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Alfie @ The Echo saying it's a new injury (hamstring) whereas Adam @ Solent saying it's a reoccurrence of his achilles injury...

Sellotape What a load of old shite #wrappingpresents

I'm not sure if this works all the time, but something I heard recently was if you send yourself a recorded delivery parcel when you are expecting an important letter it'll speed up delivery as they'll bundle up any standard mail with the parcel van. Shouldn't be necessary of course, and a bit of a PITA, but a potential top tip nonetheless.

I'm in North Devon, right?

You get frequent mail deliveries? Surely something to post in the "Things that bring you joy" thread? Here in deepest darkest Devon, we're lucky to get one delivery per week!

Is it me or do we seem to have had more than our fair share of 'great prospects' that never make it?

Referring to Instagram as 'Insta' How much more dumbed down can society get FFS?

On the U21s bench for tonight's game Vs Zagreb.

Gomes Rodriguez 👀 #risingstar

Being happy about an unbeaten run and having reservations about the style of play aren't two mutually exclusive viewpoints, as some seem to be inferring...

Yup...

Steve Cooper sacked by Nottm Forest

ITK or opinon?

When politicians trot out the hackneyed line: "When I talk to people on the doorstep..." Translation: "I'm just about to make something up whilst pretending it came from one of my constituents" Twats.

Why was he desperate to get out?

Yep, would be great to play Portsmouth Community Football Club for the first time ever in a league game

Good point... If there's a degree of certainty that West Ham want to offload Ings in the January window then a top team in the Championship is probably his most likley destination.

Whilst I wouldn't want to see KWP go in the opposite direction, if there's a degree of inevitablity that KWP will leave in January, and if West Ham are his most likely suitors, then I would venture that we would hold the upper hand in any negotiatons IF we want Ings...

Ings thrived for us in the 2019/20 season without us having (m)any truly creative players (as per appearances table below). Maybe that suggests a striker of Ings' calibre doesn't need to rely too much on the creativity of other players? Don't get me wrong, I'd welcome more 'creative' players with welcome arms, but wouldn't rule out someone like Ings succeeding, especially in this league, without further additions in the creativity department.

It feels like our season is now well and truly back on the high-speed track and, having dismissed our prospects of auto-promotion only a few weeks ago, I'm now starting to feel that it's not beyond the realms of reeasonable possibility! Great to have the good old optimistic Trousers of yore back just in time for the season of goodwill! Same starting line up as vs Blackburn please Mr Martin QPR 1 Saints 3 Merry Christmas one and all!

This likelihood probably trumps any other reasoning (in my humble opinion). Yes, Ings wouldn't be the 'perfect' signing but there's no such thing in the January transfer window for a club in the Championship. Ings on loan for half a season seems like a reasonable risk to me.