S-Clarke

Dexter is injured for the next 12 months isn't he? Done his knee. I wonder how close we really did come to getting Tyson though. I'd still go back in for him, his pace is frightening.

You really should stop posting.

I remember him from his time at Burnley, rated as one of the best young players in the championship at that point and got a move to the prem for just under £2m. If he can get back to that level and perform to his potential then we've got a star.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/brighton/9328509.stm

brighton have beaten us to him. i can't think of anyone else they have that would improve us. they're where they are in L1 for a reason.

An interesting one, possible as I'd guess he'll be trying to move from Swindon as they're bloody awful this season, but Swindon have money and they will not sell him for under £2m imo - so if we do get him, that's a serious statement of intent.

It's nice to see us benefiting from a really good deal for once. You will not get a better player for that price anywhere, we're fortunate his PNE time didn't work out - that's not because he's rubbish, because he's easily a top half championship CM when on form.

Our away form isn't great, but i don't think we've been given much of a chance to build up any away momentum this year. Our away fixtures have been very disjointed which probably doesn't help the consistency. Hopefully we can get a run of away games under our belts, but if the forecast is anything to go by for the new year week then I'm already worried about the daggers game. If it freezes they have no chance.

Saturday is setup really nicely now. Good result for us tonight - Brighton 1 - 1 Charlton, so everything is still within reach. Brighton seem to be dipping a bit. I honestly think the league is ours if we perform how we can consistently.

For the last 12 months it has to be Lallana. No one else comes close in that period really in consistency terms.

I'd be surprised if a deal is not already done and dusted.

and according to their chairman at their AGM, a fee has already been sorted. Don't think there is any backing out of this for either party. when adkins was asked if we have any news on chaplow, he smirked and said ''lets wait till the 1st of January to see''

He's the L1 messi, some of the stuff he can do with a football is brilliant. Leaves the oppo sitting on their backsides all game. We wouldn't be able to replace him at this level, no chance. We'd need to be chasing for the championship title to even attract players of his level.

Agree about Butters, he's a solid player - he's never put a foot wrong for us. Not flashy or fancy, or quick - but solid, does a job and a fantastic squad player. TBF we should count our blessings we actually have 2 right backs, it was years since we even had 1.

Yeah - i got that from his interview tone too, seemed to be playing down the chances of seeing too many players coming in but said we'll try for 1 or 2 positions. He's right though, the market is OTT at this time of year and even though we've got money we've never been silly with it which is a good way to be IMO. Anyway, our squad is pretty much strong enough anyway.

The stuff I've read is that Millwall want him, but they cannot afford the transfer fee or the wages. So I assume we're still paying a %. I wonder if we'll let him stay there for the season on loan?

It's the sort of statement we've needed a manager to come out and say for years. Burley should have said this in 2006 but he kind of played the safe card by aiming for the play-offs.

His agent is his dad I believe! I have a feeling it's going to end up like the Theo transfer, but I hope not - it's way too early for him.

You can see why Adkins plays him up top - he's a constant presence and a nuisance to the CB's with his running and some very clever movement too. He's never been a natural finisher or goalscorer, so it's unfair to compare him to barnard for e.g. Some of his touches and movement are class and of a different level at times. Some of our fans wouldn't know a good player if it slapped them in the face. - hence the amount of ''rubbish players that left us'' who are now 2 divisions above us.

tbh i'm happy with how it was today. all this HT entertainment stuff is usually rubbish anyway. All I really want to know at HT are the scores from the other games.

He was excellent, he looked much more mobile than he has had in recent games (i.e he was actually jumping for the ball) He didn't look like he was carrying as much weight as previous weeks either...so maybe these called off games have actually benefited us massively.

He's being unfairly judged as he's not a striker, he doesn't have the instinct to pull the trigger like someone such as Barnard - he's an attacking midfielder, which is why he should be playing there. He gave his all today and worked his socks off for the team, if he does that every week and pops up with 2 assists I'm not moaning.

A really good view from an intelligent hudders fan ''What a typical Town response , why are we so ****e at this time of year? Still a lot to look forward to but nothing for our away fans to hope for at the moment. Southampton aren't even a good side'' So what does that make them then? Seeing as that's 5-1 last year and 4-1 this year...

He's not a natural striker though so it's not fair to expect him to perform like a natural finisher (i'm still not sure why he's being played as a striker tbh - behind the strikers is the best place for him). He runs his heart out for the team though and i thought he worked well with Lambo.

I'd be surprised if we don't have him for the season at least.