Lighthouse

Remember Poke playing in a 5-0 defeat under Pearson away to Hull. He was carrying a knock IIRC.

Yep, that's unrealistic actually, I'll give you that one. Although I'd have said going after one of Blackburn's better players is distinctly 'underwhelming' when compared to Owen, Shakira and half the other silly rumours I've read on here.

That's the point I'm making. We've got 5 of each and we're still short of cover in both possitions. Sure nobody could have predicted the injuries to Barnard and Seaborne, but that's exactly why we shouldn't have kept DC and Jaidi. They can't be relied upon to provide cover with their injury problems, hence we're now up sh*t creek. Yes, those were the 5 strikers I was counting. I do include Guly as a striker as I think he is better there. Plus he has pretty much been forced to play up front for a couple of months thanks to injuries to DC and Barnard, not to mention Forte's inadequacies. Let's not go back to 2004 with our massive squad of crap or injured players.

Exactly. That's a large part of the reason I was against new contracts for players like Connolly and Jaidi in the summer. We're paying them a pretty substantial wage and between they've been injured more often than not. Right now we've got 5 centre halves and 5 strikers on the books, and people are talking about signing 2 more of each. It's not good for the balance sheets.

We did bring in 4 players. Cork, Jos, De Ridder and Fox probably cost about £4m and their combined wages will be substantially greater than whatever we were paying AOC. Could be to the tune of an extra £3m a year. Even only taking one years wages into account, that only leaves £5m for players in January. Appart from Wham chucking silly money at their promotion push, nobody is really spending big in NpC. I doubt we're skint, but we haven't got sh*t loads of money to spend on players.

Only 2 for me. The one and only Chesny and Jennifer Ellison (Scouse bird, gets them out for lad's magazines, Steven Gerrard was knobbing her about 10 years ago) Edit: Just googled a few of them. Apparently Heidi Range is the hot Scouse one from the Sugarbabes, who I'd heard of but didn't know by name.

Just because we didn't spend that immediately, it's not to say we wont this transfer window. Plus some of that money would have been spent covering our losses for the previous year. Plus you forgot Hooiveld and Cork, two more quality signings with sizeable wage demands. I'm not saying we would sell Lambert for £10m, then go and buy another striker for £10m the next day. However I do trust Adkins and Cortese to sensibly invest the money over time. It's all accademic really, nobody is going to bid £10m for Rickie Lambert. We bought him for £1m when he was 2.5 years younger and a top L1 striker. A decent scoring run in NpC isn't going to negate his age and increase his value ten fold.

A settled squad is one thing, but offering £10m for a player just turning 30 is absurb money. As romantic an idea as it is to think we don't need the money and we aren't a selling club, it's just not true. If someone comes with a ridiculous bid like that, I'd take it. Decent England internationals have been sold for less than that.

£10m for 30 year old Rickie Lambert? You'd be MENTAL to bid that kind of money and we'd be just as mental to turn it down. Yes Lambert is vital to our success, but for £10m we could get 3 Maynards, Lutceiwicz, Sharps etc. who are about 5 years younger.

Why? They are looking likely candidates for relegation, whereas we are top of the Championship. Ambitious maybe, but realistic.

From that lot I wouldn't mind Hoillet, Klasnic or Rodallega. Trouble is all three are stuck in relegation battles and I doubt their parent clubs would be willing to let them go in January.

Bart Sordell - Maynard - Jutceiwicz - Beattie Sharp - Tandoori - Owen - Benjani Rhodes - Vokes COYR!!!

Still 25 minutes left. Come on Saints!!!! Boro are getting d*cked. Somehow we will still be top after all this.

Alan Bennett scores for Cheltenham. Dyer and Skacel have also scored and Crouch has a brace. Any other ex Saints scoring?

What if we applied for it a few days or weeks ago.

Get in Blackpool!

Amongst other things.

Send threatening letters to a celebrity. Not Ricky Martin though, he's mine.

I suggest you get a life and release your stress by beating up a spouse or small animal.

Christ alive are you lot still arguing with alpine? He's just a stupid retard who get's a kick out of posting his pessimistic drivel and hoping people bite. People YOU CAN'T WIN. Just put him on your ignore list and stop quoting/responding to him. It's that simple.

So you're having a go at people for something NOBODY has said. I'd be annoyed at Matt Le Tiss if he missed an open goal in the 6 yard box. Only one clueless mong here.

2-0 to Cardiff. Bummer.

First time blasphemy has given me a boner. Good effort.

Posh beating Brum. W00T!!

Last time I started this we won, so here's hoping. COYR!!