morganb So, Devante Cole - on, off, done, on hold?

Yes.

Portsmouth News confirming talks have taken place but there is also apparently Championship interest - would imagine it will come down to where he feels he'll get the most football. Ya man said it's a player/coach role. Might be what sways it for us. Yep - 2 year deal with first year as mainly a pl...

An "ITK" on Twitter did say we had been speaking to an American player but talks had broken down - Tomkinson fits that description.

Will just to have to see if there are any legs in it.

Portsmouth News confirming talks have taken place but there is also apparently Championship interest - would imagine it will come down to where he feels he'll get the most football.

That seems like a very kind fixture list, on paper at least.

Hopefully can look to make the main play-offs.

Brogue Doresett and PoC both out. Dorsett concussed and PoC calf

Assuming this is correct then looking at:

JP

Abrefa
Burns
Stickland
Jacob

Savage
Wing

Elliott

Lane
O'Mahony
Doyle

As I think he'll want to play Elliott unless they chose to manage his workload.

I'm sure he is one of quite a long list of strikers that we are monitoring.

I really would like us to bring in a perm signing striker - I know loan players are part and parcel of being a L1 team but I would really prefer us to have an experienced striker on the books if at all possible.

3 signings for the U 21’s today Miles Obodo- ex Brighton David Hicks - ex Stevange Reece Evans- ex Queens Park and Leicester. Pretty sure he was with us before but didn’t sign. Evans played 3 games for the U21 last season, scoring a brace in one of those games. He got the opportunity to go and play...

That's a bit confusing. If Ritchie and Cole are signing, who is the contingency? Would have thought Doyle fits that bill neatly. Dunno tbh but I’ve known about this for a few weeks now. Way before Charlton came in for knibbs. and as he’s says ‘‘I'm very excited, it's something that's been in the pi...

Question is, is this going to be a known target or another out of the blue deal like Paddy Lane.

My guess - Doyle on loan with view to buy.

Literally very little to take from the first game of the season - at a venue we historically do poorly at on a day of the season we tend to also do poorly at. There were some decent signs and some concerns (as you would expect on day 1) and it is very likely that the settled team will end up being 4...

Last 85 games, 10 goals, 9 assists don't think it's what we're after, no resale value either for a punt like this If it were to come about and it is just a one year deal, then no major issue with regards to it being a punt or the lack of resale. Also experience of being in a promotion winning squad...

Refuse to give The Mail money but if anyone can bypass the paywall:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footb ... ig-AI.html

More players handing in their notice and the council not issuing a safety certificate for one of the stands. Got to say, the Sheffield Wednesday situation seems worse than ours. Yeah Weds are in dire straits and it will be a minor miracle if they stay up this season. Does seem strange that in a tim...

Morecambe staring down the barrel. Not looking good. Academy closed today as they have no insurance and owner has been given a deadline of Monday to sell. There must be something missing from this ridiculous saga, either that or the current owners are complete lunatics. These recent cases have show...

Weird recent career. Seems to have been a specialist sub, barely started a game I mean he’d be cheap and experienced and clearly happy to be back up Those are the words that make me think there may be something in this. We are clearly going with O'Mahony up top so we need an experienced back up who...

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Brogue Ritchie and Cole done.

Should these not be announced by now if they are done?

Someone should have a word with WBA as well for naming our player on the bench at the weekend too.

Brogue Just been told It’s a player/coach role

Would make sense if true - not coming as a 1st choice potentially but as an option off the bench as he moves into a coaching role.

A random Port Vale account claims he was having a medical with us yesterday evening.

Just us from Pompey on a permanent 3 year deal. We paid a fee :shock: You know if it was a 6 or 7 figure undisclosed? I presume everyone involved feels it was vfm. I believe he was in the last year of his deal and likely to have been a fringe player this year for them, so doubt it was much more tha...