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Doesn't seem a massively concrete link to be honest, probably just one of many players we've shown an interest in over pre-season.

He's kind of fallen away in the last year or so, lots of injuries - and band ones at that. Ince has surpassed him in many aspects. Decent signing for QPR, but have the feeling that Phillips is only ever going to be a lower league level player.

Lallana is in the 2nd from last pic. Still find it amazing that I'm looking at our player training pictures, with players of the calibre of Lovren, Rameriz and Osvaldo training in our kit. It's just crazy to think we'd be here just 18 months ago.

http://www.mcfc.co.uk/news/club-news/2013/may/etihad-stadium-wifi

tbf that's not really down to the club, more so the 3G capacity in the area during match day. the St Mary's area doesn't really have strong coverage in normal circumstances, which is why it's next to useless in a packed bowl. They could offer a guest WI-FI, but would need a pretty decent backbone to handling 32,000 IP address requests... Don't really see it as a major thing at the moment, we get our HT score updates over the tannoy and I have a good natter with the blokes around me at HT. It's nice to see people talking to each other and not tapping away for once!

It'll be on one of the channels. This is the one service where every single premier league game will be available, every week.

More coming from the left side, was a winger for them really. but did tally up a decent goal return. Danny graham was their main striker that year.

Are you now moaning at the people moaning about the people moaning about the moaners? arrrrgh. brain freeze. Looks a bit crap, but doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things.

I find it amazing how the comments moaning about people moaning about it, far exceed the comments from people moaning about it. So, who is moaning?

I don't think we ever really wanted him to be honest. As has been alluded to elsewhere, we don't really play with natural wingers. We play a very condensed game through the middle and a lot of our attacks go through the middle. Our width is supplied by the roaming front 3 and the full backs, so natural width isn't really going to be a part of our game. For a new player to come in, they'd need to be a player who could operate all across the front 3 - not just an out and out winger.

Oh dear.

That's simply horrific.

They're still in a different league to us, wouldn't say they're only slightly better at all.

So, to your understanding, we've now decided to push ahead with this quite quickly? Do you know if it will be a loan or an outright buy? Hope you're enjoying your retirement....

That's a very fair and valid point, but hopefully our new £15m attacker will go some way to altering that stat!

Without a picture, no one will contact you.

Won't happen.

Unfortunately that shirt doesn't look any better any time i see it! Even he doesn't improve it!

I think Poch also decided he wasn't good enough. Have a look at the stats from last year, he didn't fit in with what Poch was doing with the side. I think this move will open the door for another incoming as well.

I think that surprised most. Our first PL game at St Mary's for 7 years.... Think it even got a mention on MOTD.

Umm, ok. I think most people would agree with what I said. We're signing players at the level of Osvaldo, Lovren and Wanyama. They are many levels above Puncheon. We are building a team which will surpass his ability. That's no disrespect to Puncheon, but he's not a world beater and the plan is for us to do a lot better.

Would have thought the Barnsley team will look something like this.... Davis Chambers - Jos - Fonte - Fox JWP - Davis - Cork Mayuka Isgrove Rodriguez Subs - Gazzaniga, Gaston, Maya, Rowe, Guly, Osvaldo, Lallana

It was an odd one, but if you look at his appearances following Poch's arrival...they slowly and steadily decreased. After being a nailed on starter for Adkins, he was reduced to a bit part player towards the end of last season. So looking it it like that, I don't think Poch ever fancied him as much as Adkins did. Good player, but not at the level we want. Hence why he's gone to Palace, and they're also not our rivals.

Yeah, I can agree with that. You're still posting for one.