S-Clarke

Exactly and it seems to be expected that we will do it - anything else than back to back promotions will now be seen as a poor season....which is wrong.

True, I know what you're getting at - but I think it's asking for trouble if we start getting expecations of winning the league....

Seriously? We have a 5 year plan to get back to the PL. 2 years of that plan are now up. So we have 3 years to get to the premiership, if we don't do it this year we'll do it in the next 2 years. I dont get why people are putting so much on next season, it's really a bonus if we get anything from it.

Because they'll still have a pretty decent team, even after the mass exit of their ''big names'. The likes of Jack Collinson, Mark Noble, Frank Nouble, Hines, Sears, Stanislass, Tomkins etc (sp?) will probably stay and that's a pretty decent spine to start with of young players. They won't struggle as much as people are saying, they'd be quite a decent championship team IMO.

I think he went to Italy on a loan, may be wrong though.

Blessing in disguise for me. Not bothered at all. Gives him a summer to get over his niggling injuries and come back fresh and ready to take the leauge by storm.

I'd expect Bothroyd to be picked up by a relegated team, or even a promoted championship team. Could prob do a job in the prem tbh Chris Burke isn't too bad a player, not sure how he's been recentley though.

This is what i mean, expectations are being raised to stupid levels. Mid-table is fine for next year. I'm not saying that's all we strive for, but it's not a faluire if we don't get promotion or top 6 next year.

I just hope we don't get idiots calling for change if we're not challenging next season, that would really be a bonus if I'm honest. There's no harm in going out and trying to get promoted but it's not a ''must'' for next year at all and the last thing we need is expectations raised to stupid levels before the seasons even started! Mid-table is fine, anything else is a bonus.

I thought that about Boro, but then I read about their financial situation and the players that will have to leave in the summer. Top 6 challengers I reckon, but not top 2.

I'm not bricking it, i'm bloody looking forward to it. No more mid-week trips to daggenham and redbridge/yeovil/rochdale and instead trips to West Ham, Forest, Ipswich (possibly Reading) etc. The champinship is going to be an amazing league to be involved in next year, it's so strong. You could probably say that 75% of the leauge fancy themsevles with a top 6 chance.

Agreed, people predicted that Newcastle would implode when they came down and get relegated again. They ended up walking the league.

Blackpool?!?!?! How have they managed that...? Fair play league?

Saying he's injury prone is an understaement, he's perminatley injured and will probably retire. I really think we need to be looking past these ''big name'' injury prone players looking for one last payday. Talented young players that can grow with the club is the direction we should be looking in.

Christ, it's going to be a long summer.

The amount of **** that pours out of your mouth beggars belief.

I hope we're in for Wright, quality player.

The good thing is, the longer this uncertainty goes on the worse it'll be for them next season in terms of a playing squad. I'd love to actually do a 4-1 over them next year.

It feels nice watching it knowing we've done our job! Sod being involved in these, I couldn't take it.

yep, bompey were 3-2 up for about 3mins

now its 3-3 (4-4) what a game this is

blimey, bompey are now winning

Surprised we haven't heard anything about Dan Harding yet actually, his contract is up...

and BWP to Torres. those were the days...

He was on loan originally, but then we signed him in January on a 2 1/2 year deal for something like 50k. Total bargain