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Awful news, I hope He makes a full recovery. He brought us some good times, and left only for his beloved Spurs, which I’ll never blame him for. On a side note, am I the only one shocked that we seem to be the only club to have not tweeted our best wishes to Glenn? Even clubs from all corners of the globe, and with no association have sent their love and thoughts to Glenn and Family.

About £30,000 a week.... https://mlsplayers.org/resources/salary-guide

About £30,000 a week.... https://mlsplayers.org/resources/salary-guide

Has the ticket gone LadySaint?

I think Danny Ings might have to miss the Brighton game..... through exhaustion! https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/7210786/danny-ings-ruby-blake-model/

Carillo is still our player (asset) so they (Reed or Hughes) were never going to say he is cr*p and was a disastrous signing! They will big him up where possible, and hope he is a success in Spain, so that we can either re-integrate him with more confidence (unlikely) or sell him on somewhere near to the fee we paid.

Completely agree, I thought he answered everything as honestly as he could. It does baffle me sometimes how us fans seem to think we (or anyone else) could do a better job. Reed would probably love to be able to keep our best players and splash loads of money on big name signings, but thats all out of his hands, its not his money. So given our net spend is low, and we are probably about the 15th - 20th biggest club in the country, I think we have overachieved to have finished 8th and above for 4 of the last 5 seasons. Lets just hope last season was a blip (as Sparky alluded to), but even if its not, I dont see how its Reed's fault!? In the real world, no matter who our 'director of football' is (or whatever his title is) you cant stop your best players from going to the big boys, there is a hierarchy (even Liverpool lose players to Barcelona, etc) and Reed/Ralph cant spend £30m - £40m on a player if the owner wont sanction it. Apart from last season, our recent league positions have been strong (and above where we really should finish as a smaller club), our academy is still healthy, the players facilities are great, and we appear to be running the club sensibly profitably. I better put my tin hat on, but I for one would like to get behind the club and give Sparky (and the owners) the chance to put right the awful season we had last season.... let's just hope that was a blip.

I still have these available if anybody in Bournemouth fancies them last minute? Despite others predicting it will be the worst night of your life...... I've never been myself, so cant judge, but thought it sounded amusing and a better option than Big Brother! Who wouldnt want to hear Trevor from Andover moaning to Mark Hughes about how flat the beer has become in the concourse?

Sacked because a guy didnt score in 7 league appearances? He didnt look great admittedly, but it takes time to adjust to the PL, and if he had settled and stayed this season, then he may have done OK longer term? All clubs make transfers that dont work out, its not a sackable offence (unless every signing flops!) And I would guess Pellegrino was the key instigator in this one, backed up by his staff... and they've already been sacked! Reed/Krueger guilty of backing the manager.

I have 2 tickets for the Fans Forum on Thurs, and we now cant make it. So if anybody would like them, please let me know.... Free to a good home I'm based in Bournemouth and work in West Parley/Ferndown, if anybody this way fancies going and wants to collect.

Did you miss the suicidal header back to McCarthy which was intercepted by Lennon? McCarthy saved Hoedt's blushes there. I feel nervous every time the ball is near him, definitely our weak link in my opinion.

Some may see it as an advantage, but im worried that Burnley will have had 3 competitive Europa League games before we meet them on Sunday. We dont look anywhere near ready yet (based on friendlies) and look like a group of strangers and no spirit yet. I think we will improve as the season gets going, but we could be hit on Sunday by a team already in their groove..... I think 2-0 or 3-0 Burnley unfortunately

Was Alan McLoughlin our first £1mil player? That didnt work out very well either....

I used to work for Virgin Media, and you are correct that they are very tight with brand guidelines and usage. Red is their primary brand colour, and very occasionally they would allow the logo it to be white as a secondary option colour (usually only on a red background though), so that is why the sponsorship is red on the away kit (as white would not standout against yellow). Their brand colour in not blue (but many of their competitors are: BT, TalkTalk, NowTV, SSE, etc) so despite it looking better on our mocked away shirt, they would never consider this just for 'fashion'. The Red looks so bold and stands out on the yellow, so they will be loving the impact that has on TV, Video Games, etc.

Doesn't make him a bad player though!? VVD, Wanyama, Forster, Davis..... Petrov, Viduka, Larsson, Arteta, Adam, etc all turned out OK in our big league.

OK then, not blue, maybe plain red with yellow trim or something? They surely wouldn't use a totally legit looking striped kit which some people would actually like, for risk of the actual real one being less popular!?

Surely if it was all a big joke they would have teased us with a blue kit or something? Not an average looking red and white striped kit?

I agree he contributed to us being in the relegation fight, but did Danny Rose really contribute more on the field this season? I think not! If Rose played about 8 games in an injury hit season for Saints, he wouldn’t be going surely?

Really good interview from Ryan. The shame of it all is that he just realise that playing for Saints (and being in a relegation battle) has cost him his place in the WC squad. So who could blame him if he now felt he needs to get away

What a shame, another cheap looking shirt like the 16/17 UA kit I had higher hopes, given how nice the home shirt was this season. Looks like we’ve just swapped the old white bra for a red one #SexyMove

Haha, you'd think so, but thats such an Arsenal thing to do (or was). Time will tell I guess, but my source on this was basically as good as you could get.

Things can change, but Cedric is wanted by both Arsenal and Spurs, with Arsenal his preference (but new manager may have an impact on that - was all but done before Wenger announcement). I cant say who the source is, but VERY close to the player.

I think he said they were inexperienced in the Premier League as opposed to unknown, and he was right.

Football is all about opinions clearly (that old cliche) as I happen to really like the bloke, love his attitude and effort and love for the club, etc but don't think he is a Premier League level footballer (yet!). We finished down the bottom end of the league because we had bang average players like Stephens playing much of the season. A really good squad player, but we need to find another Fonte, VVD or Lovren or we will be in the sh*te again next season. Dont think Pep will be after our Jack anytime soon, so Stones can probably sleep easy. All IMHO of course, and I wont call you a bunch of t***s if your opinion differs!?

Fair point, they didnt like his style at all but he did fairly well, but I'm sure you get the point. Another example is Big Sam at Bolton, a mate of mine follows them thinks he's a football, genius and swears he built the best 'footballing' team they have ever seen.... Jay Jay Okocha, Djorkaeff, Campo, etc. I think Hughes has showed a lot of passion, he seems to understand the club and the players looked (and sound) like they were playing for him.