Gorgiesaint

I've not seen the dates you are referring to but that will just be the date the charge is registered / discharged. Even if there is a 2 year gap, it does not mean that there wasn't a facility (or arrangement as you have termed it) in place with Macquarie, it just means the charge was not in place at that time. Given the Echo is giving a direct quote from Gareth Rogers who as CEO of the club should know what is happening with the finances, I'm happy to take his word as to what the loan was for. Anyway, I think we be safe to say that the purpose of the loan was the same, i.e. to help cash-flow. Maybe, we had a period where the financing wasn't actually required, who knows?

Just watching the CL Goals Show on BT Sport and interesting comment from James Richardson when discussing Porto saying how many quality youngsters that they've got although some many move in January as the club is heavily in debt. Not sure if anyone has seen much of Porto, Brahimi is their main striker, and whilst I think he was mentioned in the summer, he may be out of our price range. But do they have anyone else that might be worth a look at?

No, Heisenberg is actually correct on this occasion. The Macquarie Bank loan was taken out to replace the one with Vibrac. Please see the quote from the Echo report below. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/13835835._Southampton_have_reinvested_everything_from_player_sales____Rogers/

Not in L1 but did we not have sections closed off whilst Lowe was still Chairman when we were in the Championship before we went into administration? I seem to remember that the club kept sections of the ground shut in an attempt to save money, but that was specifically because crowds were down as they were protesting against Lowe and boycotting matches.

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/pompey-struggle-to-sell-checkatrade-trophy-tickets-1-7563514 Wow - 37 whole seats sold in a day... massive club...

Available at £6.5m which seems a bit of a bargain, which leads me to think he must be on large wages. But at the right level, would be a good addition. Because beyond Fonte & VVD, we only have Yoshi or Bertrand out of position so would provide strength in depth, and possible long term replacement for Fonte? Can see him going to Everton.

Wouldn't take him on loan... but if he realised his career isn't going anywhere at Arsenal and wanted to come back, then why not?

Yes, don't think any of the later games will help us so we needed that

Bloody hell, now into the 6th minute of injury time... Yes - pot 3 by my reckoning , Qabala beat Maribor

So the Mail have Calum Chambers captaining the England u21 team to victory in the recent Toulon Tournament. Wasn't JWP captain?

Just watching the Real Betis v Malaga game on Sky and I see Leandro Damiao has signed for Betis on 6 month contract. Think this might have been his first game for them as he only joined last month. Didn't seem to be up to speed so probably a bit unfair to judge him just on one game. Be interesting to see how he gets on

Except that Spurs have won 14 points from losing positions so far this season, more than any other Premier League team. So maybe he's learning.

Harry is staying on in an advisory capacity according to the Bournemouth Echo http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/14229152.Wimborne_Town_could_face_closure_with_debts_of___110_000/ Would be very sad to see the club go under, remember that day out at Wembley in 1992 when they beat Guiseley 5-3.

Worth voting for Mane just to annoy Yaya 'nobody likes me' Toure and wait for him to throw another strop.

He's done the most two important things and made Levi )give him time, he didn't panic whenthey only finished 5th again last season, and 2)get rid of Baldini. from their perspective they now shouldn't repeat the waste of the Bale money, and some of those signings are now starting to find some form. He needs to finish top 4 this season though. With Chelsea as weak as they have been, he will have missed the boat if they don't achieve CL.

Got a thigh injury apparently.

No Boruc today, out with thigh injury.

#NFC... well part from American Football Nation Football Championship, the Saudi National Football League and Nebraska football, I'm sure Notts County come a close fourth if he was intending to tag the opposition. Of course, spelling to 4 letters appears to be too much for the young skatelet.

It's just the norm over there though...

Macclesfield at home... massive cup final.

Arsenal have been fined £60k according to the BBC over the transfer, for using an unauthorised agent. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34639352

He's obviously waiting for a move to Leicester... he's heard how good the pizza's are that Ranieri gets in!

Get in there. Well done Hampshire. Not that they were leaving until the last minute or anything, must be at least 2 hours of the County season left!!

He deserves the same chance as every other player in the squad. He's being paid by the club, and will be if he plays or not so if he's prepared to put the effort in then why not get the benefit of that. The big question is if he has a decent season, do we offer him a new contract or do we put it down to being one of those players who only try when contracts are due?

Costa now suspended for 3 games so he'll missing when we play Chelsea.