John Boy Saint

Didn’t hit him!

Oops they popped the ball! Nipper in the crowd gets a souvenir.

Great my little Donkey

I’m back with the Turks

Half time we have looked ok

F*** knows what was going through the space between Cedrics ears

Should have scored there keeper was dead on the floor before Redmond (who looks like Ralph’s rocket up his jacksy has worked).

If you have Spor Canli - get Memmet from down the Kebab shop round to translate for you

Even with a side view Pukki certainly hit it, and like someone once said stand in the middle of the road and a car is driving towards you, you have very little idea if the car is traveling at 30 or 70mph. On holiday in Spain a few years ago we had a footie match, older Dutch chap asked if he could join in. He was pretty damn good, when questioned he claimed he had been on the books at Ajax as a nipper but got a silly injury, having played with lads who got the call to join clubs and sadly not make the cut, it was hard to doubt him. Jeez with very little back lift I had balls whistling past me into the goal (I swear he was putting them near me just to give me a chance) one of the other lads said he wanted a rest and that I was rubbish in goal so swapped with me, 3 more goals later from this Dutch chap - and the lad calling me rubbish just said "wow - I take back saying you were rubbish - they are past you before you even move your hands!!". One of those that you just have to take on the chin, if you wanted to be harsh it did go past 10 other players before getting to McCarthy.

Long has a reputation going back a long way for gilding the lily when it comes to being fouled on contact, when he does actually get fouled more often than not he is treated like the boy who cried wolf. Arsenal a couple of seasons ago in the latter minutes TV later showed he was clearly fouled alongside the Arsenal penalty box, right in front of the Lino who signaled nothing, the Ref waved it away like his decision was "oh look its Shane Long nothing to see here" 20 seconds later Arsenal are in our box winning a soft penalty. You could just imagine the voice in the Ref's ear Wednesday night........" don't bother asking Kevin, its only Shane Long".......Lino concurring "not his best but 6.5 for artistic impression".

Don’t think anyone is, the last 10 minutes last night reminded me of many moons ago when we played Spurs on Boxing Day, pretty sure not long after WGS came in and we beat them 1-0, driving home Mrs JBS said “did you feel the stadium atmosphere change when the clock clicked to 80 minutes, everyone was nervous?”. Last night as we were into the 80 minutes the atmosphere certainly did change from us fans in the ground as many feared the inevitable. I thought everyone played ok, with the odd exception, even Cedric with his brain fart hoof into no mans land in added time, for a bloke who has played and won at such a high level you did wonder WTF!! I have a feeling that despite his waywardness he is in the team in the hope that someone snaps him up in January and chucks a bit of cash in the pot rather than just walking away in June. In a similar vein and amazingly a player who seems to dodge the forum bullets is Højbjerg! Aside from his rasping shot (at the behest of the crowd) in the first half, he was pretty inert and anonymous and seems to have reverted to treating the ball like a baked potato just out of the oven, with the finger often being pointed at JWP for the backwards pass PEH seemed to have that switched on as a default setting last night, that said what the heck he was playing at when the Norwich defence parted like the Red Sea before him giving a clear route to goal, and he opted run diagonally towards the corner flag and a cluster of Norwich defenders instead. I quipped to the chap who was late in beside me and was woofing down his burger at an indigestion inducing rate that PEH had seen he hadn’t quite finished his tea and didn’t want to disturb him by scoring a goal! The other player looking pants at the moment is Redmond, boy he is so predictable soft in the tackle and easily stood up by defenders, he gets the ball high up the pitch and e v e r y t h i n g s l o w s r i g h t down. Still another 3 points in the bag, back to back home wins, hopefully that will give the lads a bit of belief to build on. Finally having driven from Basingstoke to Leicester across to Stamford then back home to pick up Mrs JBS and then to Southampton I was starving Marvin as I walked into SMS and opted for the Steak Pie from the new concourse menu, I have to say it’s was pretty damn good. (Cue Turkish to admonish me now and ignore all the above )

Not being able to grind out a result against 10 men for 70 minutes away in London sounds familiar too.

Bit like football didn't exist before 1992 - and amazingly despite not actually achieving anything in the Premier League they are probably the most televised team on Sky Sports.

was amusing when he said he was drunk the last time he did the draw!

A proper 3pm kick off - WooHoo!!

Saints v Huddersfield AT HOME!!!!,!

Am I? How? After Bridge made his comment this has no longer been the match thread it been the JWP is Marmite thread.

JWP could score 20 goals for Saints in a season, but because he grew up in a house of Portsmouth season ticket holders he will forever be considered a steaming pile by a section of people posting on here. It’s a good job he is on the pitch as Ings has 7 goals this season, second on the list JWP with 4. There are other players on the pitch that wear Red and White who deserve the maligning finger pointed at them...........but hang on none of them were brought up as a Pompey fan.

In these modern times, being gender identified as Male from birth I am wondering if I am a bit old fashioned to continue considering myself as a Male of the species and whether I should get with the times and re align myself as gender neutral or just come out and announce myself as a teapot. Back on topic: amazed that no one has mentioned that he actually flashed a couple of Nuns - one had a stroke and the other couldn't quite reach! ......................................Wheres my coat?!

Bound to be an absolute cracker Mum's 80th Family dinner Saturday night all booked up before Sky o'clock poked their 5 eggs in, so 2 more empty seats. Maybe I should follow Warsash Saints lead (Happy Birthday Sunday) and head down the bookies too........................do you think they will do me an each way bet:D

Reading between the lines seems that Galatasaray are rubbing their hands together at Leminas injury and a perfect excuse to get him out of their club. They have obviously found him out to be a total waste of talent - everyone use to joke about Mane going on a winter performance sojourn when with us - Lemina if you look at his record has made it a career trait everywhere he has been. Those still holding a candle to him to be the saviour of our midfield forget it - the bloke has no spine for a fight - anyone who witnessed the 10 minutes he took to change his football boots mid way through the game up at Wolves will have spotted that the bloke is a total wastrel. Sorry the bloke is as useless a signing as Carillo.

Think if you swap Gunny with Ings the line up will be spot on as that gives a bit of target man height up front.

Too much info Norway.......we know you are a clevercloggs chuck in an edit mate

There you go Wurzel is a Jock!!

Hooray an International break to give us a rest from the current Saints woes for a weekend. Just for fun - Time for another Quiz to while away 10 minutes before we get back on the Hamster wheel - this time as “Ingerland” play their 1000th game this week - it is one every Scot will be able to answer in 2 minutes with glee Like last time on here DO NOT post “damn I forgot about losing to Timbuktu and the Falkland Islands” Just post your score. I got 32/37 .............having spellcheck on might help so will knowing your world history because there are a few twists. GOOD LUCK https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50100530