Doctoroncall

I'm not fully aware of what the state of club was like after years of degradation and ultimately administration, but I could imagine the infrastructure and footballing personnel had to be built up quickly with the start of the season fast approaching. All this change isn't going to stabilise overnight or indeed a few months. I had and still have my doubts about Pardew (his traits as an effective manager) and he wouldn't have been my first choice but I will not be calling for him to be sacked, Cortese will be able to make the right call given all the evidence of whether the club and team have progressed in the season. There's no point adding to the pressure by calling for his name, so better to support him and the team. I'm still waiting to see the "Tenacity, Spirit and Flair" in the team Pardew is known for and I do hope we see it soon.

It seems we (England) could produce some forward thinking coaches but could not use them to change/dictate the way the game was being played. Now it's completely different with foreign coaches over here with little chance of any English coaches progressing. More on the formations and the tactics can be found on video here: http://www.uefa.com/trainingground/index.html#34002/128/519239 These are given by European coaches, watch out for the astute Roy Hodgson!

Also depends on your level of risk you are willing to take. As the interest rates or so low, worth investigating the 'one account' (savings and mortgage combined).

Can also depend on the personnel at the managers' disposal but the main point is to negate an attacking threat from the oppostion. I can recommend Inverting the Pyramid by Jonathan Wilson. A thoroughly enjoyable read charting the change of tactics using the formation as the basis over the past century from the 2-3-5 to the 4-5-1. http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/sport/Book-review-Inverting-the-Pyramid.4260423.jp http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200908/inverting-the-pyramid-a-history-of-football-tactics/

I feel there is one or two games to go before the run comes to an end (although it would be funny if it never stopped)!

The fans deserve better apparently... http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2009/sep/26/portsmouth-sulaiman-al-fahim

which one? the BBC have the Salisbury vs Barrow match... grrr!!

They are only missing a goalscorer, but I guess all the other teams need to do now is pack the defence and use the counter attack with the skates forced to play catch up in the points department.

Even my PC has taste, it has rejected to show this or any news article. The only thing I saw was that 3k tickets are available for the Everton game. Can some quote the article so I can have a laugh?

Hampshire: 152-3 (55.1 overs) Lumb on 33 and looks set to get the run rate up.

Hampshire: 109-1 (38.0 overs) adams has his 50.

Sorry, had a Derren Brown moment and got stuck with the birthday day of Tuesday! (That is win on ML's big day).

Lancashire: 2-0 (2.0 overs) Warwickshire: 148 (44.4 overs) Nottinghamshire: 137-3 (46.0 overs) Sussex: Yorkshire: Hampshire: 57-0 (24.4 overs)

Nottinghamshire: 94-2 (33.2 overs) v Sussex Lancashire v Warwickshire: 74-6 (30.5 overs) Yorkshire v Hampshire: 16-0 (6.0 overs)

that's if we don't win at Carlisle... down negative man, down!

Jeepers, that was slow... but worth it!

yes and didn't they get level with the last kick of the game?

Had £100 on a Saints win which makes up for the £50 lose on a win against charlton.

Ta... will be revisiting that one.

OK, I'll come out too, I played hockey at university and so did my wife!

It still might be too late as they could well be adrift at the bottom by the end of the year before they could improve the squad or change the manager. How would they attract an investor into a club heading for the CCC? The next few games are crucial for them: Aston Villa (A) Everton (H) Wolves (A) Spurs (H) Hull (A) Wigan (H) Blackburn (A) Stoke (A)

No, we let him go for some compensation.

Ta, Coppell was a worthy first place candidate.

So will you reveal who was?

bugger, better than the 7/2 I got at the beginning of the week!