Football Special

THE New Forest derby, what an odd game this is, playing a traditional local minnow who get to have their big day out singing about scummers , desperately hoping for a reciprocal rivalry they so badly crave. Even beating us comfortably won't get that though, most Saints fans seem pleased for them and hope they enjoy their moment in the sun. Score 1-4

Absolutely, averages attendances would go up for a cup game , not down like they do now, even replays used to generate great excitement with some great nights under the lights. People wouldn't believe you now if you tried to explain 2nd or 3rd replays!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0027wq0/the-fa-cup-202425-fourthround-highlights

Gave me a good chuckle, swearing away on live tv, magic of the Cup that

Love seeing Liverpool lose Pleased for Plymouth But...makes me even more pissed off when luck of the draw could have seen us progress quite far.

Love seeing them lose Pleased for Plymouth But...makes me even more pissed off when luck of the draw could have seen us progress quite far.

Match of the Day even made the comparison of how organised Burnley defence was vs the mess ours was for their goal, players all over the place, that's on the manager, get the basics right FFS

Deary me. It's all the Martin Out Brigades fault isn't it 🤦‍♂️

Don't forget Newport County away!

As bad as today was I fear it could be much worse next week, Bournemouth set up perfectly to take advantage of the holes we leave in midfield and defence, it's not a 'rivalry' but it's a local game, need to keep some pride

No way was there 2.5k Burnley, more like 900

Yes, and then he only signed permanently because Martin , always a problem if motivation is to work for a particular manager rather than play for a particular club. Having a strop now makes it difficult for him in terms of relationship with the fans.

If I'd had my way back in 2001 we'd have kept The Dell for reserve games and for use in less popular cup ties, would have been ideal for days like today

Attendance today - 15,253 For a Saturday 3pm cup game that is appalling and club should be worried. They certainly didn't help with prices and stand closure but even with that shows a lot of dissatisfied fans

The ABK charade needs to be ended, clearly no intent to play him, I'm not convinced he even wants to play, stop putting him on the bench

Nah come on, today was our last competitive match of the season, he's got plenty more chances for experiments in pointless league games if he wants to do that

Good rehearsal for next season, expect more teams will set up like Burnley, Juric complete clueless how to approach that.

Yeah I look at him stood there and can't picture him leading us to a promotion, hasn't got it in him

Yep Juric Out Sports Republic Out Ticket Office manager Out with the fucking stupid prices and stand closures Whole lot of em out and start again

Cult status surely

They don't but there's a few players that always score against us, Ashley Barnes, Jonjo Shelvey and I'm really hoping this lad will be fit for them

The January when we signed Pellegrino's mate Guido Carillo before shortly after sacking Pellegrino was another odd one. Monaco really did laugh all the way to the bank

Leicester always wriggle out of it. No doubt will adjust their financial year for accounting purposes if needed