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what on earth has sacking long standing programme sellers got to do with removing racists?

So that's a left back, a centre back, a winger and another central midfielder that we should have added to the 8 we brought in? Lallana played in the middle last week at West Ham. I'm pretty sure Adkins also sees Guly, Ramirez and Puncheon as players that can also play in the middle. Reeves is another. How many is that? I know we are struggling right now, but the moaning about who we did and didn't bring in is getting a little boring. Adkins, Reed or Cortese, they all have a say and therefore they are all partially to blame if the new players are not to your liking. It was actually a damn good transfer window and most agreed as much at the time. We certainly strengthened the side and I'm not unhappy with any of the players. I'm glad we overloaded the attacking talent. Barnard, Sharp and Lee don't have nearly the attributes needed to pose a threat at this level so Mayuka and Rodriguez were both needed for me. If like Cork, Lambert had got injured and we'd only brought Rodriguez in there would have been uproar.

I put money on Reading so no worries in that game.

I meant watching that was like watching The Office again, cringeworthy. Shows he is under pressure in that he feels he has to learn a poem to avoid answering tricky questions about what's going on on the pitch.

why the hostility? He's never let us down. He has limitations, but he played an important role in many games last season.

`Office second time round' for me. Sorry. Never liked his interviews, but don't care so long as he keeps doing the business as a manager.

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Could not agree more. If we are going to have wide men that leave fullbacks exposed Davis, Morgan and Ward-Prowse should be the middle three to hopefully fill some of those gaps. Not sure where that leaves Ramirez, but as he's injured it doesn't matter right now.

I like Cork and thought he had some terrific games last season, although don't forget he was dropped towards the end of the season, but I just have this nagging sense that he doesn't have that really tight control that will enable him to thrive at this level. I hope I am wrong. Wish some of these players get back soon as competition and choice can't do any harm.

keep it to yourself. By the time the FL gets round to taking those ten points off them they will all have convinced themselves they will be avoided and then we can enjoy them moaning about how they have been shafted, conveniently forgetting the local businesses that really have been shafted.

I know there were some bloody good times under WGS, FA cup run, winning away at Anfield and the last ever game at Maine Road to take 8th, but for some reason I just can't get McCant out of my mind. Shudder.

Yeah Southern Co-OP, still a decent company. The more of those the better. North Harbour seemed like a thriving place when I was last down there. Is that still the case?

You've got me there. I thought there was a £5.25m difference that was made up by the property loans rather than there be £5.25m surplus for the PST to splurge on players.

I'd of thought by having fans as the front of the club, as the PST effectively are, with property developers being the real owners in all sense and purposes, local businesses are more likely to do work on tick, which might end up with them getting turned over again down the line.

Fair point. I think what annoys me is hearing from Pompey fans that they will ensure creditors get paid what they are owed, obviously attacking Chinny's record of paying creditors in the past. But when it comes down to it the PST will (hopefully) ensure the creditors get paid 0.4% of what they were originally owed. You are right, no one else would have done any different, I'm just an idealist.

pat on back to council then. Not too many other big firms left in this neck of the woods. I notice Raymarine built a similar size office at Cosham a year or so ago, and COOP have a big office at the IBM site there too. Soton needs to do more, but with no money that's not going to be easy.

is that Skandia or Carnival?

I bet this thread is a tough one to avoid for all those POL undercover agents.

hmmmm. No one was willing to pay Ramirez what we offered him, so he has to impress otherwise no one will take him off our hands TBH style. Massive gamble and not part of a yoyo strategy at all, which is, I assume, based on living well within your means and using the TV money to improve steadily - like WBA apeared to. Spending £20-£30m as soon as you go up is therefore not part ofa yoyo strategy. I think you are just adding a new catch phrase to the 17th and hoddle ones you have in the bag. There you go I've helped to promote it for you.

when chinny offered £500,000 could the PST have offered £1m or was there just no point in doubling the 0.4% to 0.8% for the original creditors??

I recognise all these things, but after the first season novelty wears off and you've been to all the grounds you've never had the chance to go to before, the tiny away crowds creating **** atmospheres at home games and the limited joy of expected victories starts to make you hanker for the thrill of beating a top six side, the packed crowds and the huge away attendances that give you that big game buzz. If you wanted `real' football you'd be watching non-league...I'll leave that one wide open. It's been a week since PKF gave you preferred bidder status. Has the FAPPT been done? Do the property developers have to be tested or are they loaning the PST money? If so does that mean its the CEO that is tested? How does that work? What's the time frame here? Have you been asked for you £900 yet?

how many currently work for them in Soton? Anyone know how many work at the huge Carnival office?

according to echo they moved into a new office in 2011 which was right next door to the old one.

If he joins them it's because we've sacked him first.

Does the Ramirez signing really fit into that yoyo strategy, whatever that is?