VectisSaint

Laughed at the little article in the Sunday Express rag yesterday (Page 118 "Still hope for Saints") that inferred that Saints might be reinstated if Pompey are liquidated on 1st March. (1) Pompey will not be liquidated (they may well go into Admin) and (2) we would not be reinstated under any circumstances other than a finding that they fielded an illegible player or broke some other competition rule. It is quite simple if they were unable to fulfil the fixture Birmingham would be awarded a walkover, but it ain't gonna happen, and quite frankly anyone who wishes this on even our deadliest rivals is a little bit sick, it wasn't so long ago the boot was on the other foot. In any case, I would not want Saints to be reinstated under any circumstances. we lost, end of. Now the cup run is over (and I enjoyed it while it lasted) I wouldn't want us to have to now consider playing against Birmingham.

He'd be an even better lad if he wasn't a regular. Don't think professional athletes should be drinking regularly.

Wigan aren't in a lower league though (although they should be with the level of support they can muster)

Just a minor point but surely thats 12 from 8, not 10 from 8 isn't it? Not a huge difference but nevertheless.

We have 10 home games after Tuesday, so away games are not such a factor as if we had 10 away games still to come.

Sorry but I think you are mistaken. I am100% sure Connolly would be in the team if fully fit and available. You can take his quote several ways, but I would think he meant strongest available, and first time he has been able to play his strongest available side. Murty would be in the team if available, though it seems quite clear to me that he won't be coming back from injury.

Its a pipe dream. We lost the chance when we failed to beat Exeter and other results went against us. The only possible chance is to overhaul Huddersfield, forget the others they are gone. I guess if we win our 2 games in hand and beat Huddersfield it could be on again, but highly unlikely. Huddersfield have a tough run-in, with 5 of the top 6 plus us to play, so they could be vulnerable. So if you believe in miracles I guess you could carry on dreaming a while longer but in my opinion it won't happen (but of course I'll be over the moon if it does)

He was injured yesterday, so you don't know this is the case. AP played the strongest 11 he had available.

The original poster asked whether AP should now rest Lambert for a complete game. That is the idea that is nonsnse. Subbing him 15 minutes from the end when we are 3-0 up is a different matter, and would be something most managers would consider. Unfortunately it hasn't happened too often to give AP that luxury. With all our attacking force it still surprises me that we have yet to give any team a complete tonking.

It was the top 11 players he had available. I don't know if he would have picked the same team if Connolly and James had been fit, perhaps, perhaps not. Personally I think Connolly is class, and would be the first name on the team sheet if fit, I believe he is a major factor in the downturn in form we suffered until recently, along with the loss of Hammond. James, not so sure, but given Ap picked him for every game until very recently I would suspect that James is still very much part of AP's plans. I'm ignoring Murty as I think it is quite clear that he will not play for us again (at least this season). Apart from this, then yes it is probably the best team. That said it is great that we can name a bckup team that still looks at least decent for this level on paper. I think we now have a very strong squad with good replacements in every position if needed.

If that was a main match then highlights would have been non-existent. Wish I hadn't stayed up now.

+2, think too many people are getting used to watching the Premier League too much. Rest 3rd division players! What a bunch of fecking wooses. He had a rest this week 6 full days without a game.

Probably because the players haven't got to know each other yet, 5 new players can make a big difference, especially to those who were on the fringe before and now realise they aren't or to those in the team before and now aren't. Could also be because Pulis is back and everyone is trying to work out why. Or maybe Patto was a loud mouth

No. AP was always focused on the League. The JPT and FA Cup were distractions and he wanted to instill a winning mentality - he has said this many times. The Cups helped do this, but the problem has been cup-tied players. I don't think results would have been any better if we had gone out of the cups earlier than we did.

Not a good day for Maths to day is it. 37+6=43. 54-43=11 :cool: However the good news is that if we beat Huddersfield we could be 8 points from the play-offs. That said, the play-offs went out of the window when we failed to beat Exeter.

He comes from Nigeria, not Pompey

Come on Tim, lets be 'aving you :-) We didn't get spanked on our own Turf last week. Today we beat the top team in the league on their patch and with no late goals. Humble Pie anyone?

Great stuff, looking forward to TT's posts later, he will be going daft about the late goals again. Ohh...

Are we talking football here or Coldplay?

What about Aldershot?

Maths not your strong subject, currently 17 points, Huddersfield 54, Saints 37 as it stands now

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More worried about TT than NC personally

He had his eyes closed again did he?

Hope we don't concede a late goal in the next 5 minutes