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https://www.theguardian.com/football/picture/2024/oct/15/david-squires-lawyerball-cartoon Oh, I do like David Squires, and this is a good one..

This is the weekend where I spend my £15 on pre-match refreshments on beers in 'Spoons and as a result fall asleep in my seat, happily oblivious to the result..

I haven't seen this link posted elsewhere on the board, so it might as well go here: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/oct/14/is-it-naive-for-a-promoted-side-to-play-possession-football-in-the-premier-league Some interesting comments. Personally I'd like to get the 7% up a little bit (only Spurs on less), just for variety's sake and to keep other teams something else to think about..

LOL, my stream died at half time so I went off and spent my time more productively. A wise move, I now see!

England showing all of Saints' faults, just with better players..

Well, you can't beat getting a bit of air into your lungs by having a good laugh!

Brentford have been scoring a bit, but I didn't realise how until I read this tongue in cheek football diary piece in The Guardian about how they'd also been losing: What a brilliant idea! The difference with our approach is that unlike Wolves our opposition are fully prepared for when we cough up the ball in our own half.

Must admit similar thoughts here about Onuachu. Good to see Archer so clinical too. But all three goals conceded needlessly, it can't continue like this. Downes is looking overwhelmed. Although possession is better that not being in possession we seem to specialise in achieving that negative change, so why not do so further up the pitch? I've only just dipped in to the end of this thread so what's been said about VAR? They took their time, then showed a player who looked offside, drew a line which still showed him offside and then pronounced 'goal'.

Does this mean you won't be supplying your normal dodgy stream link? Thank Christ!

As I said to my friend I mentioned above, in view of Saints' situation I'm laughing ruefully with you, not at you! 🤣

Message from my Portsmouth supporting team-mate: "I've bet £1 on 8-2 just so that I can make myself watch the rest of this :-)"..

5-1!

Um... 3-1 according to my newspaper..

Like we do when we try to short pass our way out.. so might as well try something different..

PSG struggled to beat their press yesterday so gawd knows how we'll cope. Both teams did resort to long balls though, and you can see why it's not often the preferred option as it gave the ball back to the opposition on too many occasions. But I'd certainly like to see us trying it a bit more to beat the press. How to implement it and with whom in which positions is beyond my pay grade though.

I didn't realise this site attracted so many masochists!

Lovely! Fried in beef fat!

If he had added something to the effect of Stewart not being fit enough for 90 minutes, or wanting him to play against a tiring defence it might have made a little more sense, but 5 of them?! Also why not score first and then bring on a defender, it's as if he's accepted that at some stage we will be chasing the game. All in all extremely odd and irrational.

Well, after that shit show I had an extra pint whilst I chatted with the locals in a local village pub rather than leave immediately in a completely shitty football mood, so I've had more on a Monday night than for many years.. I don't feel the same way about Martin as I did about Branfoot or Jones but I really think he's lost the dressing room, as they say. He certainly hasn't got the raw ingredients to work with - how have Bournemouth bought their first goal scorer tonight for about twice our highest priced player - but I think a change is necessary as he certainly is not getting the best out of our players.. As an aside I thought Aribo brought some much needed strength in midfield, and Lallana was a useful addition but patently not fit enough as a starter.

I'm in a pub in the PO area. Wish it wasn't so empty as my outbursts have been a bit noticeable..

That's all Greek to me..

Is he happy at that level or do you think he might go up a few levels? I can't recall his medical/injury situation and his employment, but it does seem a bit of a waste.

As the newspaper I read said: [Wolves] "They pass the ball around at the back for 30 seconds or so, prompting Gary Neville to go on a rant about their lack of urgency." Sounds familiar..

From reading the minute-by-minute in the newspaper looks like a lot of crap defending is going on in the Premier League. Saints have competition!

The game has come up on my synchronised calendar as Tuesday 29th, KO 19.45 so I might risk the train and hope it doesn't go to penalties..