Jack

Are we though? We’ve barely picked up the same number of points as Stoke. QPR and Bristol City, got 2 points from 4 games away including being beaten by 2 dire teams. Even a couple of the home games that look like comfortable wins on paper, we were under the cosh for long spells and were lucky not to have conceded more. We’re far better than Pompey, yes. But there are loads of sides who look far better than us IMO.

If it was, it’s still playing the victim rather than taking any responsibility or ownership. It’s just all looks so amateurish and shit. It’s decided, just have to take our medicine now.

Just catching up with this. Fuck me, Parsons needs removing from his position ASAP, he’s done more than enough damage already and will only make things worse. “We’ve had to pay loads of money in court fees” isn’t going to mitigate anything, it isn’t going to get any sympathy, isn’t going to make the FA change their stance, isn’t going to wash with the fans. His video will do absolutely nothing in a positive sense and can only make things worse IMO. We got caught cheating, don’t then moan about the bills we’ve paid to try to get out of it. Tonda’s you can kind of understand, just fair enough questions about how he’s feeling and how he wants it over with. Parsons coming out to beg for leniency when the outcome is clearly already decided is pathetic. Need some proper leadership at the top to turn things around for this club, not this muppet.

We just seem to lack confidence and bottle away from home, and don’t seem to be working hard enough to grind it out. Shit ground, shit place, shit performance. Need to start keeping some clean sheets. Subs were garbage, I’d rather have one of the kids in the side over Edozie, he’s again proving why nobody wants him. Night out in Chester was the highlight

I dunno, results/points at home are probably more than we deserve, away from home we’re an absolute car crash. No bottle, no confidence, no plan. Wrexham are shit but we managed to be worse today, glad we decided to stay over the border tonight

100%, especially considering the pressure they’re under for a performance and a result. Need to quieten them down from the off

Rather shoehorned isn’t it, too many syllables. It’ll probably get aired though because of the lack of alternatives due to the ridiculous choice of away kit this season. Can’t sing about reds being at Wrexham, and the word blue won’t be getting mentioned. Club needs to bin the blue kits for good IMO

I grew up in Warsash/Locks Heath, was at secondary school in the early 2000s and it was the exact same thing when Pompey got promoted. All of a sudden the United/Liverpool/Chelsea fans were all die hard Pompey and always had been. Success during a certain era will always grow a fan base and I suppose normally it’s better for local sides to be supported over the traditional glory teams, but Bournemouth fans are almost as insufferable as those lot down the road

Shit banter. Makes me want us to smash these muppets even more. Sure the yanks will lose interest when they’ve finished 12th and they’re out of ideas for the documentary

For those driving up, the M6 Toll is closed all weekend for HS2 works - best to allow plenty of time as the M42/M6 route will be busy

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Don’t think anyone could’ve expected the impact he’s had so far. His range of finishing is amazing and he’s so much more than the big difficult to manage target man we thought he’d be. Canada’s Rickie Lambert but with more pace, he’s been absolutely brilliant. Just seems happy to be here and playing regularly and adored by the fans. He was so unfit when he arrived but I’m sure scoring with his first touch would’ve motivated him and he’s been top class since, let’s hope we can get 35+ games out of him this season.

Hopefully the recent home wins against the top form teams will give us the confidence to perform on the road. We’ve looked really timid away, just need to go up there and look to out score them rather than trying to sit in. Our wingers should have some joy in behind their wing backs

What a sexy finish from Larin. Schlott is capable of an absolute howler. Let off big time

This ref needs investigating based on decisions this first 10 mins. Shocking start from Saints though, miles off it

Exactly, him. Or anyone

Yep, would much rather see Akachukwu given the first team exposure. Impossible to have less than zero impact which is all Edozie offers

It seems he’s just trying to accelerate his inevitable sacking at this point. As soon as you get in a battle with your fans and the local press, you’re toast. Pretty entertaining for us though, I thought he’d actually win some games with Leicester before having his meltdown.

Also shite but still should’ve got something. My point was that West Ham aren’t all of a sudden world beaters, just as we aren’t.

They’re in a decent spot of form, but their fixtures have looked relatively kind when you look at how the season is playing out. Wolves aside, they haven’t beaten anyone who’s looking any good. Bolton, Derby and Wrexham at home should be bankers anyway. They drew at Watford and looked shit, lost at home to Charlton, choked a 2-0 lead at Burnley. They’ve got Millwall away next, QPR after that, a trip to Swansea and us and WBA coming up soon, we’ll know a lot more about them after that.

Thought he spoke very well today. Clearly irritated by some of Blackmore’s questions but big enough to realise they’re both just doing a job. Maybe in a roundabout way, Adam is trying to whip up the crowd for tomorrow for what will be a huge 3 points if we can get them. Fail to win tomorrow and next weekend is massive, we go into the 3 week break in potentially poor form with the derby about to happen and who knows what bullshit the FA will serve up regarding Tonda

Larin only played 90 mins once in Canada’s 5 games at the World Cup. He only started 1 other game and came off after an hour, and had a couple of other late substitute appearances. He was completely left out of one game. He’s not a guaranteed starter by any means so I’m sure he won’t be getting flogged out there. With any luck they’ll start with the others in the USA game so he’s fit for a hattrick against the skates

We’re going to have to be really really on it to beat these, and not only because they always seem to do a number on us. They’ve won 3 on the spin, a draw at St Andrews before that, with their only defeat being on the opening day against Millwall who obviously started like a train. They seem to be clicking and will fancy their chances, especially with a whole week to prepare. The bit I’m holding onto is that they’re also leaky at the back and without a clean sheet all season, I’d be shocked if either side picks one up here. Maybe an end to end game will suit us as it did last night and we’ll come out on the right end of a 3-2 or something similar. Think this one could go either way

We haven’t won yet, surely any Saints fan should know better only 2 goals ahead

I think it’s fair enough to be concerned with what we’ve seen so far. Yes we’re only 5 games in, but starting on -4 makes it more imperative that we start well. I didn’t say we’ve been terrible, was just countering the point that we’re better than the teams above us, clearly we’re not. We’ve been coughing up far too many big chances and can’t keep a clean sheet, Birmingham should’ve been out of sight by HT for instance, and at Lincoln we scored a 1 in 50 screamer which papers over the cracks. We can’t use Mubama the way we used Stewart, he’s shown that he’s not up being played that way. So we’ve either got to adapt the way we play to suit him, or gamble that Larin stays fit.