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Pace is just like Peter Crouch's height. It can be a very blunt weapon but when used in the right way it can be startlingly effective. Many of the best sides in history have had pacey but also skillful players who could exploit weaknesses in the opposition and for many players it is key (take Michael Owen now he has lost it for example....) It cannot however become the be all and end all. It would be nice though, and thankfully on the basis of our last few games our movement and intelligence while in possession and going forward is enough to make up for our relative lack of this in our front men.

More then likely visiting the 'largest Tesco in Europe on opening' in 2004 just across the way. Experiencing the future of the Fratton Park site. Good to see them taking a realistic pro-active approach to the future for a change.

Taken from the match report on Football365. It wasn't just us who thought things were a little on the dodgy side!

I had a dream that we kicked on and reached the cup final.... Never eat brie before bedtime.

Surprised Gazza has only got 4 votes, especially after the standing ovation he received after that save.

Probably the most cynical refereeing display I have ever seen, truly abysmal and as close to biased as I will probably ever witness.

I couldn't possibly comment.

Delap!? Rory f**king Delap!? Oh I can forgive her!

Not heroic. Understandable that they want to pay respects to the man though.

He who shouts loudest must be correct regardless of the overwhelmingly opposing general feeling. Is that the lesson here?

No I didn't parody man.

Well. The golden age of 04/05 you mentioned coincided with...... oh, what was it now. A golden age? No. That's not it. Oh, relegation and the beginning of a near fatal decline. That's it. I did not say that the business is immaterial, it's a side show and beneficiary of what happens on the pitch. It must never be the be all and end all. After all we support a football club, not the freemasons

The last three seasons were immaterial then? Gotcha. Good luck with your desire for a radio station and world class catering.

No idea frankly. I just support a club that has achieved back to back promotions. The business side is meaningless to me as long as the club is progressing in the long term. One season of trial compared to the prior three is frankly par. You really hate it when people don't agree with you, why?

An interesting response. No, of course not exactly the same but he is proof that arseholes can get ahead. If it is in the better interests of the club who cares if Cortese is less then like-able?

Do you like Simon Cowell?

No. Many people I like are utter pushovers. I don't believe that being likeable is a pre-requisit of the job description of chairman.

Truly truly shocking. very few things make me genuinely angry, this was one of them. Not just for the unfairly discriminated foster parents but also for the children who were torn away from a home that was by their own council's admission a caring and loving environment

So. On the assumption not all is perfect. What would you want to be different?

You havn't answered my question. (You have a habit of doing that...) You are also drawing a false conclusion that I believe there to be a rift between Cortese and Adkins, I couldn't possibly know and couldn't say either way. So my question, answer it directly. Name me one incident where a rift between chairman/manager has been declared publicly by either and where it has then directly benefited the club and therefore the supporters? Frankly, in wanting full disclosure and clarity in the politics behind the scenes I think you are extremely naive. Maybe a little idealistic but certainly naive.

True, what a goal at West Brom. But his first real run in the side was under Poortvliet.

Lets hope it doesn't come to that. For what it's worth, they seem to be winning at the moment, they are getting politically what they never could have achieved through military means.

Name me a club/incident where someone has said something negative as you obviously would hope and for it to have ended well?

I'm certainly not upset, but I do find your manner of twisting words and throwing patronising statements ("your hero," for pities sake.....) to be a little off. My own opinion on this issue is that of course Cortese/Senior parties will have kept the illusion of a positive and unified front. The negatives of anyone coming out and saying "we are incapable of maintaining a professional relationship" would have been disastrous on many levels, but I understand why the candour would have been refreshing. There was obviously an untenable situation, it needed resolving and there would have been negatives however it was handled. The best thing is that both parties have thrived after it was resolved so the parting of the ways was fundamentally the correct thing to do. I'm sure Pardew got a handsome pay off and credit for starting a revival, as well as employment in what is now a stable top-flight club. Cortese ended up employing a man who could maximise our squad to levels none of use could possibly have expected. Win/Win

I'm not talking about the article, i'm talking about you. Attacking anything that the chairman has done which may be negative (he is not perfect and in that light these are things that do need to be discussed and debated) and then criticising/patronising those with perhaps a contrary opinion of the man with statements such as "what your hero said." You attack Cortese as having an agenda when you clearly also have one of your own to denigrate others who do not share your opinion. You are a parody, be it for the sake of keeping things interesting on here or for more deeper purpose I couldn't say. But you are clearly a parody, you are too intelligent on the face of things to lack that level of self awareness so it must be intentional.