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Even if he was available it would be daft playing him (or at least starting him) when he hasn't even trained with the squad. We have 5 other good strikers available, all of whom will be desparate to make sure they stay in the team when Billy is available.

Good signing, welcome aboard the waterbus. My only thought is, we now have 5 strikers who can play alongside RL, but its still difficult to see a combination that would work well when RL is not available. I guess it would have to be Guly & perm 1 from 3 of Sharp/Connolly/Lee/Barnard. Still desparately seeking a CB, then things will look sweet.

Was he in departures or arrivals? Perhaps he is meeting Hooper who has come down for a look-see and a trip to Ikea before signing.

No, its quite clear that you are in fact Paolo di Canio.

Correct, at same time as we are being heavily linked with Sordell.

Thought Blackpool had already done a deal, clearly not. Lots of people (including Celtic, Rangers, Blaclpool and Palace) were after him but the Fleetwood owner is only willing to let him leave permanently at the end of the season, hence the loan back arrangement. Palace had offered £700k evidently. Holloway was very fulsome in his praise

How is the Hoddle issue still relevant? It was 8 years ago. Its about as relevant as whether Lawrie should have taken over from Ted Bates, many people thought it was a terrible decision at the time. Maybe it was, perhaps we would have done better to have appointed the 15 year old Messiah at the time and avoided the 20+ years of ups and downs in between so that we could have been multi European Champions. If Hoddle had kept us up (which I doubt without the support of John Gorman) then would we now be in the happy financial position we ar now. Who knows, but probably not. Its irrelevant, its in the past, a point in history. Get over it. You are by far the most repetitive poster/troll here, you are sir a 2 trick pony (Hoddle and 17th).

But then we will look to bring him in on loan. Just because the transfer window closes on Tuesday thats not the end of it.

No Morgan today? Find that a bit surprising, not even on the bench. Is this an injury that we don't know about? Would actually probably have been a better option for CB than Fox although Danny did alright there on Monday (albeit after Leicester had taken their foot off of the gas). Still, should be good enough to beat Millwall today.

Odd one really, makes sense to get a short term loan until we know whether Seaborne will ever play again, but is clearly more of a left back than a CB (was usually second choice to Danny Higginbotham at Stoke). Is not particularly tall for a CB either, but may make a decent backup for Jos until the end of the season. Clearly not a long term option, can't see why we would be looking to bring him in long term when he is known not to be able to command a regular PL place and age is not on his side (wrong side of 31). But we do desparately need a backup for Jos on the left hand side so if NA thinks he fits that bill so be it. Can't see Raidi playing regularly again and DS won't play again this season I will wager (unless it is just a cameo). Left sided CB should always have been a top priority in this window.

Not if its freezing cold, thats lager and is for girls. Man up and get a proper pint of warm flat beer.

Surely we have already planned for a replacement, his name is Bart. Apart from one nightmare match, he is what is needed and is here as future replacement for KD. Why would we need to take Lewis if he flaps and parries too much, sounds too much like Kelvin on his off days.

Really finding it difficult to keep up now, are we on the bus, in the boat or on the tram?

Got to feel sorry for the ones on the lower deck of that bus.

I know he's back in the squad but he's hardly the answer to life, the universe and everything.

One for the Rosie47 I guess. I think we should call our new player Rosie.

CB should have been at least equal top priority with striker from the start. Hooiveld is really only a replacement for Seaborne, we needed another CB before Seaborne was hurt. WE still need one now as this week has illustrated, fit CBs, Aaron Martin and ..... The Number 5 shirt is still vacant, that tells me that a new CB is still expected.

Do we need a stopper? We already have a Cork.

Good news. I' mot his greatest fan, but it takes something to admit mistakes like he has (especially with the financial penalties that go with it). I hope supporters give him a break, and no booing is justified. No need to have a love-in with him, but let him do the business on the pitch and then give him some positive feedback from the stands. We all know he is quite capable at this level, not sure yet about the next level, but if NA/NC have welcomed him back thats good enough for me.

I heard it is actually a Honda, made in Swindon, and is currently alongside the M3 waiting for the Breakdown Recovery service to arrive.

I did? Must be getting old.

Still, good to see that all of those who decided that the delay was because it takes weeks and weeks to organise a move from Japan to the UK were wrong for a professional footballer. It clearly is a piece of **** like most people realised. But I was one that suggested that possibly something was not right because of the delay and lack of information, happy to be proved wrong.

A good advert for why people really no longer use this forum.

Archers. Never ever watched from the West Stand. Started off in the Milton Road, then to the Milton/East corner but finally settled for the Archers. Don't really have a "home" at SMS, sitting in Itchen/Chapel corner for rest of season, but prefer Itchen/Northam corner. Sadly SMS really doesn't have any special atmosphere in any section, indictment of modern identikit stadia.

Actually Connolly and Guly both had half decent games last night, specially 2nd half (difficult for me to see much of what they were doing 1st half, wrong end of the pitch). No decent support from midfield, but both were working tirelessly to make things happen. They are not great as a pair though to be fair. Some of the things Connolly was doing in the 2nd half were high class, but no-one else on the pitch was quick enough or alert enough to take advantage, AL and RL are very much on the same wavelength as Connolly and so it works better when the three of them (or even two of them) are together. Granted Connolly scuffed one decent chance he had, which is not good, but you cannot fault him getting into good positions or for his workrate. I heard someone text into Solent saying he was gash, maybe it was the OP. Anyone who thinks he is gash really doesn't have a clue. He was a mildly bright spot in an otherwise totally crap performance.