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Yeh I suppose. Still I bet they do think they're a bigger club.

HTH

Quite funny that Beckford is only going up to the Championship, I bet Leeds fans still think they're a bigger club than Newcastle.

Despite being allowed to sit on the front row, Martin O'Neil really regretted joining the back staff of such a poorly run club.

I'm sure you'd be absolutely fine! I've seen plenty of skate shirts in town, and as much as I dislike your fans, I'm willing to accept that they will, at some point, visit our city. However, if I was to go to Southsea wearing my Saints shirt, I'm not sure that the 3 generations of badly tattooed, overweight, grubby, mockney cretins would be quite so accommodating! Nevertheless, I enjoy most of the banter, and a happy new year to you too!

I'm bloody relieved, the rumours that Kelvin was going to United were really picking up speed.

Lol 'if there are any knock-on effects financially for employees the club will reimburse them.' Yeah, we believe you. Gotta feel sorry for the non-playing staff.

It seems to be one rule for the Premier League and another for the Football league anyway!

Ah ok cheers, I guess one leads to the other anyway.

I thought I heard that if a club doesn't pay the players on 3 separate occasions there is a points penalty. May be wrong though.

I think I read that the money is £7 million, and they owe £8 million to other clubs and consequently the money will be withheld by the Premier League to distribute amongst the clubs owed.

I hardly think anyone at PFC can label anyone else unethical.

So are they getting -9?!

I thought our fans were fickle, but having just watched the highlights of Bolton vs Hull I think we're not so bad after all! They were booing when they were 2-1 up, which could only have a negative effect on the players, and they conceded again, cue more booing. They were also shouting and singing abuse at Megson, who they've given a hard time to ever since he joined their club. He was visibly upset by the abuse in the post-match interview, and you can't help but feel sorry for him as he seems an honest bloke doing his best on a tight budget. I know they don't play the best style of football but does anyone feel this negativity and abuse is in anyway justified? Watching Bolton's players backing deeper and deeper towards their own penalty area reminded me of our team last year and how we go on their backs, and I'm sure positivity in the stands breeds positivity in the players.

To be fair I think PES has a point about the aesthetics of St Mary's, I do wish it was a little more unique, although it is certainly finished a lot better than some similar stadiums, like Pride Park and the Walkers' Stadium. Saying that, we have years to add to and improve it, and the more time that passes, the more individual it is likely to get. I was pretty impressed with Huddersfield's stadium though, quite like the Reebok, but smaller.

hmmm. I am a big fan of Schneiderlin, and I agree he's definitely someone who has a big future ahead of him and we'd do well to hold on to. I wouldn't like to drop Hammond though as I think he's very good in this league. Perhaps we could play 3 in the middle? I think it's clear that in order to change the team, particularly the midfield, someone who most people consider is an integral part of the team is either going to have to move positions or drop to the bench. We're not going to be able to leave Lallana, Schneiderlin and Hammond on if we bring in another CM, and we're not going to be able to leave Connolly playing if we play five in the middle. There's going to have to be a few tough decisions and perhaps some tinkering and testing of different players and systems, but In Pardew and his team we trust.

I certainly would rather have Hammond in reserve rather than Wotton, but I think that he's good enough for the first team. I'd rather see Morgan on the bench with a defensive midfielder bought in, allowing Hammond to push forward more often.

Hammond on the bench?!

I think that Hammond is easily our best player at winning the ball in and around the opposition's penalty area; he looks like he really wants the ball and always wins 50-50s. Therefore I feel that if we could bring in a new Defensive midfield, to take responisbility for winning the ball on the edge of our own box, I think we would get far more out of Hammond, as he'd be able to get forward more often.

Guess it will either have to be Mills or Play Papa on the left, Antonio on the right and Connolly up front.

Boothroyd's teams are always strong, powerful and direct. Therefore Jaidi and Hammond are going to have to be at the top of their game,

Young Adult (21 n under) tickets £12 Adult £18 I think.

I don't think it's fair to simply look at the season with just the minus ten in mind. In my opinion we must also consider our lack of pre-season when looking at the progress we make and trying to calculate where we will end up. Take off the first ten games, games in which we were still finding our feet, and in 13 games we have earned 29 points. That is an average of over 2.2 points per game. If we were to keep up this ratio we will gain about another 51 points; easily enough to see us comfortably inside the playoffs if not the top 2. Obviously there are going to be slip ups and dips in performance, and we are not likely to get quite that many more points, but I feel something would have to go majorly wrong for us not to be in the top 6 by the end of the season.

Yeahh I thought that too. I'm definitely going to the game, going up on a mini bus, just have to try to convince them to leave the pub 5 minutes early. Worst comes to worst I'll have to sit in the home end. Sure I'll be alright though.

Cheers Bungle, not sure how long before the game I'll be able to get there but hopefully should be able to grab one.