John B

And if we lose against Reading and fail to score then what?

Pre-Season is about getting the team playing well if results are poor the team may not be playing well

Tessem Ostenstad fernades Monkou

Who do you suggest we recruit for CM Butterfield was out of contract but I doubt whether there are any decent out of contract CMs and trying to get one in League 1 may be difficult. Bailey who we were apparently interested in went to Middlesborough andGillett went to Doncaster and James is going to Colchester so AP cant be as worried as you

Away to Warwicksire in the Next Round

Obviously we have time to get in players but probably not enough for Alpine who seems to think we should have a massive squad to cater for injuries. I would have thought we will get in another two or three players

Perhaps we were playing Basingstokes Reserves?

The last two seasons we have been poor in Pre Season and gone on to be poor in the League If we had been playing well in the recent games you may have a different view So I think it does matter but we will see how we perform in the rest of the Preseason

Theo was out for three months http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article1945365.ece

I agree with you Could possibly use Martin or Fonte as the Last Resort

Perhaps League 1 sides dont pay large wages. Do other League 1 sides have lots of foreigners?

Most teams that drop in to League 1 from the Championship are usually in the mix for promotion. Perhaps not teams which have only been up in CC for a year or so but teams like Saints Leeds Norwich Charlton Nottm Forest etc with a large fan base

That is how I see it too - Butterfield is only on a one year contract

I dont think it is nonsense they just dont know our players like I dont know their players

Well we are doing well away from home against better teams

Well if we play better teams no

Fonte on for Jaidi Puncheon for OX-C Barnard for Connolly

It is amazing how rubbish our supporters are never encouraging always whingeing The player obviously has talent he needs support and some luck

We know he is on Trial

I agree with you we have recruited another two very good players - Oxlade-Chamberlin Mills and Martin seem to be reasonable prospects , Connolly and Holmes maybe fully fit so we only need a couple of other new players and a couple of loans. The goalkeeping situation is a one off Bart said he was returning if he does not the Club will do something about a replacement

I agree that it is not ideal but the backroom staff will eventually have to go anyway I would have thought. Getting to the Premiership and Staying there is not going to be easy and will take time but we need to develop a team like that over the next two to three years . Not sure whether Cortese is Patient Enough

I just think that the club needs time develop a team and players from the Academy who can hack it the Premiership and so I dont mind whether we stay in League 1 for another season and a year less in the Championship

I asked the question first

Why?

Unfortunately I dont know what is going on behind the scenes at SFC so I am unable to comment on what signings are in the pipeline but the two signings so far have been very good Pardew needs to be working with the team for a couple of weeks and not spending time on the phone worrying about who he should bring in. But I expect another one or two before the season starts