CB Fry

The original Lawro piece on this match from Friday morning was actually about what a fine job Nigel has done. It's been changed in light of revent events of course. You wallies can squinny on but everything Lawro says is fair enough. Had you heard of this bloke on Thursday evening? If he'd just been unveiled as the new, say, Villa manager would you be on here calling him "the next great world manager"? I'd wager not.

Cortese has just sacked one of our most popular and successful ever managers. Cortese is currently trailing Lowe by eight to one on seasons in the top flight. Lowe season one: 12th. And Lowe didn't need to spunk the kind of money Cortese has sloshed around.

Well, his track record is amazing. Two Europa Cup wins back to back. Taking small unfancied La Liga club into the top three and the Champions League. Fantastic reputation as one of Spains hottest managers. Oh. Sorry. That was Juande Ramos.

Especially the Mirror. They make stories up out of thin air purely driven by their anti-Saints agenda. I mean that stuff on Friday morning about Adkins being replaced was entirely made up by a reporter who just happens to be a Pompey fan. Just ask the "intelligent posters" on here. They saw right through it.

Whatever the five year plan was no one really knows, but what we do know is Cortese "expected" to go up last season, so presumably spent money accordingly. The plan was to be in the Prem this season.

Slag off Cortese "at our peril"? Peril of what? That he might leave us? So what? He's served his purpose. He can go. It's hilarious the folk on here coldly parrotting the "draw a line under it, move on" routine on Adkins but seem to think the club cannot ever survive without some Italian bloke who's been here for a couple of years. The club was here for 100 years before he turned up and by god we'll be fine when the Rat Faced Cu nt finally gets on his way.

Garbage. Norwich haven't spent anything like we did. West Brom have been up forever and still have not spent more than about five mil on a single player. We have spent money like a lottery winner on crack.

Yes, but it is fifty times easier to tart up a training ground than it is take a small club to an FA Cup win. You don't have to beat anyone to do up a training ground, just spend some dead man's money.

I'd call that far stronger delivery than promotion from the second tier, a feat achieved by the likes of Burnley, Hull and Reading in recent times. Have a look at who else has won the FA cup in the last twenty years, MLG. Pompey delivered. Track record.

You know this is correct, I know it. All sensible human life knows it. Don't bother arguing with that idiot.

Do you know what would have stopped anyone moaning about anything? That rat faced c u nt not sacking our manager. Your "some people are never satisfied" routine doesn't really work here boys.

He was only here one full season, where we finished eighth.

Eight seasons in the Premier League, half in a tiny stadium, very limited contribution from MLT (one season of any note), no free money from dead billionaires. Eight seasons. Just one real relegation scrap, and one relegation of course. Otherwise solid mid table. All in all, very good. Eight seasons. That Rat Faced C u n t hasn't done one yet.

Which young star players did Lowe sell with no sell on clause then? Do tell.

So what. He's served his purpose and now he can f uc k right off out of the club, the city and the country. Cortese is nothing.

If he was that worried about the team not performing, how about not sacking our most successful manager in a generation. Blaming any subsequent underperformance on the fans is ridiculous, even from a mentalist such as you.

It's been on BBC One this morning. So expect the rat-faced one to attempt to ban MOTD from the stadium with immediate effect.

...that's right. Newspapers make things up. F uck me, were you not here yesterday?

Back on board.

TDD is being disingenuous. The general reaction to Nige was very positive, especially as we were on a shocking run of form. What are you going to make up next? Adkins was as popular as Branfoot? Come on.

Great work. Make up a hypothetical situation and slag off our ex manager for doing the wrong thing in said hypothetical. At least our new guy will never, ever leave us for a bigger club. He must, like, really love us.

Well, we weren't.

Chelsea were as much on the verge of extinction as we were: ie not at all on the verge of extinction.

It would have been nice to involve Nigel Adkins. But, hey, that's progress.

So what?