Matthew Le God

He is 31, so running out of time if he does.

£1m for a 31 year old is never going to happen. Would be a very good signing if much cheaper.

Are you on a wind up? You do realise right footed Lallana and left footed Puncheon swap wings constantly throughout games and he has nearly 20 goals this season?

1) They aren't clones of each other so can't compare. Lallana is better imo and would cost more. 2) It is an initial £1.7m with more on future appearances. 3) Charlton have huge money problems and need the money to avoid administration in the summer. Therefore more likely to accept lower offers and not going to be picky. This sums it up well... http://www.cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=36031 4) Saints have a rich owner and can afford to turn down pretty much any offer. 5) Where does Fabian Delph fit into your argument?

Bundles of lavender for Dan Harding. Watch from 13:20 to see why... http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s7r1q

So are you now saying Antonio did have a say in this?

Not really a £2 booking fee if that £2 doesn't go towards costs in taking the order but instead a charity the club fee guilty about ripping off. Just making the fans give the charity money doesn't cover up the wrong that was done by the club itself.

At the beginning of the season Jaidi was 3 years younger than Carsley is now. Jaidi also signed for a club on -10 points in League One. Saints next season are looking to win League One and build the team ready to get promotion from the Championship. Carsley would just be an expensive (in terms of wages) stop gap with no sell on value. They therefore could do a lot better.

Nothing I have said has been showed to be wrong. Antonio would have had to agree to the extension, he could have turned it down. He has probably benefitted from the extension and will further benefit from a transfer to Saints (along with his agent).

He'll start ripping his hair out next.

http://champman0102.co.uk/forum/forum.php This is a site dedicated to the game. If you goto the "Data update discussion forum" you can update CM 01/02 to have current 2010 data. So Lallana and Lambert etc at Saints. Remember it isn't an official update and is unrelated to SI.

People here setting their sights too low. Pardew has stated he wants to put together a team this summer that will move up with him through the leagues. Signing a 36 year old Lee Carsley (that hasn't played League football for 5 months) doesn't fit into that.

It wasn't anywhere near £1m upfront. Most was in future payments dependent on appearances.

Give a vague description then.

This suggests Reading need the cash. http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/readingfc/s/2070129_reading_fc_must_save_4million

Because it isn't a transfer of the player's registration from one team to another. He is out of contract and thus becomes unattached and not a Reading player. Any payment to Reading is a development compensation fee.

Yes. Although I don't they will receive much as he hasn't been at Reading for long and a large part of that time he was at Saints. So Saints have probably had far more impact on his career so far so any development fee will be small.

It isn't a transfer fee.

That doesn't make any sense. He is out of contract in the summer. If he doesn't like Readings offer he can turn it down and accept Saints' offer. Nothing Reading can do about it.

By no means does that mean he won't be a Saints player next season. It is likely to be just Reading's way of getting compensation.

He hasn't played for West Brom for 3 years.

Saints are averaging 3,000 more fans than Pompey and are two Leagues lower yet they are playing Wycombe, Yeovil and Stockport compared to Man Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal. What makes you think it is not sustainable to be spending as they are?

Including players that the shouldn't have been allowed to sign? Quincy for example signed for a loan fee of £500k in the 4 day period after the transfer embargo was lifted and Pompey were alos still under a High Court WUP. At the same time as this £500k was paid the club owed those charities and other creditors money. Quincy and O'Hara then helped the team progress in the FA Cup, basically by using them Pompey have cheated their way to the final.

He is crap on Football Manager 2010.

Yes, but it is 11 days after the creditors meeting and things will be a lot clearer for better or more likely worse. As for your original question if those in administration can sell season tickets. The answer is yes. Stockport have been in administration for well over a year and still sold tickets last summer. Any Pompey fan would be foolish to buy a season ticket whilst in administration unless with a credit card(which would cover any loss if liquidation were to happen).