S-Clarke

To be fair, they don't seem to give a **** about what goes on there these days. Got to feel sorry for them really, an enormous club just ripped apart.

Chuffed with that singing, a real big one for a club that's just been promoted IMO.

Steve Davis it is.

I reckon it's a double signing.

Sounds like a double signing could be imminent.

Well it'll probably be harding or dickson then.

in an emergency I'd imagine, he's not replacing Hammond.

Why? Buttner is a LB/Left midfielder...Hammond is a CM.

Sounds like an excellent signing if I'm honest, we've beaten some decent clubs to this one.

All the best. Hope you make a strong recovery! All those years of watching Saints doesn't help the condition of the heart either!

Where would he play though? Lee, Lambert, Rodriguez, Sharp, Guly......... I'm more happy that we focus on the positions that are light in quality! He's a good player, don't get me wrong, but he'd be an unnecessary signing in my opinion.

This is Chelsea, one of the top clubs in Europe and the Champions League winners. If he hasn't looked that good for them, that doesn't mean he's not good enough for us. In fact he would walk into our team. Fact.

That's all about keeping your options open to be honest. It doesn't mean any deal is less likely to happen today, than it was yesterday, it just means that we aren't hedging our bets and are working on alternatives should these not happen. Sensible way to work and do things, and I'm pretty confident that there is a hell of alot going in behind the scenes. Not sure why people seeem to think we're doing nothing just because there aren't any rumours, which is really surprising considering how we've acted over the past few years - signings happen that are out of the blue alot of the time.

So surprised to see how far down Brazil are. Is this the lowest they've ever been in the 'Fifa' Rankings? To be fair, they definitely don't seem to be producing players of the same level of Ronaldo, Ronaldiono, Cafu, Carlos, Rivaldo etc. Neymar is probably their star name at the mo, but you don't see clubs from all over Europe rushing to buy their players these days - they seem to be snapped up by Russian clubs primarily these days.

Dickson is a L1 left back in all honesty, might do a job for a club like Barnsley in the champ - but I can't see him above that level, and I think Crainey is better (not by much, as he isn't great) than Dickson and possibly Harding.

Well exactly, they've just got into this so unprepared and obvlious as to what to expect. What does this booking fee pay for exactly? I don't usually moan about stuff like this, but so many people are hitting the same obstacles and they're not just little obstacles either. You'd have thought with a brand new system we'd have a fresh start, but quite clearly the old booking system wasn't the main problem as the one entity carrying over is the ticket office staff and management.

The farce just gets better. I hope nc reads this, the entire process and team needs a shake from thee ground up. It's all incompetent

Harding and Dickson will leave. Shaw is not ready to be a fully fledged regular and fox needs real competition. He doesn't have that

Acccording to a ticket guy on the phone when I rung earlier, they're not doing instalments this year. Fail. I hung up at that stage. Will try again tomorrow if I get a chance. No response as yet from my email

And on goes the cycle again. Dull

Jemal all over again?

Harsh, but that's what happens with takeovers. They want their own man. The job Dyche did last season was excellent though, he got respect from their players and the fans. Zola is a good appointment, but you just feel all of last seasons work has been wiped out in one swoop.

He's one player that impressed me massively at the back end of last season, came out of no where really and wasn't really heard of. I saw a fair bit of Blackpool on TV at the back end of the season, and he was always available to receive the ball and always successfully passed it forward to a team mate. He seemed to have a decent switch of play on him, good movement off the ball and an ability to find space. He ran the show when we played them at their place. Wouldn't say no to having a player like him in the squad, a pretty cultured midfielder.

Because we want better than Fox and Harding. Shaw isn't ready for week in - week out PL football.

I thought Roy had a good tournament, made the right calls on the whole. You have to wonder how the FA manage rooney though, there's a hell of alot of revenue tied up in sponsorship deals which rely on him playing. I'm pretty sure thsi drives his selection half the time, because on form he shouldn't be anywhere near at the mo.