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True. But nobody ever got to fifty after even the most average lower league football career and wished they'd spent their younger years rewiring semi-detached houses for pensioners. Depends on how much you fancy your chances, doesn't it? You can retrain as an electrician at any point. Your...

Pompey fans deluded? The very notion.

Indeed. Though what it would mean for clubs promoted to the Championship, I don't know. Would there be any hope for them at all? Could they risk massive salary increases to compete, in the knowledge that they'd be up shit creek if they went straight back down? As it is, the three promoted sides...

Be interesting to see what the deal is for clubs relegated from the Championship. While I'm sure they must have had some sort of relegation contingency built in, Alex Pritchard (for example) was on at least £20k/wk in Huddersfield's previous PL season, and at least three or four others on...

Fortunately the new owners have been planning improvements to the Fratton Park infrastructure for some time now, and work to upgrade the Bell End is already underway.

It does, but I guess that's still £52,000 per year, which puts them above the average salary across the country (all occupations). I think they're also talking about limiting squad sizes to 20 senior pros. Players under 21 would be excluded from the cap. Some clubs will find a way round it...

There's another thread on that board where somebody suggests appointing Chris Houghton (yes, Houghton), and the rest of them pile in saying they wouldn't want him at their club because his football isn't good enough. On that: (1) He's not looking for a job in the third division, chaps (2) You...

The Football League are proposing the introduction of a salary cap for Leagues One & Two, of £2.5m and £1.25m respectively. Which self-appointed Big Club do you think have been the most vocal in opposing this so far? Why, it's our old chums from across the border to the west, who had a wage...