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He's disappointed he cant wear his MAGA hat.

Fair comment. Just hope that Long has come on a low wage otherwise it would have made sense to keep Lumley

He wasnt that bad!!

Spot on comments, as ever.

Spot on point. Well made. Worrying.

Stoke deserved the win although we were unlucky with Robinsons two efforts both well struck, both hitting the same post. I cant think of any redeeming qualities. All of the players, without exception, gave the ball away. The midfield two of Charles & Downes, normally the heartbeat of the side, were very poor. Even Fernandes looked off the pace. Jay Robinson did OK and on another day would have scored again. Our front 5 options are not very good: Armstrong (£15m) is not a central striker Downes (£8m) as someone posted early seems to be a Mara Mark2 Archer (£10m) anonymous Stewart (£8m) I still think there is a player there but has yet to prove it and missed a sitter today. BBD (£8m) ?????????????????????????? So around £50m wasted although I do excuse Armstrong as he did OK 2 seasons ago. So this season.. Could have lost 2-0 at home to Wrexham if Baz hadnt made an excellent save. Just about deserved a draw at Ipswich. No great shakes with a 1-0 win at League 1 Northampton Deservedly beaten by 10 men Stoke today. Cant see us being any more than a mid table side this season if current form is not improved. AND let's mither on the fact that all three promoted sides have already won one game each in the Prem!!

I think we must have blinked first. £100m became £50m now £40m. Having said that I dont think it is a bad deal and hopefully provides funds to keep us competitive. I understood that the club preferred to lose Dibling but keep Fernandes, especially with Robinson looking a decent player in the offing

But we got £1m rated Tommy Fourpast as part of the deal. A hell of a bargain!!!!!!!!!!

The Everton fans seem 60/40 in favour of the club buying Dibling but I think they are a bit desperate at the moment

He did extremely well getting down to his left to make the match winning save v Wrexham towards the end of that game and effectively helped win us the three points with a bit of help by the often maligned Manning and Capt Jack.

I was involved at a decent local level for many years as a player, clubman and occasional official. Latter years were spent watching my lad play Junior football. In more than one game, I witnessed Managers of Tyro Teams swearing at their players and encouraging them to injure better players of opposing teams. Very few of the Managers had little understanding of the rules of the game. The worst though were some of the women on the line who had zero understanding. One even had camped on the line I was running and refused to move her push chair and two young kids away from the edge of the pitch which meant I had to run round her up and down the line to keep in touch with play. The worst memory I had was watching my lad play in an U12 game. The opposing centre forward, quite a strapping lad, landed a full right hander on one of our defenders putting him on the deck with a bloody nose and cut lip. Ironically both players were sent off by the young trainee Ref as I think he had been intimidated by the opposing teams supporters. Our player was led off in tears to have the flow of blood stemmed whist the opponent swaggered off to be embraced by, presumably, his family on the sidelines. Trying to get volunteers to turn up and officiate at local League level nowadays must be a hell of a challenge with behaviour levels on and off the field declining rapidly.

I genuinely feel sorry for Russell Martin having met him and realised he is an OK guy, happy to chat. Whilst understanding his playing philosophy did buggar all for us last season and doesnt seem to be gaining much, if any, support at Rangers, all this vilification is rather unnecessary. There are far more deserving people in the game to have a go at than RM.

I must admit that my understanding of the various rule changes in the game is severely restricted by ongoing age. May I ask the new coterie of officials who may be on this forum, if they could answer a couple of questions on the rules of the game please? 1. Is there no such thing as an Indirect Free Kick in todays' game. 2. Is a Goalkeeper allowed to volley the ball forward out of hand with his feet and hands outside the penalty box? 3. Is a bounce up not allowed to be contested nowadays? 4. Assume players are not allowed to look at an opposing goalkeeper nowadays let alone put in a challenge? 5. Presumably the match officials have to check that players dont use Brylcreem or Embrocation before entering the field of play in today's game!!!

Its got a decent tram system.🤪

Just a thought, if we had looked to sign Jay Robinson from another club what's the general opinion of his worth relative to his nationality and age. £10m perhaps?

To my mind he was the standout player in the U21's last season so it is good that he seems to have made a decent transition to the senior side.

Quarshie did the same v Wrexham

All Trump is concerned about is winning the Nobel Peace Prize but he is stretching the deal out a tad having promised all and sundry that he would sort it out in 24 hrs.

Quite a disappointing performance from the U21's against a team that are likely to struggle in the National League. Truro just about deserved their win. We seemed to pass forward into congested areas and our control and passing weren't at a very good level. Spectacular OG for our first goal then Will Armitage did well to get himself in a good position to score with a header from a corner for the second. Otherwise we were fairly flat going forward. One of the Oxlade-Chamberlain family came on for Truro.

I am pretty certain that Portsmouth was once in the County of Southampton. I remember seeing a photo of a 'proper' Pompey fan who 'hates Southampton' sat in his bedroom with an old map of Portsmouth on his bedroom wall showing 'Portsmouth in the County of Southampton' I guess he didnt realise the irony!!

No mention of the two penalty shouts for Saints or the dreadful tackle on Fraser by McClean and then a push on Fernandes.

Latest thoughts on squad which currently numbers 30 + Bella Kotcha as per Saturdays programme. GOALKEEPERS Youngsters To leave? Bazanu McCarthy + Loan? Moody RIGHT BACK Sugawara + Loan? Sugawara/Bree. Bree LEFT BACK Manning Taylor. Welington CENTRAL DEFENCE Stephens Sanda Quarshie Wood Edwards Harwood Bellis (??) DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD Charles Sesay Smallbone. Downes ATTACKING MIDFIELD Fernandes + Transfer in? Matsuki Aribo. WIDE PLAYERS Robinson Edozie. Fraser B-Diaz. Armstrong Dibling(?). FORWARDS Downs Stewart Archer That would leave a squad of 22 + 4 youngsters and 7 off the books plus a chunk of revenue if Dibling goes.

Good player in his day and his performance in the 6-3 win over Man Utd at The Dell was very noteworthy. Apparently he is now a presenter in an Israeli political show, with a right wing bias. He has also lost all his hair!!

Any one 'in the know' have updates on these four? Is Bella Kotcha actually training or at home counting his Euros? Looks like Edozie is back in the room after his transfer to Belgium seems to have fallen through. I guess Dom Ballard will be off on loan again or sold as he is not in the 29 man squad in yesterday's programme. Any snippets on who Joe Aribo is talking to?

Perhaps we should look to raid Sheff Weds now that they are down on their luck. Apparently they have a very good French right back who used to play for a Premier Club based on the South Coast who's ex Chairman is a relative of their star centre forward😆