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just have to hope they keep struggling on with Jacket. Not sure he will last the week though.

the antique no self respecting fan could be without.

Disney is floodinq them with so much cash that they are having to sell off the crown jewels.

It's painful watching this side. Almost every player is worse than what we had five years ago. The spine of the side is weak. CM is so average its not true. JWP walks into the side. That says it all to me. Pompey born Mason Mount on the front cover of the Saints programme. Someone at Bishops Printers is having a laugh at our expense.

Interesting that Ronan Curtis has slated the skates fans on twitter today: "...could have done with the 12th man today"

He never does. did he not enjoy his time here or is he narked because we didn't give him any special clap when he came back to play against us? I've heard him a fair bit on the radio and the way he describes games, it's as though he has never played the game before in his life. He goes into great detail about tactics and seems incredibly thorough, but the long and short of it is that he talks absolutely utter ********. As an ex Saint I want to agree with his theories and dissections, but pretty much every time I just shake my head and disagree completely. Of course it could be me that doesn't know his arse from his elbow, and the fact he was a professional footballer for so long severely weakens my position, however if he offered his services as a coach to my five a side team I'd have to decline it. He's ****ing clueless. The worst radio co-commentator out there IMO and there's some beauties.

Hope we go on to win the League Cup so it wasn't just four nothing.

Ings joins Steve Moran as a Saints legend, with special mention to the Saints fan at the front of the Fratton End

Home and away disabled supporters are positioned at the front of the Frattonend as nottarfkrap doesn't have facilities in the away end. So I am guessing yes. Two legends in that image.

thought ambulances took you to hospital, not home?

well, there's a roof over the Milton end, which you will appreciate if the weather turns. Other than that, not much.

I think he'll certainly be a handful.

whoever gets the winner for us, i wanna see a Wayne Bridge-running-the-length-of-the-touchline-giving-it-the-big-one style celebration. Excited.

He was excellent at Sheff United. Ran the channels, worked his socks off, held the ball up really well and linked the play nicely. Couldn't have done much more. If his excellent strike had sneaked in this thread probably wouldn't exist. I said before we signed him that I was slightly worried by a lack of pace and ability to play on his own up front, but that game gave me some confidence. Ings link up play is very nice and tidy, but I don't see much else about his game that stands out over Adams. Give him time.

Harris suspended for Tuesday?

took about two minutes of his Saints debut to workout that he is amongst the slowest footballer ever to grace the Premier League. Nothing has changed. He does win some headers and the importance of that can be downplayed by fans, but at this level at the very least Id expect a defender to be decent in the air AND have a reasonable turn of pace. When you are having to hide a CB in a five man defence you now you have bought badly. And that is our problem. Buy badly, which leads to us having to compensate for weaknesses all over the pitch.

You mean Goldsmith Avenue of course. I will be very surprised not to see a school of fish ****ers floating around on Apsley Road and then Goldsmith Avenue after the game wanting to wish us all the best.

late goal saved him. silver linings.

I've been saying it ever since he first got fit after we signed him that the manager has to play him and keep on playing him. Giving him 20 minute cameos is no good, and starting him and then immediately dropping him should he not set the world on fire is no good either. Flair players need an arm round them and faith shown in them. Not all tricks come off and players need to be encouraged to keep trying.

just back from a Yorkshire weekend. Thought the front three really linked well together. There was one brilliant fast break in the second half, that included a deft touch from Boufal that could have easily led to a goal had Hoj picked a better pass. Not seen that kind of quick one touch stuff for a long time and at that point we looked a real threat. I dont know if we can repeat that agains the better sides, but it was great to watch and very encouraging. We are never going to be a top four side, but that shouldn't mean we can take teams on. To do that you need some flair up front and we seem to have found it. I know this might be a flash in the pan, but if not it will be a good season to follow us away from home.

That is sad news. Feels like his efforts were overshadowed a bit by Marcus' acquisition of the club, but they really shouldn't be. I will always be grateful for his generosity to the club in are hour of need.

The Harvester is miles from the ground. The Brewers Arms closed down ages ago. The Milton Arms is not a pub for away fans IMO.

I don't recall any Skates listening to excuses when they beat us 1-4 in the cup game. It's not our problem they are two leagues below. There are no excuses for either side. Winner takes all and it better be us. Biggest game of the year and everyone at the club needs to consider it in that light.

even if there isn't a bubble, there will still be club coaches with a police escort. This was the case in 2004, which didn't have a bubble.

me neither. We are often in a different league. So what? The games are huge and the atmosphere on a different level to the other games we play.The 'edge' these occasions have are something you just don't get in run of the mill league or cup games. It hurts like no other when you lose and the joy of winning lasts a long long time. If you don't appreciate how special these games are then I have to wonder what it is you are hoping to get from watching football. Each to their own I suppose. I've been to 12 derbies and they have all been supercharged affairs. You cant say that about many games these days.