Ken Tone

Quite. He wasn't rubbish IMO, just rather ineffectual. And in particular he did very little when he was moved to play in the hole when Lee came on. I thought Lee for Connolly should have been a straight swap personally, and when it was clear it wasn't working, Adkins should have brought Hammond on earlier. But, hey he's the manager, and I suppose it is just possible that he knows more about football than me! Basically I think Sharp has been bought to be the player Connolly used to be.

I took that to mean distributed amongst the other premier league clubs, or maybe the other ex-prem clubs receiving parachute payments. I can't see the PL just giving a handout to all the FL clubs.

Another twitter feed said Higginbotham was talking to Ipswich. If he is leaving Stoke, I'm surprised we haven't been linked with him. Would be a useful addition ..experienced prem left-sided defender... getting past it but useful for this season and maybe for next. Always liked his attitude when he was with us before. How does Collins compare with him?

Bournemouth wanted quite a lot for him and portsmouth got him as a bargain price because they had a sell-on fee from when he was with them before, so in effect they got a discount on a price that no one else was prepared to pay. He has now proved himself at championship level, and is btw left-sided (that's specially for you adransfc!).

Would suit me. I've been saying since he was at Bournmeouth that he is worth a look... and it would be especially sweet to take him off the skates. I suspect though that any deals with Portsmouth today will be really messy. No one seems to be quite sure who is in charge there, whatever the offical position, and Lampitt is either(a) a blitheringidiot or (b) has some sneaky plan involving admin at a later date.

I expect we'll just shout Shaaaarp, like we do for Steeeeeve and now apparently, Leeee

wrong thread sorry

Hmmmm

Please explain the Beattie comment

Quite. But if we've really paid that much for a non-league player he must be something special. Is that a record fee for non-league?

Will just return under a totally different name. Look out for 'Davros'

'reluctantnick' says because of wages, which he can't understand because we'd know what he is on, and would expect to pay that during a loan. But if the other rumour that this was with a mind to a permanent transfer is correct, then presumably we'd want to fix long term wages too, and probably at less than he's on now, at a premier league club , especially as he's getting on a bit.

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I think the idea is that the defence gives the prosecutors a preview, so that they can practise not laughing out loud when they hear it in court.

Except Bunnahabhain (pronounced Boona harven), which although from Islay, does not have that peaty taste. Wonderfully smooth. Highly recommend if stuff at the other end of the spectum like Laphroaig is not for you. (All that peat isn't to my taste.) You can do a lot worse than some of the Irish whiskeys too if you like smooth. Try a 'pot still' one

I don't think there is anything in law to forbid this. However, the likelihood of his being appointed will depend on who puts them into admin .. and in any event HMRC may well object to his appointment.

I also thjink this is likely, after they go into administration. The adminstrator (if it is a real one this time) will sell on the cheap or even just release players, to reduce the wage bill. 'Buying' clubs will take them if they are a real bargain, but not be able to play them till next season. Lampitt and the directors (and surely it is their decison, not AA's since the club is not in admin) ought to be holding a fire sale now. But in typical cheats FC fashion they seem to hanging on grimly in some sort of brinkmanship bluff, hoping someone will rescue them rather than "allow such a great club to go bust". Or maybe they reckon admin is inevitable even if they do sell a couple of players so are just getting as many games out of the squad as possible before the points deduction, and the dismantling of the squad, in the hope they can scrape together enough to avoid relegation. They don't care if their debt racks up a bit higher in the meantime ..they don't worry about moral obligations. In fact the more I think about it, the more that seems to be their tactic. And if the deduction is only 10 points, they may even succeed.

Don't tell anyone else but if you're coming in from the A34/M3 as your location implies, it's actually usually quieter, and therefore quicker, to stay on the motorway to Stoneham, first exit on M27, and come in via Thomas Lewis Way. And I blame the Tories too!

And Fonte also looks uncomfortable on the left. It is an issue. But maybe Martin's continuous and continuing improvement includes learning to play on the left too.

To add another Tony Caldwell signed from Horwich RMI to Bolton, admittedly when they were in the old 3rd division (ie L1). Can't remeber his age ,but he was certainly not a youngster.. mid 20's? He went on to be their leading scorer for several seasons I believe, and definitely scored 5 in one league match -- but then weirdly faded away again back to part-time football.

Dalek, Dune and Trousers?

Sounds as if the crowd are shouting Leeeeee like for Steve . That'll confuse him

They'll be back. Look at the spurs fans comments. They haven't seen through him yet, and the media will still want him ...he virtually writes their headlines for them. It tends to be the clubs he's left that don't rate him, when they do the sums after he's gone. I predict Spurs will have a financial crisis once Redknapp leaves.

Those aren't real losses. They are credits to write against future profits. Keep up!

Absolutely. The fact that he seems to think that he only missed paying £30k on such a big amount gives us some idea of how little tax he pays on everything else he earns. If I can't have his (or the RBS bank bloke's) job can I at least employ his accountant please?