suewhistle

Sod

Davis,

Apart from Vestergaard it seems a pretty mobile team, or is that just me being cynical about Austin?

Hoedt, you utter idiot.

Wow

Pretty fair summary. There has been good football in patches and I reckon we're the better team, but oh dear, our defence.

Maybe Marcus Barnes will make the squad?

If you haven't seen the report, don't look and guess how many Chelsea have out on loan....

They missed out Hesketh (and Flannigan.).

If Saints are doing it he probably would be dead by the time of completion..

At that money saints could build a 4G local pitch. They could name it it The Richard Scudamore Memorial Pitch and keep everybody happy unless the guy really is a money-grabbing whatsit..

I've just told one of my football crowd and she said she thought something was going on. She can see the stadium from her house across the water and the office lights have been on very late all week. Her tongue in cheek question though: "will it help us put the ball in the back of the net?"

Does being an unpleasant, patronising **** come naturally to you or did you go on a training course?

As a moderator don't you think you should try and stay above the level of Cabbage Face et. al.?

The great thing about being otherwise engaged on a Sunday is that I managed to miss watching the game. Saw on my phone at HT that we started with an og by Hoedt, and conceded in the last minute of the half, so all seemed to be going as forecast. I heard a bit of Solent which described a few promising moves, they detailed just how much MC had paid for their individual players, JWP seemed to be playing well and then I lost interest again and it was no surprise when they scored a couple more. I haven't fallen out of love with football yet: I was playing, we won and I scored a goal, but the Saints aspect is getting increasingly depressing.

I respect you and your faux outrage. Can you please take this to the muppet show.

..and only if the rest of the panel were Afro-caribbean!

My feelings exactly. I missed the email from the club when it came out saying I could get a ticket, but I'm really not in the mood tp spend more watching a dire football team and being taken advantage of by another club as well.

If you were Heisenberg you would have, and we'd all know about it.. ;-)

https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/southamptons-shooting-drills-solely-theoretical-strikers-confirm

What is the old saying "justice is like The Ritz, open to all"..? What Sir PG should be considering is that no one hearing the news has been the least bit surprised it was him. You do have to wonder why he was paying 7 figure sums for people to keep quiet. As for the fact that a couple of people wanted to keep quiet, I don't that particularly strengthens the argument in favour of enforcing NDAs, particularly given the unequal relative power and financial relationships of the various parties.

Last post of the 24 hours, sat in front of the wood burner. I would have sone red wine but had too many beers at lunchtime... I'm with Johnboysaint, leaving the comfort of home to watch Saints at the moment is a difficult proposition. My team's game this afternoon was called off, hence adjourning to the pub, but I wouldn't be as disappointed with a Saints postponement unless I'd already travelled.

I don't care what some of you think about some people's reaction and whether you (or myself for that matter) personally think it over the top , but perhaps you could consider it best not to express your opinion at this moment. That way people won't have their opinions of you confirmed. No names, no pack drill.

It was mooted that he might have been. My girlfriend is learning to fly helicopters and I've been up with her and an instructor. A serious mechanical failure at take-off with a substantial load of fuel (not just what you need for doing local circuits) and you have no chance. Pre-flight checks are thorough and all the instruments have to be showing the correct readings before lift, so who knows what happened here. There won't be any long term change to helicopter flying as a result of this, I wouldn't think, although I wouldn't be surprised if they bring in a temporary ban on landing at enclosed stadia. We'll have to wait for the AAIB report and in the meantime agree that Tuesday is too soon for our game against them.

I'm hoping Maidenhead United beat Cheltenham so that they play Pompey in the FA cup. I saw the Magpies play Aveley in the cup many years ago and that was one great atmosphere. The game features in Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch. If there weren't so many Pompey supporters I'd consider wandering down to my local H&W. But I'll still be there this Saturday and the cynical discussions about the cynical set up of football with my friends will continue.