S-Clarke

Anyone who thinks Chambo will be here next season isn't living in reality. We may have money, but we're in L1. If Arsenal - a premiership title contending and champions league team - want one of our players, they get them. It's a simple as that, as Adkins would say. We have no real power to stop them until we're back competing in the prem.

Explain the wenger quotes though MLG. That's straight from the horses mouth. It'll happen next week.

I believe Blackpool came back in with a storming bid of 200k.

Wenger - "We need an agreement with Southampton, we need an agreement with the player, and we are not the only ones on the case. But we try as hard as we can as I like him as a player."

It's pretty much a done deal then. Just needs to be rubber stamped. At least we get him until the end of the season! and we get a nice pot of cash to play with.

MLG, you are an utter bore.

I would imagine their team will be alot different than the one that faced Birmingham I'd expect to see the likes of Owen, Macheda, Obertan, Park, Smalling, Fabio, Scholes etc

I think if we were in the premiership, or at least top 2 in the championship, we would have a little bit more ability to keep players like Chambo. But the fact is that whilst we're at this level then these good young players will not stay. It doesn't matter how much steel we have (I'm sure Cortese has tried his hardest to convince chambo to stay) L1 clubs haven't got a chance of keeping top top young talents. That's something which needs to change in the game IMO. - an age restriction on being transferred.

Good post. What is that based on by the way? We lost 1 game? oh noes.

So should Sheffield Wednesday and Huddersfield tbf, with their squads and budget. Football isn't as cut and dry as people make out. I was nervous from the moment we were made massive favourites to walk this league. Even the biggest clubs have struggled to get out of this league (Forest/Leeds/Wednesday) for e.g. . We will be ok in the end, but it's not going to be the walk in the park that alot of people seem to expect.

Yep, it's a great tribute to us that we've managed to produce these young players whilst not even being a premiership side. I have no doubts that we'll see another ''golden'' player come through the ranks sooner rather than later, unfortunately whilst we are where we are we won't be able to enjoy them for long. That's why we need to get back to the prem asap - i don't want us to become a feeder club for prem sides.

Pugh would be a great shout, i can't imagine Bournemouth would be able to ''price us out'' of getting him. (no disrespect to them..) Dale jennings has apparently joined sunderland for 500k (will join in the summer)

That's one of the more believable rumours I've read. Wouldn't surprise me at all, guys a bad influence.

agreed. it's the way to look at it tbh, just enjoy him whilst we can. Don't get hung up and depressed by the fact that he may go. We'd struggle to keep hold of him in the championship - We have no chance in L1 unfortunately.

TBF i expect us to put on a better show than we did against them 3 years ago. I expect us to make a game of it.

Apparently Sunderland have signed Jennings for 500k initial, and 500k based on achievements.

He's an odd one. He never misses an opportunity to correct the facts

Adkins seems to be commenting on agents unsettling Punchon. They will deal with it ''internally'' He wants people at this football club who will give everything they've got. Sounds like he's a goner.

ah good example there. This is Wednesday who are splashing the cash and signing players from all over the league. It's not helping though. So maybe buying isn't always the answer?

No he's not, so it's not really a fact is it?

That's the reason he's a kind of journey man at such a young age...shame really, could be a good player if he wasn't so screwy. It was exactly the same at Plymouth.

2 or 3 week lay off for hammond and lallana. Punch was excluded as he's not ''mentally'' right. more on that later.

I doubt we ever were.

We could do with a couple more attacking options, but when Hammond and Lallana are fit we'll look much stronger. We're guilty of being a little greedy. This squad should be more than good enough to get us up really, you shouldn't need to spend £3m + to get out of this league. Other teams don't need to. Take a look at our squad from the Man Utd game 3 years ago, we're now a division lower but IMO this squad is in a different planet to that lot.

I don't fancy sitting there on my own tbh