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You'd hope so wouldn't you.

The OP said realistic, Lukaku isn't realistic. From what I've heard of Astori he seems to fit the bill as to a quality player who is realistic in a position we need to strengthen in. Thomas Ince would be a quality signing too.

Whats Ryan Dickson up to these days?

It was Adkins that was obsessed by that, for most clubs it doesn't matter. Rio Ferdinand and Vidic are both right footed, they've done alright.

Jimmy D doesn't like that word FFS

I was shocked at that, it was completely out of character.

All of the posters who revealed there were rifts in the camp were met with howls of derision and shouted down. It didn't make hem wrong though.

Would be good back up to Pochettino as manager, free agent too now he's left Sheff United.

The Reading and someone else fans at work think he's their best defender, but that's hardly saying much. Not seen anything to suggest he's better than a championship player.

Is he? Damn, that ruins the game plan then. Luckily we've still got Mayukas pace as an attacking full back to worry them. honestly think he can be converted into our the Zambian Daniel Alves.

Tis wold be my line up ------------------Boruc ----------------Yoshida -----------Fonte-----------Hooliveld Clyne----------------------------------------Mayuka ------------Cork---------------Morgan Chaplow--------------------------Guly ----------------Lambert As it looks 1-2-2-2-2-1 Keep them narrow, two quick full backs getting forward and wide whipping the crosses in. Mayuka has played wide in the past so I think he could do a job at left back tracking the runs of their wide men and also giving them something to think about themselves with his pace on the break, I'd give Chaplow a man to man marking Job on Bale whenever he gets into our half, with his bite it'll stop his runs and space he gets. I'd have Yoshida as sweeper for when Defoe outpaces Hooliveld as we needed a sweeper on Saturday given how our defence was taken apart and he is the best man for the job. Sit deep, 10 men behind the ball, with th long ball into the mixer with Guly or Mayuka when he breaks forward at pace picking up the knock downs from Lamberts flicks.

For optimist read realist. Wigan have taken 2 points from their last 12, Christ knows why people think they will take at least 8 from their next 12.

Ohhhh, you seem to be getting very upset, i always love it when people Start getting personal and angry, sure sign they look stupid, which you did with your proclamation that our coaching team have the level of U12s.

You have to remember that a poster on an Internet forum talking about a player he's probably never seen or heard of until January would know more about how to integrate a centre half into the first team than an ex international centre half from a top footballing nation.

It never ceases to amaze the the people that bite and get upset about it though.

And over 38 games you generally finish where you deserve too.which is why we will finish where we deserve to, lower midtable. Which by the way, is mission accomplished in some style as far as this season goes.

Correct. We were bottom 3 for much of that period, now were midtable, what's your point?

Odd post. Clearly lower midtable is our position with our current squad, it's pretty much where we've been all season and where we'll finish and you even agree with me we won't finish 10th, , but I'm talking sh**e though. Good stuff.

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It's only what I've been saying all season. See how indignant people were when I dared to say we wouldn't finish 10th, rounded upon by some. If anyone disagreed with Predictions we were set to rocket up the table, past teams who had been there all season it was sneered at. Obviously I want us to finish as high as possible but my out look isn't blinded by happy clappy optimism that all of our players except for Guly and Fox are the greatest players in the history of association Soccerball and everyone connected with the club is the greatest person who ever lived.

What did you see?

We won't go down and we won't finish tenth. We aren't as bad as some make out and no where near as good as others think. Where we are now is about where we will finish. 12th-15th. This is an accurate reflection of our squads level. I'm sure people will now randomly pick or ignore games and cherry pick amounts of games, or come up with a league table as to how it would look if only players with the the letter R in their name their scored this season to 'prove' we are better than we really are. Ive said this for most of the season and been sneered at for it. Glad to help.

I'm not sure why everyone is having a go at Alpine, he's right. Our centre backs aren't good enough, they got carved open time and time again on Saturday. Everyone is blaming Fox and whilst he wasn't great he was no worse than anyone else. We haven't any true wide players except Puncheon and we don't any real options up front except for Lambert, if he isn't playing well then we struggle. We've got a decent first XI when everyone is fit and on form but we have no depth beyond that and you can't go through a season with only eleven decent players relying on them to be in top form and fitness week in week out. We are in about the right position of lower midtable, we aren't relation fodder, we're too good for that, but neither are we a top 10 side, or even top 6 like some on here would have you believe. I was sneered at for saying we wouldn't finish 10th and it seems I'm likely to be right, unfortuantely realism on here is dismissed as trolling or negativity with people indignant if its suggested we arent as good as people like to believe. The fact is were a newly promoted side and survival was always the priority and considered a success this season, we're in a decent place and should be pleased with where we are this season, but not kid ourselves that we are as good as some on here are claiming and there is still a lot of work to do yet if we are to get anywhere near the 'aim for the stars' mantra being trotted out every five minutes on here.

I doubt Pompey can afford them and they wouldn't want L2 football.

Quite. Both of them have always been big clubs. Just dinlows on here don't seem to realise that.