SuperMikey

Why the f*ck is Vic making that challenge when he's on a yellow? Stupid c*nt. Should have taken him off for Romeu.

Let's try and get the ball back at least, put them on the back foot for the last 10 minutes rather than sitting deep in our own half.

Our Second Half performances in the last few games have been rubbish, we always sit far too deep and invite pressure onto us. A good team will punish us for that, but luckily we're playing Bournemouth.

Cheers pal.

 

Has he been playing centre back or right back? I think he's better at centre back.

 

You are certainly right about his attitude. He is an obvious leader and was captain of our U21s. Even if he doesn't make it at Saints he should have a good solid career.

I think Jason will be an important player at whatever club he ends up at - he is influential and a good organiser. Reminds me of Fonte in a way.

Striker's finish from Yoshida! Great run up from RB.

If his performance against us at the Hawthorns was anything to go by then League 1 is about his level now. I haven't seen anything of him since then so hard to say if that was a one off or not.

Controversial opinion, but his legs were gone in the last couple of months of his final season with us. Rotting on the bench at Liverpool did him no good - it'd be in his best interest to take a final stand with Nige at Sheffield Utd and then bow out in glory rather than suffering the ignominy of not making the WBA squad..

I've just move to Amsterdam so can someone ask Ronald what brand of mayonnaise he prefers on his chips ?

Surely he'd prefer fritessaus? Much nicer.

Simples.

For games where we're expected to control possession and attack more: Vic & 2 of JWP/Davis/Clasie

For games where we're expected to have to defend more and be more physical: Vic, Romeu & 1 of JWP/Davis/Clasie.

Saints are my club first and foremost, I don't feel the same way about any team although I do follow a couple.

St Johnstone - Where I saw my first ever game (0-0 vs Aberdeen in 2000ish - not the best choice!), have family in the area so have been to McDiarmid plenty of times.

Eastleigh - Mate I used to work with dragged me to a few games, seen them a dozen times or so home and away. Good bunch of people, well run club on the up.

Hartley Wintney FC - Where I grew up, can almost see the pitch from my parents house! Another club on the up - former Saint Sam Argent is banging in the goals this season.

Guess that doesn't make me a proper Saints fan

Hopefully some progress here too..

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPw2tpvWsAAQtHU.jpg:large

Doesn't look like FF will be coming back any time soon - they amputated half of his leg

Good to meet Rallyboy yesterday and enjoy a few pints in the sun.

Looking forward to the Leicester meet up.

Pre-drinks at Hypo's?

When are they back? Nobody seems to know

Ron said in the pre-match build-up that Bertrand will be back in training on Monday, Clasie may be another couple of weeks.

Oh I see, its now exactly the amount they want and need, no more, no less

 

God knows why Merkel was trying to get other nations to take some of them.

I don't remember saying that, although perhaps in your alternative reality I did. Maybe in that reality you're not so much of a tedious c*nt.

Cheery pip!

You need to look at the demographics. When these younger people get old there will be far more old people than there are now. Then they will need even more younger people to pay for them. It's not a steady-state system, if it were there would be no need for more taxpayers to pay for the oldies.

But now you're just talking about population growth in general - that's a different topic. The global population has exploded recently, but Europe itself is a rapidly ageing continent and, as such, will experience a labour shortage in the future due to lower birth rates and higher life expectancy. Other continents like Africa and Asia are seeing huge population growth as quality of life there increases - birth rates are sustained at the high levels that they have traditionally been at, but life expectancy is up and infant mortality is down. It's only logical to capitalise on the young populations of these areas to our advantage and that's exactly what Germany is doing. It's not only a humanitarian act, but also a clever economic one too.

If Merkel/Germany was so keen and desperate for all these extra people to save their economy, why was she trying to get rid of many to other nations? Why aren't they laying old planes direct from Syria to Munich Airport?

Because they've taken in an amount they feel will work well for their economy without being a financial burden in the short-term, but there are still hundreds of thousands of people out there who need to be settled, and many other European countries who can benefit from having these people in their country as Germany will do. Look, there's even a Wikipedia page I can show you to help you grasp the concept of migrants being good for a country's economy!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ageing_of_Europe

That's a giant Ponzi scheme. In time these younger contributors will get old and need supporting themselves.

Is everyone being sterilised now? I must've missed that memo. If that's not the case I suppose there would be people younger than them at some stage to replace them.

Of course, that's why Merkel was campaigning for other countries to take more.

I'm not sure if I understand your wonderfully eloquent and well-developed point. Care to elucidate?

I didn't say Germany was "so very obsessed with portraying itself as Europe's 'Mr Nice Guy'". They're stuck with these people and so are trying to spin it as best they can, its what politicians do. Merkel has rattled on for ages about other countries taking their "fair share", as that falls on deaf ears, she has no choice but to deal with the situation the best she can.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34172729

Stuck with the labour force required to help support their ageing population - which will see 60% of the population be aged 65+ by 2060? Those German idiots, they're stuck with them now.

https://twitter.com/pompey_rob/status/638809010188230656 :lol:

Best thing i've seen in ages! Hahaha :lol:

#meltdown

He's been poor in every single game this season, especially tonight and against Newcastle. Tbf he is playing in almost an entirely new defence, but he needs to take a look at himself.

Credit where credit is due, Midtjylland were the much better team over the 2 legs. Impressive defending and organisation, and we couldn't break them down.

So disappointed to be out considering all the hard work of last season is now effectively meaningless, but at least it gives us the opportunity to focus on maintaining our league performance.

He looked good in pre-season, but Koeman seems to have decided he is bottom of the pecking order when it comes to attackers. Very strange.

It's almost as if the man who sees him in training every day has made a decision on his ability based on that rather than a few fleeting appearances in pre-season...very strange.

Blimey Samaritans must have gone into meltdown tonight going on the comments since the team was announced.

That'll play more like a 3-5-2 rather than 5-3-2:

---------------STEKELENBURG-------------

-------CAULKER----FONTE----YOSHI-------

MARTINA----------ROMEU---------TARGETT

------------DAVIS--------JWP-------------

------------PELLE--------J-ROD------------

Romeu will sit, Davis and JWP will push higher up to support the strikers and Martina & Targett will look to provide support out wide. Looks like a decent team to me!

Is there a dodgy website.com for tonight's game?

http://lsh.drakulastream.eu/

For people talking about needing a creative midfielder - we have Clasie due back in the next few weeks. Him sitting in front of Romeu + Wanyama could be a very good combination for us, so lets wait and see on that one..

I was working during the game today so can't comment on the result too much, but a point away from home is never a bad thing. We should really be beating Watford but our squad is still a while away from full cohesion and we're missing a few players so I wouldn't read into it too much at this time. 2 points from 3 games is a bit disappointing considering all 3 were winnable but I fully expect us to spank somebody in the next few weeks and then go on a run like we usually do at some point in the season.