sotonjoe

Yes, I go to all home games and have done 7 aways so far. I apologise for seeing games differently to you and not singling out Hammond for either a positive or negative performance on Friday. Sometimes I just get into the game and forget to make detailed notes about each of our player's performance. I think this is called enjoying myself.

I didn't think Hammond was particularly poor on Friday. I can't remember my attention being drawn to him for either good or bad reasons. He was, however, immense against Palace, and I think would be able to do a similar job of putting himself about and getting the tackles in against Peterborough. FWIW I'd stick with Hammond and Cork for tomorrow.

Are you Alpine in disguise?

Avoid all threads named after a player or the manager. Oh, and the post-match reaction thread.

On the plus side, at least if we came 3rd we'd have the 2nd leg at home on bank holiday monday. Good way to spend bank holiday and all that.

Do I tempt fate and write these in my diary or do I 'grow some' and just ignore them?

quite

The Megastore?

Chaplow out, De Ridder in. Richardson back in if available. Rest unchanged.

tactical genius

Who is?

We're probably two decent wins away from the Prem. That is bloody exciting.

Quite right in this context. If we beat Coventry and secure auto but keep Pompey up in the process, any fan who draws attention to our part in keeping Pompey up when they should be running on the pitch at St Marys and going absolutely mental is a complete loser.

I think that's what the article says, yes.

For the first goal? When the attacker was unmarked? You really don't get it do you? Did De Ridder have an opportunity like the Kebe one on Fri night with an almost empty box and unmarked attackers or was he generally pumping balls into a busy box? Do you not think it's simpler for an attacker to pick out an attacker who is unmarked and in a box with fewer players? So what's your point about De Ridder? That he was rubbish because he couldn't find an unmarked attacker when there often wasn't one? I think you're being completely unrealistic.

I see the Daily Echo is reporting that Barnard's case will start today at Salisbury Crown Court and is expected to last four days. He's being charge for one count of ABH. Can't see a custodial sentence personally. Link

Brilliant. So now it's even our winger's fault when a defender wins the ball over one of our attackers. What rubbish. In a packed box with tight defending, you can't expect a winger to pick out an unmarked attacker with a cross. You expect the winger to get the cross in and hope that someone in the box is capable of winning the ball.

Alpine? On a serious note, there was a journo on Twitter before the Pompey game saying that he thought he'd seen Pompey at 40-1 to win at St Marys. I think that was rubbish as I couldn't see a price like that at any major bookmakers, but I was fairly convinced that I'd put a tenner on that just because it was such a ridiculously long price. Would I bet against Saints in general? No. However, I'd go for it if the price was silly (i.e. like the one I mentioned).

The funny thing is, whilst TSW isn't representative of Saints fans at large (I bloody hope not anyway), the general feeling on here really is one of extreme anxiety at the moment. So much so that I would hazard a guess the players are far more confident than the average fan on here.

They're all Saintsweb scapegoats for our bad weekend. This forum is embarrassing this morning and I've never seen a bigger bunch of bedwetters in my life. In all probability, we're still two wins away from automatic promotion and yet it's toys out of pram central on here. Thank God I'll be at the game on Tuesday and won't have to see the reaction on here. Up the Saints.

Sounds great except that every cross he played yesterday went into the six yard box.

Control the controllables

No you're right, having to walk the long way round the ground when they block the car park off isn't an issue at all? Course it's a factor. It's another ten minutes walk on an already 20minute walk from the pub.

Could you marry your boyfriend on board the submarine you both serve on? That would be romantic.

What a load of rubbish. You really are a miserable bastard.