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The UK won't get the world cup anyway.

Should make getting ugly when we're 1 up with 20 minutes to play a bit more likely.Unless James has already been sent off by then of course.

Who gets dropped then? Antonio ?

They'll go for someone who can handle all the non-English players they've got there.Hart obviously couldn't. Some of them are half-decent as well but that's no bloody use if you've got a manager who doesn't have a clue how to use them.I suspect they may get a European manager in

Mr Whippy was pink, Tonibell was blue, mind you there were probably a few maverick operators, I think it was franchised.

Loads of decent managers will fall over themselves to get the job,Pompey are in the Prem after all and because there are so many crap teams this year their position is by no means disastrous,well not yet, one win will put them back in the pack. Must be a handsome wodge involved as well.They'll get someone decent.

Tonibell was a brand of ice-cream van

Doubt it myself. You all like to think he will but he won't.It's not even about money, it's about recognition.

A guess of course;) Thomas will leave this January, he really doesn't fit into the plans and AP has already said we can't really afford him,plus I think he is out of contract next summer and will probably not want to take a major wage cut. Lallana will want away because ...well he will ,trust me. Bart is probably a better keeper (on his day) than KD, but he isn't in the plans,or at least I don't think he is. On the other hand I fully expect Saga to be still hanging around the place until June 2010. Nobody is going to pay him what we are so he might as well hang around and keep drawing his megabucks for another 6 months.If we want to get shot of him,well then we'll have to pay him off.

Lallana, Thomas and Bart

I thought they spent 8 million or something like that, perhaps there were debts to pay off or something of that ilk.

2 in that case,plus at least 1 squad player. Plus Trotman and maybe Mellis as well.

I preferred Mr Whippy

I expect at least 3 players to move on in January

Not that many millions, not compared to Peterborough or Leicester, mind you their results were far far better.I mean compared to Leicester's last season our results must be considered as p*ss poor.

All the more reason to field a strong side on Saturday and hope for a plum draw in the 3rd Round of the FA Cup.We don't desperately need the money from it but it would certainly help to pay for "luxuries" like avoiding 7 hour bus trips to Hartlepool and Carlisle.

Whoops, hadn't looked too closely at the fixtures.

In any case our first team should be able to beat Northampton without too much trouble, then they have a week before the next game.It's not the same situation as playing Charlton on a Wednesday and then Brighton on the following Sunday.I think we should field our best available side and I'm sure we will.

they do, if a side is too under strength without a valid reason the FA fines them 10 bob or something like that.However the club doctor usually puts in a bit of overtime finding imaginary injuries and handing out sick notes.

ffs Mellis is not available to play in the FA Cup

I don't think Chelsea have given permission for Mellis to play in the FA Cup. Our options are really limited.

Don't know about that either, the play-offs are unreachable and we won't go down(or anywhere near it) so might as well get a bit of cup glory and then move forward next season.

Don't know about the money really, we are running as a business and that means getting in everything you can get.If M L was throwing money at us like Abramovic or the Man C sheikh it would be different.We are paying players to do nothing (ie Saga) and that means money is being wasted so we probably need all we can get.

Mellis and Trotman won't be available, that's the trouble,Mclaggon is on loan somewhere (unless he's back), we're down to the bare bones really cup wise.

Mathematically the play-offs are out of sight, they always were when we didn't wipe out the 10 point deficit within the first 6 or 7 games. We need 2.17 points per game to reach 75 points from here on.That's 22 point from every 10 games, meaning we need to win 6 out of 10 and draw all the rest. If we could win 7/10 and draw 1 we could afford the luxury of a couple of defeats now and again--but it won't happen, not with our defence.