Saint_clark

We get more of a mention than any of his other jobs.

Once again - the 5 year plan is NOT just about the team getting to the Prem, it's about reshaping the entire club and all of it's facilities. This is highlighted by Cortese saying that we were ahead of schedule on the 5 year plan half way through last season.

The twitter account is real, it's had info which turned out to be correct posted on it for ages now.

I have no doubt this particular agent doesn't like dealing with us. I'm also pretty certain he has no idea if any other agents or clubs feel the same way - he's just exaggerating to make himself look good.

We were playing Eastleigh long before we signed Aaron Martin.

Well bugger me. Weird how 2004-2008 have all just kind of merged together...

He would for me.

Which made a mockery of his petulant "these kids simply aren't good enough, let me get on with it" rant after we lost in the cup to Mansfield (?)

2005 - and that was under Redknapp where he refused to use the kids at any point.

FFS why do we only have good players? We should be playing like Barca as well, not just doing a professional job and winning comfortably!

It's always the reserves playing Eastleigh.

Good, then you should know that it was because we didn't need to spend big as the first 11 was already sorted. All we needed to buy last summer was squad players.

I'd say the 5 year plan accommodates for 2 years in the Championship, but no more. As I keep pointing out though, the league position of the team is only one aspect of the 5 year plan - this is highlighted by Cortese saying we were actually ahead of schedule half way through last season.

TDD was being sarcastic...

The bridges are pretty much burnt there. It will take some very impressive/hardworking performances from him to convince me at least that I want him at our club.

This is a complete rewrite of what happened last season. Not even in the home defeats to Rochdale and Brentford were we "torn a new hole".

You'll need a season ticket, that's pretty much guaranteed.

The only player we're likely to lose that we don't want to is Chamberlain. Any other outgoings will be our own choice.

We need a new CM really. I rate Hammond more than most, but he's a midtable NPC player at best.

Good enough to go to the Prem really, but he is the absolute ideal replacement for Jaidi.

Brighton are spending an absolute bomb on their facilities/stock. It's completely unsustainable for a club of their size. Unless Bloom can get them established in the Prem they're gonna go on a downer again once his money runs out.

Not by much. I'd say a CB and CM is all that's needed for us to hold our own - maybe another striker and right back as well to really improve.

For the last two years, no we haven't. We've been very good at supporting our players (Puncheon got some abuse because he stopped putting the effort in).

The forum time is 8.58

I think it's one of those annoying technical things where they have to announce the original date...they can't just use common sense and arrange a "safe" kick off time from the start of the season.