Fabrice Fernandes no.1 fan

Box midfields are the flavour of the month now so maybe he was ahead of his time!

Why don't we have someone at the gates to the training ground seeing who is coming in or leaving, did anyone track any flights from Wales this morning, did anyone see him at some services buying a Burger King? What are we all playing at, we need boots on the ground until the window slams shut

Posted a wonderfully timed 2 hours before she turned 18... Definitely think the sponsor looks better on the men's version this time.

We also need to see what cliques form so that we can establish who the outsiders are, and therefore almost certainly the players being sold.

I didn’t go to the Swindon away game so I didn’t see us play in the competition as champions sadly. Back to Hampshire, we need to just wrap Ellis and Turner in cotton wool for the week and make sure Vince is feeling good for Saturday.

What a lovely position to be in that we can moan about winning so much! I said earlier in the season, might be the only time in my life I’ve seen a team I support play as reigning champion of the competition they’re in

Terrifyingly fast bowling, if he can stay fit for the last 3 tests we might be able to bring it back.

I think they're being naïve thinking that people aren't watching women's football because the 3pm game isn't televised. If it is the only football on, I'll watch it because I'm getting to recognise lots of the players now and I enjoy the competition. The reality is though, 3pm on a Saturday I'm normally going to be watching Saints or out and about on away weekends. The bigger issue is the scheduling of the games overall, which should accommodate better the reality that the majority of fans of women's football are families and existing fans of the men's team. To me it seems straightforward- you have women's matches at the stadium when the men's team are playing away, so that any fans who aren't travelling can go.

I'd have him in the side to do what Billy Sharp did for us last time we came up, be around the box as much as possible and just finish off moves.

Georgie Freeland has signed for Pompey now, a drop back to semi-pro but hopefully the right step for her to get more minutes. Haven't seen anything to suggest that Pusey or Williams have been signed yet. Watling announced not long ago that she's pregnant so she might not sign with a new team until she's had the baby and recovered.

Wood's contract is just for this year, for white-ball only, so I suspect we'll keep an eye on Wheal's recovery, and either bring Wood back for another year if needed or let him go entirely next year.

Hadn't appreciated how absolutely stacked the Lancashire team is this year, the timing of the competition seems to mean they have all their England white-ball players. I think we've shown so far this year, that we can beat any team or lose to any team, doesn't seem to matter what is put in front of us. We seem to have a nicely settled 11 now though, with Albert and Prest the only obvious choice to be made. Having Ellis and Turner is a joy to watch, and I'll never tire of Vince's batting

I imagine it is really easy for him, if he turns sideways and spreads his legs wide he's at both ends anyway

The old cliche that we could play for 100 minutes under Strachan (especially in the cup run) and then when he was gone barely made it past 80. Watching this game back Beattie looked fired up for this one, what a striker he was. (I have a personal theory that if Beattie had gone to Euro 2004 in place of Vassell then we would have won it)

Are the club paying you for your marketing survey? I'll be waiting until it is reduced in price later in the season and then see. I do really like the long sleeve, but that seems to only be available with Sportsbet when Starling would be my preference on the front. I guess I'll also wait and see what the away and third are like, as I'll probably only get one

How many of those have been this season though, he's really finding excellent form at the moment

Training merch should be shown tomorrow when players return. I assume we'll need an away kit for our trip to Goztepe on the basis they wear half red shirts and black shorts.

Don't see the sense in this, we played two months ago and a dispersal order was needed in the city, especially an evening game! Overall quite a dull pre season lined up

Dawson seems to just be getting better with age across all formats. With England lacking a spinner at the moment, his name should really be in the conversation

It is all part of the fun, I like the shirt and will buy it later in the season when it is discounted, so who knows what sponsors will be on it by then! I have the sash third kit from a few years ago and the sponsor has peeled off, so sometimes it doesn't even matter who they try and plaster the shirt with.

Don't understand the fuss about the stats the club have put out. He's done that at two clubs with much smaller budgets and resources than ours. Hopefully he can do the job for us, but basing that on his record doesn't seem fair. For context Pochettino's record at Espaynyol before coming to us was 53 wins, 38 draws and 70 losses. Jones' record at Luton across two spells was 141 wins, 83 draws and 79 losses. Based on those stats Jones was the better hire, right?

Think it depends on Rice and where they choose to re-invest. If I was West Ham I'd play a midfield three of Downes, Soucek and Paqueta and focus on upgrading the players in front of them, because neither Ings or Antonio can be relied upon really, so in that scenario he's not coming to us.

Sadly deleted, interesting that we've had absolutely no sniffs of the away or third yet

Rice and Lavia would make a very very strong midfield pairing. Rice has the ability to screen the back 4 that we really didn't have this season, and Lavia will love playing on the turn with Saka Odegaard and Martinelli making runs beyond him. Just make sure we get a good fee.

Could've stopped that sentence there really