Sheaf Saint

Cedric innit. It's what he does best.

Good effort from Boufal there, just wide with De Gea beaten.

Even the direct quotes from the player saying he had made the decision to leave and "there is no turning back" ? I don't believe even the Daily Mail would sink so low as to print a completely made up quote like that, let alone the Echo.

Yeah I did. Thanks.

When and how did he do that?

So that's 3 of our forward players out injured following the Fulham game then. Great I thought it was reported Obafemi only had cramp. Is he even capable of playing 90 minutes without getting crocked?

It's quite obvious why they chose that game, given Newport's cup run and giant-killing achievements last season.

Is that all that matters to you?

But that was on the basis of promises by the leave campaign of leaving with a deal. There isn't, and never has been, any popular mandate for a no-deal Brexit. Given what we now know about what a no deal Brexit will actually entail, let's just imagine for a second what the Vote Leave campaigning would have looked like if they had a) known what we know now and b) been honest about it: Vote Brexit for: Massive queues and delays at borders, especially at Dover where we import most of our RoRo goods from Europe Shortages of food, medicine, water treatment chemicals etc... Economic hardship for possibly up to 30 years while we negotiate worse trade deals with the rest of the world than the one we already have as part of the EU The imposition of a hard border between NI and Eire and a return to bloody sectarian violence The eventual breakup of the UK when Scotland inevitably becomes independent Ask yourself - what effect would this have had on the referendum result? Do you honestly think it would still have gone the way it did?

It's kind of backfired on him hasn't it. He clearly thought he would be in much greater demand, but the lack of interest from the bigger clubs he was hoping to impress speaks volumes. It's been reported that he was told we would let him leave after two years, but I rather suspect it was more a case of "if you perform well and a big club comes in for you then after two years we won't stand in your way", rather than giving him any cast iron promises of any move at that time. The way I see it, he now has two options. He can either cut his losses and accept a sideways (at best) move to a club like Besiktas, provided the club accept their offer of course, or he can buckle down and put in the required effort this season with us to earn a much more glamorous and lucrative offer next summer. Personally, I think he would be stupid to do anything other than the latter. Given his obvious talent and our lack of quality and depth in his position, it really wouldn't take much for him to force his way into our first team and become a regular starter. And if he can do that, and make his good performances the norm rather than the exception, then he will have a glut of offers much better than Besiktas come the end of the season.

I doubt it TBH. Sky will most likely be more interested in the top six teams against lower league opposition, like MK Dons v Liverpool or Colchester v Spurs.

Will still have to be a midweek game though.

Boom! Pompey away it is!

Sheff Weds got a 96th minute winner in the local grudge match at Rotherham. I'd be happy if we drew them away.

Bournemouth couldn't beat Forest Green in 90 mins. 74% possession, 23 attempts - no goals.

What time is the draw? Is it straight after the FT whistles of tonight's games or do we have to wait for all the penalty shootouts to finish as well?

Allegedly, he was dropped by Ralph after having a hissy fit at being subbed off against Liverpool. Allegedly.

Well it was bound to happen eventually. We got very lucky last season that he didn't miss a single game through injury - which is very rare for a player in his position especially who relies on bursts of pace and is most likely to get fouled. I say lucky because we had no depth in that position last season, and would have had to play JWP, Armstrong or Sims in his place - none of which would have been able to offer anything like his attacking threat. At least this season we have other options, with Djenepo and a seemingly rejuvenated Boufal able to play that role. Hopefully this will all be a moot point and Redders won't be out too long though.

Anyone managed to find any highlights anywhere? Edit: Found them... https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/competitions/carabao-cup/11795732/fulham-0-1-southampton Terrible finishing. Really should have been 4-0.

Has Obafemi ever finished a first team match without getting injured?

FT. Never in doubt

Going into 6 mins of injury time with a one goal lead, having wasted a few great chances to score more. We all know what's coming now don't we. Time for a cheeky in-play insurance bet!

Gallagher has scored for Blackburn at Sheff Utd to reduce their deficit to 2-1.

Nope. I'm relying solely on Bet365 live updates and the BBC rolling commentary that's about 5 minutes behind.