Rich

All I keep thinking is that French January in 2013(?) on steroids. We spent about 20p then and it proved to be more than enough. (We were 15th on 20 points, three points above Southampton in 18th with the same GD at that point. Ended up 16th on 41, five clear of Wigan in the end.)

Nice. I'd like to propose Doumbia, Colback, and Khizanishvili for the worst XI, please and thank you.

You just doing this on the peak form achieved during their time here?

I'm concerned that we've got a game in 72 hours and there's nee Eddie Howe song. If someone doesn't step up, I'm going to belt out Nicky Butt's ditty until it swirls around the stadium as punishment: NA NA, NA NA, NA NA, NA NA, NA NA NA, EDDIE EDDIE HOWE, EDDIE HOWE, EDDIE EDDIE HOWE Also, does ASM have a song? Literally only heard the Wilson one for a player since getting back to SJP, the songbook is fucking tragic.

From Duncan Castles, rather than The Express itself: Don't think it's anything new, really. She's said herself that we'll be looking to deal in January this time, but not necessarily in a typical season.

Just trying to restore a grand old institution back to its former glory, a bit like Eddie Howe really.

Hope his song gets an airing on Saturday. Brilliant bloke.

Thanks for that @54, just tidied it up and added a credit at the top. Hope that's alreet! Decent read. "We are obviously training with a lot more intensity now." "Training has a lot more intensity." BRB, off to grief Alex Bruce a bit more on Twitter.

The ones who’ve heard of relegation release clauses?

That’s enough now, come on chaps.

WWYPU?

Fraser, Lewis, Almiron, and Joelinton.

Aye. Done.

Do they not have it on in Shearer's (NINE) as well?

He is mentally ill, though. That's the most polite way I could put it. I'm not sure it's on the same level as "masturbating each other". I do also think he's a bald Tory nonce with major Daddy issues, though, so maybe I am a hypocrite.

Plenty of valid, mature criticisms of the Trust without resorting to that last line, mind. Does your stance no favours and I happen to agree with a lot of what you say on this particular matter

I know I've been a bit negative in here lately, but it's raised an absolutely pathetic amount for how long it's been going. I say that as a former contributor, as well. There's no point in continuing with it.

They're never? Why?

He's mentally ill, like most of the others discussed in here on a regular basis.

Could just modernise it a little bit. Would hate to see wholesale changes.

How very dare you.

The list of people I need to see banished is now down to one.

Getting sent off in critical (and non critical games) will probably do that, unfortunately. I would also have him back, mind.

Darlow Manquillo Lascelles Fernandez Ritchie Saint-Max Hayden Shelvey Fraser Joelinton Wilson SUBS: Dubravka, Krafth, Schar, Lewis, Murphy, Willock, Longstaff, Almiron, Gayle Think that’s the best/most balanced team we could play that excludes all of the internationals. Also get the feeling Howe will prefer to use the players he’s had available to him for the full two weeks, which is fair enough. Home win.

The Papa John's Trophy, though? Howay. It's not even tin-pot. I genuinely don't think it could be seen as a lack of ambition for a L1 club in a perilous financial state to toss off the cups to focus all of their efforts on getting up. They simply don't have the funds or capacity to compete across so many things, whereas we clearly did in multiple seasons despite the fact we had one of the worst owners going.