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Well thats bloody rich considering you were the t*t talking about £400 burning a hole in your pocket !! You may well have said it to be ironic but some people are actually like that ! FFS

Wether its right or wrong the bottom line is that details should have been released by now. Did I read that only 2 clubs had yet to have tickets on sale, and thats probably changed by now ! The practicalities are that people start going off on holidays soon so they will either spend that money or have a rush to get the dosh together when they come back and find they only have a week or two left to buy their seats. Unless Markus is giving all existing ST holders a freebie this year of course ! BTW the £125 is only for people who have had season tickets since 1885 when the club was formed

Not being critical, just an observation/question, but isn't £12 more than some of the early Cup games were last season ?

The first League game is 7th August.

Youve got the minority bit right ! You could call him raw, inexperienced, a typical winger where sometimes he's brilliant and other times he's poor. But to call him lazy ? Nah, no way.

I would forget Danns. If he leaves Palace then he will pitch up at QPR with Warnock.

We dont play another competitive match until early August !!

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I would expect all AP's major transfer activity to occur before the players return for pre-season training. As for AP knowing what he's doing......Lambert, Harding, Fonte, Connolly, Hammond, Jaidi, Barnard, Puncheon......he aint done too bad so far

I would expect one or two "marquee" signings and another 4 or 5 that come from the free transfer/released market. AP commented that we had missed out on a lot of those last season cos the takeover wasn't completed until July. I dont expect him to miss out this time. You dont need to spend big in every position to get out of this League, especially when you are looking for squad players/cover.

My mum always told me that I should never take pleasure at someone elses mis-fortune. Apparently its alright in their case though

Lancashire is nowhere near good enough for, as AP puts it, "our journey". I think Aaron Martin has come along and overtaken him as well which didnt help his cause. James is the big surprise, Before his injury he was in all the time, since then nothing. Still if rumour about his off field lifestyle is to be believed plus his contributions against Oldham etc then I suppose it makes sense. Lets be honest though, he was never a right back and never will be. In midfield he was adequate but AP wants better than adequate.

Oh dear, has the cheating bastards luck finally given out ?

oh **** me they have got a penalty !!

That never even occured to me. Bet they are loving that

They have been offered new contracts, doesn't mean they have signed them yet. Connolly is listed elsewhere because he is niether in contract or released. Bart and Doble - they want to extend their contracts, Connolly was only on an "until end of season" deal and they want to offer him another - presumably pay as you play - deal.

Surprised about James, but not dis-pleased. If AP wants at least two for every position then we can expect a fairly busy summer. I would think we will see at least 6 new players, 3 of whom will be cheap or free transfer cover/squad players.

I see on the BBC - with a link to Newcastle's local paper - that the Geordies are intending to loan out Nile Ranger for next season. Isn't he the local lad ? Wouldn't he be good up front with Rickie ?

I get ya, thanks. I think AP really really rates Connolly, he praises him or mentions him at every opportunity. I would expect him to stay another season, probably on a pay as you play deal. If he can stay fit for say 75% of the games he will score plenty as he showed in that spell just before Christmas.

I agree that Solent got away with that somehow. Be interesting to see if Blackmore gets any cosy exclusive interviews with NC next season !

I dont really understand your logic here. You are presumably saying that Connolly is a better player than Barnard (which is IMHO true) and if fit he will play more than Barnard, but in the next breath you are getting rid of Connolly. Why ?

I dont see anywhere in that Sky article that suggests we have even spoken to him yet. He is waiting to speak to us yes, but hasn't as yet from what I can read.

What a bunch of ****s ! Start a rumour, finish a rumour and we all blame NC for not responding to something that isn't even happening !! Teriffic.

Dont hold your breath waiting then. NC said in that Solent interview he did a few weeks back that ML simply comes to games as a fan and leaves NC and his team to get on with it. If you do get a statement on the first season it will be from NC, not ML.

I was wondering what had happened to the "transparency" that NC spoke of when he baecame Chairman. This is a golden chance to clear a few things up which I thought Monday morning would bring. Seemingly not.