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Can I be first in the queue, or do I just try and get one of their neutral area ones?

If Portsmouth go up will they pass safety requirements for the Championship (or even local council?).

Can I add Austin to my list?

Quite! I'm glad the club aren't managed by some of the drips on here.

Such as? How long would _they_ get? I don't necessarily think Hughes has all the answers, but any manager given Long and Carillo (we still own him..!) as a major part of his strike force must be given some leeway. One does get concerned when a player like Hoedt states they don't do enough defensive training and drills like he did at Lazio, but I'm not sure he's the most reliable witness and sounds a bit like passing the buck. Perhaps he should speak to the manager and not the press? At least we are seeing more out of Redmond, and about time for a goal from him. I wish Pellegrino had gone earlier, but I don't think getting in to a cycle of replacing managers so quickly is going to encourage any decent ones to come, or only the most conceited who are after the extra money we'll have to pay.

Cripes, I'm agreeing with CB Fry! "Economy in great shape." I'm not coming to ashnats for investment advice; I'd be left with stranded assets in FFs, whilst all around me are divesting. There are times when it's good to have only 3 posts a day, otherwise I'd be tempted to waste time arguing with posters whose views on any subject you can invariably predict will be only marginally less extreme than Attila the Hun's.

You just have. perhaps you got confused with Portsmouth Online and Mero thinks you're a traitor for having a sense of humour?

Just seen it. Say what you like about professionals but they can certainly kick a ball higher and wider than any Sunday morning pub team..

That's why I don't come on here until about Tuesday, as seeing the game live is bad enough. Then you just know the same old names will be dishing up the same points, smugly satisfied about how humorous they are and scoring points off each other. At least I normally get to play on a Sunday, from the bench, and a little bit keeps me happy. So at least I do look forward to weekends, have a quiet Saturday night, pack my kit, clean my boots, check whether the ground has a defibrillator..

I'd agree with this and your point about Romeu. I've not commented or even been on the board since suffering on Sunday, and was thinking that Hughes really hasn't got much to work with when to change the game he has Long and Romeu to bring on. Chelsea had pace and power in pretty well every position as well as game changers like Hazard. We just don't, and if we are to buy I'd at least trust Hughes more than MP and our January purchase of Carillo.

The difference between the two is that we'd all have a cynical universal football fan's laugh and a pint with Mackrill..

I see Charlie Wayman has not only missed the point entirely, (I'm not one of the ones feeling sorry for myself) but he has responded with one of his usual churlish posts, so no surprise there. Apologies if my discursive style offends him, but it wasn't deliberate, unlike the majority of his posts..

Hurrah, I've managed to avoid this board until today. Had an unexpectedly boozy Saturday afternoon, checked my phone only once. Then Sunday was playing the game and Monday I was again busy. I did watch the highlights yesterday on the OS - what depressing defending in the box - but I didn't see any reason to depress myself further by coming on here. So, anything different from the usual meltdown threads? Still the same people welcoming the opportunity to be depressed and saying "I told you so" with some weird satisfaction? As I've only 3 posts can I also ask here whether our game tonight is on the box, and can Yoshida play, pretty please?

My Brummy friend concurs: "that's a little harsh to our friends from the Black country.. that said it is also true". She suggests the Great Western and Hogshead near the station for real ale, and I trust her judgement regarding beers. :-)

Ruining his own reputation? Ah, I see Trousers has commented before me..

I read that article before coming to see if referenced here. I'm with Chez, I haven't noted any major discrepancies, particularly in the specific games mentioned, and as I'm in the Itchen I get a good view of the rest of the ground. In the case of Arsenal, Citeh or WH you can see swathes of empty seats in any photos/video, often in their higher tiers, but nothing like that at St. Marys. Chelsea only 24,800 and Bournemouth only 24979? I really don't think so.

Nooo. You bustard, I've managed to avoid it until now! :-)

We were due to be playing on the IoW on Sunday but the other side couldn't raise a team so I've nothing footie related to look forward to. The nearest thing would be cutting the grass, so perhaps I can mark out a few white lines on the lawn, or something.. Havant, my nearest side are away to Harrogate, but in any case the fans are all hostile Portsmouth supporters.

Thanks for the work putting that up here. Shouldn't Jack Stephens not have an asterisk? :-)

You beetch for bumping this.:-) I was reading thinking "really?" and then saw the dates! The dildo brothers, anyone, or will they do a Palace?

Trousers, I can't see West Ham in the table you copied in? Hard work following Saints, but at least I'm not one of the miserabilists we saw on the pre-match thread, who seem to revel in it. Few lost bets, I'd imagine.. :-)

I was making a rhetorical point. He's still shorter than me though by 3 or 4 cm (I may have shrunk with age)!

Makes a change from blond midgets a la Simon Gillet, Josh Sims et al.

I can't tell if you're being ironic or not with that "again", seeing as he hadn't scored for 2 and a half years..

Austin!