Eric The Red

I'm hoping it's not the week before as I'm away. Any date will cheese off a fair number of us sadly.

I want to get promoted to see us competing against the best, and in my dreams getting back into Europe. That being said winning more games than you lose is always better BUT as everyone knows staying in this league for more than 2 seasons would likely mean getting 'stuck' for several years, or possibly even worse.

23rd/24th April would certainly work best for us in terms of not having to play back to back midweek games but as JRM says Sky will probably have a big say in the actual date.

I get the two analysts for a Cup Final. BUT either have two 'neutrals' or if you must have one from each side. I'm no Chelsea lover but they've become the team that everyone likes to have an easy pop about and of course Sky's love-in with Liverpool is legendary.

The Easter TV fixtures should be announced by March 1st, i.e. next Friday

Don't think his wage costs are 3.7m for 5 months! But agree that net gain to us probably no more than about 2 mill

Can you just explain to a simple soul like me how a still from Smokey and the Bandit is a y sort of clue to the departure of Kemari Doyle

Yes Jack I agree we've drawn quite a few away that we ought to have won, especially as I've been at 3 of them!

Well Alex it depends how many points you think we need for a top two finish. I think 95, i.e. 40 more points should be enough, if we keep up our excellent home form, we could get there with just 17 points from our last 10 away which is the same as we've gained in our previous 9!

Wat's in Che's best interests is to secure a long term contract at Premier League wages (no relegation pay cut clause) but will he get this in this window?

Would Harvey Elliott like to come on loan as well? 😀

I think the names of the two characters in the picture are cArrie and Bo. If Aribo moves on in this transfer window I'll become a believer in the CoT

Game 2pm SUNDAY. Saints ticket sales windows, and making the announcement before the prices have been set, suggests to me they've been told if we sell out we can have some more. However I don't think the tickets will go that fast.

Basically agree with Hypo about this. It's what constitutes an 'acceptable offer' is the big issue. I would say we need to net at least £5m in fee/saved wages to afford to get someone in (almost certainly on loan) who is at least Che's equal and who needs to make an impression, e.g. to secure a good contract or to get into their national team squad for the Euros.

Whoops I meant 3 🙃

So 17 PL clubs have told Che's agent they have no interest and 2 have been more polite 😀

I thought Sekou had a reasonable game yesterday, certainly didn't notice any 'laziness'. He's obviously not yet up to being a regular starter in the Championship but he ain't going to get any better unless we play him. Definitely a player with potential and worth persevering with given he's still only 21.

Opta have both Ipswich and us picking up 36 points from 22 games. That's something like 10 wins 6 draws and 6 losses. I'll be disappointed if we can't beat that total. Whether we'll get enough points for the top two is obviously very much in doubt but I'll bet 85 (the figure implied by Opta) won't be enough.

He certainly came over as respectful to Swansea, which impressed me. An act or not I think it shows a manager with a bit of class. Certainly hasn't reached Nigel's status yet but if can get us promoted .................

I think Martin's reaction was more likely related to whatever previous interviews he had given last night. He was very defensive from the start and I can only guess what his body language was like. He, the team and most importantly us fans need a comfortable win or two ASAP

According to my son he has (Not ITK )

As far as I understand the rumours, it's that they're not offering as much as £7m up front, i.e. definitely under half the supposed £15m. I seriously wonder whether the £15m includes various add-ons which, given how hopeless Everton have looked so far this season, would never be due.

No. Would only attract negative press

Don't doubt there is a lot of truth in the Fulham story but it's all dependent on other moves and then them getting close to our valuation. I don't think 'close to £30m ' will be enough for them to win the race.

I think the words missed out of that headline are 'on the cheap'. Sure we'd love Tella back but also if they make us a good offer we will accept.