revolution saint

Yes, JPP was coach before the other two but you're right. I wasn't suggesting Gasmi is the new Zidane - this kind of stuff gets trotted out all the time. Remember when we had both the Latvian and non-league Michael Owen? I just quite liked the quote.

Well I'd go for someone who's played the majority of games which rules a few out. I'd probably pick Lallana over McGoldrick purely because he's come in and fitted in straight away. There's still a bit of a question mark over where he (McGoldrick) plays - up front or on the right? Let's face it they've all done well though and in past months Schneiderlin, Svensson, Gillet, Holmes, McGoldrick and a few others would have won it hands down on their performance over the last few games.

http://rcstrasbourg.forumpro.fr/depart-f45/depart-gasmi-mathlouti-t3425-25.htm It's quoted by one of the posters on a RC Strasbourg forum.

Think they were a while back but nothing came of it. Anyway as far as I know none of them possess a revolutionary coaching setup.

Yeah he's really got a kicking in this thread hasn't he? I don't think anyone's accused him of anything really so don't get worked up eh?

The Adebayor thing was strange, Strachan claimed wages were a stumbling block and at the time we were told it was permit problems. It was felt that Drogba wouldn't work well as a striking partnership with Beattie and Rosicky was just too expensive. I wasn't trying to start up the whole Lowe identifies/buys the players debate. Just saying that Gasmi fits the profile of the kind of player Lowe likes to bring in (with the consent of the manager). He's cheap and young for a start.

That's pretty much what I read too. I liked the fact that Jean Pierre Papin described him as the new Zidane.

Gasmi sounds more of a Lowe signing as well. He seemed to be one keen to sign Schneiderlin and I got the impression he was the one most interested in trying to sign Mido a few years ago as well as Adebayor (until the wages & permit problems kicked in).

What older stuff did they play? Anything post Green/Out of time has been so-so for me.

Didn't go to the concert - i saw them at Cardiff during the 'monster tour' and that was enough for me. They were good but really not interested and I can't believe much has changed since. I actually like a lot of REM and up till Green (maybe Out of Time) they did some good stuff it's not been great since though.

Yes, I agree. I did finish a Dean Koontz book once - something about a kid who saw dead people (Tomas Odd or something) but it wasn't very good at all.

Attacking midfielder. Quite talented according to Strasbourg fans but not the hardest working player. Sounds a bit like an icing on the cake kind of player. Don't think the loan window closes then, or if it does then it opens up again soon after. To be honest I only got this by using google and the bit about him not signing till later was a quote he made on the radio.

That second one is pretty much lifted from what the echo wrote. Do journalists just cut and paste these days?

I posted on another thread but he's currently injured with a broken 5th metatarsal and could be out for another 6 weeks. He's had a medical though (not sure how he gets through that still out injured?) and he's here till Thursday. He won't sign anything till after the weekend because his agent hasn't come over with him.

Gasmi is injured - 5th metatarsal done on 9th August. Could be out for another month and a half but we're still keen to sign him on loan with view to a permanent move.

I think it's a little early to be passing any kind of judgement. We've played well and that's good but it's still a very thin squad and we've no idea how it will cope when injuries bite, suspensions kick in, when teams figure us out or when crucial players get sold. Hopefully we'll cope with it all. I'll admit we've played as well as I'd hoped we would and not how I thought we probably would but it's still far too early in the season. Finally can you stop going on about Lowe - you're obsessed and it's a bit boring.

la la la la la la la lallana, 2-0!

Kevin Phillips being roundly booed. Can you squarely boo a player?

1-0 saints Holmes. Get in!

If it's down to the players then it's probabaly the theme tune from the teletubbies.

I think a lot of it is down to how you act and dress. To be fair it's hard for us middle classes to tell 'proper' pikeys from the 'pretend' ones. All the time you've got John Westwood as the public figurehead for pompey fans, albeit self appointed, then it's going to be hard to shake off that pikey tag. I wouldn't worry about it too much though - being called pikeys are the least of your problems.

Will Cope classic - 'The ground is now half empty after being half full'

No, we need to learn from a few more defeats first before looking at winning.

And apparently John has been having pain killing injections all week but still isn't fit enough so it's an enforced change as well.