fire. He needs the World Cup to be next week.

The whole team played well, but bloody hell, how good was Cork?

Need to keep the fans we have and another rise might tip a few over the edge. We are getting to the £700 figure for wing tickets and that is a lot.

The failure to sell out every week suggests prices are too high, but no chance of them being cut. I can't see why they can't stay the same.

the skate news mentions that a high net worth board member was going to fund the wages outside of their existing budget. Wonder if he would have been paid back in shares?

not sure this thread needs another Portsmyth, but I noticed on their Wikipedia page that they claim the record for number of season tickets sold in League 2 (10,000), despite that fact Bradford sold over 12,000 season tickets in the 2007/8 season, all be it at a discounted price.

unlike this particular debate, the general election won't be focused on whether the country should be part of the EU or not. It does play in people's decision, but only a small part.

grrr, my least favourite Saint of all time. You've probably all see this before, but just to compliment the fantastic images FF has posted you migth want to take a look at the 39 images on here http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/archive/1984-FA-Cup-fourth-round-Portsmouth-0-1-Southampton-special-unseen-pictures-of-Alan-Biley-Steve-Williams-Steve-Moran-and-co-plus-original-Daily-Mirror-match-reports-and-features-from-our-archive-article320745.html check out the Shilton joy. Fair play to the skates, they did pack the park that day. What a joy it must have been when Moran scored and each every skate had their dreams crushed.

it felt like a slightly unfair fight, in that the European debate is Farage's specialist (and perhaps only) subject. I wondered how they would fair in an open debate. Perhaps Farage would be the one on the back foot. In this debate Farage's replies and arguments mostly felt very natural, whilst Clegg often fell back on very polished speeches and sound bites, which immediately made me switch off. Opposite opinions and good genuine arguments from knowledgeable people is interesting. Non stop 3 minutes political speeches, less so.

Any idea who has come on to the pitch to celebrate and got a ticking off from the ref? It's a Patrick jacket so perhaps a sub?

did the skates play any games whilst anonymous was caretaker last time?

Leeds?

I agree, but at least now he can get back to tracking down the Jordan Belfort's of this world.

I assume this thread represents the allies, POL the Hun and Brighton's Northstand chat offers an Eastern front?

Nice of Brentford to recall Toumani Diagouraga's from his loan spell with the skates.

The skates are dogs hit but Wycombe just haven't taken advantage. It's going to be tight.

Some Football fans are too precious.

My concern about him is just how slow he is over the ground. Central midfielders can by and large get away with lacking in pace, but there are some real athletes in the middle like Morgan and Dembele and it's these guys, who also have the touch, that are the dominant players in the middle. The one real positive is that if we had a senior player as our fourth choice defensive midfielder he'd be unhappy and wanting a move. A young player is much more willing to bide his time, which helps with team harmony.

He was very poor in the game he injured his head, Stoke was it? and hasn't got back to his best since. Liverpool was a tough ask on his return, but boy was his failings exposed. He perhaps needs a few more games to find his full fitness and match sharpness especially decision making wise. His partnership with Fonte was fundamental to our early season form. Much more so than Wanyama IMO, but the combination of Lovren underperforming and not having quite so much protection in front is leading to too many goals conceded through the middle.

It's tough being patient with young players. They can't all instantly be amazing. Some players need to time to find their feet and improve. Morgan is a perfect example. Clearly talented, but he couldn't tackle for toffee when he first got in the side. I recall a game away Bristol City where he was a complete non entity, all be it played right midfield, where he just would not out his foot in. He's amongst the best around now. Whether JWP has the attributes to become a world beater I don't know, but it's great we are willing to give him the opportunity to develop, so long as that is not at too large a cost in terms of the current sides ability to win games.