OldNick

IMHO I dont think Victor or Mane will be sold. Before RK I would have thought that the board would just sell over the managers wishes if the price was right,but as RK said they will not be leaving there is no way he would accept being overruled. I believe he would walk as his credibility would be shot. Dont forget RK wants to make a name for himself here, so getting a plum job at a top club. Failure here will be a massive step back hence he will be fighting for the players to stay and also getting players in

this thread needs to be moved to the main page but also circulated to the greater media and all football clubs forums etc

16k was a decent crowd. Their passion and noise obviously meant a difference to the result on the night. i assume their roar brought them home to a comfortable victory. Who did they get in the 3rd round draw?

we would have everything to lose and nothing to gain. i agree 100% with Cb, let them wallow in L2. The extra money would help them as well

We need pace, and without Mane we are pedestrian at best. How about Sisco from Mychelin?

he was lucky not to be sent off the other night. The ref played on and I was expecting him to go back and give him a second booking

I like the bit where Ho comes out with the old line ,'we get 20k in L2 and so with a bigger ground we would easily fill it.well they crowds were not there when I heard all that madam in the 80s( ?) when Bally got them promotion. They also didn't fill their ground when they were in the PL . We all think our clubs are important but Pompey has grown through their few years of success, when they were swimming around the depths for decades they were getting pretty low crowds.

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I went to a client yesterday, he bought his house in 1967 for £5k and has just sold it for £985 k. Had he rented for that time?

good one CB, you are right we are no different to Everton, they sell and we sell. i would never wish to be Everton though, Highbury 1984 still irks

I thought we looked better than we did against Vitesse. Jordan should have done better with his chance by either getting a shot on target or passing to Pelle when through on goal. Targett did ok, we have to get used to raw 19yr old lads playing as we sell our best players. I wonder what the odds are of Koeman beng the first manager to go, not that he will be sacked but just as he will see the potential damage to his reputation as the squad is constantly weakened as the club draw the money. We have not spent all of last seasons fees.It is KL business and she is free to do as she likes but as this goes on the fans will drift away. It is not her fault that the players leave but to mind the money in is not properly reinvested in the team. The revolving door policy must make it nearly impossible to get a good United team spirit in the dressing room. Our English spine is lost and perhaps the fight for each other is lost. I think we will win next week but I would swap progress in the Europa for a couple of wins in the league.I f we don't start to get some points the nerves will set in

I doubt the Mane story was put out to deflect the Pedro story as very few Man U fans would be impressed by signing a fairly unknown Saints player, now if they used the Muller story I would agree I don't think they have spent the money we took in last season that they said they would invest back as yet

Mane will be snapped up next summer if not before. He is going to be a star player. I would not be surprised if Chelsea did not come in for him.John Terry said he was the best player he came up against last season, and no doubt Mourinho would notice. We lack pace up front, to lose mane's would be a disaster

Im not sure that is correct. if you save and pay back and cut your cloth according to your income buying your home is far better than paying a landlord. Why pay rent so that somebody else can lie on a beach, rather than you as you size down when you get to an age? My concern for SO16 is that the lure of all that cash in the bank will be too much and holidays to Disney etc will soon eat up the cash reserves. I think you have come to your senses and have decided to stay and pay, rather than rent. When i read of young people with young kids struggling it does make you feel humble, but i went through that when i was young and am now well set. Full respect that SO16 is not running away from his responsibilites and wishing to pay back. You should be proud of yourself

Well as we are just a cultivation club, and basically the reserve team of others the owners should reduce the prices to watch them. 37 quid to watch a team of developing players and hopefuls. Some might put up with it but somebody like Koeman won't

We should be sponsored by E-Bay as every player is a 'buy it now '

it is very early yet, but you cant keep selling quality and throw in players from abroad who dont know our game. It worked last year but it seems others are now following our lead and chasing the same targets as us.I just turned on to see the result and couldn't believe it. our strong defence is gone and we are letting goals something that we have not been used to for a couple of seasons

Mentalist (whatever that means, I assume an insult). I thought you would understand how us playing them in a League cup game would even things up. I dont think we would play our strongest side against them(we didn't do so when we were close to the qtr finals of the FA cup)and they would raise their game,especially if it was at FP. Cup games and coming 7th in the league means SFA when it comes to knock-out competitions. We have everything to lose, even if we won by 3 or 4 it would be brushed off as we are the PL club. Let them languish going out against L2 opposition

he will do all the magical stuff but Frannie will have to come on to do all the grafting.

We are. Ugh if we want them to play us, we are on a hiding to nothing.Let them go out next round away up north to a L2 club where they get little revenue. Why do people want to fill their coffers by playing us and also having the opportunity to roll us over.Its madness. Derby games are not like a normal match and things get evened up

Ho's bit about living at home etc....anyone remember his post where his wife wouldnt let him use the computer lol

I've just seen Manes chances, they were hardly open goals. The first was a brilliant block the 2nd a defender was sliding in and the keeper was set.Ok you'd expect him to hit the target. I don't think Erwins man management by stating he should score is the right thing to do either. We shouldn't bash Manes confidence anymore. He is is good player and will develop into a top one

co e on Crabbyhe is just a lad and is from the Acadamy. The club has a policy of selling our best players and so each season we have to put up with young players making mistakes. We have not spent all the money we took in last season let alone this summer. Targett has been thrown in the deep end and is trying his best. The club are hoping that the Acadamy can provide the quality to fill in the gaps. It is ironic that we played our first game in Arnhem, A bridge too far perhaps for the club by playing in the Europa

i have just listened to McInnes and whilst it was done to play up to the fans, should not the Council safety officer not be a tad concerned that pieces of masonry are falling off and McInnes own words it might kill someone?

that must have stretched Photoshops capabilities to their extreme. Nice tribute though