adrian lord

Adkins is going to be a bloody genius given time. Compliments Cortese's rampant ambition perfectly. We are going places. If we get that Ramirez bloke we are really going to tweak some noses this season.

"Saints fairytale return from the brink...leafy Hampshire...."

Yea. Hopefully our end will be packed with scowling, stocky 35yo casuals in designer clobber.

err...where did I say that? I am not interested in silly point scoring - simply saying that in our position, we are left scrambling in the surge of last minute musical chairs. Now, I shall return to my Chateau Talbot 1970. Far more enjoyable and arresting.

Quote from that article: "It is interesting that the last day of August – also known as the transfer deadline day is the busiest day of the transfer window almost every year. It is not unusual that a lot of interdependent transfers are completed on that day, making it the media’s favorite summer day." OK so maybe busiest but not most transfers on that day, but you should get the point I was making - i.e. "Don't panic- we'll strengthen by Aug 31 st, at the last minute".

For a start: http://blog.fieldoo.com/2012/07/when-does-the-summer-transfer-window-start-and-end/ There is more but I m on train with ****e connection

I think a lot of people subconsciously equate the season starting with closure of the window - Adkins included in his declaration of activity intent in the market. But the trouble is, outside of the mega-signings league (Van Persie etc) there is little done until the final days and hours of each window, when transfer activity rises exponentially as the deadline looms. Certain key moves unleash a flood of knock-on, domino effect transfers just before the deadline, and suddenly "dead" deals are revived and all is well. It'll happen this window with us - just not in time for City.

Pre-season results and 'performances' mean nothing.

Kit is ****. Guly looks to be building nicely on his excellent form last season, will blossom at Prem level even further.

Dunno - but I hear they will be fitted with Willans harnesses. For the rollercoaster ride in the Premiership...

Concrete:Seats ratio is all wrong. It demeans us to have any sort or rivalry with such nobodies.

I thought that was the Viagra.

Froome climbed better than Wiggins at last years Vuelta, the warnings were there....

Great link thanks!

Liverpool indeed did, but with more drama, muscle, swagger, pace and yet tinged with frailty and inconsistency; and roared on by the hordes from Kop. Combined, these attributes made them very exciting to watch.

What's the drill for rehab from that sort of injury?

Daunting to see it in black and white!

I m sure it was him stood next to me in the Northam giving it large to the Millwall fans.

The sun set on his career about 4 years ago. Why the heck would we want him here? Polar opposite of our ethos and culture under Adkins/Cortese.

There is a further problem with mid-level rings of corporate seating: it creates an atmosphere-nulling equivalent of a fire-break, half way up a bank of fans. This is a big problem at the Emirates (although granted, Highbury was also known as the Library, even without such seating ringing the stadium at such a crucial level, in it's least decade or so...).

Music has NO PLACE in football from 10 minutes prior to kick off to 10 minutes after end of a game. Destroys atmosphere, and is simply cringeingly embarrassing. And, while we are here, don't get me started on fake, corporately-produced banners and flags put out in the big stadia like Emirates, Stamford Bridge, Ethihad Old T. etc. in a vain attempt to address the sterility of the modern arena (thanks to fans being banned entry with real flags/banners etc - we can't have anything that might obscure the precious advertising hoardings can we - and the prawn sandwich brigade).

The most effective way to divide the nation geographically, socially and economically is to simply draw a line from The Wash to the Severn Estuary. Anything or person from under the line is 'southern' and southern in culture and social mores.

yellow and blue, anything else is a travesty

I was nine. remember being inconsolable when we went out after the away leg

No way would I take it- we will strengthen and be top half at end of season, might even scrape Europa league.