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Could turn out to be a good day for the Skates then! Another red card for Crawley and An arabian consortium that is encouraging the PST's to put some money in. Let's see how they manage to make a pig's ear out of this one!

That Crawley kit wouldn't look out of place in the St Mary's home dressing room. Makes this game a little easier to get into.

Surely something more suited to the Jeremy Kyle show...

They are dreamers. Plain and simple. They dream that their club has a right to be competitive when it doesn't have a foundation. They dream that they are a special case who are truly unique and they dream that they can do as they want without reality catching up. Keep dreaming skates..... see where it eventually gets you.

Bang on. Markus was only aware of us due to Cortese. I understand that League Tiss may be sticking up for his friends for whatever reason but to engage in a childish Twitter campaign to gathere sympathy.... it should be beneath the great man to conduct himself in such a way.

Then bloody tell us!!!

Where on a map is this land?

Oh, I agree with the sentiment, but in the larger perception, if they eventually die..... it would bring even further questions against the financial black hole that is Portsmouth Football Club. As long as the club lives, the cup win will be worth it for them. Rangers FC are the precident, so many titles, so many plaudits gained unfairly.

If the current entity folds, so does the credibility of their cup win.

Ever heard of Exeter City FC?

Rubbish. Now, where did I leave my bell.....

Yes, it shrunk......

As one of the best teams in the country back then, I can only imagine what would have happened had english teams not been bared from Europe thanks to Heysel. English football and the heirachy of things would be oh so different.

SaintsWeb User: I'm on POL! SWU2: No! I'm on POL!!! SWU3: I'm on POL!..... And so's my wife!!!!

How do you hate? So easily.....

The microtransactions indicate that this will have to be tethered to 'Steam' again then. God I hate that program.

Weird one, the Skate derbies never really bothered me as the nature of a derby is that it throws up freak results. Plymouth at home in 2010 was bad but after the ride we had been through I wasn't surprised by it. Felt flat on Sunday but could take heart from the performance, relegation against Man Utd back in 2005 hurt like hell but the worst for me were three earlier results in the season. Home v Middlesbrough Home v Everton and Home v Aston Villa. Three games in which we played superbly only to suffer from terrible brain fade which saw 2 points collected rather then 9. The Villa game in particuar was the game which hurt the most, I knew we were down after that in my heart but the Everton fixture hurt more, we were utterly robbed.

No, it's not a Southampton kit. The shirt is fine but red shorts and socks? No, it's not growing on me. Looking forward to being back in something more traditional next season.

There is a lot of sensitivity over this though, people losing perspective. Both men have done so much for us, albeit in very different ways and from highly differing perspectives.... To be taking sides in an argument is just daft.

And I would counter: Neither is Matthew Le tissier He is an incredible, wonderful part of the clubs fabric and history. He gave us such phenominal memories but it existed before and now continues to exist after his active contribution. Neither men are Southampton Football Club, Cortese in his own words alongside the Leibherr family are simply 'custodians,' Le Tissier was a player. WE THE FANS are Southampton football club. Being split by their fued when they have both done such good for the club is insane.

Playing Devil's advocate. Is Matt le Tissier therefore irreproachable?

Seems very much to be the 'Pompey Online' of Saints message boards! A place the extremists are sent to fester.

When the Cortese/Le Tissier dispute first came to light a while ago I decided to have a word with a few mates back home about it. Season ticket holders and fans but not users of sites like this and with other things to worry about on Saturday afternoon then watch Jeff Stelling when not at the match. They were totally unaware of what had happened and frankly didn't care. The issue is obviously there but is being heightened only in forums such as this and in the more fanatical elements of the fanbase. To 90%+ of Saints fans, this is a non-issue. And from a personal perspective, statements along the lines of Cortese is a 'Devil' need quantifying! Second hand rumour doesn't cut it when judging a situation where both sides are in dispute but on the whole silent regarding the specifics.

This.

Just have to add. That orgasm when Torres scored against Barcelona in injury time .... comedy highlight of last season.