Always nice when that happens.
We thought we'd be on for a windfall further down the line when we sold Matt Clarke to Brighton with a similar sell on clause. Immediately went on loan to Derby for two seasons, picking up player of the season both times. Then on loan to West Brom for a season...
Friday: Gosport 1 Pompey 3
Saturday: Havant & Waterlooville 0 Pompey 1
We had around a third of the first teamers out injured this weekend. All seem to be fairly minor knocks.
It will be interesting to see how he does. Nothing short of a disaster for us during his half-season stay back in 2022. Paid him big wages only to see him hiding on the pitch and barely touch the ball.
There's a chance that the problem wasn't him but the Cowleys' style of play? He'll probably...
It does seem like a combination of reasons contributed to us landing Regan Poole. We were pursuing Di'shon Bernard from Man United but that didn't seem to be happening, and Poole was looking towards the Championship but that didn't seem to be happening either.
Very pleased with this one though...
Also had rumours of Panutche Camara from Ipswich flying about yesterday too. As you say, wondering if it means that either Bishop or Morrell are out the door, or if we have decided to go full tilt this season.
Pretty good. Looks like we actually did some planning this time.
It's great to have pretty much a full squad already in place by early July. Gives us time for a proper pre-season and team bonding. Something we've really lacked the last few years and seemed to affect team spirit whenever we hit...
Last year of the Nike deal so I think it's just a standard template. Still prefer it to last season's though. At least it's got the right coloured sleeves.
As long as your home crowds don't get too big and noisy he'll do well. Seems to be able to bang in goals when the pressure is off.
We signed him a couple of summers back after a great pre-season. Once the real games started he completely disappeared. Did really well at Burton, so Ipswich...
We've sold 13,200 STs out of 14,500 as of this morning. Should probably shift the rest before the start of the season.
I think our fans have been encouraged by the early transfer activity and what looks like a coherent plan by sporting director Rich Hughes. More will be coming in over the next...
For what it's worth I'm pleased with our business so far. Does it make us promotion favourites? Absolutely not. We've added some good squad players but no more than that.
What's more encouraging is the speed at which we've worked. It smacks of having a coherent plan and sporting director and...
3 signings in a day! Makes a change from last two summers when we had a slow trickle of signings followed by a mad, desperate late rush.
We're seeing the impact of having a sporting director with a strong say on signings. There seems to be a clear push to get a squad together early for Mousinho...
Undisclosed fee, but I doubt it's very big. Could be a good'un if you can work out how to play him. Not the best positionally but very skillful with his one foot and has a shot on him.
That was probably true a few years' back for us. We've finished not too far off where we should the last few years, budget-wise. Let's just say we've not exactly over-performed in that time.
We may have a chance of top six this year, what with Ipswich and Wednesday gone. Could do without our...