Alain Perrin

Eh? According to Wikipedia, Lallana played 40 times the season Wotte was in charge. As far as I remember AL was also not rated by many on here (myself included) because, when deployed on the wing he consistently drifted in and left us exposed. No doubts that AL has developed into a great player but he wasn't the article he is now back then.

True, but the starfish are a pain in the arse when you stand on them.

To be honest you could see the cosy media relationships that Harry had cultivated paying off with some of the soft coverage he's received. Given the number of transfers Harry gets through I have no doubt he's been exposed to offers of bungs, but like drugged up cyclists the guilty are usually several steps ahead of the authority. But, if in the eyes of the courts he is innocent there's nothing standing in his way except himself. Personally, if I was Harry I'd leave the England job well alone. The crop of players isn't there to succeed in the next 5 years (forwards maybe, but goal and defence are suspect). If he stays at Spurs he stands a chance of Champions League and then who knows. However, it will be interesting to see the fall out if he did take it. Poyet might be in with a shout - that would be a spanner for Brighton (very funny!) - as I think he has got them playing well (but probably Poyet too inexperienced for the Spurs board, I expect they'll go for an overseas name)

Whilst I accept that has some merit, I don't think there's a fan on this board who genuinely thought we'd be 2nd in February. I certainly didn't and hoped for mid-table obscurity / a shot at the playoffs - aka. consolidation. Having said that, a couple of months at the top have changed those expectations and now it is about not dropping the ball. But that is easier said than done.

What is your suggestion then? - Get rid of Adkins? Replace with whom? By the way, getting rid of Adkins from a top 2 club would be treated with ridicule by the thinking football world. - Get rid of the Chairman? Which effectively means getting rid of the funding, and not sure what material difference it will make at this stage. - Replace the Liebherrs with whom? Perhaps we could get SISU in? - Change the formation? To what? - Change the players (limited scope here but within the squad). Alpine has got his strikers (and looks like we'll get cover at CB too if we need it), what's the next target of ultimate doom and gloom?

Yes we've had some disappointing results recently and our form has been bad. Football is a confidence game and we carried that confidence from promotion last into this season (and far beyond where it should have ended). Like any big night out, the hangover is painful, but after a couple of 'never agains' you'll still get out on the lash the following week. The last few games have shown our swagger returning and I think they'll turn it round. The fact that we're still in 2nd just goes to show what a fantastic foundation we've built in the first half of the season. There are fans of this club who've got axes to grind and they're like pigs in **** with the recent form. Yet if you read their posts there is just criticism or "we're doomed" - they have no answers (except for the lunatic suggesting Warnock which is crazy talk). I think Nigel will turn it around.

^ This. Our finances were so fubar'd at the time that siging someone on £4K per week but getting the inflow of transfer funds (from Davies / Bale) as a result was preferable. The deals may not have been contingent but it helps oil the wheels. Ironically Pulis' indirect contribution may have been what kept the club afloat long enough for Markus to buy us. On that basis alone we should get him a statue.....

I'm outside the ground. -16, next to no visibility and the snow is waist high... but they've dug out the turnstiles. Game on! Posted on my Iphone using crapatalk.

You really are a bunch of fannies.

^ This

^ This

Are there 34 teams in the Championship?

If a steward told you your pole was too big you should be proud (especially as it was so cold last night).

This is potentally bigger news for our club: http://www.skybet.com/cms/breaking-transfer-news.shtm?name=Alpine_Saint

Ps. He has sons... But that's only to show how easy it is to make crap up

Right so just to be clear.... Your mate, saw a tweet from someone who might be the son of the West Ham owner (who by the way only has daughters) saying that Lambert was going to them. Horse, cow..... Nah it's bull

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/7465938/ also on Sky

I have wondered if we a bidding to appease the fans but I don't think the facts fit. We'd not have known about Hooper if Celtic hadn't said, it's a different scenario to talking in the press about players without action. I do think cortese drives a hard bargain ( too hard? ) on price and salary.

Was there anyone on this post who said it would take 3 months. No. They used it as an example as to why it might be a bit more complex than hopping across the channel. They were merely responding to your ridiculous assertion that someone living a 15hr plane ride away should be here within 15.5hrs otherwise the deal is bound to be off, we're all doomed, might as well resign ourselves to League 1 argument. 7 working days is what it took from permit to landing - 6 if you discount the time difference / flight. Has it ever occurred to you that whilst some of your arguments may have merit, they get lost in the hysterical cesspool of ****e that you post the rest of the time? (see this thread for numerous examples).

Sorry Johnny - I'm not sure what happened there as I didn't mean to quote you (I found the link interesting). Who knows, next time I respond I'll probably quote Alpine for being over optimistic....

Thank the Lord we lost last night. Now Lee has arrived I was worried that there wouldn't be a home for the Private Frazer's of this message board to vent their negativity.

As this thread is based on a sarcastic comment the thread title should be changed. Otherwise passing traffic see the headline and it becomes fact to them. People should also stop posting on it as it bumps it up the page :0

As others have said, there is a world (literally half a world) of difference between moving from Japan and moving within the EU. He's signed some sort of pre-contract agreement so this is just a matter of time. It's best he gets his affairs in order and then gets over here - it will save him a 30 hr round trip when he forgets his PE kit.

The issue aside (and god knows how horrible it must be to lose a child), I feel that there are two many (repeated) inquiries into events that are distant in the memory. Will another investigation (at significant public cost) really tell us anything of value that wasn't uncovered by the Taylor Report, the Coroners Report, the Independent Panel, a Private Prosecution, 2 Psychiatric Injury claims, multiple parliamentary debates, hours of documentaries and multiple books? I question the value as often these are championed by family members seeking a closure that will never come. This is not specific to Hillsborough, more a symptom of peoples inability to accept that horrible accidents happen.

Two questions for me: - Is Chaplow fit? - If we send a driver to Heathrow can T.Lee get on for 15 minutes?