Alain Perrin

The stadium wasn't actually as expensive as people make out. Pound for pound it cost about the same as the Millenium stadium. The main difference being that: - the land for Wembley cost £250m. - roads and workings around the ground another £200m In Cardiff there weren't those costs as all the land was owned by the council already. Also the contractor got stung for a large part of it because they had a fixed price contract. That hurt, especially when they ordered the wrong sized steels expensive mistake!

I agree. He should have read the teamsheet when it was made available to him last Wednesday.....

I'm sorry to ask the obvious question, but were you there? I will never suggest Pardew is the messiah, but from the above your understanding of football seems to be lacking. Swindon's game plan was to put two men on Lallana / Puncheon as soon as they got the ball. This stifled the outlet for the midfield leading to (Hammond in particular) hoofing it. Pardew's issue is that the team plays well a particular way and they need to add variety to their locker. That's not something they've done to date, but it's something they'll have to do to succeed next season. First half we were all over them and unlucky not to have one or two (a different game then), second half we got rattled and rushed things. One thing is for certain, if Pardew had subbed Lambert after his knock (from which he recovered) then you'd have been slagging him for taking off our top scorer. In reality he did what he could - he brought on Papa for pace and James for a more atttacking RB option. Neither worked out, but those were constructive changes.

You clearly missed the first half then. We were all over them, hit the post, the bar, had 4 cleared off the line. Crucially we didn't score. Lloyd James is not as good an attacking option as Semi. However, he is a better attacking option than Thomas. He wasn't match sharp though and his crossing was woeful. I do feel that was a throw of the dice though.

Excuse my spelling - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panna_cotta

Swindon weren't the better side on Tuesday. They survived an onslaught in the first half and then got their noses ahead. That said they were professional, put two men on Puncheon and Lallana whenever they got the ball, battled and, with a little luck, deserved the points. There will always be poor results, even in a league winning side. ManU got beaten by Leeds for example, Chelsea by Wigan. To think that you won't or can't lose, will result in you losing. If you take the first 10 games out of the picture, our form has been excellent. More blips than we'd like but, with a bit of tightening, enough to do a Norwich or a Leeds (FWIW I think Leeds will end up in the playoffs). However, to answer your questions. There's one thing we shouldn't do, and one thing we should. Shouldn't: Ditch Pardew. Anyone who suggests as such is more reactionary than Rupert Lowe. A new manager would bring instability, want to play in a new way and require new players / gelling time etc. etc. Should: Vary the system. This is the pana cota. We should be able to play a different way than relying on Pucheon and Lallana. An approach for cancelling play like Swindons and for turnip patch pitches. Easy isn't it.

Tell that to my brother who lost an eye from a stone thrown at him by some tossers rucking at a Wolves game in the 90's. He was just passing, hadn't even been to the game.

The first part of your post was informative. Pity the second part decends into negativity.

Reacting to it is just called 'being a *****'.

Glad to see our fickle fans will still find something to moan about....

I had to go to the toilet in St Mary's the other day and wipe my own arse. This is a disgrace. Luker out. Kind regards, a ***t

Saintsweb in 'storm in a teacup' shocker....

No I don't. We win 5-1 against a team above us and you're still a negative git....

Anyway to paraphrase Souness - "when has anyone who knows anything about football been called Nicola?"

There are are several ways to interpret a quote: He said that recent League One results have “not been satisfactory”. That's not rocket science, we'd had a couple of bore draws, but neither was he referencing playoffs directly. There is a school of thought (not one I'm sure I believe) that he made the comment to take pressure off the team in the cup fixtures. I think there's a danger we read too much into it either way.

Vectis has made the same point I was going to. In fact there are 10 fixtures between now and the end of the season when the current top 6 play each other. In addition there are 5 fixtures where we play the top 6. It's very tight, but still doable. Worth thinking that if we'd drawn at Norwich and won at Wycombe, the wrist slitters probably wouldn't have been posting.

I put all moaners on ignore..... Who said that?

To be fair what did you expect them to do? Arrest anyone with a blue shirt with coins in their pockets? Unless you and independent witnesses could identify the perpetrator, there's nothing they could have done.

So long Marcus and thanks for all the cash.

Later that week in the court room..... The Judge : I have decided to write of all of Portsmouths debts and grant them immunity from any further action. Peter Storie : That is excellent news. The Judge : Not really, I am winding you up.

The banking of the seats at wember-ly is so steep perhaps I'll be hanging on rather than standing

No. I'll be standing. But anyone who stands without respect for those behind them is a knuckle dragger. Twice away this season (Bristol and Swindon) I've seen people standing when young kids / OAPs who couldn't stand for 45mins missed the game directly behind them. They knew they were there but did nothing, just carried on standing like the knuckledraggers they were. Personally I think it's a bit unfair.

It is a science though. Against one team that team might be effective, against others (say with pacey strikers) it may be less so. In addition, Jaidi and Connolly can't play 3 games a week. Personally I am happy with minimal changes to: a) retain the spine of the team (having Hammond back will help enormously) b) nullify key threats in the opposition c) rest and rotate older legs Oh and cup ties don't help either.... Other than that, it's simple

Sorry that you missed the match. You must be gutted.

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