Window Cleaner

Never mind the Skates, we'll sort their case on Saturday, We need a goal soon.

Corner to us..make it count

nope have just signed on, hope I haven't interrupted "the force" I want us to absolutely crap all over them in the first half, cos I've got a 3 am start again tomorrow and half time is my limit.

No place for his binkies this evening, guess Cortese's message got across then. We will crush them (or should do anyway)

we can but hope that the away results will improve and all will be for the best in the best of possible worlds.I said during the transfer window that in my (humble) opinion we were signing players we had no need of and that will be the downfall of AP if it backfires on him. We didn't need Barnard,we probably didn't need 2 centre backs and we didn't really need another left winger, not without getting rid of players that we had.AP commented at the end of the window that we hadn't lost any players and that he had to thank "Nicola and Markus" for that because it was like extra signings.

I meant weakened in respect of our strongest possible side given the unavailable players. Perhaps not even Fonté and Lallana (or Morgan)

AP only has a 1 year contract (or so I believe) it will be up for renewal, the outcome will very much depend on our next 18 league games but I wouldn't doubt that it will not be renewed if we don't make a real surge towards the play-off positions. 10 home and 8 away, we'd need to take 27 points at home and 18 away, the home points I can see happening, not much margin for error away though.

you're missing the point. We could have probably won the JPT without re-enforcing the squad to the tune of a couple of million £ and another 35K on the weekly wage bill (nigh on a million £ up until the end of June).The money was spent and budgeted to obtain a play-off place this season,we then take 5 points from 3 games when we really need at least 7 if not 9.AP has probably sold the management on the need for these 5 players (being as he only talked of 2 replacements at the start) and this is the management response to the very poor results since the signings began.

but this is exactly what NC has said. The key words in all this are not satisfactory If he'd meant that he was just mildly displeased or surprised by recent league results he wouldn't have used those precise words.The Swiss are a very punctilious people, not satisfactory means exactly that, ie absolutely not good enough compared to the investment which had just one object, improving league results. Too many of you are interpreting the statement wrongly, it is quite clear, we either get to the play-offs,the reason for the team being refunded, or those responsible probably won't be around afterwards. Wouldn't be surprised if we field slightly weakened teams tonight and then again on Saturday.

I didn't understand a word he said.Scouser is he? it's just a long jumble of words which run into one another.

He won't be sacked, his contract as likely as not won't be renewed, trust me, I've worked with people like Cortese.45 points is a fairly arbitrary figure but it would bring our total (real) up around the figure that was probably the target at the outset of the season.

That's why they've always said it would be run as a business. Probably more about not failing than the money though. People who've made stacks don't usually like losing,even relatively small amounts of money, dents their ego.

Pity Powell isn't fit, that would give us as good as a goal lead. Sounds like they're concentrating on the League anyway, not that it will do them any good.

Well why is he contesting our results then? Obviously winning at home and drawing away is judged to be unsatisfactory even though that brings an average of 2 points a game.If he was content with 2 points a game at present I'm sure he would have said so. You're wrong on this one Nick he probably wants 45 points from our last 18 games and less won't do. He wants us to win away, it's not rocket science to interpret what he's said.We should be getting results as good as Norwich,Leeds and Colchester..but we aren't.

Depends how you process the stats really. We have obtained 44 points from 28 games, that's only just over 1.5 per game. Take away the 4 from 6 at the start and it makes 40 from 22, probably still not good enough for automatic promotion and probably only just good enough for the lottery of the play-offs. At no time this season have we averaged more than 2 points per game for a sustained period, there's always been a Brighton at home or two successive away defeats (Leeds and Colchester) to take the wind out of our sails. There may well be players who have expressed their intention to leave next summer if we're still in League 1, so we'd probably have to start the rebuilding process all over again. So in fact what expect NC would want to see is something like 14 points from every 6 games, winning at home and drawing away against bad sides won't be good enough.

Still must be pretty tough in the Saint's ticket office just now,probably need to be cut a bit of slack...no not you madame.

Did you actually watch them last weekend? They don't know how to influence a group of 3 year olds. Totally clueless.

Cold and Damp then, should suit us more than Pompey,especially those of them that have been hanging around down in Angola of late..

Went out of fashion when Vera Lynn stopped doing concert tours

Amazing to see all this sleep peturbation and pants crapping, it's only a game:smt119

Is AP not on just a 1 year contract? I very much doubt that if league performances are deemed "unsatisfactory" for the rest of this season he would be offered a new contract which would have to be paid off if he were to be sacked.

Depends if they've been paid I suppose. What's the weather forecast for Saturday lunchtime by the way?

if it keeps on happening there's probably something wrong with the address they put on it.

the BBC "preview" says he's out along with Murty and Hammond,it's only the BBC though.

British disease sponsored by the Government. They want you to be afraid,doesn't matter of what, they can control you more easily if the vast majority of the population live in fear, of mad cow disease, pirates,swine flu,unemployment,biscuit shortage at Tesco, whatever, let's them do what they want.As Tony Blair said at the time of the Iraq invasion doing nothing is not an option..so the have to manufacture an excuse,sorry, reason to do something.