VectisSaint

Perhaps one of Unbelievable school playground posters could dig the names out and shame them on here. Well done Jose, our best CB last season (and for previous seasons as well). Made Lovren look good at times, and helped us get silly money for headless one so that we could bring in better (Toby and maybe Florin). If I ever said anything negative about you then I was probably under the influence or something.

The point is that a lot of what is written is based on what people saw last season, and they haven't noticed that things have changed significantly since then. Last season we regularly had 3 or 4 academy players in the 1st XI, plus one or two more on the bench (Lallana, Shaw, JWP & Chambers, Gallagher as well at times, but lets say 3 as a rough guide). Last Saturday we had none on the pitch until Targett came on as sub near the end. People don't seem to see that the trend of having a large number of Academy products in the 1st team squad has changed, and base all their analysis and reporting on old data. I'm not saying anything is badly broken since last season, but just be aware, the plaudits being thrown at the Club are out of date and do not necessarily reflect the here and now.

No, he was nearing 19 when he signed for us. You're getting confused with home-grown status.

They also need to abandon the idea that teams knocked out of the CL go into the last 32 knock-out stages. Europa League teams have to battle through interminable games to reach the last 32 then often get knocked out by a CL team.

Interesting article, however timing wise it is ironic that it comes just after we played a league match with no academy graduates in the first team. I know Targett, Reed and McCarthy were on the bench and of course JWP is injured. Not saying anything should be read into this, but its perhaps significant and an indication that there is not such a large pool of academy players currently in the queue.

You mean he comes from Manchester and wants to work for Man Utd. Usually only Londoners are that way inclined. I would have thought his head would have been at the Etihad if he's a Manc.

Is that a question? If I assume that your statement should in fact be a question, indicated by the addition of the correct terminating punctuation mark, then my response would be "yes" because I cocked up.

Jack Cork still not getting a look in.

Do you mean elligible? I think his reading skills and writing are probably not an issue Shame Gaston is barred from playing against us, would have made our lives a little easier, but he would probably have been injured anyway.

Careful. If this works out in 10 years time one of the unbelievable school playground numpties on here will dig out this post and ridicule you for ridiculing the idea.

I think you missed the point though. We wouldn't be sending players that already have work permits to Switzerland. The suggestion was we could bring in players from outside the EU to help get work permits in UK. But for me that doesn't really make sense given that Switzerland is not in the EU. Still think our only link with Servette must be through Chivers.

Do EU work permits apply in Switzerland. I know Switzerland has some bilateral treaties with the EU, but not sure if someone working in Switzerland would be granted a WP in the UK as a result. Probably not the most simple, straightforward option to be honest, almost any other country in Europe would be more obvious.

Its still a dump, but called IKEA these days.

Not a fan then.

Not Jonno Quick. Maybe he could work at KwikSave, another completely inappropriately named place of work for the guy.

Saving was not his forte.

He scored 3 times at St Marys, one of which was candidate for goal of the season. I think its a bit insulting to liken St Mary's to a Brothel.

Must all be down to Martin Chivers. Actually doesn't sound too silly an idea, makes some sense for a young player or two to get some game time. Servette, Swindon, Hibs...

Dartford was last season, and only a month. He went back toChelmsford and was then released. Not showing up anywhere this season. Reality bites.

One of the few non-league clubs to have benefited from half million pound windfall in the summer due to transfer on of one of their former players. Has gone some way to helping them overcome a potential million pound loss when they were relegated.

We only drink whisky We never drink rum were the words usually, in deference to our Navy friends down the road.

The rules of the U21 League require a number of games each season to be played at the main stadium

We hate Nottingham Forest We hate Liverpool too (and West Ham) We hate Man United But Southampton we love you We used to hate Forest because they nearly always beat us including twice at Wembley. They were ****ing annoying, and the modern day equivalent of ManYoo *****il recently).

Clearly the Express does not understand the meaning of the word Galactico, especially in relation to Ashley Young.

Good for you.