revolution saint

He lived in Blackfield and went to Hardley school as well.

Well I suppose it's Palace but even that's a fabricated fake rival. Have to be honest though, the interweb is making rivaly boring - a few keyboard warriors wind up some gullible people. Big deal - all it proves is every club has it's fair share of stupid supporters, us included.

Have to say I came close to turning the radio off, sometimes ignorance is bliss.

You're obviously right about paying over the odds for potential - you only have to look at Henderson, Jones and of course Chamberlain to see that. It is of course dependant on them fulfilling that potential to get your money's worth though and there have been plenty that fall by the wayside. Michael Chopra went to Sunderland relatively young and with a good record in the championship - in the premiership he proved that he's probably only good for the championship. I think fans as well as managers get blinded by valuations - the higher it is the better the player must be. Doesn't always work like that though. Just because Rodriguez is worth 6m to Burnley doesn't mean he's worth it to us, and if they raised it to 7m it wouldn't suddenly make him a better player either. Ultimately it's got to come down to individual assessments of the player and how he would fit into the team. If Nigel wants him and thinks he's worth it then fine - I won't be complaining. However, personally based on what I've seen I struggle to see what extra he brings to the team. No doubt a good player but what we lack is a pacy forward and not someone who likes to drop off a bit. The team has shown that it can find space and spot good passes but I reckon they'd be even better with someone with enough speed to beat a defence. Also would give the midfield a bit more space. I know pace isn't everything (Jonno Quick etc) but for the money being bandied around for Rodriguez I'd have thought you could get someone with pace, skill and a good finisher.

Personally I find Dennis Lehane's books are very good. I read Mystic River and then the Kenzie & Gennaro series. He's got a good pedigree as well having written a few "Wire" episodes. Oh and also Shutter Island which was a bit of a departure for him but a much better book than the film.

Not sure, think they stopped because they got done a few times for allowing alcohol on the coaches.

I remember doing a few travel club coach trips in the early 90's - boring as hell. One trip up to Anfield was back to back "one foot in the grave" videos. Never, ever had time for a beer before the game either. Went on a few Eastside Travel coaches which were much more fun though and a good laugh - always sorted out a pre-match pub for us as well. I won six cases of lager in a raffle on a trip up to Leeds once. Also got Bobby Stokes as an after dinner speaker for a game up at Newcastle which was a bit special.

It's all about opinions and you both could be right. I watched the extended Burnley v Burton highlights and have to say that he looked much more of a Teddy Sheringham player and more comfortable dropping a bit deeper though. Kind of the role that Lambert does for us now. Who knows though? You can never really judge a player untill you've seen him a fair few times live.

To be fair he didn't get much of a chance and a lot of the time Wolves were only playing one up front which made it harder for him. Strange one for me - I've always wanted to see us break our transfer record especially on a striker but I'm not quite sure what Rodriguez brings to the team. He doesn't have the blinding pace we're missing, he doesn't seem to have the vision or trickery of, say, Lallana either. He's got a decent scoring record but even YouTube doesn't make him look that great. If you were to compare him against players like Sordell, Ebanks-Blake or Maynard then I'd have him as the least obviously impressive player. Of course I'm sure that if we are in for him then NA knows what he's doing, and I'm not saying the lad is rubbish either.

It can be a pain and takes me about 40 mins or so to get to Portswood from Dibden. On the plus side if it ever gets really bad like an accident or Causeway gets shut then I just work from home. Also, although public transport is OK during the day and rush hour it's pretty poor after about 6pm.

Doing a good job so far but:

Neil Heaney at times was shocking. Also, although not for us, Mark Hughes committed the most disgraceful play act dive when falling to the ground pretending someone had hit him in the face.

Oh and Fourth Official just tweeted we're close to an offer for NM - only club interested.

To be fair he also said AOC wasn't at Arsenal having a medical when everyone else was saying he was (and were right) so he's not always correct. Great thing is that we've got options: Maynard, Rodriguez, Ebanks-Blake, Sordell - any one of them would be great and I'm not sure we need a new striker that desperately anyway.

Always thought he was a bit of a prat.

On the face of it signing both Rodriguez and Maynard would seem to be mental but Rodriguez can play out wide, or we could play a front three. The other thing is Lambert definitely wouldn't be a guaranteed starter and I suppose we all accept he is at the moment. Still can't see that we'll end up getting both though......

Yep apparently fourth official reckons we're in for both rodriguez and maynard....tweeted a couple of mins ago.

Actually no, you're not.

Hi Dune, any chance of a reply yet?

Let's face it, either would be great. Maynard has a fair bit of hype at the moment but a lot of that is because of Leicester apparently bidding big and City putting a big price on his head. Let's not forget NM has recently come back from a bad injury as well. I guess a lot will come down to value for money... SEB at 3.5m or NM for around 5m? Who knows? Comparing prices for players is hard....we've just sold a player who has never played above L1 level for the same price as an England international (Ashley Young). Either one would be good for us.....I guess a good question would be which player would you not like to face in an opposing team? Happy days just being linked with them though....

League 1.

apparently......http://www.francefootball.fr/#!/news/2011/08/11/134609_schneiderlin-objectif-la-premier-league-en-2012.html Helps if you can speak French but basically signs til 2014. Good news. Apologies if posted elsewhere.

That's not an answer dumbo

Still no chance of an answer? What are you afraid of? Or just incapable of answering?

You can always try speaking for yourself but maybe the question was too hard?