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The Trust's takeover is "ready to go" so should be a pretty run of the mill week....

Dublin's argument was that players tend to raise their game against the bigger sides (in a "nothing to lose" sense) ergo players go into a game like Man City with less pressure than against the likes of Wigan. There's some logic there...

Odd one... http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/article/official-club-statement-649224.aspx

@Pompeys12thMan: Big week ahead for PST... Everyone keep your nerve. Lots of untruths and conjecture will be put in the public domain. Trust bid remains true

Smoked skate

@FLForum: Fans of the weekend - the 1330-odd #pompey fans at #afcb Continued singing until 30 mins after FT, even after their 9th consecutive defeat

Good to see that Everton haven't taken our "best team to at at Old Trafford" crown

2-0 Saints (Lambert 38, Lallana 67)

That came over loud and clear on the TV coverage at one point

Yep....gotta get to 11th first though..... #onestepatatimesweetJesus

Happy with that result - keeps us 3 points from 11th

@SouthamptonFC: Saints youngster Ryan Seager starts up front for England Under-17s against Portugal in the Algarve Tournament this afternoon. #saintsfc

That only accounts for 10k though...

I noticed the ref had a go at Pochettino yesterday for taking forever to retrieve the ball from the dugout area late on in the game. Every little helps

Whatever judgement we all make at the end of the season will inevitably be subjective as we'll never know how the season would have panned out with Adkins. Yes, we can cite probabilities but not definitives.

What's the betting that Redknsapp doesn't pitch up at SMS because of some 'mystery illness' or suchlike?

If we finish 15th how will we know whether that's a better or worse achievement than had we stuck with Adkins? Also, I don't think Cortese made the change to improve out position this season (per se) rather it was an opportune moment to bring onboard the manager who he sees being more beneficial for the long term

One question that's been bugging me the last few weeks...."if pressing high up the field in 'packs' is such an effective way of being ultra competitive (which it obviously is) why doesn't every team in the land set themselves up this way?" Pochettino's approach to the game is quite rightly being hailed as a master stroke but if its so obviously the best way to play football why is it relatively rarely deployed? And might we start to see more teams adopt 'our' approach if they see the dividends it starts to reap for us? Just some out loud thoughts.

You've just saved me the trouble of typing up my thoughts kind sir

One assumes Flyer has joined Tartan Owl in the great SWF guest poster forum in the sky?

It's true....I'm building the Wikipedia page as we speak...