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So, 20 minutes of pre-match press conference comes to an end and not one journo asks about team news. Still, at least we know that Koeman doesn't care about what Ballotelli does with his shirt and that Peter Crouch is long....

Koeman: "Crouch, he's long"

Koeman: "Surprised by the Kuyt rumour as he's not on our scouting list" Koeman confirms that he would like to manage the Dutch national squad "in the future". Cue meltdown and exodus headlines....

Koeman: "Stoke bring a lot of physical qualities" Careful Ron, you don't want those touchy Stoke fans misinterpreting what you mean by that....

Just started.... First question: "What do you think about Ballotelli swapping shirts at half time?" FFS....

A good sign of how far we've come in the last 5 years when we're depressed about only being 2 places above Liverpool. Happy days

I go to the pub more often since the smoking ban. Maybe I'm abnormal.

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*sarcasm glaxon* I've passed your message onto Koeman and his team in the nick of time

http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/oct/22/ukips-polarising-effect-support-for-staying-in-the-eu-hits-23-year-high

And whilst we're on the topic of clarifying stuff, can anyone tell me why the PFA still have 3 charges on the football club (according to http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/ ) when they've supposedly cleared all legacy debts...? Portsmouth City Council's and Southpoint Finance's charges were discharged last month, to coincide with the "Hoorah, we're debt free!" announcement, but the 3 PFA ones weren't... Just curious.

Before us notjobs get too excited, can someone remind me how dependent Pompey's business model* is on the Tesco development going ahead? Genuine question as I've lost track of the various dependencies over the last year or so. (* yes, I know...I used the words Pompey and Business Model in the same sentence. Apologies to anyone who is having difficulties in stopping laughing right now)

Fair enough. So which bits about Italy's economy did he get wrong?

Lallana is a wasp. Tadic is a fox. Well, that's the best animal analogy I can muster.

A 92% drop in profits. Which is an eerily similar percentage to the drop in payout amounts to Pompey creditors....

For those who like to talk down the Tory attempts at recovering the economy, it could be a lot worse.... http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/9349002/italys-in-terminal-decline-and-no-one-has-the-guts-to-stop-it/

" In an exclusive consultative online poll" Wow, what an "exclusive" there for the club. Quite a coup for them securing rights to a vote on their own kit.... And why does Farmery keep referring to the fans as "fans"...sure he means "co-owners"...? One assumes all the "shareholders" got an equal say on the kit design shortlist....

If Glen Johnson gets back in the England side ahead of Clyne I think I might cry

Yep, 0-0 I reckon....

No Lambert tonight then.

Shouldn't laugh....

This has got 8-0 written all over it