VectisSaint

Just out of interest, they scored from a pen, yet the stats say 0 shots on target for the Gas, how does that work?

Interesting that. At one stage yesterday after one particular run, he looked absolutely ****ged out, and stood with his hands on his hips looking like he was having difficulty recovering from the exertion for quite a long time. He was clearly struggling, and made no attempt to get back. Thats not a criticism by the way, simply an observation made at the time before I was aware of the stat you refer to.

And the Pompey supporters are even worse. Hose the whole stadium down in my opinion. Skates and Yids, I just wasted 2 hours of my life hoping the Spuds would thump the Skates, despite the best efforts of Bale and Crouch, Spuds were fecking atrocious. Oh well, Chelski towin the FA Cup again (and I only dislike them a little less than the others, 3 most loathed teams for me).

Of course a decision can be made at Christmas. If we are not in the Top 6 or within spitting distance at that point then things will have gone awry and it will be obvious that AP is not the man for the job. At that point we really should be in the Top 2 (really should be top). You have to make decisions at that point before the transfer window, otherwise the opportunity to change things is lost. The 5 year plan requires that we get promoted next season at worst. If we don't look like we are going to achieve that by Christmas then NC should and will act. All that said I am supremely confident that this will not be an issue and that we will be in the Top 2 at Christmas (in fact I would be surprised if we are not top). If we bomb after that like Leeds it wil obviously be a major blow, but even now I still think Leeds wll be in the "nPower are **** League" next season and not League 1.

That was the old ground, Huish. They moved to Huish Park in 1990.

A lot of ifs I know, but this time next week theoretically we could be 2 points behind Huddersfield and Colchester with a game in hand :smt107 I can see Huddersfield losing to Millwall, and Colchester losing both games, the big problem though is us winning 2 aways in a week, The Gas will be tough.

Interesting that Barnard is on the bench, good to see Connolly back as well, hopefully all is OK with him now (whatever the issue was). Can't be bad having Barnard, Connolly and Papa on the bench

Think I'll go for 77 points. The BBC will then correct the typo and it will be 76 and we will miss out.

Anyone able to edit the 2nd YouTube clip, brilliant clip ruined by the image of the evil witch, never realised it was at the game. Takes some of the shine off what was probably greatest day of my life.

Jack Charlton said it was onside, so it was onside. Record books say we won 1-0, it was onside. 25 million cases where Manure get decisions for them, one against and it is disputed. Teacher must be a Manure supporter, easily checked, has he got an Estuary accent?

Oh FFS, what sort of dicks are on this board these days? Do you actually know anything about who we are talking about here, his background, his current state? Nah, thought not. If you've got nothing useful to add, then why bother posting. Jeez.

Read the OP, Ron already has a DVD player, last thing he needs is to buy another one even if dirt cheap.

They need to make sure its the correct format. Region Code is different in the US, if there is one set.

They knew he could throw it a long way, but didn't realise that distance wasn't the key, it was actually power. His throws these days are very different to the old days, they are thrown in with power, rather than looped in as before, different trajectory, different effect. With us, defenders saw the throws coming, sat down had a picnic, followed by a litlle nap and then got up to head it away as it descended with snow on it. He seldom lobs throws these days.

I hope only if we have failed to get into 6th. Otherwise forget it, we will have 2 or 3 more critical games to play. Why do we need to parade it anyway, didn't 45k+ Saints see it paraded at Wembley (apart from the twonks who left early of course).

Would have been inappropriate today. Anyway, 45K+ Saints supporters saw them parade the trophy at Wembley, why parade it to 21000, most of whom were probably at W? The target, however distant, is 6th place, parading the JPT is not on the radar at the moment.

For the first time the Lowe factor has now kicked in, we would be in the play-offs if the **** had ensured we went into Admin earlier.

Nah, I think on the radio its easier to tell them apart, Antonio sounds nothing like Papa. Papa has a foreign accent

Thats not being racist, just not being able to see clearly, I had the same problem at Wembley. And I mixed up Mills and Gillett at one point, same issue.

A draw would be better overall, even if it meant we stayed in 10th today. If the Gas win they can still stay ahead of us even if we beat them

Wish I'd left early when we were 3-0 up against Leeds, but I didn't, and have never done so.

Depends, if we scored 7 I would still be happy

Boooo boooo boooo (This is for Mawhinney by the way, in case anyone thinks I am booing NC)

So, in summary no-one knows, other than what was on the OS "personal reasons" as I originally posted.

In truth there are not really many suggesting that AP should go, it would be quite scandalous for AP to be sacked now. But that doesn't mean he is above criticism. Last night was a case in point with a poor selection and poor substitution decision-making - why on earth was Barnard on the bench? Swindon away near the start of the season also showed that on occassions AP seems to lack the imagination at times to change the game by making switches. We are also inconsistent, very good one game, and hopeless another. We also seem to have a tendency to start some games slowly rather than going for the throat early on. There is something still not quite right, which I can't put my finger on, but I'm confident that with a proper pre-season and a couple of quality signings, we will be very strong next season and will be fighting for the top spot, not the play-offs. We have clearly improved over the season, there is a swagger and confidence on occassions that shows that most of the 1st team have got the right idea, but that confidence is still a bit fragile, and on other occassions can seem like over confidence.