Saint Mikey

Did he do a self-diagnosis?!

Very good. Every Skate should read that and weep...

What a load of sh!te. He actually scored! God knows why it wasn't given as it went a foot over the line, lucky Papa put it in.

What's this got to do with anything? Seeing as he plays for Bolton.

Brilliant, the Blue Few must been ****ting it evertime this chancer opens his gob. If he doesn't invest in the team and keep them up, he'll be eroding the infrastructure! Building foundations?! Does he hope to take them down to Non-League and then build from there?! They are in a world of sh!t, and I will watching each step with pleasure after all the stick we've had for our demise...

Anyone know how many of the 'best fans in the world' ™ actually travelled up there this eve? I'll take a guess at 2/300 max.

I'd be surprised if Gobern gets anywhere near the 'quality' of Carlton Palmer. He got alot of stick, but was a decent player for us and a good few teams at the top level and played for England (albeit under Taylor). If Gobern ever plays for England, I'll eat a jester's hat.

I bought 3 t-shirts and got stung for about £25 for tax and charges - wasn't impressed.

I think the blatant influence of the Big 4 will be held up for all to see in this situation and Chelsea will get away with it scot-free. If this is actually imposed, I'll eat a jester's hat.

Gypo is the more oldschool term and would have also been acceptable...

Unless he's a right-winger, I find this strange. His profile lists him as an AM, surely Lallana is best placed for this position? Anyway, not grumbling about another addition, cos we need the numbers and I doubt we are paying anything for this kid. Just think there could be other areas we need to strengthen.

I had a chat today with someone who's daughter is an Accountant at Pompey. She is working 12hr days and, wouldn't give details, but said they are in a world of sh*t.

It's a double-edged sword - if this ruck didn't involve Gerrard, it never would have got to Court in the first place...

As were Sidwell, Harper and Little... The nucleus of that successful Reading side in the P'ship seems to have been bought in by Pardew. Hope he can do it again. Above all it'll be good to see a settled side!

The Daily Sport, although I do think they are still living off of great old headlines like: 'double-decker bus found on the moon' and 'I gave birth to a radiator'.

I would take Coppell in a flash, but I suspect he'll waiting for an early-season managerial casualty in the Prem. Likewise with WGS (which was always unrealistic anyway). All the noises coming out are that Wotte is staying. I'm a little concerned about his ability to get decent players in. Maybe I'm being pessimistic, but the 'Ryan Smith is world-class' quote is niggling me somewhat. I'm also concerned that we need to learn our lesson from last season and not rely on youngsters too much. Mills, Lancashire, White, Thomson, Patterson need to be bit part players next season to aid their development. We can't rely on a team with too much emphasis on Youth to get to the Playoffs - which should still be our ambition.

Paul Rideout played nearly 90 times for the first team! Scott McDonald also made 2 sub appearances.

Rupert Lowe ate my hamster.

I heard Mike Osman nicked cash out of a collection bucket to buy Rupert a pint.

Not sure if anyone's mentioned Lancashire either, who'll be decent in Lge 1 (hopefully).

To be fair, our success in the transfer market has been abysmal since we went down. Actually, the last season in the Prem wasn't much better either. Whilst in this league we have had a succession of pony and disappointing signings. IMO at least all of these were failures: Hajto Ostlund Powell Brennan Kosowski (Loan) Pele Sarmiento (Loan) Viafara Licka Hammil (Loan) Pericard (Loan) Plus the ones this season. How can a club sign so many dump players?!

Will be interesting to see where BWP ends up next season. I can't see us offering him a new contract and he has hardly played this season. He'll probably get a lower level club in the C'ship, on the strength of his name.

E's have been cheaper than a pint for ages, cos they're unfashionable. Everyone is into MDMA powder which is about £35 a g (I think) and Coke (god knows why). Same thing happened to acid, in the mid-90's it was cheap as chips, whilst E's were £15 a go. Allegedly.

I dunno, I seem to remember a cracking free-kick attempt from Beatts in a 1nil loss there. 45 yards out, 20 yard run up, ended up about 45 yards wide.