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Interesting, I think THB will need to play a couple of couple of u21 type games to get back to match fitness, it was a bad injury and he's been out 3 months

Nah we all know the club have no intention of even trying to win this fixed competition which ensures teams qualified for Europe not only get a bye to 3rd round they also now ensure they don't draw each other due to European fixture schedules, it's a farce and should be treated as such

Bound to be a bit of that, Still also gets a 'free hit' game away at Northampton where no one will really care if we lose so can use that to give more minutes to young players and try out some others. I remember Martin using players who wanted out at Gillingham in an awful performance two years ago

But Fernandes has a longer contract whereas Dibling situation not signing new deal I think we'll sell

With international football fixtures such as this it would be nice if our fans showed some openess and understanding of other countries culture and traditions rather than mock them

My hope is it is going to take time for their new signings to settle and we could be playing them at a good time, but to be fair we also don't exactly have a settled starting XI well drilled in managers tactics either. I'll go for 1-1, these early kick offs often start slowly , I think Wrexham will approach it like a cup tie and sit deep, see if we can break them down, they'll try to hit us on the break. Home end sold out, looks like they've also managed to sell out just over 3k as was on general sale but showing no availability now. Loads of our hospitality packages still available, not at all surprising given the price for a Saturday lunchtime game in a month where corporate sales are always difficult anyway as everyone is off work.

Settled manager , very good championship squad, I think they will win it comfortably, Will Leicester ever get a points deduction?

Can't disagree with any of this

We do not have a stronger squad than last time as things stand and as stubborn as Martin was with his system we've got no idea how Will Still is going to adapt to the English game

The Sports Republic managed decline of the side has really started to hit home

Unfortunately we don't want any players to get noticed at this age, they can leave for minimal compensation without a pro contract can't they?

We are weaker.

Thanks, I'm surprised its that many, once you take out season ticket holders, away allocation and corporate can't be that many left for members, perhaps 5k , would have expected those to go in a day for this one

I heard from a Forest contact back in May that Fernandes had been mentioned several times as a target for them, would hate him to go there to be honest unless they are paying £50M+ , would rather he goes to Italy or Spain

It's to do with new 3rd kit launch

I wonder if they'll bring them over Itchen Bridge as makes sense to approach the ground from the south, bit different to last time where they parked on Brittania Road

Sunday morning traffic tends to be very quiet so probably the best time to do, I expect they'll have them parked up and in the ground by 11am. Hopefully they publish the route so others can avoid being stuck behind them and travel a different way, with southampton central station closed most of our fans will end up driving unfortunately, local bus services not great on a sunday either

Is anyone able to see how many tickets are left for the Pompey game? I'd assume most members who wanted a ticket and qualified to buy yesterday would have done so now

Yep, people have given Dragan the benefit of the doubt to see how his new structure does but at the moment it seems like the new team is same as the old, just with a preference to buy from the German market. Having watched pre season games and looking at our likely XI I see no reason to be excited for the coming season unfortunately

There will be a decent crowd by kick off with late purchasers, Brighton brining a couple of thousand away fans, probably get close to 15k crowd I reckon not bad for a friendly

Loans are needed to get that level of player in thechampionship, unless you mean don't get promoted then we don't have to spend those millions again

Agree, I've got a feeling we'll still get some good loans in

Of course wait until end of window but don't be surprised when we struggle for points first couple of months of the season

I've managed to get tickets for me and my young kids right next to away fans, we're knitting a friendship scarf that we'll pass across the divide and try to break the circle of hate #footballfriends

That's correct I had to call up due to an issue, interesting recorded message says please note Wrexham and Ipswich games are already completely sold out. Thought exchange would open for Wrexham? Is that not a thing this season ?