VectisSaint

Suspect Holmes is getting outing for match fitness, hasn't had much opportunity to play yet since impressing in pre-season. Doubt he is on his way out. Dickson maybe off, but with Mills now gone to Reading suspect Dickson may also be getting match time. Puncheon though, just keeping him fit so that he is ready for some mug team to take him off our hands.

I expect the tide is out. When the tide is out in Weston it really is out, a long long way. Also being evening it probably is quiet on Weston front. It may also be Quiet on the Western Front.

If ever there was a person that Twitter was named for it has to be this man. Although I suppose if they had called it ****ter instead it may have been more appropriate. The guy is a total ****head. FACT.

What is the saying about statistics? There are lies, damn lies and Charle Wayman's posts

That Jack Cork, what a waste of space. And only another 10 days to go before the xfer window closes, and then the loan window opens. Still Mr Hoddle would have done things so differently, wouldn't he, his career really blossomed after he left us didn't it, just goes to show the monley and organ grinder saying is so true, Hoddle without Gorman, like Morecambe without Wise. I looked in the paper today and they reckon we are top of the league, but I know different now after reading what dalek and charlie are writing we must be bottom.

Did I miss the Millwall goals? Fortunately we have a strong squad that when one or two are finding it tough we can bring on more than adequate replacements. We also have a week off now, whereas many other teams have a game midweek. See your lot lost yesterday though, Mr Wenger must be disappointed. Perhaps he should try playing his new 15mill signing.

Good idea, lets model ourselves on the police force of the USA. They really know how to do things right.

Probably the least embarrassing thing on this video is the steward slapping her brother in law (if indeed that was what we witnessed).

True, that would explain our 4 straight losses so far this season with Martin/Seaborne playing.

Its a funny thing, but I was reading the Burnley bit about their new striker Zavon Hines, who is probably being brought in because Rodriguez is on his way out, and I couldn't help thinking that this Hines guy (who I know nothing about) would probably have been a better proposition for us right now that Jay Rodriguez. He has pace, is hungry to play and he is a damn sight cheaper than Rodrigues. Yet one has had a single half-decent season in this division and one hasn't. Given we already have a decent strike force what we need is someone who can be gradually brought in and is ready to play when we have a crisis. At the moment, there is no way that NA would drop either RL or DC, so whoever comes in will not get a sniff of first team action for a while. WE deffo do need another striker, but it seems silly shelling out multi-millions when what we need is a young, hungry pacy striker who would be happy to develop and be ready when we get to the PL. Maybe that was the thinking with Forte but I just get the feeling he is not going to develop much beyond where he currently is. We also definitely need a new CB, have said it all along, thats not a slight on Martin or Seaborne, but Jaidi is probably not going to last beyond this season, and already we are seeing that he is not available due to injury. Beyond that I think we would be foolish to bring anyone else in, we have strength in depth in every other position.

Just shows that being a physio and a player makes for a better manager than being just a (ugly Uruguayan) player

9 league goals, 9 league points, 9 league wins in a row. The number 9 is good for us at the moment.

I think your memory is playing tricks on you, was there really anyone (other than Lowe) that thought such a thing?

Can't blame them really, 5.5m for a largely unproven Division 2 striker is total madness, in my humble opinion. But not so mad when we have just received 12-15m for a largly unproven Division 3 17 year old. The world has gone mad.

4.5mill seems a hell of a lot to pay for a striker who has had one decent season in the Championship. Almost as stupid as 15m for a winger with one decent season in the 3rd division.

What happened to the Russian (or was he Ukrainian) kid that was here, but who we couldn't get a work permit for? Because I can't remember his name I can't Google it, was it Periplotkin or something? Whatever happened to him, he was going to be the greatest thing since sliced bread (or at least since Mick Channon)

Bloody hell, 2 men and a dog, luxury. Blackburn in 74/75 I don't recall seeing another Saints supporter at all (I was working in Oldham so went to the game). No signing will make me go on Saturday, even if it was Messi. Will be at Cropredy to see Horslips, been waiting 37 years to see them again.

Nice draw, specially if Swindon win, can walk to the game from work. According to BBC web site BC v Swindon is on 24 August, the day after we are due to play the winners. Interesting idea. Perhaps we will play each for 45 minutes :-)

Is Sergio Tevez any good? Hope he's not homesick like his namesake.

The irony. You are aware of the history of Oz? It used to be a requirement of entry. LOL. That made I laugh.

Shame to see a young lad go, but 12mill, take the money and run right now. Of course it would be good for him to remain at Saints, but honestly will we miss him if we replace him with some of the Arse money? Probably not, exciting prospect that we will see develop elsewhere after a couple of years bench warming. Lesson to be learned: don't take kid into Academy who has ex-Skate money-grabbing parent, long term it will never work.

Can't see Jaidi, Barnard or Oxo being risked considering they were injured for yesterday. Would not be surprised to see Spiderman and Chaplow in MF, and Bart in goal. Doubt DC will be risked either, but otherwise would keep similar team.

Is he out of contract at Rangers? Signed a 3.5 year deal in Jan 2008, no confirmation that he has extended. Has played quite often for QPR but perhaps not considered good enough yet for the PL. Maybe possible part exchange for Punch, sound quite similar players (though one appears to have a good attitude), not sure he is a real need but maybe NA wants more backup for AL, de Ridder, Oxo and Holmes, especially if Oxo moves on.

But thats the whole point, isn't it? We have around 80 different songs, mostly not Skate-bashers, yet all that could be heard on Sky yesterday was the same anti-Pompey song over and over and over again. Thats the problem. I don't have problem with anti-skate songs per se, have been singing them with everyone else since the late 60s, but we used to be so original with the songs that we came up with. But yesterday, unlike ever before that I can recall live or on the box, it was just this one cringeworthy song ad nauseum. I heard the occassional OWTSGMI, Father's Gun, Ricky Goal Machine etc. Come on guys, lets get back to the originality and humour that has always been Saints supporters. Anyway, made my point several times, will give it a rest now, still reflecting in a great win, and next time will watch with sound muted so I don't upset the little would-be hard nut darlings who think they are God's gift to football chanting.

Of course, that nasty Mr Murdoch ordered the sound to be dubbed so the whole country thought the anti-Pompey songs were being sung all day. Stupid song, not stupid thread. I bet the fish-****ers would be laughing their faces off listening to a bunch of little hard boys singing "we're coming for you, you dirty skate bastards" over and over again. But then the irony is that skate bastards would not have been watching anyway, completely and utterly pointless chant.