Football Season 2014 - 2015

I quess you mean now Rodriguez as well as Lovern?

Can anyone remember any other club being poached, or potentially poached, of so many players in a single transfer window? Maybe hard to stop players wanting to go to Champions League teams. Only consolation so far is the transfer fees obtained. Koeman's first 2 signings look promising though.

Dave

Yup.

And as you say with Ronko's first signings, anything that gets Serbs and Croats smiling in the same team has to be good.

Chris

The other reason to be cheerful is SFC's first-class academy set-up which seemingly churns out good players year after year.  Many clubs neglect that side of the business and it's to SFC's credit that it never has.   

Who do you support then Wat ?

The manager we have at present(McGoo) is a complete clown,and if he does not perform he will be gone by christmas trust me. Best manager we ever had was years ago,a guy called Chris Coleman. When Chairman Mo owned the club his hobby was printing P45s.When he sold the club some 18 months ago to a Mista Khan Mo gave him his printing press as part of the deal and it did not take the new owner long to work out how to print P45s also.

Mista H

Compared to most on this thread, my club will be enjoying, again, the delights of League 2.  But for the first time in quite a few seasons I am looking forward to this one with some optimism (as opposed to 'hope' which we all have at this stage until it is dashed by sharp dose of reality). In part this is because under Andy Awford my lot finished last season strongly and, with some additions, the squad looks reasonably strong and confident.  But the greater source of my optimism is the progress in infrastructure.  The club has finally secured its own training ground and is in the process of added facilities for the academy.  This side of the club has been criminally neglected under previous regimes, even when the club was in the Premier League, and it has taken fan ownership to get it sorted.  Of course the fruits of this investment will take time to see but it is all part of securing the well-being of the club in the long run.

Meanwhile, the fans look like they will be supporting the club again with season ticket sales at 10,500 already and set to outstrip last season's admirable total. So Fratton Park will be rocking at home games for sure.

PUP.  

If he gets the boot from Man U he can always make a living promoting Brylcream !!

MDS

S/T sales of over 10,000 in league 2 IMHO is very good. Some clubs in that division are only getting gates of around 3,000.With such small income i dont know how they can stay afloat!!

Mista H

I was kind of happy with our lot until we confirmed the purchase of our "killer" striker, Diego Costa, who on the big stage looks just as clueless as Torres has become.

Thanks, Wat.  Hope to be playing the Tractor Boys again one day.  They always bring great support when visiting Fratton Park.

MDS 

Things are looking quite rosy - a new training ground, improvements at Fratton Park, and a promising bunch of recruits, who looked pretty good at last Saturday's friendly against the Hawks. It was good to be able to cycle to the game.

Hello Wat

Yep went to the 10-1 game. You must be bloody old like me as it was a fair few years ago now.

Just got our tickets yesterday to come up to your gaff for the opening game of the season. Block V2 row C seats 1&2. Last year we did a lot of away trips on our coaches as it was free for STHs,this year they are charging so i`m going to drive. Plan is to stop at Witham on the A12 on the way up (w/spoons) for a few jars then eat there on the way back,unless you can recomend any pubs nearer to Ipswich. Got any recomendations for parking near the ground??

Mista H

LOL

Just back from our PSF at Crawley,and on todays showing we will be lucky to finish mid table in the chumpioships.

Mista h

I didn't realise we just let anyone in to our town.  

Less than 4 weeks to go  

Sorry H didn`t realise you owned Crawley,otherwise i would have asked first if it was ok to enter.

Not been to Crawley for years,almost didn`t recognise the place. We had a few pints in the w/spoons before the game and after the match a few more in the Brewery shades which was a bit of a dump.

CTFC need to badly sort out their bar at the stadium. People were 10 deep waiting to get a drink,and all they had was 4 people serving.....a joke. Chelsea hit town in a few weeks and they will fill the ground. The bar will be chaos,do you fancy a saturday job pulling pints ?

Mista H

Thanks Wat for the parking info. Will look it up on my AA map.

I thought the Little Chef chain had gone belly up!! For most matches both home and away we stick to a w/spoons as you can get a meal + a pint for a tenner. We do sometimes try other pubs.

I dont think any of our lot would go near a little chef,as we always have at least 2 pints before a game.

Pertinent to EVERY football season: The greatest, immortalised in cardboard in the form of a clothes hanger:

Taken from yesterdays Mail on Sunday(top paper).

PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON TICKETS PRICES FOR 2014/5 SEASON

If you want the BEST seats they will cost as follows....

3 dearest clubs,Arsenal £2013,Spurs £1895,Chelsea £1250

3 cheapest clubs West Brom £459,Swansea £499,Sunderland £525.

QPR have increased prices by 38% over last season,best seats now costing £949(joke)

Mista h

If you get 5 mins have a look at the Blackpool fc website. With the season due to start in 2 weeks they only have 8 first team players,just about enough to put out a 5 a side team.

Mista h

^   Having seen Saints at Bournemouth this evening, I'm not sure we even have that many. The word on the street is that Katrina wants to 'realise' her investment and that Schneiderlin and Chambers are off too. Plus Cardiff are tempting Fonte with serious wages...

And the signings so far with just over a month til the window closes.... Graziano Pelle and Dusan Tadic. Um. Didn't director Les Reed say Saints would reinvest their gains made in the transfer market?!

Chris

Just watched West Ham v Sydney FCC........I can tell you now."...it's going to be a long hard season, no change in style, a lack of imagination .....same old same old.....blah blah blah, from what I've just seen the spuds have nothing to fear first game of the season

...and Carroll out (again) for 4 months. Think he's inheriting the moniker "sick note" that Darren Anderton used to bear.

Liverpool look to have secured Lovren, too. Getting very close to the start of the season to start building a new team. 

Lovren's history.

Talking of which, that's the trouble with Fonte too. Or rather history repeating itself. Just as there was nothing wrong with Claus Lundekvam as a player, his partnership with Michael Svensson made a great pairing. But Claus looked poor when Svensson was injured. Likewise with Fonte, now Lovren's gone...

A big part of the spine is missing. And it appears, in the boardroom too.

C.