I've heard the throston massive were camped outside the bookies to get on.

I hope so, I feel a bit flat especially compared to last year and the intense excitement of the season tickets, players signing long deals and Nobby signing. All very different this year and much more low key.

The fantastic season ticket deal has been pushed out by the devolepment a wee bit but it should not be forgot.

Agreed, not forgotten the brilliant deal for this year, got my tickets already, but last year there was a week or so where we had one great piece of news after another and this year it hasn't been quite the same.

Nothing like a new signing to get the adrenalin flowing again

Didnt Elvis mention that things will kick start soon with the season ticket offer promotion

Here's some signing news but it's not very good

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18592650

Media/Marketing Team are back from holiday today so I would expect the push to begin!

Giroud was never coming to Pools though. Cooper's attempt to pass himself off as Alan Pardew needed more than a wig and a bottle of brown ale to make it convincing and all that talk of the Seaton Riviera was doomed once Olivier spotted the power station on google earth. Then there was his family going on about hirsute great uncle Pierre who went missing near Hartlepool during the Napoleonic wars.

On a more serious note do you know how much your lot paid for Daniel Congré? Good player, Toulouse born and bred and just signed a new contract so I hope TFC got a decent fee.

Just a sec while I give Loulou a ring.

He said it's our Laurent who takes care of all that.

But the fee is rumoured to be 5 mil.

Think you might have got a bargain there, I reckon he'll be a full international and on the way to Spain or the premier league within two years. If he avoids injuries you'll double your money.

Maybe his age plays against him a little bit price wise -- twenty seven now, dunno how that'll work out in two years.
Still in his prime though, and if you have the joint best defence in the country, I guess the only people you want to be buying defenders from is the other joint best.

Now then, where's this replacement for Giroud?

And more to the point, where's this replacement for Liddle?

Fabien Brandy will be confirmed within days.

Is he gonna be a fish eater like?

Aye.

You don't want to know what Lua Lua means in Mandarin......

Whats happened on the Steve Howard front?

I think that it's just a bit of yolk from his egg butty this morning. Probably not significant enough for any of the press to report though.

Well he's back from Miami now...

Hope we can apply some pressure and get him in a VICE like grip.