S-Clarke

Will be quite easy for arsenal if they get their mentality right. (Sometimes this gets them though - young players thinking they're the best etc.....) Not sure what Mark Venus is on about tbh. Arsenal are on a different planet to teams like Celtic....

Quotes from Colchester fans... ''He is an excellent CM hence the fact he is our club captain. You are paying a hefty fee for him though according to our Chairman and he will be worth it. He is one of the main contributors to our success story so far this season.'' ''He`s aclassy player, good in the tackle and keeps it simple in his distribution. Shocker if we let him go.'' '' As for Mr Hammond, Well what a class player you have, His one of few in the squad im dissapointed to see go, But when it comes to saints vs U's, No contest. All the best Deano ''If you manage to get him, you have got a fantastic player. He won Player Of The Year last season and is our club captain, and an excellent one at that. Reports our end is that it is for 400k, if so you have got an absolute steal. ''

Sounds like it's done and dusted to me Quote from U's Chairman... ''I alone made the decision to allow Dean to move to Southampton and I did so because Dean was out of contract at the end of the season and he did not want to extend his stay with the U's beyond that time. Dean has been a fantastic player for Colchester United, but the fee I have received for him will allow the club to go out and find a worthy replacement that will also be here for next season and the one after that.''

Sounds like he doesn't know anythinng to do with us tbh, anyone can guess that hammonds signed by the OS announcement (pretty much done) and anyone could say we'll sign some more by the end of the window....Pard's has pretty much admitted it. He's just guessing on us IMO.

Managed to get some feedback from a brighton fan...quite encouraging. i'll summarise it.... ''He is a class act - easily the best midfielder in this league and would be one of the best in the championship if he was given a chance up there - he was brilliant when he was with us and i was utterly gutted when he left, we've not been the same since. I'm not looking forward to facing you guys...''

Just checked - didn't realise he was their play of the season last year as well good stuff! sounds like one of the best midfielders at this level.

Got any links to their forums? i feel sorry for them tbh - what a **** day, when their season looked to be so promising...

..and by the looks of it, what a bloody good team we may have. We're filling it with all of the other teams best players...only one way we're going if we do that! (Ok - hammond and Lambert so far - but still, it's intent IMO.)

At least we're adding ''captains'' down the spine of the team. Now all we need is a CB....who is the captain of his current team

I hope we've paid £5m for him, otherwise i've had it with ML.

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Confirmed by the club sms thing

Sorry?

I think you'll find the majority of prem. deals are done like this now also. Rooney (ok, not a brillaiant exaple) but he cost Manure 10m upfront...then the rest in instalments and specific performance related payments.

Exactly how i knew he'd react - i think you'll find that with a high profile ''figure head'' as such, we'll be a much more attractive proposition to players. Why are Nott's county signing these good players, and players like Kasper on 5 year deals? It's not because of their manager, no disrespect to him...it's because of Sven. Having a highly thought of DoF in these levels of football seems to work really well.

I think the main misguided comment is the fact that we need to spend £5m. Huddersfield have one of the best teams at this level - and how much has it cost them? they've spent just over 500k this year. - It's not about money, it's about the right management/tactics. - that will come in time once pard's learns what he has to work with.

oh well, im sure i heard somewhere it was the most ever spent? maybe in ''Coca coca league 1'' years. but still....it's a stand out amount at this level.

We are the first ever club to spend £1m on a single player in league 1 - if that isn't a signal of intent then i don't know what is. Jack Cork, Baird and Davies will not come here. They are lower half prem/top half champinship players - they will not come here. end of. Are you also seriously suggesting we replace Davis? Come on....that reduces any credibility this thread had in the first place. No one's squad is perfect....this league is utter utter ****e and the majority of players in our squad would WALK (yes WALK) into most teams in this division. We're not planning for an assault on the championship yet you know... We do not need this mass overhaul that people are saying...and why spend £5m? That's just wasting money at the moment. Play offs this season are a possibility with this squad and a couple of additions....and don't even consider relegation to league 2, i'd happily bet my job and my house on that fact - we will be in this league next season (or higher if the luck is with us)

It is - spot on. If you listen on saints player, the exact words are ''im not sure if it's possible in time for tuesday, but i'd hope for 1 or 2 before brentford''

they're having their plonkers pulled, left, right and centre. ...and it's great fun looking in and having a good old laugh.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1207172/Sulaiman-Al-Fahim-insists-Portsmouth-takeover-track--ambassador-Diego-Maradona-100m-spend.html lol

Just listened to that. was a great interview, i really like what he has to say - he's spot on with our failings and how a couple of our players respond to situations. He was pretty adamant in saying only 2 more signings - and that's it though, he did say there would be no more after he's brought in the 2 he wants. He said we already have too big a squad and he doesn't want to increase it. ...unfortunately it's a squad full of utter trash, such as Pulis.

Good player, but another injury prone one im afraid. He was out for about 6 months in all last year (got injured 3 games into a loan spell at PNE). We've got enough of those....

It really did sound like he's struggling to attract players. I remember the same interview where he said about 4 players? just after Lambert signed iirc. He wanted to get them in quickly as there's no time like the present.... We've either been out priced...or our excellent start to the season has set some alarm bells ringing for potential signings. - I'd still say it's too early to judge us though tbf!

Heard Pard's on South today tonight....looked very downbeat ''We still need 1 or 2 players, but it's proving ever so hard. They probably wont be in time for Tuesday, but maybe before Saturday.''