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Perhaps he should do the honourable thing and resign, he must know the warning signs when the fan base turn on you, he's had it before at QPR, & Stoke. But of course he won't he'll want his £££.

Wouldn't have thought it possible would you?

Less than the cost of relegation. The increase that would have kept Koeman at the club is probably a fraction of the payoffs to Puel, Pellegrino and now Hughes since. Good work Les.

Why? I don't know enough about him other than he did well at Ajax (but who wouldn't ? and with an exciting squad of youngsters that had been brought through before he went there), but failed at Dortmund. He could be great for us, but interested in why you consider him the answer.

Rumour that he'll be appointed as DoF or manager after Dalian Wanda has bought us, or won us after a poker session with Gao.* *Or is that Goa?

We're even less attractive optionj now tahn we were at the start of the international break. Yes, I can see Jardim seeing this as an opportunity he can't resist. More likely bringing 'arry back out of the jungle

Vestegaard had some good stats that were put on here on signing, so looked a good recruit with experience in a strong league. Like many others it looks as if any natural ability has been coached out of him, and he' s left lacking in confidence.

But at lease during the latter days of Branfoot we had the 'fun' ot the protests after the match. Now though the support is like the team, sapped of any life, drive or fight, resigned to the inevitable.

His story tonight about the half time orange is an old one, first heard about Sir Alf and Rodney Marsh

Scott Marshall OG (as opposed to Wesley Hoedt OG)

If only the players had the same fighting spirit. Or we had a talisman like MLT.

That was Warsash. In his time with us anyway, he may have moved of course since, but I thought he'd left the area.

No.

Think they were only at Leipzig together for about 6 months, Hasenhutl left at the end of the season. If we were looking to replicate Leipzig's success then the bloke to go for is Ralph Rangnick who oversees football operations for the Red Bull group of clubs. Has been linked with jobs in England, including the national team at one point. Now managing the Leipzig team as a temporary measure. No chance of getting him. If we did we could have 3 Ralphs at the club, Krueger, Rangnick, and Hassenhutl. Perhaps that's where we're going wrong, jusy not enough Ralphs at the moment.

Don't forget Oliver Bierhoff.

Note this bit: Have to implement this pretty quickly if it's to inspire anything ahead of Saturday.

Paid to Rosie's Swiss bank account

On BBC match feed: Trouble is when he does play for us he doesn't exert the same influence on matches as he does for NI.

When I first started watching in the late 60's, and early 70's, it might depend on what time they turned up. More often than not it was The Archers Road end but you'd often see a row of Police helmets segregating fans in the Milton. I think Pompey in the 1974-5 season, our first season after relegation the Police put them in one half of the Milton.

Do we charge a premium if the player goes with a song, and do we pay extra if they come with one ? Armstrong for instance had a good one attached to him at Celtic, although like him it hasn't taken off that well . Perhaps it just doesn't translate that well.

Didn't we have the same comments last year, week after week ? What has changed ? The Head Ditherer has gone, but the Ditherer's Apprentice is still in residence (Wilson), and then there is Ralph, King of Waffle, to oversee things.

This shows the current problem in that we don't seem to have enough players whose effort supporters can identify with, 'Jose Fonte baby' is another one lost from repertoire.

I remember it from the 1970's. Unfortunately in the 70's every club would have a rendition of You'll Never Walk Alone, with scarves held above the head, at some stage of a match. Embarrassing really when I think about it,we were mongs before our time, but then again so was everyone else (Imagine Man Utd and the Stretford End singing something from their hated rivals, but they did).

You do realise he's only been at PSV since June ? Hardly likely to walk out that early in his career.

Either would seem a decent risk/choice to take, although would face the problem of having their hands tied with the current squad and little prospect of major changes in the next transfer window.