Saint Mikey

No they didn't, I went to that game and stood in the Northam! They had over half, mind you.

From watching that vid, the bloke has as much poise as a three-legged turtle. If he makes it to a pro, I will eat my hat. Fair play to giving it a go though, will be interested in the study in general. I would have thought the fitness side will certainly help him along.

This is a good move for the lad. Lge 2 is even more physical than the CC. From seeing the Blackpool game he clearly isn't ready for the 1st team just yet (I know he had a decent debut against Derby). This should toughen him up and give him some confidence. He should get a few games under his belt and Shrewsbury are doing OK in the League...

Nothing. We let him go and if you'd seen his MySpace page, you'd understand why. Braaap!

Get covered in plaster of paris?

The '98 World Squad was: David Seaman, Nigel Martyn, Tim Flowers, Sol Campbell, Tony Adams, Gareth Southgate, Graeme Le Saux, Martin Keown, Rio Ferdinand, Gary Neville, David Beckham, Darren Anderton, Paul Ince, David Batty, Paul Scholes, Rob Lee, Steve McManaman, Paul Merson, Teddy Sheringham, Michael Owen, Alan Shearer (captain), Les Ferdinand So basically, Rob Lee kept Le Tiss out and there was no place for Gazza either.

I thought Dolph Lundgren was supposed to be in it? According to GMTV the other day anyway. And Pat Cash, come to think of it.

After being in sole charge of a professional football club for the best part of 10 years, I'm sure he knows alot more about football than you and most of the posters on this board.

I'd wager they'll look more like Dudley Moore.

Seeing as Chelsea were paying a proportion of GLS's wages - I doubt it.

Sadly this is the only way we can survive or progress now, given the mis-management since we were relegated. We have no other choice and take-overs are pipe dreams really, considering the global economy. It's going to be a slow process, but I'm optimistic eventually we'll get there. Plus we'll get to see alot of homegrown youngsters progress before they go to 'big' clubs - sob.

Agreed. Why is this? Are the media scared of criticising Keane? He's spent an absolute fortune getting them promoted, keeping them up and then supposedly moving onto the 'next level'. They should be properly competing with the amount of cash they have spent, yet they are still very, meh. What Brown has done at Hull, now that's good management. Spending £150m odd and still flattering to deceive - isn't.

If I was the lad, I'd be stearing away from anywhere where my old man worked at this stage of my career. Only be accused of nepotism if he gets in the team anyway...

This is very similar to a brochure I once saw, entitled: Employing Homosexuals: How to integrate rear-gunners in your work-place.

It does. Particularly in South America, where it's been going on for years. Any decent player there has been signed up to an agent ala Tevez and Mascherano.

To be honest, I think people must think the Police have special powers and they just choose not to use them. I sympathize with the OP, as getting your car broken into isn't nice especially in his circumstances. To be fair, he is lucky they didn't steal his blue badge, it's worth something. However, how the f*ck does anyone think the Police can catch the person who did it? If you didn't see it and can't give a description, how on earth can they do anything? Even then, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. Re: the other posts about tyres being slashed, again what do you want the Police to do? What can they do? Have a bobby on every street corner? Cameras? Then we'd all be moaning about how we've got no privacy, how it's 1984 - they just can't win. The Old Bill don't do themselves many favours sometimes, but people expect too much, they really do.

LOL. Seriously though, can't people use their intelligence here? Whoever thinks Lowe will be on the sidelines barking orders out to the players needs their heads read. Some people are so 'Lowe obsessed' they're losing touch with reality. What's the next story? We'll probably hear about how Lowe burst into the changing room at half-time, kicked a boot in anger, clocking David McGoldrick in the eye....Now that would be a scoop.

If Burley had been a bit quicker off the mark, we may have got Chopra instead.

For all the people who think we'd start on a 'clean slate' after Admin. I guess you're right, it really would be a clean slate. Training ground will be sold. God knows what will happen about the stadium, sale and lease back? Absolutely no decent players left. Loads more people will lose their jobs, also meaning the club can't be run properly. How is this going to be a good thing? Admin doesn't just wipe out your debts so you can start again, we will be royally fooked with absolutely no assets and prob a massive points deduction to start the season (depending on the circumstances).

My mate said the other day: 'That's a stone-cold penalty!' LOL.

You what? You what? You what?-You what?-You what?

This report is a load of sh!te. What about the years we managed to stay in the Prem on a shoestring budget and 15k attendances at the Dell? Compare that with the mega-bucks that Pompey have spent on transfers and wages. Even Wigan and Hull have spent through the divisions. We are crap now, but no-way 77th.

Sorry to be pedantic, but the same kicker can't have another crack at a pen, if it comes off the frame of the goal. Another player has to touch it first...

Neither do you, if you think Lowe is the MAIN reason we're having these crowds: 1) Fans are rightly ****ed off from the amount of dross that has been served up for the past four seasons. 2) Add into that a complete lack of Senior players worth wanting to go and see, then there's your answer. OK, it's nice to see some homegrown kids do well, but it's not the same as having some genuinely talented players playing well. 3) Credit crunch is biting alot of people's asses, and footy will be the first thing to go. Or, is it your far more reasoned argument, that we have lost £10k supporters all down to nasty Mr Lowe? Like I said, if we were top of the league the place would be buzzing. It's only cos we are sh*te that we are having these crowds, this is what happens when a team consistently fails to perform anywhere near fans expectations, for such a long time.

This business about Lowe keeping crowds away is a load of old tosh. If we were top of the league, we'd have £25k+ crowds, no problem. Lowe is just a convenient excuse not to go to the game.