The Cat

Asked at the ticket office when I bought mine on Saturday and the chap there said all stands would be open.

Also, I don't want to know who he is. His air of mystery adds a nice level of intrigue to his posts. Plus when people's identity is discovered they invariably stop posting.

I like AR-10. Please stick around.

Does this mean we're now more like a 4* city centre hotel than a seaside B&B?

We sign a solid player on the cheap to cover a number of positions and people complain. With the number of games we will be playing this season it's more important than ever to have players like this bloke.

Cheap, better going forward than Martina. Will fit Puel's system. Good squad addition.

Exactly. Van Dijk is our best player, unless all those player of the season awards were actually "best player of the season who isn't Sadio Mane" awards.

He's even more tedious than Alpine was in his pomp.

So far we've played every match without our first choice full backs. Puel's system seems set up to create lots of space for them and with both Bertrand and Cedric being so good at going forward I can't help but think we will see a huge increase in performance.

Could have done with Crawley away to add a new ground to my list.

Also seemed that way when we signed Hojberg. But then not like you to be negative eh?

Because what anyone with links to the club wants is to be asked for news every time they pop up with a post unrelated to transfers/contracts. Be patient.

It's still going but whenever I'm there it's never that great. If you do go park in Tesco because it can take forever to get out otherwise. There's one on Allington Lane which is meant to be decent.

They didn't want to clash with Totton vs Hereford on the Saturday.

My initial thoughts on reading the headline were that Man City were going to actually buy Oxford the club.

Seth Johnson from Derby. That signing went well.

Despite my normal lack of enthusiasm for friendlies I will probably end up going. We'll probably do some pre-match on pitch thing for Fonte and Cedric, plus I'll be interested to see the way Puel sets the team up. A good chance for those who can't afford League games to take in a match, the megastore will no doubt do a roaring trade that day.

That's for season ticket holders. Probably won't be much more for everyone else

£8 adults, £1 under 18. Bargain.

You get the impression that a lot of the adults on social media discussing which player name to get on the back of their shirt put more thought into the decision than they do when voting.

Not long until we get to see photos of the muppets queuing outside the megastore to be the first to get the new kit.

Stephen Isgrove?

My conspiracy theory is that his contract is all sorted but Saints leaked links to other clubs so that when he does sign we can say that he did so despite outside interest.

Another win for Cav as he breezed past Kittel in the last 100m. He'll have the overall stage win record next year if he carries on like this.

Looks like they have finally found their level. http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/pompey-slip-to-first-pre-season-loss-1-7480989