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Everton equalise (90 +9)

9 mins added time at Molineux

I obviously already knew that Pompey fans (and the Pompey media) are as thick as mince but trying to sabotage a poll that Saints fans were already sabotaging takes mince thickness to all time new levels

I'm assuming Lord D is currently checking to see if any work colleagues are related to Russell Martin before deciding whether to support him or not...

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Selles said in his pre-match press conference today that he would only want stay on at Saints as the manager.

Isn't it that just a "look how clever I am" way of saying: 'If it's not broken, still look at ways of making it better'...?

I'm gonna join the SWF "hope I'm proven wrong" gang.... Russell Martin? Not for me. I think the last thing we need right now is another Rasmus 'experimental' manager. What we need more than tick-box spreadsheet attributes is a manager who has a shed load of soft skills. That sense of gravitas and presence that you can't measure but you know is there. Whether there is such a manager willing to join us is another matter of course...

After a lot of soul searching it's another vote for Aribo from me

Pahars?

I'm all for different points of view so fair play. We'll just have to agree to disagree.

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I wouldn't be unhappy with Vieira.

It's all very well picking out certain stats to justify a certain point of view (textbook 'bias confirmation' territory), but you've conveniently ignored the factors that you can't measure or predict, e.g. his reported loss of the dressing room, disagreements with the board, etc. For the umpteenth time: it wasn't sacking Ralph that got us relegated, it was not replacing him with someone better than the two that we did.

Ramsdale does a Bazunu...

Always good to see a south coast club scoring 3 goals at the Emirates...

I'm still convinced that my own conspiracy theory is water-tight, i.e. that Dragan is secretly a Pompey fan looking to sabotage the club...

Game / Title over

If some of the reports are to believed (both at the time and now) then Ralph had effectively lost the dressing room (well, at least some key players) and/or had burnt himself out, so there's every chance it could have been equally as bad if he'd clung on... (P.s. conscious I'm in danger of entering devils advocate territory here so I'll gracefully leave the 'what if?' debate there )

Not sure there's that many clown outfits to go around...

This. We'll probably be more turgid and lacklustre than normal, if that's even possible...