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"First"? So, we're signing more than 1 player in January...?

What's happened to the £25m release clause that super sleuth 'journo' Crook reported a few weeks back...?

The team currently languishing in 7th place

How come Everton are above us? I demand a recount!

Now sacked by Palace... https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/dec/22/crystal-palace-alan-pardew-sacked

Top notch nutjobbery Benjii It's hilarious and sad in equal measures that they still cling onto a draw in a game that contributed to their relegation as some kind of triumph. 'Tinpot' doesn't even begin to cover it. p.s. talking of outstanding efforts in the field of nutjobbery, I've even had to set up a fake Twitter account just to be able to read the tripe that Factless trots out

As people have mooted before, Factless Allen has got to be on the biggest (and bestest) wind-up ever sustained, hasn't he? The (Christmas) gift that keeps giving and giving and giving...

Going for fifty quid according to the Echo...

Is that the best you can do? You sound like a third rate Glasgow Saint

Fifth rate by my calculations

*Nibbles on more bait* Fixed it for you

Ok, go on, I'll take the bait... What trophies have Portsmouth won when competing on a level playing field?

Cheers Derry

Does this go to penalities tonight if a draw?

What injuries have Barnes and Olomola picked up? #onestepforwardstwostepsback

Voted. C'mon!!

Maybe I'm missing something obvious but if National Rail don't want to get involved in building a station to serve a re-developed stadium area, why would that actually stop the club purchasing the land and going ahead with the development? i.e. why would the absence of a new station be a show stopper?

Maybe the new plans involve moving/rebuilding the stadium closer to the water's edge and thus further away from the current siding which may then make it a safe enough distance away.

Cheers for the insight LeG. I understand the desire to have a train station in the vicinity but not sure why development of the area would be conditional on that happening. Assume its the council stipulating this condition? If so, what is their logic behind the condition? Surely its a 'nice to have' rather than essential? Any idea on what timescales the club have in mind? (roughly)

# Warning klaxon: about to post a 'clever' picture without adding an opinion of my own which will somehow annoy FF #

At this stage of last season, Koeman's first 24 games were over a duration of 142 days, which equates to a game every 5.9 days on average. At this stage of this season, Puel's 26 games have been over a duration of 127 days, which equates to a game played every 4.9 days on average. So, on average, Puel has had a day less preparation for each game and is in a slightly better position than Koeman's team as things stand. Not bad.