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I believe, a few years down the road, that the apparent lawlessness in this country in some areas will promote vigilante justice. I wouldn't honestly be suprised if this genuinely did happen, people getting together and taking matters into their own hands.

Not the Reading guy, Alex? Terrible - I saw him against Palace at Selhurst Park and he was shyte. I actually felt sorry for Kelvin having Pearce stood in front of him The others I agree with. Loans can be hit and miss, but by and large they are good players that for one reason or another just cannot get into their teams. Perry was a loan too, and we've so far got a season out of him. Lucketti was the much needed steel at the back for our escape from relegation from the CCC. Vignal wasn't rated to start with, but made the left back slot his own, but Chaplow was one of my favourite loans we've had. Shame we couldn't sign him as WBA had tons of midfielders at the time. Then there was Ekelund...

Notts County found a loophole with regards to Campbell and the wage cap - SSN seems to think that you can break the wage cap in League Two IF the wages are given as part of a donation from a wealthy benefactor. Which means, I think, if the rich bloke pulls ouf of Notts County before Campbell's contract expires, they're fooked. In terms of our club, I'm looking forward to deadline day next Tuesday. We sure as hell better sign someone that day as I'll be glued to SSN ALL DAY! ( until 5pm when the window closes...)

Thought he was injured. Either way people on here seem to think that Pardew doesn't rate him. Which, if this is the case, means we need to add a left winger to the shopping list as Mills cannot play there all season, and we sure as hell can't keep using Lallana out of position. (Well we can, but...)

Thanks for the goals Rasa but my goodbye is tearless. Like Saga, he came in, did well, got signed, did ok, and then got loaned out. I wouldn't be suprised if Saga followed him out shortly. A frantic last week of the transfer window.

Another player yet to make the grade(l) Hope he gives max effort to the team etc

Saws, sores, sauce, source soars

I too have him in the Sanderson kit. Think i had one of the others too, but it was so long ago i can't remember. Benali? Anyway i wouldn't part with it for less than he's worth!

My apologies for not knowing about the cup tied players, i'm greatly looking forward to every game at the moment and got carried away. That said, i don't have full internet access at the moment as i don't actually have the internet at all, i use my phone which is extremely limited in its usage and means bigger sites like the OS are inaccessible to me. Heck my phone bill has more than doubled since the Pinnacle proposal, as i eagerly log on to here to check out takeover updates and signings. In future i will wait until others have been ridiculed before i post, saving me from the embarrassment of having it done myself. I hope this makes things better.

Irrespective of which set of fans you think you come from, downbeat or keeping the faith, we have a welcome break from the League thanks to the League Cup. So what do you reckon of this game? I'm actually quite looking forward to testing the team against Prem opposition. I genuinely think they'll raise their game. Keep the first team in place, don't take the competition lightly, a win here could be a major confidence boost. My team would be: Davis Musty (or James if not fit) Thomas Trots Harding Mellis Hammond Morgan Lallana Lambert Saga I wouldn't play Paterson as i think one of the Poles could have more of an impact against Prem opposition. I couldn't possibly make a prediction, it's near impossible to predict, but i think'll it'll be closer than it is on paper.

Apparently a lot of people we're p.o'd when they cancelled their gig at the V festival on Sunday, due to Liam's 'viral larangytus'. So nothing to do with the boys screaming their heads off at the Man City game 24 hours earlier then...

Roll on deadline day. Now it means something. Something big. Pardew now knows the extent of the job on his hands. Two points is shyte. By September 2nd we MUST have AT LEAST one more centre back, a right winger and a pacy forward. No excuses now, or this will once again be a long hard season of struggle.

I'm extremely optimistic of a resounding win for Saints today. Both signings this week will be key. Roll on 3pm!

I disagree with this line up. By the time Davis calls to claim the ball, it'll be in the back of our net!

So to summarise: 1: There have been numerous mentions of us signing Sol Campbell by posters, no less than in the HCDAJFU thread at the top of the main page. 2: Despite League Two Notts County's interest, he'd still command a hefty wage. What we're doing with our club is different to what they're doing with theirs. We're being sensible with signings for the future, they're signing for immediate promotion and column inches. 3: Sol Campbell WAS a good footballer, but his golden years are behind him. There are many better defenders, more agile and younger, out there. 4: Skate cast off. We've got a good couple of years worth of rumours out of Campbell since he signed for the Skates. We don't want those.

Brentford shouldn't be underestimated but with two key signings this week we'll be too strong. 3-0 and a Lambert hattrick.

To put it bluntly, I said I'd've been immensely suprised if Pardew didn't bring a CB before Saturday. We've been screaming out for it, even if this is a temporary measure. I don't know how good this guy is, but in all honesty, he must be better than what we have. Must be. Now another CB before September 1st and we'll be all set. (Oh, and AP, please loan Lancashire out to whomever will take him...)

Tiny Cox. Lol'd at that. I can see the Northam singing "We've got Tiny Cox"!

Add Kayne McLaggon to that and I'd agree with you. There's a lot of youngsters in there that I just cannot see breaking into the first team squad, especially now we are financially solvent and can sign players to strengthen positions. Keep the ones in bold, and McLaggon, and either let the rest out on loan or frees.

Technically at the club we have five Centre backs, or players that can play centre back, who are in or around the first team squad, thats Perry, Thomas, Lancashire, Wotton and Mellis (alledgedly). I wouldn't have any in my first team to be perfectly truthful, hence the need for two newbies. Perry started his career as a right back, but despite his height was converted to centre back. Thomas, as I've said before, would've been shot if he'd been a horse and would now be Pritt Stick. Wotton should be shot full stop if what I read on here is to be believed. Lancashire is not a League One player, a red card waiting to happen, and Mellis is, as yet, untried and perhaps best suited to being outfield. Whilst we have this set of centre backs, it's hard to know what to do. Thomas, I suppose, is our best centre back, so long as he stays fit, but I wouldn't partner any of them with him. Could Harding play centre back? Having not seen him play, people say he's very good defensively... Just wondering. Then we'd have Mills at left back when fit. Hey ho, stick with the familiar until we get the new centre back. Thomas and Perry.

I've never been happy having a keeper as a captain. You need your captain to be mobile - if an incident happens near the opposition corner flag, a keeper captain is beyond useless. Now that's not to say Kelvin is. I'm sure he does his job, as a man with his experience would, but as it stands he is having to deal with enough as it is already. Now, with Hammond on board, I reckon we have a player who can potentially oust Kelvin from the captaincy. We shall see.

IMO we'll win the next 4 out of 5 games (Not the Charlton game, loss there), and by the first of October we'll have +9 points. Then we can really start attacking the top half of the table. I think Saturday's game vs Brentford is the day we turn it around, and show we have undoubted quality in the team. We still two CB's, a RW and a pacy striker short, but we'll get there by deadline day 5pm IMO.

I'd better not, I only just paid my £5 today after three weeks of putting it off...

Jack Cork I'd welcome back, but I don't think he'd drop below the CCC, even with our powers of persuasion. Quashie is very unlikely indeed, and carries that relegation tag around with him like a gravestone. I wouldn't be suprised if he joined Burnley, to add another team to his collection!

Had to go one too far, didn't ya! (Would Rule One get a banning...)