Ken Tone

So what's he been doing since? No club at all? Bit of a come down from prospect at PSG, wanted by big clubs, to nothing. (NB You have no idea how hard it was not to put a pompey insult in that last sentence! Hope you appreciate the effort. )

Sounds like it! FA Cup winners Portsmouth have reportedly beaten Premier League rivals Manchester City, Arsenal and Everton to the signature of Paris St Germain's teenage striker, Gael N'Lundulu. May 21, 2008 12:55:15 PM [/url] PSG's highly-rated 16-year-old forward, Gael N'Lundulu, has chosen to join Portsmouth, according to a report in the French press. He has apparently rejected the option of staying in Paris because of the money being offered. N'Lundulu is said to have wanted a professional contract, but instead was offered a trainee contract by Paris St Germain. "He has turned down our offer of a trainee contract," Bertrand Reuzeau, head of youth football at PSG, told French newspaper Le Parisien."We were not prepared to do more for a young lad who is yet to prove himself. It was a financial choice."

Well fair enough, but the 3 or so times I've seen Bournemouth at St Marys' or on the tv, Bartley has made a major mistake each time ..given away penalties etc. He should have given away a penalty against colchester if the ref hadn't missed it.

No boos round me.. a few groans maybe. What stand were you in? Ref wasn't good, but it wasn't a penalty on AOC. And if Guly had passed to AOC when there were the 2 of them to beat just the goalie, we'd all be in a different mood, and the ref's performance would be forgotten.

Pearce is much better than Bartley

Yes but would moving to Arsenal put him on the gravy train?

Exactly what I heard. NB no fee mentioned, but the statement was definitely made that AOC had been in talks with those clubs and he preferred Arsenal. This is the first time I've heard anyone claim AOC had actually been in talks. That is a really signficant step up from the usual level of rumour.

Don't forget Puncheon is left-footed and indeed I believe played on the left in his successful loan at Millwall. It was Pardew that was determined that he was a right winger. I'm happy enought with the squad as it is IF we keep everyone. A loss of AOC (Arsenal rumour even stronger today, albeit with a loan-back), or indeed puncheon, or a failure to sign Guly, and then we'd definitely need more

Never seen Palace or Man City ? Hardly unique

Actually on second thoughts, even better if sung between stands instead of 'we are the northam over here' etc. But maybe we'll just have to settle for everyone singing "We're all in the buil-ding. We're all in the buil-ding. La la laa. La la laa" to the tune of "let's all have a conga"..... in between verses of the 'wheels on the bus' of course.

If they've already got someone who is that good at 17, why would they want to try to sign Chamberlain?

Lol.

So based on that, never mind not selling Chambo, why haven't we made an offer for Dale Jennings?!

Quite. Presumably the players Daddy Ferguson brought back from Preston the day his son was sacked can now be loaned to Peterboro. The stories about young Man U players being frozen out if they didn't sign for the other Ferguson son as their agent, and the blatant way that sort of nepotism works in football where it would be a misconduct/sacking matter elsewhere, in 'real' life, makes me wish that once Peterboro have beaten Brighton this weekend, they never win another game till they sack Ferguson again.

Whereas we all know he is actually on the bus.

Lol. I think it depends on whether season ticket holders can buy their own seat on the bus first .. and on parking obviously.

Absolutely. 20-30 thousand people all singing "the wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round" ... x2 then ... "all day long" as we get promoted. Brilliant. Perfect football song...... simple, repetitive, unique to Saints, funny, and completely incomprehensible to the opposition. Fits all the criteria!

Well I suppose a choice between another L1 side or an NPC relegation side, or maybe moving to Burnley, isn't too exciting , but I'm surprised he can face having his best players sold around him ...which will continue to be his future at Bournemouth. Will Mitchell now sell Pugh to pay for Howe's increased wages?

I doubt it will be on live. TV is always obsessed by prem v prem fixtures. Hope I'm wrong mind you, because I can't go on the saturday, but if it's moved to the sunday I can. Anyone know when the TV games will be announced?

Quite. One simple example sum that even a pompey fan might just understand. Instead of paying Lawrence £21k a week, get 3 perfectly good players at £7k a week (which is still a good wage by championship standards) and they'd have 2 more first team players in their 'tiny' squad.

I see their latest whizzo scheme is around Halford's suspension. First they appeal frivolously, so the league increase the suspension to 4 games. Then they send him back to Wolves because his loan has ended, so that Wolves pay him whilst he is not playing, and then NB he 'misses' 4 Wolves games he wouldn't have played in anyway , in the time that Pompey play only 3. Then apparently Wolves have agreed lend him back to them again after the suspension. Net result -- his effective suspension from Pompey is only 3 games not 4, AND they don't pay him whilst he is not playing! Why on earth have Wolves agreed to this?!

Quite. For me he is the best partner for the excellent Fonte that we have at present. I'd only let him go if we buying real quality to replace him, someone of simlar quality to Fonte in fact!

you know, I hate it when people pussyfoot around like this instead of just coming out with what they really mean. Policital correctness gone mad!

So in short, we don't know, even though some posters claimed last week they had spoken to him and he'd had an op. Ordinary human beings would take a couple of months to be fully fit, but I'd have hoped that a pro footballer with access to every sort of medical support ( ) would be ready to play in a few weeks.

Absolutely agree. But that's the trouble with being a fan and not just a customer. If any normal business treated its customers like Saints (and most clubs tbf) do their fans, they'd lose busines rapidly. We fans just keep coming back for more regardless. I gather the new David Luker is Sarah Draper if you want to try emailing.