Hawkswood

It a derby dude. Always gonna be like this.

I agree but not totally his fault this time. Ball being put over the midfield

Think Im seeing this half differently to a lot of people. Its a derby, so there'll be a lot of blood and bluster from the home team, but I actually think we look solid and having a keeper who can clearly command his area is a massive plus. We're showing the only bits of attacking class. Pompey huffing and puffing. The only problem I have is that Tonda has clearly given instructions to get it forward asap to stop them shutting us down, problem with that being we cant hold it up there without stewart and therefore also bypassing our midfield. Other than that Im quite happy with the first half. Just my opinion obviously.

Tbh, I was sold immediately. Haven't bought a shirt in years but I'd be tempted just to have his name on the back

Really good half i thought. Bet we go 5 at the back second half 😂

Lino joining the ref now

Finally

Playing well. Im enjoying this. If this comment takes a nosedive I apologise now.

Harsh on Farmer. Apologise please

Whats up with this ref

Ah unlucky. Great stuff. But yeah shite finish lol

So clear how many more options we have with an extra man in midfield

Stephens !!! Awful defending

Actually made me chuckle. I was saying to myself, go on, play it forwa...... Ah, now I see the problem

You think? I feel a bit the over way. I think he's a bit overrated but thats just me.

When did he say the thing about not trying ? I missed that

I was told 100k but with big sell on clause

This is very much what I think. Half of my family are very big Orient fans. Home and away etc etc abd Ive also seen then a fair few times and ironically was just talking to my brother today who is a lifelong Os fan. He said he's really coming into his own, doesn't stop running, very good technically, like a better Charlie Kelman....however, I do think this might well be his level, possibly championship at best, but for the moment nowhere near what we need. I know its always tempting to say, oh look what we've thrown away, but him moving was the best thing for him and possibly us.

I briefly thought to myself that your post might be a bit over the top but you know what.............Im really struggling to think of anyone else. Just remembered Gunn as well. He weren't great.

Agreed. Let's get all of them. 😁

Im at work and cant watch. Are we definitely playing with a back four ?

Theres so much of the articles that chime with Saints but for me the thing that stands out ( one of the many) is the teams tactics being dictated to by sporting directors or chairman. There has been many a murmuring on here, some would label it a conspiracy theory about the boardroom getting involved in how we play rather than leave it to the manager, but here we have articles essentially reinforcing the point that, yes, there is meddling in how a team sets up and plays by members of the board. It just becomes a plaything for them.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jan/06/ruben-amorim-manchester-united-jason-wilcox?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jan/06/ruben-amorim-manchester-united-jason-wilcox?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other Sections of this article will definitely ring true for a lot of us on here. Also starring one of our old mates !!

You've got my vote 😀