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We weren't just "brave" to line up with Bazunu in goal against Ipswich; we were f---ing stupid. How the Ipswich players must have laughed when they saw they were facing this clown again:

To be fair, if Bazunu were playing in National League South, he might not be the worst goalkeeper in it. Maybe that chap you spoke to is equally bad. Of course, that's only a 'maybe,' not a certainty. There must be people in the crowd at St Mary's who'd save more shots than Bazunu does, but, Lumley probably isn't one of them. Portsmouth team-mate on under-fire Manchester City keeper's dark period after Ipswich Town nightmare The Ipswich players must have been laughing their heads off when they saw who was in goal against them on Monday:

We now know how our goalkeeper recruitment is done. Somebody needs to teach them how to read the list the right way up.

Let's be clear about this. He is not just one of the worst; he is THE WORST. No other club in the league has a goalkeeper anywhere near as bad.

None of it counts for anything when you have a goalkeeper who's going to gift goals to the opposition. It was the same last season.You just know we're going to be stuck with him next season as well. If only we'd had a half-decent goalkeeper, what might have been.

The Championship will be weaker at the top end next year and Saints could very well win it. We'd probably also have a better chance of staying up then. If we scrape into the third spot via the playoffs this year, we'll probably come straight back down again and miss that window of opportunity.

Pompey fans will be hoping for 11-0 to better their record defeat to Leicester.

I'm not sure I'd even bring him on as a sub as he could throw the game away.

Our strikers, although they miss a hatful of chances, score goals in the Championship, but if we do manage to get promoted , we'll need to get a Premier League class striker or we'll be coming straight back down, bottom of the table. Ted Bates' purchase of Ron Davies was the main reason we managed to stay up the first time we got promoted.

Good effort from the starting eleven. The midfield put Liverpool under pressure and created good chances. With better finishing, we could and perhaps should have gone 2 or 3 goals ahead. THEN the subsitutes came on and we collapsed. Smallbone was like an extra player for Liverpool so it started to look like 12 players against 10. Whenever he got the ball he kicked it towards our goal and away from Liverpool's. He never even managed a single sideways pass, let alone a forward one. But, once again, credit to the starting eleven who ran their socks off and really worked for each other. Even Klopp mentioned afterwards how good Saints' midfield was in the first half.

Can we please sing more than one verse of what is supposed to be our song? It always peters out, like it did at Anfield tonight. because our fans only know one verse. Even one more would help keep it going. Oh, when the saints go marching in Oh, when the saints go marching in I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in. Oh, when the drums begin to bang Oh, when the drums begin to bang I want to be in that number when the saints go marching in. Oh, when the stars fall from the sky Oh, when the stars fall from the sky I want to be in that number when the saints go marching in Oh, when the moon turns red with blood Oh, when the moon turns red with blood I want to be in that number when the saints go marching in. Oh, when the trumpet sounds its call Oh, when the trumpet sounds its call. I want to be in that number when the saints go marching in.

To be fair, whenever I watch any TV games, the away fans of every club, wherever they are, seem to spend most of the game singing, "Your support is f...ing sh!t." This must surely be a great inspiration to the team they have travelled to support. Ours tend to be more polite, hence the popularity of the library song. Maybe we could further enhance our reputation next time by singing, "Is this a Carthusian monastery?" Although the home fans might well reply they find this rather obtuse, or words to that effect.

Elijah Anuoluwapo Oluwaferanmi Oluwatomi Oluwalana Ayomikulehin Adebayo has scored a hat-trick for Luton tonight. He's already a big name.

He's 40 so this is probably his final season. He's certainly had a remarkable late career. He won 50 caps for Portugal, a European Championship, a Nations League and a French League and made more than 20 Champions League appearances, all over the age of 30, and now he's won the Portuguese League Cup.

Another trophy for Jose Fonte. His Sporting Braga team have just won the Portuguese League Cup Final.

Only one? He must have put up a hell of a fight.

And Pompey have no balls at all

Or the level of Swansea at the moment. They were almoat as bad in the first half against us. I see Nathan Jones is sitting prominently in the stands, advertising his availabilty.

i.e. We are 2nd favourites behind Leicester. Championship Promotion Betting Odds | Football | Oddschecker

Not for Leicester fans, it isn't. They are depressed. Apparently, they've been conceding late goals and were expecting another one tonight. I saw this in the post match thread on Foxes Talk tonight: "Genuinely think So’ton walk this league, we are way off them atm.. Ipswich and Leeds inconsistent so we should get 2nd."

It's the historic trophy for the winners of the Football League. Of course it's decent. It would be the best league trophy we've ever won.

Ipswich dropping points tomorrow would probably place more importance on the result of that game than Leicester losing. If Ipswich drop out of the picture and Leicester pull further away, the one remaining automatic promotion place could very well depend on the result of that game at Elland Road. If we assume that we'll finish above Ipswich anyway, and most pundits and bookies do, then the best result for us tomorrow would be one that kept the possibility of both automatic promotion berths remaining open.

I agree. 4 points gained is better than 3. Leicester are expected to win and if they do, they'll prove they are uncatchable. But, if it's a draw or in the unlikely event that Ipswich win, the league title will still be achievable for us, and for a club whose fans have been starved of trophies, the Championship would be a big one. Leicester really shouldn't be as motivated as Saints to win it as they have won it seven times already. We've been runners-up in leagues and cups so many times that it would be great if we could break the habit of being 'always the bridesmaid'.

Hopefully you will in our next game.