spyinthesky

Was the wind a factor? We played against it 2nd half

Well that performance ****ed on our collective chips. A decent pre season, getting rid of some dead wood, a Manager we all admire and a sense of optimism. A doubt anyone saw that coming and perhaps Robbie Savage and Rio Ferdinand have decent foresight!!

I wonder how much of a players wages at SMS are made up of appearance money, loyalty bonus, image rights (!!!) on top of a basic?

Wonder if there is a loan fee option for both of them to be deducted when they sign(ed)? I suppose the difference is there was a commitment to sign Danny Ings whereas it seems there is an exclusive option to buy with Danso. Shame the club couldnt have negotiated the same deal with one or two other recent purchases (thanks Les!!)

Apparently on one of the Augsburg sites Danso is valued at £7.8m I guess we will pay £15m> Seems to be one for the future rather than an instant first team player. If true that means 2 of our 3 summer signings have been bought in for their 'potential'

Much better pre season than last years shambles. Thought we started OK today but playing with just two midfielders will catch us out in the Prem. Always good to beat German opposition but to put things in context FC Koln were in the second tier of German football last year (came up as champions) and they are a week or so behind in their preparation. Adams and Boufal looked good Well done to the FC Koln fans who made a lot of noise and with a good repertoire of songs including 'When the Saints' and 'Loch Loman' in German and 'You only sing when you're winning' in English!!

Slattery 'demoted?

No signing on wris****ch?

Of course, wearing my Mr Negative hat, if results dont go as well as we all hope there will be some calling for his head at some stage during the season

Like the majority on here, I took a good deal of positivity from the forum. It seems that Chaiman Gao may be here for the long(ish) term and it is interesting that he is in talks with the Council about some property developments which hopefully will be good for the club and city.

Sorry about starting this thread Didnt notice the earlier thread on the same subject which provides all the relevant information!!

As the headline says, are the likes of Carillo, Hoedt, Claisie, Cedric back at Staplewood? Anyone know? Appreciate Boufal has been away missing a penalty in the African Cup

Perhaps Lucketts who are a bigger company and operate Coliseum Coaches and run Pompey away games

An extended Life sentence for all us long suffering fans!!

Training facility in the SO Post Code and not paying rental!!

Apparently there are plans to demolish it and replace the stadium with a new one next door. Although it was a disappointing result in a game we really should have won, there were around 7,000 of us who were there to put on an excellent level of support possibly unrivalled for English teams in the stadium. One to remember for many of us.

Was this an actual game as I understood the FA did not countenance mixed games Where did the U19 mens squad come from? That said I would expect a decent professional or semi professional mens team to beat an International womens team. I was really comparing a local mens amateur team in the comparison

Have found myself watching a few games and appreciating the significant improvement in skill and fitness levels in the female game. I once watched a few minutes of a local women's game a few years back and the standard was less than youth level I played at a decent level in my youth and I wonder how the current top level of the women's game would compare with our performances. I think it would compare pretty favourably in many aspects although the standard of goalkeeping and heading may possibly be areas for discussion in view of the increased size and ability of men in these positions, even at amateur level.

This is good news. Bit unexpected from my view as I know a few who have not renewed. As the Echo says, it sees to justify the pricing policy of the commercial dept

No Lemina or Romeu or Yoshida?

George Kirby in any game he played!! Some of Dennis Hollywood's tackles were 'meaty' to say the least, especially when up against Mike Summerbee of Man City!!

Didnt realise that Cuco Martina had been out on loan to Feyenoord (with Claise) from Everton, via Stoke, from January. Everton looking for £1m transfer apparently!!

I must admit to possessing a modest degree of support for the monarchy and, as such, feel that the Duke of Cambridge's support of Aston Villa shows him in a good light. It would have been so easy to express support of one of the bigger clubs but he decided to (enthusiastically it seems) attach himself to a middle order club. Compare this to David Cameron and Tony Blair who, with politicians view on self publicity, reckoned they were respectively Villa and Newcastle fans. Cameron even became confused which team in claret & blue he supported and, at one stage, thought he was an 'Ammers fan!!

Lloyd Isgrove went on loan to Pompey for second part of the season but didnt play a game Now released by his parent club, Barnsley.

Lloyd Isgrove went on loan to Pompey for second part of the season but didnt play a game Now released by his parent club, Barnsley.