Doctoroncall

I agree that he was the better of the duo. It just seems odd for a club to make such a short term appointment - given the investment behind them. Changing managers too often is something to be avoided.

he is so good, they're appointed him only for the rest of the season!

as bentley has got time on his hands, he's found a way to increase his income:

I could just about understand it if he was given a wedge to spend in the transfer market, but according to soccerbase these are his signings so I can see why they have the lowest wage bill and are struggling: Toumani Diagouraga Hereford Tommy Rowe Stockport Lee Frecklington Lincoln Danny Mills Crawley Romone McCrae Crawley and loans: Krystian Pearce Birmingham Danny Rose Tottenham Ryan Bennett Grimsby Scott Griffiths Dag & Red Ben Amos Man Utd

there are plenty of sites out there to check against, e.g. http://www.hoaxkill.com/hoaxes.html

The Burnley game will be an interesting match as the Skates could be on a losing run what with Stoke wanting to win after the last gasp loss this w/e who also have a good home record and Man U not wanting to lose ground on the top two.

But that doesn't mean that he couldn't have done some research about the swiss bid to see how serious they were and how respected those involved were. That's what doesn't sit right with me - was it complacency, tiredness of the whole thing or something else from the administrators?

After the loss against Blackburn, the run of fixtures to the end of the year (game 20) are: Sun 22nd November Away Stoke Sat 28th November Home Man Utd Sat 5th December Home Burnley Sat 12th December Away Sunderland Weds 16th December Away Chelsea Sat 19th December Home Liverpool Sat 26th December Away West Ham Wed 30th December Home Arsenal I can see a generous 10pts but a more likely 6pts (Burnley win and three draws) leaving them on anything from 13-17 points with 18 games to go, a tough ask even if the points total is dropped to 36 points for survival.

Just give him some examples of those players who contribute to the team are worth more than those that can only stick it in the back of the net (cantona v owen type scenario). Performance isn't everything at that level, it's getting to understand the game and having a good technique. This will be a good test for him but probably one that he needs to make alone rather than have you by his side. All IMO of course.

I think your view that Pinnacle bought exclusivity is correct but not for the right reasons. I don't think before exclusivity started, Fry did the appropriate due diligence for the Swiss group as it was known at the time as surely the names Liebherr and Cortese would be significant enough to dig a bit first to gauge the seriousness of interest. Either Fry persevered with the Pinnacle bid suffering from White coat syndrome or it was a major slip up not to find out more from the Swiss group. Besides, wasn't Pinnacle's exclusivity extended by a few day?

Cambridge Utd, being selfish as it's an easy journey for me.

I would doubt it, if PFC have broken an agreement then the next step is the bank demanding the money. If that is the case then either the PL are blocking it or the next step for the bank is to call Mr Fry. It would perhaps (ok a guess) only be to save a transfer step and any investigation in the PFC accounts of where the money came from.

Well, I had us down for the play-offs but never thought about banging on about it. I'm sure there were many others. It took some weeks to get a team playing as one and it's great to see so many goals, however there is still a long way to go and the defence seem to be too generous atm. Let's hope we can get some cover for the defence what with the uncertainty with Trottman and injuries to the full-backs as well as Hammond in midfield. It could be the difference of just making it or missing out by a few points.

probably out of expectation of what MB can link to from material on his hard drive.

same here, I refreshed and click on the vote button.

It maybe your posture or your positioning of your feet. I have problems with shin splints and have found that orthotics have helped. See your doc or a podiatrist and they will see what is best. http://www.feetlife.co.uk/ and congratulations for competing and finishing it.

Any player with attitude problems is not a benefit to the team. Plus he's a loser.

Last seven games: Lost 2-3 Drew 2-2 (cup game) Won 4-1 Won 3-1 Won 3-1 Won 3-1 Drew 2-2 For those interested in stats, out of the games listed, the opposition have scored in the following order: first goal 3 times, second goal 5 times, third goal 1 time, fourth goal 1 time fifth goal 1 time (out of 2) Whereas games before the Rovers game we were tending to score first then concede.

St Will, I think most posters have worked out Alpine's style of posting. It maybe irksome, but it can be cut through and questions responded in a reasoned manner. I recommend you read up on transactional analysis for something that may help with answering the post rather than the poster.

I think that is one chink in our defensive armour. Last season the defence wasn't protecting him so much and he was stopping the shots which were coming in more directly rather than the oppo having to get by the defence down the wing to put in the cross to feed the attackers.

BoB always brought a lump in my throat. A great series telling a story of extra-ordinary men. Having no Sky is a bummer, I'll have to watch out for any torrents or watch it on HBO website.

I would hope that would be a useful option. Wotton can do the role he is given well and it works against the limited opposition as we have many attacking threats which stretches them. I wouln't be confident when the opposing team has the attacking threat to stretch us as Wotton will not be able to cope.

It would be nice to have a synopsis. Money owed is tricky to find a baseline but here is a first attempt: Standard Bank: £26m ?, not sure how much was paid in Sept Arsenal: £1m for Diarra sell on clause Chelsea: £1m for Glen Johnson sell on clause Watford: £0.5m for Mike Williamson Agents: £3m HMRC: £10 ? Barclays: £10m ? Monthly outgoings: £2m for player wages Income: £20m ? Sky money in Sept £12m Sky money in January ?= not sure of amount, happy to be corrected. Other outgoings need to be added but not sure what amount for the upkeep of Fratton as the price of creosote escapes me. Ownership club: SAF: 10% plus first option on land Consortium: 90%, two members suing Gaydamak Snr Gaydamak Jr: owns land around fratton

If only it worked like that ;-)

I have a tempur mattress which you do tend to get warmer by, but then you don't get the bed bugs!