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I don't think we should be surprised by there being a lull in the talent being produced, we are in the period now where the kids that should have joined the club during our difficult time around administration in 2009 should be maturing and starting to break into the fringes of the first team. Naturally, there we other concerns at the time and that we still managed to produce players who can contribute at the level we were relegated to at the time is to our credit. The real picture will emerge in the next two or three years when the lads who joined us at the start of the decade and our resurrection reach maturity.

+1 For consistency.

I actually quite like that mock up. It's difficult to vary stripes, this is distinctive.

Source?

Membership worked superbly last year for ensuring that I could get early access to buy a specific seat next to Dad. If you are not picky about where you go, probably no point but if there are friends/family you wish to sit with it really can give you a leg up.

This is just fantastic!!!

Would appear not.

Well, it would certainly be distinctive.

That was a good away kit, even if the 'proper' version was only available through the grey market. Do ask him, hadn't realised he fled the nation shortly after his kit involvement!

And he was railroaded into something crap.

Gitty up Ronny

Could at least have done up his top button..... Sloppy.

Well, my vote as a member is going to Crabb.

Good luck to the guy. Adkins worked out, Pochettino worked out, Koeman did well for us even if the end of his time here was badly done. No reason to doubt the board's judgement of Puel. Looking forward to seeing how he does.

This is actually quite funny.

The players are back tomorrow? Would make sense for Puel to be unveiled then. Welcome back chaps, meet your new boss.....

Really harsh. Will an underdog (not Wales....) step up here please?

Regardless of the actions of the parliamentary labour party, Corbyn still has the mandate of the party membership. He is going no-where. Ed Milliband's policy of empowering the party members has finished them off once and for all.

According to that, 4% of UKIP supporters voted to remain.....

Unexpected....

Non-uniform days just like we had at School, one would assume. Be sure not to be the kid who forgets.....

Fans want an inside track, this is probably as close as we will get. Sanitised and controlled by the club, sure, but great to have something/anything to get our teeth into.

Fake twitter account masquerading as the official club account stated Pellegrini was our new manager. Seriously, why do these guys bother?

I will eat my hat if it's Laurent Blanc..... Or give a fiver to charity. It won't happen.

Yes, it is a balance. I would personally consider a 5 year contract excessive based on the risk of things not working out but it would play to the strengths you indicate while giving the service we would expect from a signing. Equally, an ambitious player may feel trapped by the idea of a 5 year term and it may make it less likely for them to sign. I think we are getting it about right currently.