suewhistle

Any streams? TIA

Yeah.. I've told my manager I'm not available for a friendly on the 26th. My Pompey supporting team all laughed at me. Bastards!;-)

The local FAs get some tickets, so maybe enquire through your kids' teams, or probably better if you have any contacts not in Hampshire or over the Eastern side. I'm a season ticket holder so sorted, but none of my team mates over in Portsmouth would be interested!

I was in my final year at Southampton and we organised a coach. I blame the result for my poor performance in my finals due to a week of haze and destroyed memory cells..

A wildly swung banjo?

Yep, loan him to Portsmouth. That should harden him up and make him appreciate what he has at Southampton..

S'ok, we know you're not really a Saints fan, CB..

Mara!? Perhaps he's been moaning about not starting? OK, lad, here's your chance. Make or break.. Brooks likewise.. I don't like playing wing boss. So prove the manager wrong then.. Happy for Downes to be sub returning from injury. Apart from that, strongish bench?😁

I don't know about picking on Che for not being able to hit a barn door with a banjo, our forward players are like a bloomin' out of tune ukelele band playing different tunes. And the poster above was right, Stu and KWP were knacked, and we know the former isn't effective beyond about 70 minutes. Good player or not his tiredness means he loses the edge of accuracy, mobility and speed. Well, at least we don't have to worry about the next few games: looks like we can save that for the play-offs..

I'm sure you're right otherwise more teams would do it, but it would be amusing occasionally just to see the confusion in the defenders up for a corner as to who had to get back to cover..

It's odd isn't it. I've seen plenty of quickly taken free kicks which are effective, going back to Terry Paine (!) but none recently. We've a few effective long passers too. The other thought occurred to me when I saw Fraser standing next to Bednarek. Would it not be more effective for Fraser to stay up for defensive corners, thus occupying probably two defenders. He's a strong player but goodness, he's not there in the box for height or for aerial prowess.

Don't be silly! He had to pick the ball out of the net for the reserves on numerous occasions.

My blood pressure just asked: "can we make it 3?"

Well SA has been looking weary so an appearance from the bench seems reasonable against a physical Watford side. Maybe Bednarek is still not 100%? I certainly don't know but if it keeps a few posters happy that they can trot out their glib 'shoehorn' cliché then look on it as care in the community..

Funny that, it's exactly the opposite in women's football! But in Mara's case let alone the extra weight I'm sure it's impacting his peripheral vision and proprioception, although him getting caught from behind on Tuesday night might just have been laziness and lack of awareness..