ItchenRob

Oh of course, silly me, apologies ! So we are even more massive than a massive club !? Result!

I counted 46 again for them. I appreciate Wikipedia can be amended by pretty much anyone but this looked fairly accurate to me (but very happy to be proved wrong and that it is 33!) :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Portsmouth_F.C._seasons

If I have got my facts/counting correct, that now equals that massive club down the road. I felt unclean accessing their Wikipedia pages !😊

Great, thanks for letting me know!

Does anyone know if there is still a bus service from the Platform Tavern to the ground? One of my friends struggles to walk very far these days due to medical issues. Cheers.

Yes, remember it well. I was right at the front and thought my number was up!

Chap behind me at Norwich said that he was 20 times better than when he went on loan to Celtic..... but was still not good enough! After a few flashes of promise this season I think I agree with that assessment although 20 is probably a bit of an exaggeration!

Clearly not up to the pace of the game and not getting stuck in but looked comfortable on the ball. Subbed at half time. I guess getting minutes on the pitch is the important thing at the moment.

Thought Saints looked ok second half. Chauke looks a decent player to me. And if only Simeu was half as good as he seems to think he is!

Yes, I am here ! Doyle looks a great prospect. Simeu is quick. Infact been impressed with all of them, even Olly Lancashire!😊

The bit about him never being a Saints fan. Genuine question - how does that square with him having a brick with his name on it at the back of the Chapel? Or is it a grander version of my friend who knows I loathe MUFC buying me a ManUre badge for Xmas?

I am old enough to remember the 5 replays between Oxford City and Alvechurch in 1971. Although two non-league teams the saga started to make quite big back page news !

I love Saints away pre-season friendlies. No agonising over the result and you get to see the new faces and some different grounds. I think there were over 500 Saints fans at Feyenoord on last preseason we were allowed to attend.

I always thought Djuricic looked a tidy player but a bit lightweight. Hopefully, he's put on a few pounds if we are interested!

He certainly was on that occasion !

He's my cousin! But I agree 100%!

In answer to original post it's a Yes from me (for today at least)!

Very enjoyable - what a nice bloke - thanks for sharing.

Ah, didn't realise they were staggered. We were both 10.30 arrivals. Thanks for letting me know as I would have just turned up ridiculously early for the City game as well!

Not particularly in my experience. I think it was stipulated that early to give time to process everyone through but people still seemed to be arriving well past 10.30. Not sure how close the KO I would want to test it though! Also, some queues were being checked for ID but others weren't. HTH !

Oscar Gobern at Preston immediately springs to mind for me.

Hmmm, a friend of mine had just been denied a ticket for not having 7 aways so something not stacking up there.

I really like the look of Dan N'Lundulu. Very strong, great shot, quick feet for a big player. He had to make his own chances though as others around him were not doing so. Some of the other Saints players looked ok in patches but, to echo a comment above I thought Klarer and O'Driscoll were not great. I have nothing really to base this comment on but Klarer looks like he thinks he is much better than he is ! However, they are all very young and I wouldn't write any of them off. FGR is also by far the friendliest ground I have ever visited in 44 years of watching Saints !

Wish I had seen this earlier. At least it's all downhill after the match!

Beer was definitely available inside the ground but despite having several it didn't seem to have much effect. Subsequently discovered that it was about 2% strength !