VectisSaint

I was shocked yesterday when KD came out for a cross (corner?) and took it with aplomb. He showed he can do it, maybe he forgot where he was or something. It is so unusual for him to do this that it really stood out for me. Great shot stopper, probably one of the best. But like David James not good at other parts of his game, especially distribution. Always the same tactic, big boot down the middle to the head of RL, I wonder does he ever consider playing a short ball to one of the full backs not only to build from the back, but also to guarantee possession. Long boot down the middle gives us at best 50% chance of retaining possession, probably less. I don't suggest that you never do this, but some variety would help. Bart has better presence in the area, and is better at dealing with crosses. I don't think he is as good a shot stopper though.

Police seem to think it was all quite minor "whilst it was ugly at times, we do accept that, actually, the level of injuries that were caused and the level of damage that was caused was relatively minor." He added: "I'm not belittling anybody who got hurt or perhaps had a car damaged, but in terms of the scale of what happened and the way some people were talking before the game, I think it was a really good operation." Usually the OB will make the most of it, the headlines seem to exaggerate to make this into a story

Actually he didn't play a blinder. He made a couple of monumental ****ups which could and should have fallen better for us. He made one top class save, but he really didn't play a blinder by any stretch of the imagination. Still if it helps people feel better about the result to think their keeper played well then c'est la vie.

No-one thinks we were humiliated, except you. Most people, including Pompey, think we were the better team. Football's like that, soemtimes the result doesn't reflect the game. In the end we lost a cup match, it really is irrelevant whether it is 1-2 or 1-4, we lost. End of. Now lets see what happens when we have our full team available again over the next 6 weeks, hopefully with Connolly back in contention as well, his class has been missed, and that is much more relevant than the content of this thread.

Actually Tim it was a rubbish post. What sort of drivel is it to shut up shop when you are 2-1 down to keep the score down. What utter complete ******. It was a cup game, the only time I might have agreed with that response is in a league situation where goal difference might count. If you lose in the Cup you lose, doesn't matter if its 1-2 or 1-10 (except a bit of ill judged pride). At 1-2 down with 10 to go you go all out to get an equaliser. And anyway the last thing we needed was a draw, too many games already and we wouldnt' have wanted to play in their shed. This thread really is stupid. All started by a ridiculous post that indicated no understanding of the game at SMS today. We were fecking good today, tactics were spot on, only thing that let us down was execution It hurts we lost 4-1 but so what, we lost, and there is no evidence from todays game, or Tuesdays, to support the hypothesis of Tijuana Tim. If you really want to have a go, then look at our inability to take chances and bury teams, and the way this has coincided with the loss of Connolly. Thats the big problem that hasn't been addressed (and letting Lambert take the corner kicks). Valid arguments, with much more to discuss than the ridiculous rubbish on this thread.

Carlisle 5 MK Dons 0 today in case you didn't see it.

If you want to make a valid point, then thats what you need to be saying. We lost it because we are not clinicial enough to make our pressure tell. Lallana and Papa should have buried them in the 1st half today, and with James flapping it was there for the taking. The strategy today was absolutely spot on, go at them with everything you've got, don't let them settle, or allow them to play, and go in with at least a goal lead at HT. The strategy was brilliant, the execution was not. BTW no blame attache to Adam or Papa, thought they both played well, but a little inexperience and youthfulness let them down a bit, Rickie showed how it should be done (again). I don't think its just me that thinks you are very very wide of the mark at least today. You may have had a point earlier in the season, which is why AP has brought in Puncheon, Fonte, Jon and Dan. The fact that none of them could play today or three of them last Tuesday may have escaped you, I don't know. We have also been missing Hammond for the last few league games. The biggest problem we have had for the last couple months is the loss of Connolly who is pure class, without thim we have struggled to wrap games up. By the way in case you don't know we scored late on Tuesday, when we were 2-1 up. No goals conceded in the 2nd half.

Completely over the top reaction, Tim you are usually quite sensible. Completely outclassed Premiership team for 50 minutes and should have been 2 or 3 up, but for some poor finishing and one or two saves by England's #1. Great reaction when Pompey scored. Their second wasn't even particularly late, we were still going for the win. The 3rd and 4th were down to going balls out for an equaliser. I seriously think you need to have a word with yourself and see that in fact we were ****ing good today. 3rd division v 1st division and it was difficult to tell which was which, but individual skill told in the end.

We were undone by not scoring in the 1st half when we were well on top. Scoreline flatters them, but not unexpected result (I was OK at 1-2 as it meant 10 points in the Prediction League). Still it hurts.

Looking good, may live to regret some of these missed chances though.

Not the only one on here, but will be in front to the TV in 6 minutes. Same team as Tuesday except Perry for Fonte.

Guess you didn't read it all then.

The tunnel end. Didn't have my compass with me that day so don't know f that was west or east Is the West end the lucky end?

Not such a good one. I think one of our previous Chairman qualified as a clown, not sure he had a suit though, just a ruddy face.

I will of course do my best :cool:

Good, the later it gets the more likely they will be past the date for going into Admin and getting points deducted this season. If they go into admin late they will be relegated AND will get a penalty next season. I think there is a precendent

Lawrie was born in Gateshead, I think that makes him a Geordie, definitely not a Mackem. He played originally for Newcastle then Gateshead and Bishop Auckland. Never understood this idea that Sunderland was his spiritual home.

Several of the points are quite reasonable, particularly reference to Lowe, and to be fair MLTs haircut was awful. I think they missed the point somewhat with the Statue, and they could have made it better for them, after all the real problem is that it looked more like Mandic, don't recall references to Krankie. They missed an opportunity there to have another Agent story like the Redcrapp one (perhaps the statue maker was a closet Pompey fan or something made up). Bobby Stokes goal was not offside.

Because it would be good to get to the 6th round and test ourselves against a good team and the prize money would be handy.

I assume 19Canteen is not monitoring the forum today.

Yep, its a big "no thanks" from Saints supporters who have enough nouse to understand that he is yesterday's man, and that his past honours are past and well past at that. Since then he has become a media whore and is now a standing joke as hist time at Notts County has demonstrated. His total mis-management of England is clear for all to see, at least England now has a proper manager who can manage his primadonna players and is not influenced by the Neville and Beckham media circus. Why does anyone with more than half a brain think he would do anything good for Saints that could not be done by someone else for 10% of the cost.

No thanks. Overrated egotistical, tactically inept prize pratt IMHO.

Then he should stop taking the corners, all that running from one corner flag to the other is too much. Surely he should be in the box for corners.

LOL at 2 people who predict 7-0 vs Pompey. We all know its going to be 10

The trophy does not have any handles http://www.johnstonespainttrophy.com/gallery/2008-2009/ It will be Hammond or whoever is the Captain on the day. I would be worried if it was KD, he might drop it, especially if it is passed down to him form above his head What I want to know is, where is the trophy for winning the Southern Area Final? It should have been presented last night.