suewhistle

They've always helped us with our perspective from our dizzy heights, so have been most useful. I thought you were going to have Eastleigh as your local point of reference at one stage. Disparaging opinions of Portsmouth will always be welcome, from whatever level!

Wednesday may be interesting. We gave some of our better players a bit of a rest yesterday and hopefully Manchester will rest some of their better players on Wednesday. Frankly anybody moaning about the absence of Gabbiadini needs to have a second look at the situation (to put it politely). From what I saw of the game we never looked in trouble, and there was none of that real stress about whether they'd get an equaliser. Gone are the days as a Saints fan when you couldn't relax even with a 3-0 lead!

I've renewed mine. Biggest hit of the year on my credit card, but with good timing won't have to pay until July. I'm not sure I really debated the issue with myself, but as next season is likely to be my last actually playing on a Sunday afternoon I'm just hoping for not too many date changes and better football. We're about where we should be for the stature of the club - it's just that I want to be on my feet a few more times a season..

I'm semi-retired so had my normal Friday, up a bit slowly after the first football training session for _next_ season! The day enlivened by the delivery of a wood-fired pizza oven and trying it out. Soon got stuffed with my experimental pizzas and am still suffering from indigestion. Did one language lesson earning valuable foreign currency and another student postponed. My squeeze didn't come round tonight due to other commitments so here I am, still sober. Still wondering mind, how I coped when I worked full time.

As far as I can see Pluto has an agenda against the whole club.Best ignore, I'm going back to my pre match pint.

Crikey. That's going to make running the channels difficult. Perhaps they're designed to prevent Long going offside by curving his runs?

Yeah. On Southsea Common. That would be exciting!

Good mix of goals: striker's tap ins, powerful runs and shots and some cracking headers, as you would hope. Worth a look at in a better team at a better level!

Well, I didn't see the game, due to family duties, but that doesn't stop other people commenting and wibbling on. Seems like a disciplined performance, with the players undertaking their disciplinary duties well. (I saw some of Palace's defending the other day, which was a complete contrast!) Our lack of bite up front is a worry. We know Gabbi has the ability but we don't appear to be supporting him well enough. Tadic and Boufal can both be exciting players, and from the latter I'm sure there's a lot more to come as he realises what this league requires and his decision making improves, but on the pitch together it's not happening. Don't know about you lot but I still look forward to games as I prefer a more optimistic view on life, so roll on Wednesday and a game under lights. I'm also going to take the optimistic view that Southern won't cancel the last train home, as in spite of my outlook I still find a mild liquid sedative beforehand helps... And surely Ken Dodd's dad's dog's dead.

Carrying too many passengers??

I heard it was one in each hand. I wasn't told what though..

Fifteen miles? As the crow flies one presumes. Ground share anyone?

I would have thought the close season is when they'd spend the money on maintenance? I do hope anybody engaged to work on the ground gets their money upfront. Perhaps no need for finance "in the next few months" is because that's _at least_ how long it will take them to get round to paying..

Some people on here need that as a tattoo..

I still blame my poor results in my Southampton University finals on the day and its aftermath!

They seem to have a vague understanding that a budget is a list of spending categorised under different headings. The active part of budgeting and monitoring seem always to have escaped them.

That pic made I laff.

S**t. They've obviously go e somewhere cheaper!

Anybody know Ben Winslade? He's left his ticket and sunnies on a table at shamrock Quay.

Me too: just miss a statement date, it'll appear on the June one and pay at the beginning of July after my end of the month income. There's obviously not the attraction of European football and it would be interesting to know how many bought for that reason.

He used to look like Moyes does now: hangdog, depressed and resigned looking, no passion. I still shudder when I think of Lee Todd.

So you've played on the Sailing Centre pitches too? I never knew bird turds could be so big..

Went there in 1990 for the world cup. I'd wait for some more recent advice! Actually just remembered I crewed out of there in 2007, but I think the same still applies..:-) Some beautiful beaches, food and wine good (try the lamb and Cannonau and Monica di sardegna decent reds if you don't buy the cheapest) but August will be hot and busy.

I remember Speedie. Are you sure it wasn't the other way round?

Shouldn't that be a plural?