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Ashamed to say that I actually didn't realise the full extent of Marlon King's crimes and convictions until today's game, what a disgusting human being. Very glad he didn't have the chance to retort by scoring.

Personally think it's good that the club are so cagey with injury news. It doesn't bring the player back any more quickly by broadcasting it to all and sundry, plus it'll keep opposition guessing.

Can't speak for anyone else but I go to all of the away games I can - which admittedly isn't anywhere near as many as I'd like, but sadly at my tender age I'm not yet in a position where I can turn down the money which gets me through the non-football days. Hell, even buying a season ticket made things pretty tight financially. I'll be at every game home and away game as soon as I'm able. Bit annoying that it means having to fudge my way to enough aways for the visit to the skates but that's the way it is at the moment. I'm sure you're right and there's plenty of fans as you describe... Can't really blame people for being up for this fixture though.

Got a pretty major clash for Brizzle annoyingly but will definitely try to keep the Reading fixture free, good shout. Hoping I'll be able to get to Cardiff too. [EDIT] Bloody hell, looks like I can get a return train ticket for £13.50 to Cardiff, that's a gimme then.

There's been a few people post on here recently that they've spoken to Barney at a game and from the horse's mouth (as it were) he's still injured. Pain whilst running was the most recent update I believe? Shouldn't be too far off playing now though I'd hope.

Hahaha, can you really see that happening?! Oh well, I'm guessing there'll be some restriction based on away games attended and I've barely been able to make any in the last year or so. On the off-chance that they go straight on sale to season ticket holders first I'll be at Fratton with my biggest voice At least since it's on TV it'll be a fall-back to those unlucky in getting tickets and the maximum number of people will be able to see the skates get a humbling.

I've been pondering this too, but the main conclusion I've come to so far is that though he dominated most attackers in League One the quality of target man was clearly much weaker on the whole (the biggest positional gulf between the two divisions?) Plenty of ex-Prem and big lump style strikers in the NPC. I don't believe it's necessarily that he's playing worse or struggling, rather that there is more of a natural balance now. I think a lot of us (as a direct result of the past year or so of consistently winning football matches) have forgotten what it's like to be under real pressure during games. Of course there will be players that get the better of Jose this season, but he's still a quality centre back and plenty good enough for this level.

I agree in the main, but it's partly because it's very, very difficult to prove whether its negligence on Sony's part or wear and tear caused by normal use. Personally speaking I've had thousands of hours of playing/watching/browsing/downloading over the three and a half years I've owned my PS3, often leaving it on for stretches of up to 12 hours. Any electrical device left on for periods such as that is going to give in eventually. Obviously that level of use won't be the standard case for everybody that's had one fail but essentially it's to do with the PS3 going from a high temperature after running to an instant cooldown - you're better to leave it on the XMB for a while after playing a game. The more times there's a sharp change in temperature around the internal components the more quickly the solder loses its elasticity and eventually starts to crack or 'bubble' causing a short. Part of the problem is that EU directives mean Sony can only use lead-free solder. As a result of that ALL PS3s are lead-free (I guess it's simply easier to produce fewer types of console per region, size of hard drive notwithstanding). So in that case there's not an awful lot that can be done. If you can prove that the thermal compound between the CPU/Graphics Processor and heatsink aren't up to scratch and caused the hardware to overheat then you would have a case, but good luck to anybody that tries as I'm not sure exactly how that could be diagnosed

If it's the problem that hits 90% of them it's bloody easy to fix yourself. Given that a new slim can be had for £170-180 I wasn't going to ring Sony's customer services and pay £100+ for a refurb model that could easily fail again. Basically I stripped the console down to the motherboard, heated that up to reflow the solder (can be done in the oven) and reapplied the thermal paste with a silver-based compound rather than the cheap rubbish Sony used (can be bought for £8 in Maplin). Put it all back together and hey presto! Seems to be working just fine at the moment and has stopped shutting itself down after a few minutes. It's the most reliable fix for dead/dying PS3s and essentially the same method employed by a repair shop. It will eventually give up the ghost again, but it will if you get somebody else to repair it too. Might last months, might be years. Let me know if you want to give it a go along with your model of PS3 (old or slim and the hard drive size it came with) and I'll post the tutorials. Really didn't take long and I'm normally useless with this sort of thing. All you really need is a screwdriver set (cross-head), a Torx screwdriver (can't remember the size but can look it up) and preferrably some thermal paste (I bought Arctic Silver but pretty much anything is better than what's already in there). If you've got some compressed air it'll help to clear out the buildup of dust but I did it all by hand so that's far from necessary. The way I looked at it I'd rather have a go at fixing the thing for under a tenner than pay a ton now and potentially still have to buy a new console in a few months anyway.

Even better http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b014sqy5/?t=17m58s

He was solid enough. It's pretty difficult to tell after 90 minutes in a match we didn't control well at all. Especially as he hasn't been playing at Celtic and slotted into an entirely new defence other than Fonte. If he does a job until January then it's a good bit of business. If the unthinkable happens and we nab promotion we'll need a better quality of player, but it's too early to tell how well he'll cope with the Championship. No doubt somebody will point to a couple of pieces of poor distribution but really, who in our defence doesn't knock it stray on occasion? Jos also seems capable of winning headers without climbing all over the opposition's attacker and risking the foul which I like. In summary: not a poor debut by any means, let's give him a chance.

Spot on, that's exactly what happened today. It left Fox and Cork completely exposed and neither seemed to be able to deal with that, especially when Forest's full-backs bolstered the attack. At the same time I'm still fairly happy as long as we're able to capitalise on our own chances and take the 'score one more than you' approach. You have to give opposition teams credit as well, it's not always just because we've been defending poorly.

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Plus they'd add to the server load during busy periods...

Frazer has one of the funniest running styles I've ever seen - it's more of a waddle I rate him reasonably well actually. Seems committed in the tackle and appears to get skinned less often than Harding does on the opposite flank. Not sure that his distribution is notably worse than our other potential first team full-backs. Perhaps he's not as likely to create something on the overlap, but our right-sided midfield options are strong enough to overcome that. In general I'd say he's unspectacular but handy to have on the bus.

Well Seaborne is 24... Crikey, best wishes to whoever it is.

After what de Ridder posted on Twitter last night I wouldn't be surprised if Jos is a 'buddy' signing Still, he deserves a fair chance and could potentially do a good job for us. Or at very least be valid as emergency cover. Definitely going to sit on the fence until we've seen him in action.

No, I don't think it's very likely at all. It's also worth pointing out that 'normal' loans have to be completed during the transfer window - we're now in the emergency/short-term loan period and any loan agreements can only be made to a maximum of 93 days.

I think they played the first set at The Hobbit's cider festival yesterday too. I was only half-listening (in a perry-induced haze) but my ears perked up when that song started They got a pretty good atmosphere going.

It's an abomination. I even tried to picture it in different colours used as an away kit option... just no! At a stretch that design could work as a training top. Got to love the one on the far right in this pic - pretty much a rip of the current shirt!

My contract at work expires the day before that, so if it's not renewed I may pop down to punctuate the tedium of a job search

Quite. Adkins wasn't in the market for new first team players in the January window - we merely bolstered in areas that eventually proved to have required backup. When you have such initial quality in the starting 11, why would you go out and break the bank to bring in 'better'? It also comes back to the point about the winning mentality of our team and - finally - some consistency. Our players know each other's game and thrive on that. Look at the chemistry and slick buildup involved in most of our goals so far this season! Arguably more important is the number of current players that have been tied into long contracts this summer. Yes, we could probably do with a bolster of quality in a couple of key areas, but the club's shown that it won't be held to ransom. We also need to bring in players that fit into the 'Southampton way' - Cork is a prime example of early fulfilment of that. It's my belief that the current squad will see us through to January at least. That's the time to reassess. So I don't think the question is why Nigel hasn't been able to attract 'quality', but whether it needed adding in the first place.

The one phrase that implies anything but... Nonsensical argument by the way - PCSOs take so much flak that anybody willing to step up gets the nod from me. So long as they can communciate adequately what's the chuffing problem? The nationality of the PCSO isn't relevant to the scenario anyway. Sorry to hear about the trouble, completely needless. There was certainly plenty of it about today, although I didn't realise their so-called fans had spread that far around (went to The Alex after the game and only spotted one Millwall fan on the way). You've got to hope that the police will deal more efficiently with escorting 'trouble team' supporters away from the ground in future. Just don't hold your breath.

As soon as I saw the thread I thought of that incident. Half of the time in the official site's gallery you'll see opposition defenders with a handful of his shirt or an armful of his face. It's difficult to call, but so far I think he's had more decisions go his way than in League One.

Wow, quite surprised to hear that opinion. I thought we were very quiet in second half - maybe it was just like that in the Northam and I inadvertently ignored the rest of the ground? There were a few moments of encouragement when we were under the cosh but generally St. Mary's felt much louder for the first 45 mins. Glad to hear that Adkins has got a realistic take on the match as per usual