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And even if they aren't all Glasgow delete them on suspicion anyway!

.. and don't think they had serious maintenance to do either..

Clasie looks nacked already..

First home game of the season: we live in hope!

In other thoughts, there does seem to be a bit more coherence in the signings this year and some idea behind it as to how they'll be used. Shame about Targett but he deserves to play more regularly. Now for a central defender who is faster than we have already, and that last criterion is, in the circumstances, probably easier to fill!

Where's your initiative? Cherry picker? Drone? I do like the thought of Pilchards scuttling away from Kelvin though... But thanks for all your past tidbits..

More news to come, I would imagine?

Is Pilchards installed in his favourite tree at Staplewood to watch the comings and goings? He'll have his phone on silent no doubt so let's hope he checks here.. :-)

I think that's unfair regarding what seems to be a general consensus here, which I share. No issues with his lovely left foot and his control of the ball, which are matters under his control. The positional abilities come with a bit of experience, but what everybody has pointed out is his lack of pace and maybe lack of a Shaw Nando's restaurant build, and there's nothing he can do about that. Pretty well everybody is wishing him well, which is the important bit, and no one is offering to drive or sedan chair him there a la Charlie Austin.

I've just deleted a response to Hypo, there really is just no point. It's why I venture on these threads very infrequently. Full of old or sad *uckers from a previous era.

Even that beer with alcohol isn't great. The Birreria Lambrate after the game, on the other hand, was great! Full of Saints fans but a really relaxed atmosphere too. Don't know his name (Tubby?) but when I saw him there too I knew the beer would be good: that crowd do hours of research! Glad I went, shame about the result and our inability to score. Perhaps the new ground will have paper in the ladies toilets.. It'd be nice to have another opportunity for a saints jaunt abroad in the next few years.

You shouldn't have problems getting anybody for the other end of the sedan chair.

I thought we were all arguing we overpay and undersell? In this case though I agree with you.

Let's say we get 8m from Celta Vigo. What does that get you these days, a better player? Only with luck and a few years down the line. The manager really needs to see him in pre-season and give him a fair crack of the whip. The previous two managers didn't (we should have listened to the Stoke fans!) and as someone else has commented, if we're only going to get that amount, deferring that income for a season shouldn't make a big difference. Ralph is going for pace and he certainly has that. Will he respond to a different environment and better manager? At least with Boufal there is some hope.

Did they ever pay the artist for their impression?

It is, by and large. The exception doesn't make the rule. We have a young winger who acts like she's just snorted, occasionally, but there is nothing like I've seen at my male friend's Sunday League games. You should get out a bit more and watch some.

Wow, I bet you thought that was really funny when you wrote it. I've been down to watch at my local and even there they'd call you out as a bit of a ........ Choose your own disparaging description.

Not in their top division, but although other French clubs are interested don't think they can compete with English or German money. Another youngster we'd hope to bring on as it would be a big step up from Ligue 2: I wonder what Window Cleaner thinks?

Why, are we nasty to him like making him train hard or suggesting that, perhaps, it might be better if he didn't smoke?

Just watched the video; to use an old cliché, "knows where the goal is". Bit like a Charlie Austin with running. :-)

Just had a quick perusal of the Italian press and no mention I could find. Quoted price seems low for the English market but..

Ladies loos? They were pretty grim when I last went there for a women's international. Mind you, they were at The Dell, back in the day. it was pretty desperate if you were a beer drinker like me!

Well, he's got a bit of common sense at least. :-)

I would suspect that's the most likely scenario, and gives the outgoing staff the opportunity to look around for opportunities beforehand. I know there are a lot of whispers around here about Watson not being much good, and subjective comments about what he's done to some of our keepers (!) but do we have any objective evidence? Presumably keepers we have recruited from elsewhere must have an opinion, just like Ings had an opinion on our early season training after arriving from Liverpool..

Aargh, did you have to mention him? Another out on loan with no solution in sight, at least Boufal will be worth a look..