Matthew Le God

What result on Saturday in the Ipswich vs Hull game would have helped our cause? You could twist a win/lose/draw anyway you want to put a negative spin on it.

I thought the same. It is a bit like a Sky TV advert/intro covering the Premier League in the early 90's.

- Ipswich Town made a bid for Rickie Lambert this summer (quite why they thought they would be successful in that I don't know! ) - Saints made a £4m bid for Jay Rodriguez earlier in the summer (Ipswich were also interested in him) - Preview of tonights game Watch interview in full here (using your Saints Player login) The juicy bits about Lambert and Rodriguez are from 6:45 onwards... http://www.itfc.co.uk/articles/20110816/kick-off-saints_2263996_2421188/0,,10272~2421188~1,00.html

First the "back from the dead song" and now calling him a "Nelly", when will the David Connolly abuse stop?

Portsmouth News journalist in the last hour... pn_neil_allen Neil Allen SC says it is 'highly unlikely' anyone will be signed by #Pompey before tomorrow's game. Appear to be closing in on Huseklepp though 1 hour ago Favorite Retweet Reply https://twitter.com/#!/pn_neil_allen

No it can't. For example the transfer centre in FM12 is very different (and a lot easier to use)... As are the squad depth, tactical analysis, dashboard and team comparisons screens.

How can you ruin a thread that had little place to go, due to being based on unsubstantiated rumours?

Nothing in that article provides any real evidence to support a) or b).

That isn't the impression you give in the opening post. In fact you seem quite sure. You have jumped to a lot of conclusions based on unsubstantiated rumours, and then started a thread based on those conclusions.

That isn't a formation from the tactics screen. That is to give you an overview of the rankings of players in your squad in each position. For example if you click on the centre back as they have in the screenshot, it will then list all players in your squad that can play as a centre back and list them in order of how good they are.

See post #76

How do you know with such certainly that.. a) Rodriguez is being considered by Saints as a signing b) Burnley have valued him at £5m c) He isn't worth that (have you seen him play much?)

The interview is already available in full on Saints Player, went up over an hour ago. He doesn't really say a lot apart from his usual cliches and no comment about transfer speculation (which is entirely understandable). http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/articles/20110815/nigels-duel-with-jewell_2264122_2421127/0,,10280~2421127~1,00.html

Seaborne was injured for the Leeds United game. Seaborne was ahead of Martin in the pecking order last season, and it seems it hasn't change this season. Will be interesting to see if Jaidi is still ahead of Seaborne when he returns to full fitness. Last season pecking order for centre backs... 1) Fonte 2) Jaidi 3) Seaborne 4) Martin This season you can't work out positions 2-4 until Jaidi returns, but what we do know is... 1) Fonte ?) Seaborne above Martin ?) Jaidi's place in pecking order unknown apart from it is below Fonte

The interview is already available on Saints Player, went up over an hour ago. He doesn't really say a lot apart from his usual cliches and no comment about transfer speculation (which is entirely understandable). http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/articles/20110815/nigels-duel-with-jewell_2264122_2421127/0,,10280~2421127~1,00.html

Saints scout Jakob Friis-Hansen (we think) working his magic again like he may have with Steve De Ridder? Erik Huseklepp in his youtube "best bits" videos... p.s. Erik Huseklepp is very good on FM

Nearly all those screenshots have things you can't do/see in FM11. Don't let the fact the skin is similar confuse you.

You can pre-order it on most online stores already. For example... http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/22857711/Football-Manager-2012/Product.html?searchtype=allproducts&searchsource=0&searchstring=football+manager+2012&urlrefer=search You will probably be able to get it cheaper than that though if you shop around.

Where have you got the £10-15m figure from?

Robbie Keane is 9 years older than Jay Rodriguez and Keane will have little sell on value compared to Rodriguez. This is reflected in the transfer values of both players. Plus Keane's wage will be huge in comparison to Saints' current wage structure. He is probably on £60k+ p/w.

Why is Connolly undroppable? If Saints spend £5m plus on a striker as a Championship side, whoever it is (Maynard, Rodriguez etc etc) will be starting most games. Likewise Saints haven't spent £1.8m on a left back whilst in the Championship for him to be not playing. Fox will be the 1st choice left back.

Well the £12m (rising to £15m) from Arsenal certainly helps.

I'm not allowed to say any more than SEGA/SI say publicly about the game.

Exactly that, yes.

Did it? I don't remember that. Also there would have been little reason to sing about David Connolly as he wasn't in the squad for the Torquay game, let alone on the pitch.