trousers

So, now the dust has settled on another Pompey stutter, where does this leave their hypocritical fan base next season with regards the Checkatrade tournament? Do they resurrect the boycott for the earlier rounds or embrace the whole tournament now that they seemingly love it?

I think this is where the esteemed Glasgow 'Saint' would introduce the momentum curve philosophy into the conversation... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non_sequitur

Ralph amassed 5 points less than Spurs (for example), since he took over from Hughes. Under Ralph we were 1 point shy of being a top 10 side* (thanks a bunch Angus... )... Ergo... Assuming we improve our decidedly average squad, logic would suggest finishing 10th or higher is achievable. * "Yeah, but, Ralph said blah blah blah" © Batman 2019

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1128994/Arsenal-Manchester-City-Southampton-Joe-Aribo-Charlton-transfer-news

Just saw this 'concept kit' design on Facebook. Slick and professional looking IMO compared to what we get dished up with most seasons. Without wishing to bang on about it (because, I know, "it's only a kit FFS" blah blah blah) why is it seemingly so difficult for Saints and their kit supplier to come up with something simple and elegant like this? Oh well, soon time for Eurovision... #huzzah

Dame Edna

I was pondering earlier why the club's captain (Hojbjerg) wouldn't be involved in a photoshoot for the new kit. You'd have thought they would be first on the list to partake...? Gotta be worth a little conspiracy theory, surely...?

Good to see realistic mannequins complete with man-boobs...

It's growing on me.... slightly...

Are those diagonal grey stripes on the white panels or a trick of the light...?

Looks a bit better in a more natural pose... maybe...?

Yes. And also a different football club to the one currently playing at Fratton Park

What's with the club's obsession with not having stripes that go all the way up to the shoulders and instead having a strip of colour contrast that looks like an afterthought...?

I actually quite like these mock ups...

That moment you get in at half midnight after a night out and only just remember that Pompey played earlier this evening...

Cheers Benjii So, what I don't get is that if not complying with these laws makes someone unfit to own/run a football club then, regardless of when the law was brought in, as of 'today' we have an owner that the current Premier League rules deem unfit? I guess the question I'm therefore asking is why (on Earth) wouldn't new rules apply retrospectively? Surely someone is either 'fit' to run a football club or they're not, regardless of an arbirtrary moment in time when they were judged....? #analogy klaxon# Just because my car was roadworthy when it passed its MoT doesn't mean it's currently roadworthy.... Unless, of course, Goa managed to convince the Premier League that he wouldn't fail the new tests, even if he was tested under the rules as they stand today...? Yours thinking-out-loudly (as per usual)....

Can someone remind me which specific Premier League owners test Gao would have failed if the current rules had been in place before he took over the club? Cheers

Textbook

What colour is the tie that goes with that....?

Lorks a lordy....

Yep... the site's been fairly slow/tempermental of late.

"everyone"...?

Hmm... the plot does indeed thicken... Alas, no mention of the fate of the squirrel sadly

Ha... nicely sums up the first 4 pages on here.... *waves to Jonathan White* This bit caught my eye: "Others speculated that the Justin Tan quoted in the club statement as business development manager of LD Sports was the same person who works for Shanghai-based digital agency Mailman. The company have confirmed this to not be the case." So, just a coincidence that the Justin Tan (working for Mailman) who was involved with Saints a few months ago (https://www.thedrum.com/news/2018/12/11/southampton-fc-and-tlcbet-roll-out-video-series-with-chinese-influencers) is not the same Justin Tan that works for 'LD Sports' (https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/17636029.southampton-to-be-sponsored-by-ld-sports/)...? 'Justin' and 'Tan' must be quite a common name combination I guess...