Greenridge

It's clear from reading the many opposing posts on this thread that whilst Cortese has demonstrated strong and determined leadership he is clearly lacking in accepting that positive PR will do him no harm whatsoever. It wouldn't have taken much to send a couple of 'official' representatives to this celebration evening, indeed he could have attended himself I guess, depending on his circumstances. It just seems so strange to 'appear' to actively alienate The Club in circumstances like this when, with no real effort required, he could have made everyone happy.

More importantly who was the presenter of the program? Truly awful!

Yes that would be good although I was more referring to Martin...

The loan window opens in a weeks time I believe

I think it's this thread that is causing all the problems

It was an L1 team

In relative terms a completely fair comparison

Expect to see him to go out on loan which was due to happen last week.

Just playing devils advocate but even SSN seems to be struggling to keep up tonight

Where's Nineteen Canteen when you need a good debate

I made it right for you.

Adkins said in his post match interview with Solent that both Hammond and Lallana will be back 'sooner rather than later'. Make of that what you will.

And if so he'd be...

A week is a long time in polictics, sorry I mean football. Let's hope he does stay or indeed we get top top dollar for him if he does go. I still think the mostly likely outcome, if there is any movement at all, is a loanback arrangement of some kind.

Can't be many managers who've (alledgedly) been offered 4 different jobs in as many months. His stock his high at the moment that's for sure.

He's got a GPS fitted to his bus now. Like many I was a little underwhelmed by his appointment but glad to be proved wrong. Still can't quite shake the Brentford game out of my mind but maybe it was just a nightmare and never really happened.

Not specific to Adkins but anyone notice the trend of the last couple of years of Managers referring to their Football Club, not just the Club as it used to be. Must be the fashion I guess. Anyway, I'm off to catch the bus before it leaves without me

Considering Cortese's statement regarding AOC I think the most likely outcome, if there is any movement at all, would be a buy and loanback arrangement. £10M is a lot, even for us in our relatively financially stable position.

As long as it's not the bus from Speed I'm on it!

What a nice feeling to have the momentum that you so often see other clubs have just winning and winning, confidence is massively high and it's a joy to be associated with the Club.

He was at the Oldham game last night so that should give him some food for thought.

Unless he unfortunately get's injured. I get the feeling he's played his last game for us so I don't think he'll be 'risked'.

With Hull having a bid turned down and now Reading making a bid I would have thought any chance we had of signing him are becoming increasingly distant. Still, be nice to be wrong. We should have looked at him when he was at Poole!

I'm sure at 21 he wants to be playing football and as there is virtually no reserve football that leaves him as a professinal 'trainer'. I hope he stays around as he looks a decent player, he's shown enough potential that he could be playing for someone week in week out, whether that's with us or in a higher or lower league I don't know.

I'm pretty sure he's 21. Jaidi always worries me when we're up against anyone with just a touch of pace. If he sticks to his game as a blocker and let's Fonte get on with the football then we're OK. Hopefully Martin doesn't get too disillusioned and looks for a move as I think he is one for the future and Jaidi can't last forever, certainly not in the CCC if we get there.