Give it to Ron

Having watched a few academy games lately its still the same - all technically very gifted, good ball players and comfortable but struggle against the London teams that have bigger black , strong and pacey lads.

Really sad news, when I was a lad he used to come up to Shirley Warren Club with Tony Byrne who was dating a girl called Sandra there. I had broken my arm playing footie and they both happily signed my cast and were great blokes. RIP Ken a good full back and a gentleman.

Is that such a bad thing then? Seems to me to be good business....even our u9 have players from all over the regions coming in to play.

+1 Chez good write up totally agree - first 25 minutes were down to stupid tactics and why the sub was left until 79 mins beats me.

All mine wiped out as well shows 1970 ... 0

The formation looked awful at the start and we looked clueless as to who was meant to be doing what. It took us about 25 minutes to get going...although Cork had a decent shot after 19...our first attempt. Ricky cannot play upfront on his own in this league, we do not have anyone that has the mentality or game to run beyond him as different type of midfieders. Poor goal to give away and it was Luke Shaw v Fulham for long periods of the first half. Second half we clicked on but again no cutting edge or overplaying it - thought we were so on top we needed JayRods movement after 60 minutes and left that far too late its OK winning midfield but if you dont have anyone up front whats the point. A point was well deserved but Fulham were there for the taking and with a bit more imagination from Nige I think we could of won this.

Now your second bit I totally agree with ....but then again I don't get the weird obsession with FM either.

But thanks for gracing us with your views this forum would be lost without them

How many Scousers do we have in the team?

So why post on the thread then?? Its not compulsory

FA to take no action against Swansea defender Ashley Williams for incident with Robin van Persie http://bit.ly/W1wfcU #swans #mufc Fergie saying most dangerous thing on a football pitch....must of done a Wenger then and missed Keanes tackle on Haaland then.

I meant it gave Adkins 2 weeks to think about it....had we just gone straight into the next game without time to think of changing the tactics or formation we would of performed far better I am sure. To his credit he did try and change it round but the damage had been done and hard to up the tempo when playing that badly..we just got desperate.

Good post Window....JayRod had a good game against Reading, although should of scored he did well, we all of a sudden change formation and tactic to include Mayuke who hasn't started a game since when? In post match interview he said he scored loads in training....well that's light years away from match day and against 2 decent defenders like O'Shea and Cuellar. JayRod will be a decent player I am sure but is just lacking in confidence...leaving him on the bench after the last decent game is hardly likely to inspire him either. Ramirez was having a nightmare yet was left on he should of been the one taken off. Guly coming on was a good idea as the number of times the ball was played out to a deeper lying forward but we shouldn't of needed to get that far. The 2 weeks rest didn't help us at all and we should of started the same side as finished against Reading.

17th in the Championship of course

That was why it wasn't given...it was him going down like he had been poleaxed that helped Webb decide there was minimal contact. Webb's performance was the best I have seen in years but helped by both sides not able to hit a cows arse with a banjo and string together more than a handful of passes to teammates.

Dont agree with that at all - Mayuka dived was hardly any contact at all it was right in front of me. I know its the done thing now to slag off referees but Webb was very very good on Saturday and got 99.9% right IMO. The number of times he let it flow with advantage and the stopping it quickly when obvious it wasn't going to be was top reffing. Best one we have had all season by far.

Apologies didnt want this to go off on a tangent it was in answer to the post about the future is bright and it was under twelves. Will leave it at that . Good win for the u21's and having watched them against Man Utd when it was appalling good news.

I am not sure as don't get program but played central midfield holding - elegant, sprayed it wide, good engine and great control. Dan I think was his name. I do a bit of coaching and help run a team and see quite a few games - this lad looks the best I have seen in ages.

I watched the Saints u12s last night and they have a fantastic young lad playing for us - best young lad player I have seen in years. A long way to go for him yet and he has to cope with body changes but he looks top stuff IMO.

Please do not quote this troll...he has had this proved to be inaccurate time and time again.

The Iraq Minister Of Comms in full swing again then : http://www.supporters-direct.coop/?news-article=pst-welcomes-football-leagues-show-of-confidence-in-trust-bid The Pompey Supporters’ Trust moved one step closer to creating Britain’s biggest community club after The Football League gave the green light to its bid. Apart from Swansea and Exeter that is....

Well its hardly JayRods fault he was priced at that...I am more concerned we paid £12m for Gaston. British young strikers you pay a premium for anyway. Sunderland paid what £11m for Connor Wickam? I can see some talent in Jay and on Saturday he gave us another option to our forward play that no other striker we have does...apart from Mayuke who is deemed not a starter either and he cost what £3m? Our transfer policy this summer stinks of incompetence...non of that is the players fault and nor is the figure put on their heads either. What if he had been a free but we had paid him stupid wages over the same term? You obviously don't rate him that fair enough its all about opinions look at TT assessment on UI certainly not one I hold any regard to and that got shot down. He is young and improving and on Saturday his movement created space for others and I believe he will come good if he can score a few goals soon and get that confidence up - he would of done already if it hadn't been for a numpty lino!

Our group moved seats to save us £600 we have moved down to row W...it does my head in....late coming in, leaving 10 minutes before half time but the worst is the early leavers....why? You miss all the extra time and nerve jangling and the relief at the final whistle and for me the appreciation of the players efforts. Do we win that many Prem games it doesnt matter any more?

Agreed but as I said I think there were mitigating factors ......I spent the whole of last season sticking up for him to the two in front of me. Guly is talented but he does not do himself any favours some weeks

The outpouring of outrage on here is comical...it as if no other player has ever been boo'ed at a Saints game. Its nothing new...I remember going back to Melia at the Dell, the completely useless Lew Chatterley...Benali was boo'ed. Every club has fans that boo their players. I was more ****ed off with all the numpties leaving with 8 minutes left...FFS why? PS I didn't boo but thought it was the wrong choice at the time as it took away all our pace up front but Guly put in a good shift. I think some of it was because some still remember him coming on against Man Utd and Fulham that had some impact not excusing but a factor IMO