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I cant really see Lampard even wanting to come here given he's reminded every visit he's made that his Uncle 'arry is a C**t....... Unless he agrees of course !

I did think that was a bit of a cheek yeah, and disguising it by talking about a 5% premium......they could have waived that for renewals I would have thought.

I think he'll end up back at Bournemouth tbh.

Lee Todd.....oh dont, i too remember that little fella only too well. I take your point about Bree, I just think with those three going (1 definite, 2 almost certainly) now is the time to completely restructure that defence. Wellington at LB is a start, Edwards back from QPR is another, I'm still undecided about Wood tbh.

Yeah exactly, tried it last time he was here !

No offence mate but can’t you just bugger off for a year or two, you’ve got history with going away so read the room fella 👍

TBH if you ever go to a game you will be able to work it out for yourself, its not rocket science to spot them !

I think its the length of time he's been here and the fact he's never risen above average at best. I dont think RM helped his cause by talking him up every opportunity like he was our own modern day Bobby Moore, I'm sure thats contributed to why people pile on him so much. As for THB, yeah, I agree. It always puzzled me why Kompany didnt want him when Burnley were promoted, last season in the Championship I just dismissed it but bloody hell you can see why this season.

I assume the club PR machine are posting all these things and celebrating with a large dose of irony aren't they? Surely?

Sorry but if you cannot see that Stephens is a big part of the problem I cant help you. Even in your detailed defence you say "He's OK in the Championship" Mate, he's no effin difference in the Championship, all the things he does badly in Premier League he does badly in The Championship. Ok he gets away with it a bit more often but thats not the point. We need to rebuild, the last 2 seasons have shipped far too many goals, with or without Stephens in both leagues. Whoever comes in needs to completely overhaul the defence. KWP, THB & probably Bednarek will be gone anyway. Time for Stephens, Bree and Manning (unless you revert him to his original left sided midfielder position) to go as well. Yesterday was the first time this season any of this lot actually threw themselves in front of a shot, played tightly and compactly as if their lives depended on it. One swallow does not make a summer, esp when you celebrate moving onto the magical 12 points!

Aah ok, thanks very much.

Good to see Pep shut him down straight away saying he didn’t agree. Fair play for that.

Excuse my ignorance but why did Hampshire let him go……or didn’t he want to stay?

Thank fuck I decided to give it a miss again today, had I been walking to the ground when that team was announced I’d be half way home by now !

There’s his effort at humour falling flat 🤣

His sarcastic comment about stopping the game really fkin annoyed me. Still we have gone from conceding 3 big chances a game to 1.5 so that’s great news……oh wait, no, how can it be - WE ARE STILL F’KIN LOSING EVERY WEEK !!!! The third bloody idiot in the managers chair this season!

Watford just completed their annual summer sacking of their manager.

That was superb, agree.

I’d sooner have Rosie Ramsey !!

There are some gloriously weird theories of what might happen knocking around on here. FFS get a grip, "bring Hendo home", Gerrard and Lallana Drean team, Rooney, Lampard (who just might get Coventry promoted), Ralph, Ralph & Rohl........the only ones not mentioned are the Redknapps with 'arry as DOF and Jamie as manager !!

Yeah, you had great recruitment and a good couple of seasons at exactly the time you needed to, just as the draw bridge was being pulled up.

To do what you do regularly - Where have I said I have picked him as captain ? I said it was my fear that he could end up as captain, thats all !!

Unfortunately that is my fear.

You say that, and while I agree to a degree it doesn't stop a team fighting for every ball, running their arses off, throwing themselves in front of every shot. Probably not the greatest example given what happened to them yesterday but Luton were just as you described when they came up, they didnt finish bottom, they didnt finish on 11 points, they didnt go out there and just wander around. I can accept not being good enough, every season 3 teams aren't good enough, but I cant accept many of the performances by highly paid "footballers"

Don’t be so pedantic all the time, you get the drift of what people mean.