Pat from Poole

Precisely.

Or Cheats. There have been a number of Cheats players living in Poole over the years; Hreidarsson (sp?), Muntari, Anderton, not to mention their thieving ex-manager.

Jay Rod's agent is Ade Akinbiyi??? This surprises me more than the fact we have bid £7 million for Jay Rod.

We need a younger version of Fabrice Fernandes to do the crop circles thing. Weirdly, that kinda worked. Mainly as he very rarely gave away possession, I guess.

I could imagine him signing for Bournemouth actually. Since they've got that wealthy Russian guy in alongside Mitchell, they've started to splash the cash. He'd probably get better wages at Bournemouth than if he signed for Cheats.

I think we could be making a mistake if we let Hammond leave. His distribution admittedly isn't the best, but he's been a really key part of our success over the last three years. I think he deserves a chance to play at the highest level, and he could be good enough.

Still a bit sceptical about this. He seems from previous comments to be keen on staying in the North. If somebody like Everton or Newcastle also enter the fray, we may have a battle on to seal the deal.

There are far too many people within the game who call it "The Barclays Premier League" when they're being interviewed. It's as if they get a £1,000 bonus from Barclays every time they mention them. Like you, I call it "The Prem" and think all players, managers etc should do likewise.

I'm probably in a minority on this, but I think that Solent's football coverage is top-notch. I think that any competitor would have to go some to match them.

He's the disruptive type, methinks.

Gilkes made a brilliant save from Nolan's shot that hit the bar. He was excellent for Blackpool in their season in the Prem. I seriously think he is an outstanding keeper.

I didn't realise Adkins' contract had been extended. He'd be relatively expensive to sack then....

I've been with SKY for a few years. Rang them up a month or two ago and asked if they were doing any deals on ESPN, as I said I'd be prepared to pay a few quid a month for it, but not £10 a month (which I think is the usual price). After a couple of minutes talking to her manager, the woman on the phone said she would charge me £10 a month for ESPN, but knock £9 a month off the cost of our monthly SKY Movies subscription; therefore it would only cost an extra £1 a month. Thought it was a good deal so accepted. It's always worth giving them a call and see if they'll bargain.

Could be interesting though. Maybe he thinks Paul Lambert is going to jump ship, so he only sees a slide ahead for them. Probably been tapped up.

Whenever I've seen him on the telly, I've thought he was decent. Reminds me a bit of Reginald D Hunter, which is a good thing.

It was a highly vomit-inducing episode. Cheats fans turning up wearing West Brom shirts etc. They made s0d-all effort to win that game.

Suspect they will wait for the result of the play-off final, as if West Ham go up, that might be a Category B game price-wise, whereas Blackpool would definitely be a Category C. Assuming there are 3 price bands, of course.

This is so true, I think it's a massive reason for Swansea's success this season, Vorm is superb. Similarly Krol at Newcastle. Absolute fair play to Kelvin for rejecting West Ham 3 years ago and for everything he has done for us, but a top-quality keeper is a must if we are to make an impact next season.

There were many moments in individual games (Leeds away, Millwall away etc) which were really important. I however think the key period was pre-season. The players started the season fit (Lambert in particular) and with a style of playing they had worked on in pre-season that served us so well for the first 3-4 months of the season, and the lead we established in the League in those months gave us the scope to lose a few games later in the season. It was just fantastic to start the season as we did, when we are usually utterly hopeless at the start of the season. If we can get a few wins at the start of next season, it will be such a boost for the whole season and will keep the feelgood factor going.

Completely agree. Plenty of good players in the Championship and League 1. The likes of Trotter at Millwall and Clayton at Leeds are good examples of this.

I very much doubt that City would fund the wages of somebody like Adam Johnson. They part-funded Adebayor's wages for Tottenham as he is on something utterly obscene like over £150k a week. Johnson is probably only on something mildly obscene like £50k a week. City would expect a Prem club to meet that cost, I'd imagine.

I think he could do quite well in the Prem. He obviously has ability. I've always quite admired him since his complete "so what?" approach when the side stands at Fratton were giving him endless stick when he was taking throw-ins etc. Wasn't intimidated in the slightest.

He was on the whole a really good centre-back. He did have the odd bad game, but when he was good he was an absolute rock. Branfoot's best signing by a million miles.

Utah Saints - Something Good

Back to the wonderful Maple Leaff. There was some Dub'n'Grub bash kicking off as we were leaving, looked like it might be quite a lively one.