But it'll bring in more revenue which will inevitably help them to settle the 3 charges that the PFA still have on Fratton Park...
(No, I've no idea either why the PFA still has 3 charges against a club that is "debt free"...)
I think some people are suggesting that Pochettino was good at turning "U21 players that aren't premier league quality" into U21 players that *are* premier league quality, the inference being that Koeman doesn't seem able and/or willing to divert effort into such conversions.
I'm undecided, but there is some circumstantial evidence to suggest that Koeman expects the U21 players to be of "premier league quality" without his, and his coaching team's, intervention in the transformation process.
Looks like the BBC are going to great lengths to even up the anti-party leader bias...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-cameron-slammed-live-on-tv-by-andrew-marr-show-band-squeeze-a6804751.html
At the game. Another below par performance from us. No intensity to our game at all. Clasie and Targett particularly poor. On the bright side, we can't get any worse than that in the second half....
Mick McCarthy putting out a weakened side against Pompey tomorrow. I suppose that's less controversial than cheating your way to cup 'glory'...
http://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/mick_mccarthy_names_his_team_for_ipswich_town_s_fa_cup_tie_against_portsmouth_1_4372688
If 'whataboutery' wasn't frowned upon on here, I'd probably start posting links to articles highlighting where the media have briefed against all political parties and their leaders over the years to influence the news agenda