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I went to watch Reading vs Ipswich yesterday. Reminded me how much a drop down in quality the Championship is. Both teams distinctly average and crying out for a midfielder in the mould of Hammond.

I think Koeman will stick with his pre-season 'first eleven', except for the keeper position.... Forster Clyne - Fonte - Yoshida - Bertrand Davis - Wanyama - JWP Tadic - Pelle - Isgrove Subs: Boruc, Targett, Hooiveld, Reed, Taider, Ramirez, Long (selection assumes Cork's and Morgan's futures at the club are still in doubt)

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Sums up my thoughts nicely

Anyone know what the opposite words to 'exodus' and 'meltdown' are?

OK, fair point, I'll take back that "daft" hunch and agree with you that footballers are the brightest breed in the world...

That's the crux for me too WS. The "drive and ambition" didn't really leave when Cortese left....it was actually impossible for that level of drive and ambition to ever be fulfilled in the first place....(in Cortese's timescales at least). I guess it all comes down to footballers not being the brightest breed in the world and hence being suckered in by Cortese's sales patter. I even started to believe some of it myself but always had my doubts...

"Wait and see"? Before jumping to conclusions? On the SaintsWeb Forum?

How much of that "drive and ambition" was built on shallow foundations? (aka 'false hope') Welcome back btw

If only we had people on here who could take a Sky Sports News piece of speculation and turn it into a "just had a text" post to make them appear to be ITK....

Source?

Didn't take much for the media to start fawning all over them again, did it? Goldfish have longer memories than some journos.....

Good job the mods don't allow the likes of 'Sidney' to peddle their nonsense on here in that case....

@bigadamsport: RT @mattslaterbbc: Impressive stuff from #Pompey fans: they've donated £250k for club's new academy. Slow, steady, sustainable, self-funding...solid @bigadamsport: RT @tifosy: In 60 days, #Pompey fans decided to build their own Academy pitches. Well the club is yours and the #PompeyAcademy pitches are now yours @bigadamsport: Whoever you support, it's been a great week at @officialpompey - first the inspiring new kit design & now the fan-funded Academy pitches

@themartinsamuel Legia Warsaw will almost certainly be fined for fielding an ineligible player but remain in the Champions League... Sorry #Celtic fans.

@themartinsamuel Legia Warsaw will almost certainly be fined for fielding an ineligible player but remain in the Champions League... Sorry #Celtic fans.

So, Tesco get approval and Pompey are complicit in shafting local small businesses. Again. Did someone mention leopards and spots....?

This

Boris's best attribute is that he annoys socialists more than Cameron does. Win win

Politics? Stage managed? Nah, never in a million years....

Nice summary Phil. All this fits in with my long held hunch that we can trace the events of the last 9 months to Cortese voting against the FFP rules. I'm ever so slightly chuffed that one of my many slightly bonkers hunches has finally come true (possibly....)

I think people tend to criticise his self-congratulatory pat-on-the-back style of 'journalism' rather than his accuracy per se. He also blocks people for having the temerity to ask 'difficult' questions about his articles....

Not one of Glasgow Saint's best alta egos IMO