Name: Paul Marshall
Current home town: Bournemouth
Birthplace: Brighton
How long have you supported your team? 35 years
Overview of your club:
A working man's club, that needs to revive its mission to be the Academy of football after four years of moving away from that, by playing too much direct football & not giving our kids a chance. We hopefully, now have the right manager and board to take us to the next level in the new stadium.
Favourite thing about your home ground: The closeness to the pitch. The intense atmosphere when the team are playing well.
Favourite match played by your team & why: Wolves 3-1 in 1993. The first home match after Bobby Moore died. The emotions in & around the ground that day were very special. Wolves fans & staff played their part too in what was a day that will always live with me.
Favourite player of all time who played for your club: Julian Dicks
About our forthcoming match against you:
Your favourite current player in your squad and why? Ryan Cresswell. Pacy, good tackler, up and down pitch constantly. Will play for England
Player in your squad we should most fear and why? Probably Payet. Very powerful and creates chances from nothing
Player in our squad you most fear and why? Probably Mahrez based on his display last weekend. Hopefully Cresswell will be at his best
Up and coming prospect in your squad? No surprises. Reece Oxford. Could be anything.
How do you think you'll do against us? Gonna be tight match. Looked like Sunderland were very poor last week, but you took advantage and 4-2 flattered them. The Arsenal result surprised everyone. If we approach the game with that same intensity, we will win, if not, I can see a score draw. 1-1
General Questions:
What do you think of the summer transfer activity so far both in and out of your club? Sufficient. Payet will be immense. We wait to see what impact Ogbonna & Obiang will have. I think we need one more striker & that's it. We do not need to the quantity of players now in view of the Europa exit. I hope Nolan can be moved on to allow us to get another squad player in. I have no qualms about releasing Downing for the money we got
Where do you think you'll finish this season? 11th
Which three teams do you think will go down? Bournemouth, Sunderland, Norwich
Who do you think will win the league? Chelsea
Any other comments? Fond memories of Filbert Street. Remember a match at the start of the season in 1990. We won 2-1. I think Steve Walsh scored a OG. Julian was in his pomp then. Great atmosphere. Good luck for the season