The Kraken

You also have to consider the impact our press has on the England manager. Its hugely pressurised, and even friendly games (where we should be experimenting) are treated as a total disaster if we lose. Saying that I've been disappointed with Hodgson, in that I genuinely thought he would bring something different to the table and wouldn't be afraid to take a punt on players outside the establishment. He's almost been blinded by the lights of it all and reverted to type of taking the extremely safe option each time. He really could have been a breath of fresh air; and with each squad call up 2 or 3 newer players who have been performing superbly at club level. Christ, he could even have done this without any genuine intention to pick them and create a squad over time that has 30 or 40 players very used to going away on international duty. As it is we've got this core of his and you can predict what the squad will be despite how well any of them are playing for their home sides.

Wes raises some very good points that I agree with. And from the article, this: pretty much echos my feelings on it all.

rofl!!!

The mongboard yin and yang has been re-established.

Ah ok. Excuse me if I pass that by then. The silly boy. He who laughs last, and all that. Edit: Now you mention it I remember him doing the wind up, which if I recall correctly came after our spanners gave him dogs abuse all game until he scored against us.

Found your wallet at last then, cheapskate? MLG will be uber delighted.

That's what I'm wondering. I'm also wondering why I'm supposed to hate him. Other than that he was sh*t for the Skates.

I can see why.

Exactly right.

Again, I can only go by the deluded few's mad scrawlings on POL. But that will all be covered before the PDT take over. And the only fees they owe Chinny that I know of are the delays from the very first court case, which they reckon are relatively small. Don't get me wrong, I think they're full of sh*t and the true story of debt will probably get hushed up and brushed over. Just like they're claiming they're now "free of debt" when they are patently anything but. Another Portsmyth to add to the list.

I didn't say it was true!! Just what the deluded few are saying. From what I hear PKF's fees were capped at £2.5M, and these will be taken from held back funds (previous parachute payments) before the PDT take over. So technically they're not a debt that the PDT will have to encounter.

You'd expect wrong, according to POL. £350K over 5 years.

I wouldn't worry, its on;y Art. He's a complete f*cking mentalist.

Where has this obsession with top 4 club players come from, anyway? It wasn't always like this. Steve Bull going to Italia 90 and he didn't play one minute of top flight football. Peter Taylor got picked for England when he was playing in the third division. The Sky generation has a lot to answer for.

That would be my problem. Take away the badge and we have nothing that is unique to us. Look at Pompey, they use their city crest and I think their badge is one of the worst ones going.

Welbeck looks to me like a player that should have it all, but something is not quite right. He really should be scoring far more goals than he does. I think he's a very talented player, but he just doesn't look like a genuine top striker. Similar to Sturridge, really. When Sturridge went to Bolton on loan he scored something like 10 goals in 10 games, and you wondered how good he could go on to be. Again, it's not worked out and even another big move has yet to revitalise him.

What sort of theme would a new badge take? Most other new club badges are a minor adaptation and modification of the existing badge. What are we hoping for from ours? I can't really see what a minor modification would achieve, the badge is simple enough as it is and IMO stands the test of time adequately (I preferred it with the old ball though). So failing that, what would/should a new design entail?

Why would people be outraged? Prior to this badge we either didn't have any badge printed on shirts or used the city crest. Certainly didn't have a design that we'd used for 40 years, or that was directly relevant to the football club. and football clubs change their badges all the time, look at Leeds down the years.

I don't mind the badge at all. It's fairly simple, it's neat, and it's distinctive enough that people know exactly who it is when they see it. I'm not really fussed if we change it or not, but it wouldn't be on my priority list to change it. I don't see anything else as a better alternative, the city crest is for exactly that, the city and not the football club.

Quizteam Aguilera. Quiz Akabusi. I wish this microphone was a c*ck.

What on earth are you going on about? I genuinely don't understand your point.

Fairly sure that recently relegated clubs have a 2 year exemption to this. I may be wrong on the duration, but there's definitely an exemption of sorts. They've previously said they have someone in mind to come in as a CEO; someone with genuine experience. Quite who they can afford is another matter. It really is going to be fun to see the novelty wear off and watch it all unfurl. A massive accident waiting to happen.

Odd. As our previous manager constantly used to bang on about; you can't stand still in football, you need to constantly try to improve. Quite why we'd be basing anything on not improving the squad over the summer is bizarre.

If Benteke is up for young player he'll get it I reckon; heard the other day he's got 18 goals this season which is a really decent haul for a sh*t team. Really good player, Villa fans I've heard on the radio seem to love him.

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