Leslie Charteris

The Man on the Microphone?

Where does this leave Puncheon, I wonder, and is Fish Mills still here? (I'm guessing PNE are so potless they can't afford to buy - is a loan deal likely?)

Time to move on, methinks. Now who else will fit the bill...?

Oh that would be sweet!

Nigel Adkins is currently at St Marys to help unveil the signing of Kaspers Gorkss

"Connolly 175/1" That's pretty good odds, if he stays fit....

Great OP! It is so refreshing to see a manager building a team from within, encouraging the "we are all as one" ethic. I think an almost certain route to failure for us would be to get in a "star", a Billy Big B*ll*cks, and build a team around him, because what happens if that player gets injured, goes into a sulk or leaves? NA seems to be building a team where players can be swapped seamlessly without disrupting the balance of the team - a lot of them even look alike from a distance! It's also good to see that he wants to nurture and develop players and he wants people to learn and improve from their mistakes. I am sure not so many would have renewed or extended their contracts if this was not the case. As the original poster stated, NA is bucking a trend, and I am very happy with that. I hope that everyone inside and outside the club give him and NC the support they deserve, now and through the tough times that we will inevitably go through.

I think this could be the Jason McCarthy playng tonight: http://justlincolnshire.org.uk/index.php/news/detail/football_gives_travellers_a_sporting_chance/

I could have been a contender - if I'd got the score right more often!

We won't know the truth until we see an announcement on the OS. After all, these are only two stories that have been doing the rounds on Football Rumours!

He's not even on the bench against Yeovil, but then neither is Hammond or Barnard, to name but two.

Not the sort of person to stay on the bus, I think, and he'd probably get homesick this far South!

I don't think 29 is too old for a Championship defender, and I think he signed a contract extention last year. Perhaps it was NA's idea to include Gorkss in the deal when QPR inquired about Puncheon because he thought HCDAJFU.

Obvoiusly, the club is so alarmed by this rumour that they have felt compelled to post this on the OS... http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2400360,00.html

Ah, those ears - still wet behind!

Nice yellow and blue away kit!

A twinge in his back, apparently, not being risked for a friendly.

This is what he said after the St. Gallen game: "I've changed the combinations of the centre halves, the forwards, the full backs, the wingers and the goalkeepers, they've all had a game, and next week I'll do the same." Make of that what you will!

Any new faces been seen around St. Mary's today?

This... nuff said!

I agree, if Nigel hadn't wanted him he wouldn't have been signed (IMHO, I'm not ITK).

I don't think I'll believe anything I read on the Internet ever again!

Who saw that one coming? "All credit to Nicola because he has worked really hard behind the scenes to get the deal completed." Well said, NA, 58 goals in 93 appearances for De Graafschap ain't too dusty, either.

...and the g in whinger!