Lighthouse

I maintain that Middlesboro really aren't that good. They've made a living grinding out narrow 1 goal victories against crap teams in a similar fasion to Brighton last season. The difference being Brighton were much better at it and Boro are very inconsistent. Today and their visit to St Marys aren't the only times they haven't turned up for a match. Not sure I'm as confident as Benji; Wham, Brum and Cardiff all look strong at the moment.

They will need a new club to support in a couple of weeks. Good planning I think, getting in early. I for one applaud them.

Well, more fool you IMO. I know a lot of people who have moved out to Dubai. Even with all the help they could need from their new employer, no language barrier issues and a well established system for integrating hundreds of Western Expats into a similar job it STILL took them a good month to move accross and get sorted. How much are you willing to bet that Lee doesn't sign?

I had Cardiff and Wham down as home bankers today, so I suppose I'm not overly upset. However for the Skates to get that close and then f**k it up with 1 minute of injury time left is a kick in the balls. Still, Boro losing is an unexpected bonus and they had 2 men sent off, with the associated suspensions to come.

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Blackpool get a last minute winner, bit of a bummer that.

Oh dear Beatts.

FFS Pompey.

Reading 0-1 Hull A draw would be best there, but if someone has to win I'd rather it was Hull.

2-0 to Coventry.

Sh*t Wham just scored in what must be the 15th minute of injury time.

Significant half time scores Wham 0-0 Forest Cardiff 1-1 Skates Brum 1-0 Watford Coventry 1-0 Boro Reading 0-0 Hull That's a great half IMO. Our 6 closest rivals for promotion and only Brum are winning at the moment. I'd taken those scores at FT any day of the week.

Get in Coventry!

What's not to buy? You think moving halfway accross the globe is easy and straight forward?

I don't think there's an upper age limit for jeans. It's Jeremy Clarkson look of beer belly, shirt tucked into jeans and badly matching jacket which should be avoided.

No, but Barnsley are 10 points closer to us, so I went with that. I think the best we can hope for there is a shed load of injuries and suspensions for Millwall ahead of next weeks cup tie. It is looking like a pretty bad weekend for us based purely on the fixtures, but there is normally at least one cock up amongst the top teams. Who would have given Bristol City a prayer at St Mary's (apart from Saints fans).

Saints not in action until Monday, but there are some very important games going on which will affect us. West Ham look likely to know us off the top for the first time in months, assuming they get anything from their home game with Forest. Here's the fixtures and what we're after Barnsley vs Millwall - Away win Brum vs Watford - Away win Blackpool vs Palace - Draw or away win Bristol vs Doncaster - Irrelevant Burnley vs Derby - Draw Cardiff vs Pompey - As painful as it is to say it, away win Coventry vs Boro - Home win Leeds vs Ipswich - Away win Posh vs Brompey - Home win Reading vs Hull - Draw Wham vs Forest - Away win I can quite easily see Pompey and Cloterill just collapsing somehow. Any chance of sticky?

As far as I can remember I've got shirts with Beattie, Pahars, Tessem, Ormerod, Rasiak, Saganowski, Skacel and Oakley lying around somewhere. I've got some shirts from other clubs with much more random names on them.

I'm sure there is a lot of work Lee needs to do, a lot of it which he has to do himself. Even trivial stuff like selling his cat, packing all his stuff into boxes, paying off his council tax, settling the gas bill... it will all need to be done and it's not stuff he can just palm off onto his agent. I've moved abroad before and I'm looking to do it again. Whilst I will have/had help from various people it wasn't easy and there were a lot of tedious procedures to go through. I'm not sure why people are getting concerned about this deal. They wouldn't have posted all the stuff on the OS about it being a done deal unless it was a done deal. We've got the work permit. We wouldn't even have bothered applying for one unless Lee had agreed a contract and we'd agreed a fee (if there is one) with Hiroshima. The fact that Nigel hasn't mentioned it in any recent interviews would indicate nothing more than there is nothing interesting to report. What do you want him to say, "Lee has sold his cat, but he still needs to drop his barbeque off at Uncle Keith's house and find someone to feed his goldfish"? Patience, please.

I was at the Ricoh with a face like a slapped arse at 2-2 and dancing on my seat when De Ridder scored. Overall I think that's better value for money as a fan. If that game finished 2-0 it would have meant an utterly forgettable second half.

Christ please don't encourage him, there's enough trolling on this board as it is. He is probably refering to some random posts on twitter, from people CLAIMING to be football agents (but in reality could be absolutely anyone) saying Saints are difficult to negotiate with. His post is just nonesense. Moaning about Bignall and Forte signing, whilst ignoring Cork, Jos, Chaplow and Fox. Adkins "has his failings" really? A manager who isn't perfect!? Get rid of him straight away we need to hire a Messiah. He has been on Adkins case from day 1, even though we've gone up 40 odd league possitions in the 15 months since then. Another one for the ignore list.

Looks like something Whisky George would come up with.

I saw a couple of interviews he's done recently on youtube, one of them popped up on the suggestions for the video in the OP. Not sure why this is in English but it's good to see Marian again none the less. Would be awesome to see him here again in some capacity. Coach or a youth team manager one day perhaps.

Really? You find it amazing? Seriously? I think alpine posting negative opinions, which are obviously wrong and based on no evidence at all, is probably the least amazing thing I've ever seen. He's only done it 17,000 times before. Just ignore him.

Have there really been any? Delap - I'll give you that, expensive flop. Why we spent so much on an average, midfield utility man from Coventry I don't know. Delgado - He was a decent player, just crippled. As long as Hooper has 2 working knees that shouldn't be a problem. Phillips - £3.25m for a player who bags 15 goals a season in the Premier League isn't too bad. Prutton - Was half decent in the Premier League, I thought he was a bargain for the first 2 years. Was never the same after his long suspension and injuries. Aside from that, I can't think of anyone we've spent more than £2m on. Burley spent a lot of money, but there were no big money signings. I think Rasiak for £2m was about as expensive as it got.