John Boy Saint

I can think of a good one for Steve Williams recapturing the humour of the giant banner unfurled at the 1979 League cup final. But it would be totally lost on the younger generation.

We were discussing the great panoramic photo in the 3rd Anniversary JPT thread over our Beer and Pasty, and it prompted 2 of us to recall after that match getting back to the coach to Basingstoke and one of our mates almost at the point of spontaneous combustion questioning why why why Pardew had subbed so-and-so for someone else. We just ****ed ourselves laughing saying "hey Steve what are you getting your knickers in a knot for? We just won 4-1 FFS!". i think some people just moan on auto pilot.

Wasn't it compounded by saying in honour of p*rtsm*uths return to the top flight, the Echo put it on their back page so the OS story on it was qualified and absolutely loads of folks took the bait and Southampton nearly had a peasants revolt. Kit was made by Flair Polo which they hoped would blow the gag. Still Spaghetti being Harvested off trees back in the days of black and white TV will never be surpassed for hood winking the nation.

This should be interesting, slightly surreal Manager who won't be taking any sh1t from Premiership doshed up Prima Donnas.

I did hear a shout of "come on Foxy cross the bloody ball!!' when he was taking it to the corner to run down the clock. That winkle obviously wasn't at the Everton game last time in the Prem when Crouch went for glory, and Everton ended up equalising!!

] YOU!.... YES YOU IN seat 398 Row EE Sing in time with everyone else!!

I thought it was Zorro: the gay blade!!

I am a greedy whatsit I want at least another 21 points!

It's like Smoky and the Bandit, Rickie is increasing looking like the the blocker for J-rod. I do wonder if the fact he speaks Spanish has an influence.

What a nasty man our Scouse goal machine Sir Richard Lambert is! That poor Snr Torres is wearing a face mask and dopey Chelsea stick him at the end of the wall, so Rickie blasts the ball at his face! Classic. I enjoyed that, even the last 20, not voted for MOTM because I just can't choose.

I expect Ramirez will be on the subs bench as he didn't get home until yesterday, according to OS his plane from Chile had a fault hence the delay, always comes home a little worse for wear, unless MP has put a rocket up his Jacksy. Feel quite positive about today, verging on excitement, with the merest tinge of the previous weekend off being the only dark cloud in the sky.

It's a win win fixture, we are cannon fodder for the top four teams as our place in the Prem is to provide points to those teams so they can supposedly fight it out amongst themselves for even more money at seasons end. If we lose it will be no surprise, if we win it adds a bit of spice 'ish' at the top for the fawning media, but it lengthens our chances to be paid oodles of money next year just to provide points to the top 4/5 teams in the league. Like Didcot I am feeling exactly the same.

"Righto you spawny lot I have got £2m straight in my skyrocket if you extract a digit and stay up""!

The one thing Reading will do is come out and play its in their make up, it is also in NA's blueprint to come out and play and not to park the bus. We play so much better against teams who play this way, and with MPs style of hunting down teams it will either be a cagey draw or a v Norwich style 4-5 goal fest. Probably a bit of a Damp squib versus the big Nigel Adkins v Southampton build up on Sky.

Nothing will ever change with such a narrow selection policy, players from Citeh Manure Liverpool & Chelski only last night, teams rammed full of foreign very expensive players, very expensive because they are the best in that position that could be bought for the Mickey Mouse money that was avalable. Strip away that lustre and the English players are really just glue joining all the bits together in those 4 teams. Taking away the Saints tinted specs a week ago last Saturday a team containing 7 English players made an expensive team in Liverpool look very ordinary. I don't want the bulk of the Saints team picked for England thus putting them in the shop window but there must be other players from outside the usual teams who could play in those positions questioned above very easily. Actually for overseas coaches in these days of TV dominating football, it must be so easy to shut down England as they get to see most of those players every chuffin week on TV.Still nowt will happen, everyone could see how last night would pan out, everyone except those directly involved and paid very handsomely for it too.

They do move the ball well going forwards, but then when you are a small nation you pick your team from the best of what is available not just from 4 teams. Pinball goal that has been on the cards for a while.

Sadly: read somewhere and tested Botty Coughs in an aircraft cabin do not smell!??!

All a bit "no sh1T Shurlock" that list most folks who attend and watch football can be hardly surprised at that list and what it equates to in England performances. Agreed even with Saints tinted specs a tad harsh on Wayne Bridge, considering he must be a similar age to Ashley Cole and not only ended up playing his understudy Internationally but no sooner were his feet under the table at Chelsea but Cole then moved in.

Funny that I had a Skate mate at School back in the late 70s, we got on well until Football popped up on the agenda then it got a bit niggly. The one thing I did respect him for, or maybe admire, both his and his Dads dedication to go to all the P*mpey home games travelling from Tadley in north Hampshire to p*rtsmouth on the back of his Dads Honda 90 moped!! I went to a reunion a few years back walked through the door and the first person I see is Phil and then was subjected to 2-3 minutes of Skate abuse!...................... Yeah nice to see you too!!

Recall Claire Balding being seen a couple of times under the Itchen a few years back, having a half time smoko when you could do such a thing.

FA Cup semis and Final, then Champions League Final.

You Winkle! Ivanovic is a bigger liability than Jos in front of his own goal (sorry Jos). Jeez when are people going to wise up to the fact that we are no longer a chuffin charity, £7m for Clyne to Chelsea would be daylight robbery put a 1 or even a 2 in front of that and you are closer to the mark. Anyway Chelsea aren't looking at him: he's bloody English!!

It's a Gentlemans Club Mike Bassett England Manager made in 2001 is stuffed full of the truisms that still exist today. Needs a revolutionary in the position but that will never happen in such a comfy set up.

Enjoy!!!???!!!! My toes are still curled, and that funny feeling you get in a certain place has just passed! I say Sod that!!

That's him out with Ricketts or Consumption for the next games then