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Belgium has a national day and many people hang their flags off balconies and out of windows etc.. Problem is that they generally hang them sideways which turns it into the German flag inducing the odd brick through windows* from visiting Brits !!! (* poetic licence there but quite funny nonetheless!)

I agree but don't expect the wrist slitters to give him even a smidgen of sympathy or encouragement !!

Gonna be difficult to avoid conceding goals against a prolific City side ! My prediction is that Gazza will be Saturday's scapegoat (although Ossie will obviously run him close!!).

A good rational post IMO (especially as written at one o clock in the morning!). Others have said how carp Villa were but seemingly ignore the fact that they have one of the best away records in the league and are the only team to beat Arsenal at the Emirates ! They set out to soak up pressure and have serious pace on the counter attack, that's how they do it and it seems to work ! It strikes me that the most critical posters were not actually at the match and did not appreciate just how much effort our lads put in, sure we made a few critical blunders but there is no denying that the spirit is good and this bodes well for when we come out of this poor run of results ! COYS.

I'd like to pick out the highlight in a sea of bullsh:t ! We didn't lose to Sunderland !

Reading this gives me a real feeling of déjà vue ! I was there with my daughter the day that Beattie scored in the first 12 seconds and we then lost (just like yesterday). We chatted to Kevin Davies and Brett Ormerod after the game in the players lounge, with me famously asking Brett how he enjoyed his time on the pitch, only for him to point out that he was an unused substitute ! Maybe I was starstruck (doh!) but being a good lad we had a laugh about it !! As hospitality goes it was probably as good as I've had in England (had much better in Holland, Germany and Italy though!).

We're doomed, I tell you, we're doomed

'Seems' is the key word here ! Even the Mirror's traditional vitriol against Lady T has had to be tempered by the fact that they don't actually know if this happened ! Maybe they should check out the financial arrangements of Blair, Mandelson etc.. The guys they supported for so long !

I'm afraid that our enforced substitutions unsettled and weakened us whereas theirs gave them a new impetus (that's what you get with a big expensive squad!) No disaster having plummeted to seventh ( just above Man U !) We are still doing well, it's only the expectations that have changed !!

Comment from a Skate on the News comments site : "I dont think at 60 odd and at his stage of his career needs to be managing a League 2 club however big the fanbase and support. However Warnock loves Portsmouth fans so you never know" I guess this would be the same Neil Warnock who recently managed Leeds Utd, having an average crowd of approximately double that of the plucky phew ??

I pray that this happens, I've missed his classic after match, comedy interviews so much

You're too polite Minty, he's talking out of his arse (as ever) ! The two goals were clearly individual errors and absolutely nothing to do with the make up of the back five !!

Very disappointed that they did not discuss the penalty decision, surely Hansen as a former defender should have commented that shirt pulling ( whilst wrong) should be consistently judged ! Ie. all or nothing ! It happens a dozen times each match but is seldom penalised ! Personally I would outlaw it completely and in this case feel that the BBC should at least have highlighted it !

If Bracknell is rated number 1 then this report is a load of b.ollocks !!!!

Word is that they found an old recreation ground and use jumpers for goalposts ! All is hunky dory now

This might well be a naive question but "is it legal to show a live stream in a public place" ?? By the sounds of it they used Wiziwig, Frontrow or similar so I'm not sure that is kosher ! Would be surprised of course if the Skates (knowingly?) broke the law !!

Oops, 4-0 and Dons missed a pen as well !

I presume that this is what Factless will describe as a 'constructive walk out' ! A bit like their selective booing, eh ?

For some reason this reminds me of the old story of an inmate at the lunatic asylum who raped a cleaning lady before escaping and going on the run ! The newspaper headline the following day was : "Nut screws washer and bolts"

I thought that the ref and his assistants were about the best we've seen this season ! Sure, you can dispute the odd offside etc. but compared to some of the dross that we have been subjected to, I think that they did very well !

Those valuations are a joke ! Fox is worth £400k more than JWP ? Start again !

Hey Nic, Just heard on the radio that the Skates have been knocked out of the cup !! Lol.

The substitution was tactically perfect as Wanyama's role of protecting the back four and breaking up play was not required, due to Hull sitting pretty deep ! Davis brought more forward momentum and energy so the shape became more effective ! All IMHO of course !

I guess that is why the old lad wrote the article, he perceives that social issues are somehow linked to remembrance for the dead, personally I don't, but each of us has the right to say, do and believe what we want, thankfully we still live in a democratic country !