VectisSaint

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.

How do you put to and 2 together? I guess if you do you get fore

In as much as it should have been a straight red I suppose. sat right by the incident, it should have been a straight red, WT was very very lucky that the ref was determined not to dish out cards. However I admire WT's spirit last night, he was severly provoked on several occassions by the dirty MK players (they really have some nasty pieces of work in their team, a reflection of their manager I suppose) and they were working on WT to get him sent off, it very nearly worked. But he was the only one on that pitch last night that really showed that he cared. The central defence was truly appalling, prone to panic with a back pass and unable to clear their lines.

Has to play Saturday because there is no option, but should play anyway with Jaidi and Perry in the middle

Now Alan, please don't heed this silly advice. We would be in a hell of a lot of trouble with the FA if play cup-tied players against Pompey, our 6th round opponents and Carlisle, all in the next 6 weeks or so. 4 players cup-tied last night (and for Carlisle) and 5 for Saturday and the 6th Round. Also managers have to be able to make small changes to suit conditions/opponents. In general I agree with the principle of not chaging a winning side, but I would not pick the team that won last night for our next league game, because frankly we were very very poor

Duncan, almost totally agree with you about Thomas. His reaction was disgraceful and I thought he should have been sent off. BUT, and its a bit but, he was severly provoked by some awful behaviour by MK Dons players who quite frankly were also disgraceful. In Thomas's defence also he was just about the only player on the pitch that was actually showing some passion, hence his standing ovation when he was subbed just before full time. The outcome of the night was feckin fantastic, but look beyond the result and the game was diabolical, and our defending was absolutely awful. Jaidi was terrible, and the panic that set in at the back when the ball was in our half was crazy. Our defence doesn't seem to know how to clear a ball, a hefty boot into Row Z is often what is needed to relieve some pressure - and playing multi-ball doesn't help IMHO. I'd love to know the thinking why Lambert was taking the corners, he was winning every header all night yet he wasn't there when the ball was played in from the corner. I don't believe there is no-one else in the team who can take a decent corner. Anyway que sera sera whatever will be will bee we're going to Wemberley que sera sera. 4th Cup Final at Wembley for me (didn't go to the Charity Shield in 76 have to admit).

Oh my God, in that case we are ****ged on Saturday

Relegation on merit and 10 point deduction next season is as far as I want it to go - and then hope they just stay up so that we get 2 games against them the following year. Don't care what anyone thinks, wishing a club into extinction is sick. There but for the grace of god etc.

People need to get off this obby orse. You cannot keep the same team if you have to deal with (a) injuries, (b) suspensions, © cup-tied players and (d) aging players who cannot play 3 times a week. So come on smart arses everywhere how would you have kept the same team given long term injuries to Hammond and Connolly (and Murty) and short term injuries to Harding and Jaidi. How do you deal with Spiderman's suspension even if it was rescinded after he missed 1 game. How do you deal with Jaidi and Perry not being able to play 3 times in a week. How do you deal with Fonte not being available for FA Cup, and Dan and Semi not being available for JPT, and now Puncheon not being available for JPT and Barnard not being available for FA Cup? Where is your settled side. Picking a team is not as easy as some people on here like to make out. Even then there is the issue of players losing form that is not even considered. Don't get me wrong I am a strong advocate of not changing a winning side unless you really have to. I thought it was wrong to drop Bart and put KD back in. Once we get this week out of the way I would expect AP to pick his strongest side for every league game until the end of the season.

Nope, don't remember the SICK campaign, have supported Saints for 44 years, through red and white stripes and during the years we did't wear conventional stripes. Personally I like the idea of the white with red sash kit and think it looks ****ing brilliant, especially the one Gecko did that incoporated just a little bit of red/white stripe. I also like the idea of ditching the current badge and using the 3 roses again, or similar. Usually I am a traditionalist, but for 1 season (1 season I stress) I really do like the idea that is being put around. As long as it is done well and is not tacky I will be very happy and will deffo purchase at least one, because more than anything else I hate being a fecking advertising hoarding for a crappy airline or a crappy insurance company. It would be even better if the shirt didn't include the grotty little double diamond that adorns our plastic read & white shirts nowadays. Bring it on.

The commentator said no such thing. You just made that up to suit your agenda. The tater said, "Exeter could have snatched a winner at the death", which is true, but he never said they should have won. AP also did not say they could not compete because of the pitch, he simply said that Exeter dealt with the conditions better. If you play on a cabbage patch every other week there is a good chance you will be able to deal with it better, we play on a billard table surface and find it more difficult to adapt to the conditions due to our style. Perhaps we should have played a couple more cloggers yesterday (Wotton and Thomas maybe), but I don't recall anyone suggesting this beforehand. Horses for courses and all that.

Maybe that will happen, it is still a gesture though not to demand payment up front. Whatever you feel about Pompey, I still think it is good to see our Club making nice gestures like this, it puts us in a good light, and continues to distance us from the shenanigans of "He who shall not be mentioned" in the past. There are already murmurings of jealousy among other cubs because of our financial situation, it is nice to have some positive spin as well. Our club was always well respected in the past and it would be good if that reputation which had become somewhat tarnished was restored. Well done to SFC, it is good to know that there are people around who are not solely driven by the bottom line.

Don't disagree with you, but it also has a lot to do with the coaches that work with them. Sadly too many of the kids that AP inherited had been coached by eejits who thought that they were God's gift to football, with the blessing of a Chairman who thought that you just turned the handle and out came superstars from the Academy. It is not just the kids themselves that are to blame, but the whole ethos of the Club under the previous regime(s).

Bloody glad I don't work for you. So not getting promotion in 1 season is a **** up. **** me you are a plonker. Sometimes I agree with a lot of what you say, at other times you are just a prize *****, as most others think.

I think we should play in our white kit with a red sash, white knickers and white stockings and hobnail boots.