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Some of them don't even have the sponsor's logo on the front. Truly appalling.

Callum Wilson has just been released by West Ham. He probably CDAJFU but we won't be able to afford his wages. Analysis of West Ham's recruitment of strikers in the Sullivan/Gold era:

Nah that'll be too obvious. He'll give us a glimmer of hope by scoring 2-3 goals over the course of the month, before sadly and unexpectedly injuring himself in the warmup at Fratton Park. Rumours of a loan striker will follow, but nothing will materialise before the transfer deadline, except for the signing of yet another right back.

Both he and SKD posted some good info until the pandemic, glad to know both are still posting 👍

Would be nice if we could keep this to a single thread, as some of our much-missed posters don't always make the roll call. Some names that spring to my mind: The9 David In Sweden Minsk ericb Guided Missile It's times like this that this phrase springs to mind: “At some point in your childhood, you and your friends went outside to play together for the last time and nobody knew it..." Although being honest with ourselves, it would be more accurate to say, “At some point in your terminally online lives, you and your friends internet acquaintances logged in to bicker about the mostly-downward fortunes of an occasionally-mighty South Coast Club for the last time and nobody knew it”

Would it be that bad? He's turned two midtable sides into strong contenders for promotion. Got better results out of Boro than Rasmus' previous favourite manager Carrick

No, but if we had the foresight to clone Jose Fonte around the time he joined us, his mini-me would be on the verge of breaking through to the first team right about now.

Thankfully, we only have one game against a side in the bottom three in January. So I have full confidence that we'll be absolutely fine.

Good idea, also while we're at it could some of us please also volunteer themselves to infiltrate one of the scouting team, coaching team, first team squad and board of directors so that we can get a better understanding of wtf is going on

To be fair, we gave everyone a head-start in the league by deciding not to attack or defend under Will Still. Since Tonda took over, we've scored 22 and they've scored 16. In terms of goals against, we've conceded 11 and they've let 10 in. On that basis, I reckon we'll outscore them to the win. 2-1 to us... I write this without keeping a straight face 😆

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cqxqlepww40o Rangers face Hearts this weekend. Win that and they will be back in the title mix despite their shambolic start. Makes you wonder if we could have salvaged a bit of pride last season, had we managed to secure Rohl's services, as the ITKs seemed to suggest would happen at various points.

I find it hard to get my head around the idea that corporate types would want to spend the day in a bubble and go to Fratton Park. I suspect it's hangers-on within the club itself. On a related note, I don't understand why it is that since clinching automatic promotion under Adkins, according to transfermarkt we have allegedly sold out St Mary's just once. But I've sat out enough games in that time knowing there were no more tickets available. Is this really just down to segregation, or should I be giving more thought to joining the prawn sandwich brigade in corporate hospitality, or breaking my legs to enjoy the match from a wheelchair?

It's a slap in the face of the loyal support which has been quite astonishing to behold considering how bad we've been in our two most recent seasons in the PL (and most of this season, for now). Rupert Lowe era post-relegation led to an instant 10-12k drop in attendance, so while it is mildly surprising that people have so much more patience with the club now, not sure it's guaranteed to stay that way while Sports Republic make continuous errors of judgment. This sort of thing makes mugs of the supporters and it makes the club leadership look extra fucking stupid to have empty seats when the demand is so high among genuine fans.