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Is this official notification that you're playing your "I told you so" card or are you still keeping it up your sleeve, along with your "glad I was proven wrong" card, at least until it's formally confirmed by the club?

Just back from the game. We should have been out of sight by half time. With Gabbiadini one feels that we would have been. Bournemouth stepped up a gear or two in the second half and we started to struggle with their midfield running at us. Draw probably the fair result all things considered. Hurry back Gabbi! Romeu my MotM

I might be being a bit dim here (for once), but how did he damage a ligament on the underside of his foot when, I assume, Vardy stamped on the top of his foot? Could it be that he damaged the ligament as a result of playing on for a few minutes because he was over-compensating/protecting the Vardy injury?

My money would be on Seager making the bench (if we're going to include a striker from the U23s). IIRC, Seager was next in the promotion pecking order, ahead of Olomola, before his long term injury last season.

Puel also said he hasn't ruled out VvD being back before the end of the season. Sounded about 50/50 to me.

A decent pre-match press conference for a change. Most questions about our players rather than what the opposition manager had for breakfast

You'd have thought that he would be cock-a-hoop and chilled out after being made a director a couple of months ago...

Cheers. I work for a small software company (also with banks etc as our main clients) and haven't noticed any significant slow down yet, indeed, our results for 2016 were better than 2015, although perhaps any lag hasn't caught up with us yet. If it gets anywhere near as bad as it did after the 2008 crash then I'll start to get worried

Out of interest, what industry/sector does your company operate in?

Or.... if they follow the example of the previous football club to play at Fratton Park prior to 2012, the deal will be: "do or go into administration (twice), reneging on the CVA (twice), shafting local businesses, charities, players and staff in the process, all whilst the Football League turns a blind eye and bends over backwards to stop them going under (aided and abetted by politicians, the judicial system and HMRC)"

I almost signed up for a Pompey insurance deal until I realised it was only 3rd party fire and theft...(mainly theft actually)

Indeed. Perhaps worth bearing in mind that in a lot of industries (insurance, utilities, etc), new customers actually get better deals than existing customers to entice them to sign up.

Anyone else getting the nagging feeling that this could be another one of those "only out for 2 - 3 weeks" cases that ends up being "out of months"...?

That's debatable. The family section is always one of the first to sell out each game

Bring it on. I have new supplies of popcorn.

Shame that this chap never got his hands on the club... would have been a perfect match... https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3130260/national-gallery-painting-james-bond-slashed-first-pictures/

https://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?56264-Season-ticket-prices-announced&p=2320162#post2320162

Gabbiadini?

Josh Sims gets a late call up to the U20s squad.

A season ticket is proof that you have paid to go to the game, a membership card isn't. They may accept just a membership card, they may not. I've no idea. However, I'm a belt-and-braces kind of fellow, so if it were me I'd take along proof of purchase, just in case, given its not burdonsome to do so.

You might need to take a print out of your purchase confirmation email too in case you get a jobsworth bus driver

The specific offside incident that Singapore Saint and yourself were disagreeing about. I assumed you'd know which incident it was given you were both discussing it

Inclined to agree. This Lander group just doesn't feel right somehow. (A view not based on any tangible evidence, just a hunch). That said, part of me is reassured that Katharina surely wouldn't want to sell on her father's legacy to a cowboy outfit, would she? Interesting times.

Anyone got a link to the footage showing the incident in question so I can grab a screenshot? Cheers