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I think we could sign Antonio, but not Waigo unless he comes to us on a free...he is rated as a approx. £2m player but cannot get into the team regularly, so I would say there's a good chance he'll go back. We might lose Schneiderlin in the summer also. However, having a scout look at the lad is a bit different to Pards saying anything about him - let's face it, there's no quote. Every signing we have made from a league higher than we currently are at has looked good - Fonte and Puncheon. We need to keep that strategy going otherwise getting out of this league is going to be very tough indeed. We need a strong, dominant, playmaking CM urgently AND a pacey winger too in Puncheon's mould. Not sure this guy would cut the mustard.

True about losing them, but it was mostly to do with raising funds rather than any professional assessment of the capability of the squad and what we needed. BTW Poke is probably no better than a L2 keeper and not worthy of wiping even Barts boots in terms of getting the club out of L1.

Of the latter you mention - Surman only. Others still playing? Beattie, Baird, Higgy perhaps, Kevin Davies, Matt Oakley. Defo not Jones - unprofessional turd by refusing to play for us under contract.

They probably would lose a fair few games in this league.

Summed up in two lines - perfect.

That's pretty hilarious reading. Especially the idiots posting on the forum saying they still want Storyteller to stick around! At least Rupert had the common decency to walk away with his tail between his legs.

Got to agree with Alps on this. We didn't turn up really to deal with the pitch and they did. The difference was they used the wings at all available opportunities. AP made a tactical mistake by putting Puncheon centrally to start and although he changed it, he compounded the error by bringing on Wotton too early - he should have just switched Antonio who has height and a bit skill. The message should have gone out to the Captain to get play out to the wings. Lallana was drifting far too central. Disappointing result but hey we got a point and there is still a chance. I maintain that because there will be better away pitches to win on than the one last night and more home games than away, in our remaining matches.

Nice touch - can you get hybrid red and white ones?

OK - will be at pub to pick you up at 4.15pm - is that OK? Will be in a red Insignia. Dave

Yer right! lol

Can you PM me your phone number?

Err - yep - got room in the car. I can't PM you though and I'm not posting my number here - not sure how to contact you otherwise?

I had the same explanation today when I went to pick mine up from the ticket office! Not happy as I went out of my way to go get them. I have been told I now have to get my ticket from the office at Wycombe - hope there's no flippin' queue's otherwise what's the point of online booking?!?

That was then. The business plan that ML and NC will be adopting when we get to the Prem will depend on prevailing economics at the time including player salaries, gate receipts, TV money etc. General business strategy would suggest it makes sense to slightly restrain supply to keep demand high. So I would imagine that they would want to build a position of an excess of fans wanting tickets over at least 2 seasons prior to committing to expanding a stadium that was perfectly sustainable when we were in the Prem last time. Or to put it another way, there will not be enough justification to spend £30m+ on improvements with an AVERAGE gate of 30k - we get close to that now...(e.g. demand will fluctuate greatly for lower Prem opposition and ticket prices could be astronomic for many fans) - they will almost certainly be looking at a potential average gate of 35k to make it a worthwhile proposition I would have thought.

I cannot for the life of me believe that the club would make you travel to SMS to get your ST changed over. I would e-mail the club and make your request. They will almost certainly ask you to send your ST in by post for replacement. Try here to start... tickets@saintsfc.co.uk

As I said above, I bought mine today with no problems but have been told to collect them at the Wycombe ticket office. It might mean nothing, but it would appear there are still seats are available. Best thing is to phone 1st thing in the morning I guess.

No problem matey.

I wonder who'll be having the last laugh come this Friday? Now, if I was you I wouldn't be on our main forum trying to wind us up (pun intended - lol)...you should be out on the streets with a collection bucket to try and stave off the death of your horrible little club.

Plans like this would not come to fruition until 3-4 seasons in the Prem and then 1 or 2 visits into the advanced stages of the UEFA Cup I suspect. In other words, we probably will not see SMS expansion for another 10 years at least.

Looking for a proper club to support or just trolling? :cool:

Well I bought my ticket on-line this morning and then went to pick it up this afternoon at the ticket office only to be told I would have to get it at the Wycombe ticket office (it seems they sent it off in the post even though the match is tomorrow)! What a waste of blasted time and petrol that journey was. Anyway, it would appear there are plenty of spare away tickets. If you need a lift Toadhall, PM me as I'm driving up on my own.

And this... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/portsmouth/7290747/Sulaiman-al-Fahim-exit-plan-reports-surprise-Portsmouth.html Fahim's resignation as Chairman was accepted today. His (10%) share in PFC has been offered to the supporters trust, however they are (sensibly) taking a lot of time over whether to accept his 'kind' offer as there could be legal ramifications. The rats are hastily exiting the sinking ship. They will be in administration by the end of the week I reckon (that is, if they are able to do that while under a WUO). If not, then it would appear they are royally screwed and there will be an almighty battle between Chanrai, Gaymark and HMRC over who gets to pick off the carcass. The players will be left free to walk and find other clubs. There will be nothing left - not even Farton Park will be accessible for AFC Pimpley to ply their trade in the Blue Square.

Further developments announced on Solent today which are pretty damning really. It seems Fahim is trying to get out as quick as he can. It was confirmed today that PFC have accepted his resignation as Chairman. He wants to give over his (10%?) holding to the supporters trust?!?! The supporters trust guy was making all kinds of excuses as to why they had to look very carefully at the offer etc.!!!! LOL - seems even their 'best' supporters don't want the responsibility of ownership, but who could blame them - who would want to be holding the sh1tty end of the stick when it gets passed to you?! Fahim's hasty withdrawal can only mean one thing - he KNOWS the end is nigh and wants nothing of it. And in turn, the supporters trust people must be VERY wary of the consequences of owning a piece of the extremely dodgy dogs dinner that is PFC!!! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/portsmouth/7290747/Sulaiman-al-Fahim-exit-plan-reports-surprise-Portsmouth.html

Fabulous post - enjoyable read.

The roof on the left where the extension is is rubbish! Most peeps in the lower part of the stand (i.e. row z down) would get soaked in a downpour. I would only condone a Kingsland expansion if there was no adverse affect on the roof. Anyway, I suspect if there is SMS redevelopment money available, it will initially be spent on conversions to allow the away supporters to be segregated in the Chapel/Kingsland corner.