Danbert

Wolves sign Costa https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/62878150

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/sep/09/sport-football-weekend-fixtures-queen-government I reckon it'll go ahead

A 96-year-old woman is ill, so obviously they'll have to call off the football

Seriously? God, I bloody hope not.

He could do a job for us, I think. Sad to see him go.

I know he didn't score, but I thought he played well, hopefully he can take the positives.

Lurch and McCarthy are now looking at finishing their careers as back-up keepers. None of the players we've moved on from our defence, The Great Dane, Cedric or Bertrand have done well at their new clubs, though to be fair to Bertrand, that's an age issue in his case. I think they've been a major reason we've conceded so many.

In youth games, I thought he was a cut above

I thought he looked decent at fullback

Valery

Che is bang average, I see know problem in selling him if we can use the funds to put towards a decent striker

I don't think we'll be relegated, but I do think we'll struggle unless we can sign a decent striker. Brentford, Leicester, Everton, Leeds, Forest, Fulham and Bompey are the only teams I can see us finishing above.

Teams that play a pressing game expend more energy. The 5 subs rule will allow us to be that bit more aggressive and bring on fresh legs without the team losing impetus towards the end of the match because too many players are tired.

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/portsmouth-fc/social-media-mob-wanted-me-and-my-family-dead-portsmouth-starlet-on-fearing-for-his-life-after-wrongly-accused-of-racist-snapchat-comments-about-england-trio-3785373

Highlights https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2022-07-23/highlights-watford-southampton-pre-season-friendly-saturday-23-july-2022

Leicester are 16/1 to go down - seems a very good price to me. Am I missing something?

Fat Frank already blaming the players and talking them down, I'm glad he's not our manager. It's going to be a long hard season for them.

Our Nathan

Indeed. He is way way way too slow to ever play at fullback in the Premier League.

Not even sure those players are "proven," neither of them have done that much. It's a mug's game paying that sort of money for them. We'll probably struggle playing kids, but one or two of them might turn out to be something special. Gives me some hope for the new season, anyway.

Is he ready to compete for a first team place, or de we think he'll be farmed out initially?

I guess I come across as facetious, but the point I was trying to make is that things don't always work out for players at new clubs. Morgan was great for us but ended up being poor at Everton. I can see Philips following a similar trajectory. He is no Kante.

"like Morgan used to" - a player who moved to a bigger club and was shown up as not being good enough.

We brought Lycano last season, and have given Stephens a new contract so I doubt they'll be off. My guess is one of Salisu and Bednarek is on the way out, and surely Valery too, unless we need him for fullback cover.

Likes a tackle and a pop at goal: Edits his own Wikipedia page https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattias_Svanberg What's not to like?