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My only concern about Pardew is will he see the 3 years through? If he gets off to a cracking start and his stock is raised again, will he be able to turn down the lure of a struggling Premier League club? At least with a 3 year deal we'll get decent compensation

Has anyone heard about his assistant? If 'Killer' doesn't stay, I wouldn't be surprised to see his old Reading colleague Kevin Dillon arrive

Don't forget Graham Murty played under Pardew for 4 years at Reading My money is on him signing today

I think it's a cracking appointment I've already had a text from a West Ham fan, the hammers love him

A pretty reliable source told me they had travelled to London to meet Pardew I wasn't 100% convinced, so I phoned Sky because he wasn't even on the list at the time They gave me 20/1 Edit: Just looked at my account - I placed the bet on Saturday at 5.30

I had £5 @ 20/1 at the beginning of the week

Ok, so who's going to own up? Who had bets at 20/1 this morning?

Don't forget a number of the Reading players that starred for Coppell were brought to the club by Pardew He was responsible for snapping up Nicky Shorey for £25k, Marcus Hahnemann on a free & Steve Sidwell from Arsenal's academy

He comes across very well He indicates that he was unaware how bad Charlton's finances were

I notice Murty says he wants to join Saints, but is waiting for the managers position to be sorted Is it a coincidence that Murty played under Pardew for 4 years at Reading?

Pardew got Reading promoted from L1, he then gained promotion with West Ham to the Prem & was within seconds of beating Liverpool in the FA Cup final. Yet, most fans would be outraged Not sure ML & the board can win

I had £5 on Pardew at 20/1 a few days back Somebody I trust told me he was on the shortlist

Popped down to SMS to renew my season ticket & decided to walk into town afterwards I cut through East Street shopping centre...........what a sad, depressing place that is There's 2 shops open - half price jewellery & knocked off cheap furniture What's the council doing with it? Can they knock it down?

Cheers everyone Managed to get into the back, then hammered & scraped the life out of it

:D Proper LOL moment Nick

Friday 17th - Right Back

An indication of how daft & reactionary Sky's prices are, would be proven by some idiot having £10 on Tiger Within minutes, T Woods would appear on the book at 25/1

I used to work with a Welsh guy who became a Luton apprentice with Hartson Top bloke apparantly Very bad news, fingers crossed for him

Me too, mine was confirmed as a cyst

Darren Ferguson - how far can he realistically take Peterborough Utd? He's probably asking himself the same question & 2 successive promotions into the CCC is almost certainly the limit At Saints, the possibilities for Premier League football are far greater

As I've suggested before, Strachan loves giving the media his opinions Yet, we've heard nothing from the guy I'm convinced he would have openly detached himself from the job if he wasn't in the frame

I've seen Lloyd James play centre midfield for the academy & he's a quality player I was worried his development was going to be harmed at right-back, and the fans would start making him a scapegoat, but that didn't appear to be the case He's never indicated that he wants to play for anyone else, gives 100% every match & we should embrace guys like him - Lloyd James is a major part of Saints future

My mum has just replaced her old PC with a laptop However, she used to do online banking with her PC & is worried how to safely dispose of it Does she need to remove any hardware? If so, how do you do it?

I think Pearce is looking towards his next generation as 8 or 9 players are now too old for the U21's No doubt, Lallana is on his radar

I was drawn attention to the original article, but the moment Betfair said nobody won those amounts, I knew it was bull****