Crab Lungs

3m for cork is obscene

Joel Ward the other way?

Great little signing that

Forster is miles behind Boruc as a keeper. Unbelievable this poll is so close.

1-0 Leverkusen

Here's the SaintsWeb Sun Dream Team league pin to join: 8052823 And have a bash at this one... http://signup.fantasyfootballrivals.com/ and use the key 10094674 It's quite a unique fantasy football game for a number of reasons....; Rules Team selection - formations Managers can choose to play: 5-4-1 5-3-2 4-5-1 4-4-2 4-3-3 Squad sizes Your minimum squad must have enough to field a starting XI, so a GK, 4 defenders, 3 midfielders and a striker Max squad size is 18. How you select your remaining players is entirely up to you. Will you go all in on XI Galacticos, or build a squad with strength and depth Be careful though you are stuck with that squad until the next transfer window Check out Damian Morian's blog for tips Buying Players - The Auction Players are bought through an online auction and each manager has £60m available to spend Each player can only play for one team per league so every manager's squad is different Each auction has a number of rounds as players are bought and money is spent Every player has a reserve price which is the minimum amount managers can bid for a player At the start of each round, managers submit a bid on each of the players they are interested in Highest bid wins and the successful manager signs the player Managers cannot see other bids - so think carefully about your bid price If two managers submit the same highest bid, the winner is determined by a pre-set bidding priority which changes each round If a manager fails to sign a player (i.e. loses the auction), funds are returned and can be used in the next round The auction finishes when all squads are full, all managers have run out of money or no-one wants to place any more bids Player Points scoring All players Starting appearance 2 pts Sub appearance 1 pt Goal scored 5 pts Assist / Key contribution 3 pts Red card -3 pts Yellow card -1 pt Missed penalty -2 pts Own goal -3 pts Additional points for keepers & defenders only Full match Clean sheet 4 pts 1 goal conceded 0 pts Additional goal conceded -1 pt Part match Clean sheet 2 pts 1 goal conceded 0 pts Additional goal conceded -1 pt Keepers only Penalty save 5 pts Transfer windows and selling As in real football there is the opportunity to change your squad throughout the season during transfer windows The League Chairman is responsible for setting the transfer windows During transfer windows, managers are able to sell owned players back to the market The selling price is the higher of the player's reserve price and half the price paid during the auction For example, pay £20m for a player who has a £4.5m reserve, and you will get £10m when you sell him However, pay £8m for the same player and you will get £4.5m when you sell him Players sold back to the market will be available for purchase by all managers during the next bidding round The reserve price remains unchanged throughout the season Buying players is the same process as during the pre-season auction Only unallocated players are available Each manager keeps his squad, unless he chooses to sell some players Funds from selling players are available in that round to fund player purchases We are intending to introduce manager to manager transfers later in the season - please be patient with us! Head to head fixtures Just like in real football, every game week each manager will go head to head against another manager The winner is the team whose players score the most points during the fixture ("Points Scored") As in real football, a win get 3pts, a draw 1pt and nothing for losing League tables are based on number of team points, with total Points Scored (e.g. assists, goals etc.) the decider Fixtures are decided by the FFR team and are allocated randomly The number of teams in a league will determine, the number of times each manager plays another and the number of Premiership matches in each fixture (i.e. some fixtures will be 1 week long, some 2 week long) If there is an odd number of teams in a league, each week one team will play an virtual "average team" which is based on the performance of the other teams in your league. Still 3 pts for a win etc. The Role of the League Chairman The League Chairman has responsibilities for running each private league By default, The Chairman is the manager who setup the league, but responsibilities can also be awarded to other managers The Chairman is responsible for inviting managers to join the league, deciding upon transfer windows and running the auction There is no cap on the number of teams in a league but we wouldn't recommend more than 20, any more than this and managers will run out of starting XI players to buy Transfer windows can be at any time but we recommend during FA Cup weekends or International breaks to give time for multiple bidding rounds We recommend at least two windows, after 31 August, once the Premiership transfer window closes, and after 31 January when the Premiership January transfer window shuts. Running the auction The Chairman closes each bidding round through the Auctions panel Once each round has closed players will be allocated and funds spent by managers All bids are final, the Chairman must therefore make sure that everyone who wants to make bids has had the opportunity to do so

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28642187 Why does this gesture seem so empty and hollow? If another club did it I'd think "fair play", cos it's pompey I think they're doing it to go "look at us, were so moral and righteous"

Doubtful tonight now

Possibly tomorrow

Another one in soon x

All calculated by board, deal for Morgan done, pulled at last minute so player gets angry and becomes the bad guy, board then shrug their shoulders, sell him and say "we had no choice, it was best for sfc" All bullsh1t

RE: Ralph and club statement http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?51167-The-mess-we-re-in&p=2006174#post2006174

No, don't think so... too late for that, anyway.

"The board know my position"

Yep.

Can't blame him.

If pochettino really ran around telling all the players to go then why did the club help him with his new place in Soton?

We'll have a don't panic statement from the club soon

My money's on the pochettino and lallana bits.

Ahahaha... sorry! One other note on player purchases... we're giving (Reed) that everything is under control but there's a lot of frustration from the staff that we're dragging our heels and missing out on some players. Caulker, an example, messing around with the fee then steaming in at the last minute with an acceptable bid and by then it's too late.

Maybe Guan can confirm this but possibility of one maybe two this week. Centre-half. Don't know who though... it's not only you that get the nudge, nudge, wink, wink treatment... I do as well!

Fonte's a good bet right about now.

Haha, not sure if that should be attributed to my post above.

A few more out the door, hastily bought overpriced acquisitions to just about ensure we've got enough to stay up, a lower mid-table finish and eventually, a sale of a Premier League club with great facilities. All in a year. That's just speculation on my part. It's going to be bumpy.

I'm sorry I've been miserable and continue to be about the club but it's galling to see it happening, it's not purposeful, I'm not enjoying the turmoil at all. I'll type some more in the next few days if I get a chance about the players that have left, the ones that are about to leave and possible signings. More on MP departure too, as well as some other stuff about "the goalposts being moved". Whether that aligns with what anyone else hears I don't know, just passing on what I am told.