VectisSaint

Not sure I will believe this until it is sanctioned by The VMan

But only from those of us over the age of 16 because we are set in our ways and cannot cope with new concepts such as zonal marking, electric light, the internal combustion engine or FM. As long as we have someone on the post I don't really care whether we ZM or MM, as long as we do our job properly. Best way is not to concede corners in the first place.

We need 2 GKs and 2 CBs, anyone who does not think we need 2 GKs must be accepting that Tommy Fivepast will be in the squad. You cannot go into a PL season with 2 GKs, it would be suicidal. Likewise 2 CBs, I am not convinced Seaborne is up to PL level (I was not totally convinced he was NPC level and his injury must make him even more doubtful). The OP seems to think Harding cannot step up to PL level, Adkins clearly thinks differently, otherwise he would not be in Switzerland (he would be mixing with Forte, Barnard and Dickson in the stiffs). Harding is perfectly good enough for PL, especially as backup for Fox. We appear light down the left, not sure that i agree about Chung playing on the left, seemed to play for us in centre upfront, although his goal was from the left. So from my POV we are almost certainly looking to sign 5 more players: 2 GK (one youngster), 2 CBs and 1 LM. Otherwise I think we are very well set up.

Ok we're going to have to be a bit careful with initials going forward, it was bad enough when we used to confuse Rickie Lambert and R Lowe, now mixing up Nicola with Natty will make things more confusing again.

That was before Tommy kept a clean sheet last night.

So, good to see Chung is training, even if not playing yet, must be close to fitness.

Adkins is the backup keeper, better keeper than Tommy Four/Fivepast will ever be. I expect us to sign Buffon any day but only as back up to Kelvin. IANITK.

Excellent, that will be useful if the referee forgets his, you can let him know when 90 minutes is up.

Although its not clear whether he didn't play because of the clearance or due to his fitness, Adkins suggested he was not fit. I don't actually see anything stopping players taking part in friendlies, even if as a Trialist, unless it is for insurance purposes.

September

Do you think Tommy Fourpast can ride a bike?. I suspect he dropped it just after the photo was taken.

Agreed. His problem is that he has a languid style which gives the impression of laziness. In fact he is probably one of the hardest working players on the pitch. People want to see players running around like headless chickens doing an impression of a road runner, they think that is the sign of a good player.

As I said I won't claim its racism, but sometimes it makes me wonder. You should try sitting in the Itchen/Chapel corner, you will hear loads of unwarranted (and some warranted) abuse given to Guly. Really hacks me off, especially with all the kids around. There are a large number of total idiots who seem to congregate in that area (and there are a large number of great supporters there who are totally embarrassed by the idiots).

Tommy Fourpast was on the bench a few times for Spuds, not sure it is really that good a benchmark, they were times when Spuds were a complete crock of ****e. It is no good thinking we should get a fee for Lee, bottom line is that he is probably on high wages, higher than most Championship/L1 clubs could afford, only way to move him on and allow him to play football is to let him go for free. demand a fee and clubs like Swindon are not in the market, that's why Lee Holmes ended up going to PNE, when he really wanted to join Swindon. Think Swindon would be a good place for Barnard, might get into some tussles with our local fascist though.

Can't believe you have never heard the abuse Guly gets, it is quite embarrassing some games, and usually totally unjustified. Have you never heard the ****s who phone in to Radio Solent after the game and blame Guly for everything. Of course sometimes he gets what he deserves he does have some games where he is not exceptional, so does Ricky but he doesn't get the abuse that Guly does. I will not say it is racist, but sometimes you do wonder with some of the abuse given to him. My daughter has Guly's name on her shirt, she gets quite upset with some of the stuff aimed his way by some morons in the ground.

Why would anyone want to drink beer imported from Thailand at a football match in England. Don't we have enough varieties of beer brewed in Uk or even Europe? If you think its expensive then maybe consider that you are paying for transport costs, import duty and also to support. CHelsea a nd Manure who ade partly sponsored by this brewer.

Perhaps we could pipe Jedward into the away dressing room.

Far from it: Beattie or Lambert? Lambert Ormerod or Sharp? Sharp Jones or Davis? Davis (Niemi was better but 2/3 of the Cup Final) Richardson or Baird? Close, I like Baird, but Richardson is probably better attacking Lundekvam or Fonte? On the evidence of the Cup Final I'll take Fonte thanks Svensson or Hooiveld? Killer Bridge or Fox? Bridge Telfer or Guly? Guly Oakley or Cork? Oakley Spiderman or Anders? Spiderman any day (I suppose it would be fairer to compare Spiderman with Oaks) Lallana or CMFG? Lallana So as individuals I would rate 7 of 11 current team better than the Cup Final team. Admittedly Killer and Claus were better as a pairing than the individuals, and Bridge & CMFG similarly, but in truth the current team is better than that team was in reality. Difference was WGS got a bunch of ordinary players playing above their capabilities due to their fitness. I haven't even taken Jay Rod & Steve Davis into account.

Some of our posters sleep better at night when Mummy tucks them in. Its a shame we have to take this sort of drivel to pander to the lowest common denominator, but I guess thats the level of Sky reports and interviewers these days, oh for something insightful and interesting.

Bloody phone keyboards :-)

I think this could be put in the category of stating the bleeding obvious. Has been clear for ages that we need.2 keepers and 2 CBs. You cannot go into a seaon with 2 or 3 CBs, and no offence to Dan but he was not really good enough before his injury. Likewise, only having 2 serious keepers would be a huge risk, Tommy Fourpast is not a serious option for any professional football team. It would have been more intereting to know whether other positions were still under consideration, especially MF.

Actually the real grass (on the right) looks in decent nick considering it was ripped up later than ideally and with the weather we've had since. I hate those advertising hoardings, specially on telly. I hope we will be installing something a bit more classy than Recaros, maybe NC will get a job lot of Ferrari or Maserati (I hesitate to add Alfa) seats from his mates in Eetaly.

Perhaps Rangers Newco should apply to replace them in League 2

Most banks are major plcs as well. And we all know they are all a bunch of bankers. But I tend to agree, its beginning to sound like horse****, just can't work out what Claus thought he would gain from it, he must beseriously off his rocker.

Many teams last season did not name 25 players. Leaving gaps makes sense, allows signing of fee agents if needed. Forecast, Barnard, Forte & Dickson will not be in the 25-man squad. I would be surprised to see Seaborne named either. I suggest we will still sign 2 keepers, at least 1 will be u21, 2 CBs and another midfielder. So we'll probably end up with 24 or 25 named players. The squad can be changed in January, new players brought in, players previously named dropped.