Saint_clark

Surprised how good the pitch looks...but then it is the start of the season.

Sending him out on loan is an atrocious idea. With his ball control, shooting ability and slightly better than average pace I think he is much better suited to an attacking midfield role rather than CM. But we'll see.

I flicker in and out of other sports, have found myself watching F1, UFC, cricket, rugby and golf at one point or another. Regularly watch Brits in tennis grand slams. I used to be able to watch any football match and get into it, but nowadays it's a bit more difficult...which has resulted in me putting a few quid on a team to win whenever I watch football as a neutral now just to try and get into it.

I think only professional years of service count when looking at testimonials, so most players would need to be at least 27/28 before being eligible. I think both Kelvin and Lallana will almost certainly get one, hopefully Morgan too.

Well I certainly think he's one of the best English midfielders of all time.

What's to complain about? I'm sure no marmite jars were harmed in the filming of the advert.

Anyone know how to get tickets without having bought them before?

Except Fox isn't in the squad.

Seemed pretty unlikely...

Pompey fans aren't impressed

Rooney and Defoe carrying injuries all through pre-season, be a travesty if he doesn't. But I can't shake the feeling that after all the wait and all the build up, he'll end up sitting it out on the bench and then never get called up again, with Hodgson trying to claim he was given a chance...

For me any of Bournemouth, Yeovil, Accrington, Huddersfield, Charlton, Leyton Orient or Millwall would have been exciting draws (away from home, obviously).

You beauty.

Boooo

Irrelevant, he believed Saints had a better chance of getting to the Prem than Palace and has since been proven right.

But Fonte didn't know that was going to happen - and even when it did, it happened a season AFTER it did for Saints, so his move was justified after all.

Happy birthday Clotese (PMSL)

Well reading this page was a waste of f*cking time.

Your nan didn't pay a 7 figure sum for you to play for her though, did she.

Exactly this. I've been looking to buy a snake for a while now, because I just find them fascinating animals, I want a pet and I haven't got the spare time for anything that requires more maintenance. Also, if you think that it's merely feeding it once a month and keeping the door closed, maybe you should look up shedding and the complications that can arise from it. Of course it teaches responsibility ffs.

Do they not understand that this chant only works if you are actually catching up on the team you're chanting about?

But if all our efforts had gone into getting a striker, Lovren would not be here either.

Agreed, we should have ignored absolutely every other aspect of the football club and concentrated solely on getting one striker in. Flip it round - if we had signed a striker and no-one else so far, people would be going nuts.

Davis scored.

Oh wait, it's over!? I must have missed about 4 penalties!