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Forgot Dawson was injured. He went off yesterday limping slighty and was immediately on the treatment table. That created quite a problem. Who is going to open with Adams? Howells lacks any experience at that level. Myburgh is a limited over opener but not so much at the longer game. Ervine has opened successfully before but he is also injured. Lumb is supposed to be back today but perhaps this game has come too soon. I plump for Myburgh with Howells at 5

Good, glad to hear that as I was disappointed for him.

The team I would like to see tomorrow for the Championship game against Lancashire. Adams Dawson Lumb (he arrives back today) McKenzie Vince Pothas Mascarenhas Cork Ali Briggs or Tomlinson or Griffiths Jones Time to throw caution to the wind. I am assuming Ervine is still injured having damaged his ankle in the warm up yesterday.

Good article link sent to me by a friend this morning http://www.sabotagetimes.com/football-sport/southampton-fc-end-of-term-report-goodbye-league-one-and-good-riddance/

http://www.businessweekly.co.uk/legal/1 ... h-fc-probe The insolvency team from Norwich law firm Howes Percival has been called in to help the investigation into Portsmouth FC – which was the first Premier League soccer club to go into administration. The company is believed to owe creditors over £83 million, with up to £35m owed to HM Revenue & Customs. Howes Percival has been instructed by insolvency practitioners Geoff Carton-Kelly and David Hudson of Baker Tilly Restructuring and Recovery LLP, the joint liquidators of the Club. Nick Oliver, who heads the insolvency team, is a specialist in forensic insolvency investigations and fraud-related insolvency issues. He is also currently assisting the trustee in bankruptcy of Asil Nadir. Oliver said: “This is a high profile, complex case which has received worldwide media attention, primarily because Portsmouth was the first premiership football club to enter administration. “The unsecured creditors are believed to amount to in excess of £83 million, with up to £35 million owed to HM Revenue & Customs. “We will be assisting Geoff Carton-Kelly and David Hudson with their investigations into the financial collapse of the club. The liquidators have identified significant issues that require detailed investigation.” In December 2009, HMRC presented a winding-up petition against Portsmouth. In February 2010, insolvency practitioners from UHY Hacker Young LLP were appointed as administrators of the company. The club was docked nine points as a result of the administration and was subsequently relegated to the Championship. A company voluntary arrangement was ultimately agreed with creditors to enable the administrators to sell the assets and business of the football club to a new company. In February 2011 the old company, Portsmouth City Football Club Limited, entered liquidation following the completion of the sale and the termination of the administration and company voluntary arrangement.

Oldham Profile has him as 12/12/89. Think it is safe to say he is 21. Is he good enough? Not from his showings on the pitch so far. Said to have technical skills. Could develop in the right hands (Saints). The club will know what to do.

Couple of bright points. Ervine reaches 6,000 first class runs in career Cork reaches 10,000 first class runs in career Dawson reaches 500 championship runs for the season. Ali takes 4 wickets to anounce he is back Dimi in the CB40 game against Durham tomorrow.

So we go up and our income must meet our expenditure at least? We cannot rely on an income boost (not loan) from our owner? Yet one of the clubs coming down from the Premier can rely on the income from the parachute payments? Unfair restraint of trade? In principle I think football needs something to make it balance it's books but it has to be from a level playing field!

Glen Delve, the Rosebowl MD told me a few weeks ago they were working on it. Lumb gets $50,000 even if he does not play so if he comes back early he or we would have to pay up the contract. We are also paying Lumb under his contract but he does have to pay us a proportion of his IPL contract. Obviously he would not go into detail

Team spirit is fine just too many players out of form at the same time. Players that are out of form are working very hard in the nets for hours on end. They will turn it round. Lumb is being missed at present but why is he not being picked in IPL? May be he is out of form as well!!! Dimi is not far away last time I spoke to him a week or so ago. We definately are a match winning bowler short at present. Ali coming back to form and fitness. Tomlinson is now fit and ready. Tahir still not expected to be fit before June.

Year 3 of a 5 year plan. Consolidation and building a team to get us automatic promotion in year 4

110 overs passed. We only get 2 bowling points but we did restrict Yorkshire to 3 batting points. Honours about even at this stage. 317-8. Yokshire 13-1 off 15 overs this morning.

Sounds like it could be a bite from a false black widow spider which are quite common in Southern England. I had a few in my garage For reassurance: Spider bite symptoms There are 640 species of spider in the UK. Only 12 of these have been known to bite humans in the UK and this includes two Steatoda species, S. grossa and S. nobilis . The severity of symptoms from any spider bite depends on the amount of venom that is injected. False widow spider bite reports include symptoms such as chest pains, swelling and tingling of fingers. Last year a man went to hospital for treatment after being bitten by what may have been a false widow spider - the spider was never caught so it wasn't identified.

I am expecting an increase of £60 for adult centre which is just above 15%. That will take into account the changes in vat (was it 15% when we purchased last season - now 20%), Inflation running at about 4% and uplift for Championship football.

Adams & Briggs named in Lions squad against SL. They will miss the CB40 against Surrey at Whitgift if picked. Edit: squad of 12 named so one of them will definately play

210/7 at Tea Barstow out Cork 3/51 That wicket just makes this session ours again

Yorkshire 96-4 at lunch. With only 3 front line bowlers (excluding Briggs who has not bowled as yet) it was important Ervine supported well. That he did with figures of 1/13 off 7. We was also responsible for the run out when he managed to divert a full drive off his bowling onto the wicket at his end. Hampshires morning.

That is because I refused him entry into the Executive Club when I worked there! He went whinging to one of the Committee. Ok with me though at the time.

I have to agree with this despite some of the comments that followed. Cortese & Adkins will be adding quality to improve us long term, not aged players who only have a few years to go and are looking for their final big pay deals. In several parts of the ground yesterday there was talk that we were about two thirds of the way to signing Beattie who was prepared to take a drop in wages. We were also in discussion with Bridge. When I spoke to connections within they had no knowledge and even laughed it off. Now if they have no knowledge then how do others without these connections. Beattie and Owen were good in their time. They may still have a couple of years left in them but not enough time for what the club are trying to build. We did not go mad this season and achieved what we wanted. Next season it will likely crank up a bit but I see us finding our level in the Championship next season, looking at what we need to do to gain automatic the following season. That would be within the 5 year plan. Steady as she goes........

Hampshire are working on getting Michael Lumb back. You are correct about the other players. Rod Bransgrove was not pleased about the way Ervine got out. Nor were the rest of us!!!

Great win keeps the momentum going. I appreciate Plymouth and Walsall are fighting for their lives BUT SO ARE WE at the other end of the table. Class should see us through those tricky games. Let's hope it is a win on Monday and we can all enjoy next Saturday. I am quietly confident now. Wins at Brighton and Brentford were massive for us.

Myburgh has a slight hamstring and they will look at the reaction over the next 24 hours but there is a good chance he will be available for Monday

Just an update Geoff Miller, Chairman of Selectors, met with Michael Carberry this morning for a chat. Good to see he is keeping in touch I spoke to Carberry after. He still has problems and does not see any chance of a start before July at the earliest. I will not go into details I spoke to Dimi. He is getting there. I asked if he would be back for T20 as previously suggested. He said yes and likely before then. Kabir Ali is playing for the seconds but there is still some doubt about his recovery! Won't say more at this stage. Jones is still fit.

I think you should seek help. I certainly will if your 8-5 comes true!

Spoke to Nic Pothas, he should be back for Wednesday's game. I also had a chat with Jones wife. She says he gets very little reaction to his original injury. Swelled up a little in Barbados but more due to the heat. Little niggle from time to time but no more than expected after a career threatening injury. No sign of Carberry. Dimi was around and looking to be close to returning (probably for T20) Kabir Ali also about and looks close.