Jack

You're an idiot. I'm sure he'll read this and 'leave now'. Players don't just 'leave'. I don't like him, but he's been one of the better performers in pre-season, played well yesterday, has some prem experience, and is a useful squad player.

I didn't miss a home game and did about half the aways, never really saw him looking to do it regularly. He hit plenty of long balls to the front men last year, but didn't see much of him picking out a man in space with passes like that

I'm not usually one for getting ripped off for a pre season game, but I had a spare afternoon and fancied seeing some football. Entertaining enough game but was played at a very slow pace. Crowd was poor, an absolute helmet-fest. Gazza looked good enough, pretty good distribution and a couple of saves. Stephens was poor, not good enough in the air and his passing isn't great. Kept on selling Clyne short with passes out wide, or not passing quickly enough. Clyne was immense, solid at the back and terrorised them going forward. I thought Chappers played well - was alway available and linked play well. I don't think Sharp fits the system well. Looked isolated and didn't hold it up well. Finished his easy chance well. De Ridder is sh*t. I think we should get rid, a) because he's sh*t and b) to stop all those helmets and their hilarious Steeeeeeve tw*ttish behaviour. Steve Davis looked good. Think he'll play whenever fit in the middle. Deano had a good game, but won't feature much IMO. Hooiveld immense, and surprised me with a couple of bullet 50 yards cross field passes to feet. Not really seen that from him before. Oh yea, Puncheon. Played well and a good finish. Still a c*nt.

Same, I always use Radio Taxis, whether in the Fareham West or Southampton areas. Always on the meter and they don't try to mess you around, as just about EVERY taxi rank cab does.

[hardhat]Only the ones we're better off without[/hardhat]

Without exception

If Walcott would be prepared to drop his wages to fit our wage structure, yes. Which he wouldn't IMO.

Arsenal can f*ck right off. Don't they know we're on a march to the champions league? Throw any offers in the bin NC, and fax them a £3m offer for Walcott.

Correct. Anyone who uses that word in any context is an absolute c*nt IMO

Lots of people say that, but we had a 14 hour stopover in Venice last summer and there was no sign of bad smell. Nice place, though shockingly expensive. €90 for a trip around part of the city on a gondolier, €14 a pint. Nice sights though.

For all of our new fans from further afield. They wouldn't have had a clue who our sponsors are otherwise

George Burley?

Scottish. Next....

14th, FA cup semi. Tadanari Lee and Nathaniel Clyne to make big impressions. Also a 4-0 win over Brighton in one of the cups, just to p*ss Poyet off.

People on here pretended to be ITK, instead of posting comments from people on twitter pretending to be ITK.

Makes sense. 4-3-3 is very adaptable, it pretty much changes to 4-5-1 without possession and against the stronger teams.

He's a c*nt, get rid.

As you go through the leagues, established players will become squad players, squad players will become redundant. It's natural progression. I think we've got the right idea, we're buying players who are decent now, with great potential and still improving. They'll be hungry and keen to impress, hopefully without the ego and wage demands of established premier league journeymen like our rivals are signing. We're building a squad that'll do ok in this league, but essentially building a team for the future, that'll do better than ok.

No(yes).

Yea it's a f*cker. I'd be interested to know the percentage of people under about 27/28 who have managed to buy. Bet it's low. It's tough if you don't want to move somewhere sh*t. Will move out of Whiteley when I do buy though, it's overpriced and and boring, although pleasant enough.

Over 30 years, yea. £165k is a lot more than I'd look to buy at though. A £150k place would be more affordable than renting here

Buying is definitely cheaper in the long run. We pay £675 per month to rent our small 2 bedroom house in Whiteley. If we had the £25k(ish) I think we need saved up to buy the same house (next door is up for sale at £165k), the mortgage repayments would almost certainly be cheaper. Gotta remember that you won't have to pay the mortgage for the rest of your life as you would when renting. The only stumbling block for us is trying to save that sort of money. I really want to buy within the next 2 years, and still need to find a spare £20k. I could just stay in for the next two years, and work hideous amounts of overtime, but I'd go insane. I couldn't do without my season ticket, an annual holiday and the occasional night out.

The half time pint is essential to avoid becoming semi-hungover during the 2 hours you're out of the pub on a matchday.

Too many to mention, all on a par. Last season, watching Rickie's 3rd hit the back of the net at Millwall. The £625 win from the bookies made the celebrations that much sweeter afterwards. When Sharp's last minute 'winner' was awarded against the skates. That was a happy time. Obviously it didn't last long. The whole 2nd half against Cov, it just got better and better. The noise was unreal at times. Going back a bit, the wins over the skates when they first got promoted were special as a 16/17 year old. Put them right in their place.

Mario Licka. And his missus