CB Fry

That's what Steven Gerrard was doing on England duty with our Adam Lallana when half of this forum went into a mattress soaking "something-must-be-done-about-this" meltdown? I never had Stevie G as an expert on employment contracts but you know best.

He won't be here long.

Banned before the end of the bank holiday weekend.

Not really. When you're relying on huge amounts of results to go your way, and winning every single game at the same time, then the game is up. Your Leicester example is ridiculous, try Arsenal - it was only mathematically impossible for them to win the league about a week ago but it was obvious they weren't going to win it weeks ago. Pompey haven't been in contention for automatic promotion for weeks and weeks and weeks.

They didn't. There was no way all of that was going to happen, they were not going to finish in the automatic spots, which has been the case for freaking weeks and weeks and weeks.

They might well do that and he might sign that, I would think that is precisely what the club will want him to sign. The rolling contract thing is just where I think they will end up, for the reasons I keep saying. As for "the same place next season" well, he isn't going to be our manager for ever, I think we'll need to kinda accept that now. And anyway we might finish 13th next season and it might be a perfectly fine idea to get a fresh face in instead. There wasn't much clamouring for his contract to be extended in December. As far as Im concerned, three years life span feels about right for clubs like us anyway.

You're a special little guy, that's for sure.

A really easy pay rise is quite a nice incentive. Plus the club get a nice headline and it wards off a load of rumour and speculation for a while too. Plus it's a little bit of commitment but not much and clearly would be reviewed by both parties every year. Everyone's a winner.

He isn't returning to us, regardless of who goes up.

He's smashed it.

What are you on about? Automatic promotion has been gone for weeks and weeks.

Would just love it if Palace win up there.

Not really. I said we would not let his contract drift into a final year and that I expect him to sign a new one soon, most likely a one year rolling contract, and I said still think he will leave to do something else at the end of next season. Probably said that now on three or four separate threads. Pretty clear what I think. So not that similar at all.

Yeah yeah, we'll keep that when we leave because we'll keep all the good bits no problem. After all the German car manufacturers will be banging on Merkel's door meaning we've got them over a barrel on all of it.

A forum legend is born.

I've changed my mind. 13.

There will be a 100% match rate between the dins demanding a) we follow the Leicester masterplan while at the same time b) refusing to accept finishing 14th as the first step of said plan.

That's really obviously not the case.

Didn't realise Boro v Brighton was on the last day. Brilliant - should be like a bonus play off final. I want Brighton and Derby to go up but not fussed about either Burnley or Boro. Probably prefer Burnley at a push. Boro going up will only fuel the Gastonettes on here and we'll have five years of people droning on about how he single handedly promoted Middlesbrough.

I'm saying 15.

We do get some beautiful "no one ever said that" posts on this forum, but this one is a pearl.

You're not signing for Southampton unless you eat up your carrots.

What I am asking is whether you think it is right that we signed "stepping stone" players like Mane, Forster, Virgil and Victor. Players like them have contributed hugely to our success on the pitch and I hope we sign more of them. So, should we have signed Mane and Virgil or should we have questioned whether they plan to "use us as a stepping stone" and let them sign for Sunderland or West Ham instead?

He "let him" play for us before. Also, Alex is a fully grown adult.

Frazer Forster who used Celtic as a stepping stone to get into the Premier League with us, and is entirely feasible that this summer or more likely next could transfer to a CL contender especially if he displaces Joe Hart for England. That Frazer Forster? Personally I wished we'd never signed him and stuck with Kelvin because he "gives a ****" about the shirt and that's all that matters.