The Kraken

Poor old Fr*tton*ser (there we go, I edited it to protect the innocent) seems to have lost his marbles over the whole affair; quite sad, the dear fellow. The idea of the "lets never talk about scummahs again, apart from a new place we'll create where we'll only talk about scummahs" is simply brilliant.

Cry me a river.

They see it differently on POL. Yep, getting absolutely battered (9 shots Pompey, 19 shots Bournemouth), at home, by the club currently in 19th place, who played 3 or 4 of their reserves. What a shot in the arm :lol:

Pompey are bound to take this on pens now. Bompey should have been out of sight.

"You're going home in a Pompey ambulance". Classy and original to the very last.

Howie really is too good for League 1 football. Quality player.

The Pompey Trust will be disappointed that they're only just over halfway to their 10,000 estimate for the cup games. In addition to the 5,318 for the Plymouth League Cup game. Can anyone smell bullsh*t??

What a goal that is.

Silly rule. Our second GK is an U21 so it shouldn't matter how many overage keepers are in a squad.

MK away for the semi first leg, there was around 7,000 in attendance (probably about half made up of Saints fans). Makes Pompey look good.

Without wishing to stick up for them............no, Mike. No it isn't. Let's not be silly; there's plenty to mock down the road without making things up.

I wouldn't get too boastful. In our first ever JPT game (2009-10) against Charlton we got just over 9,000.

Chas: Wow, you do spectacularly miss the point very well, don't you? I wonder if its deliberate or just a concerted attempt to be obtuse and misrepresent other people's views. I've made my point on this one, and stand by it. Agree to disagree if you will, but I have no desire to engage anymore with someone who either doesn't get the point or just wants to twist it to their own ends.

St. Mary's was packed to the gunwales. Fact.

It was close, but no, in the end I went with Keith Granger.

On the sub's bench with Marcelo Sarmiento.

I've previously done a "best Saints XI of players of my lifetime", ie players that I can actually remember seeing for Saints (pretty much 82 or 83 onwards). It is: Peter Shilton Jason Dodd - Michael Svensson - Mark Wright - Mark Dennis Jimmy Case - Steve Williams Rod Wallace - Matt Le Tissier - Danny Wallace Alan Shearer

Indeed, and thanks for reading my comments as they were intended without putting a silly misinterpreted spin on them. Now I know you're having a laugh. Guly is just about the most derided player on here and at the ground; exactly because he's not a blood and thunder merchant. "Too lazy", "always trying stuff that doesn't come off", "frustrating languid style" are all comments on read about him on here. And Richard Chaplow is often suggested a much better option by fans on here (though clearly not the manager) because he's a box to boxer. De Ridder was initially championed as a much better option as he was quick and got stuck in, until it finally twigged that he was actually very average with the ball. I'm not for a minute saying everyone thinks it, that would be ludicrous, but its a common theme that I've read many times on here so its not exactly a tiny minority either. Your comments about fitness levels are valid (if not fairly obvious). And its good that we seem to have a squad who are on top fitness, especially so when this has clearly not been the case in our recent past.

Agreed on the first point, to an extent. As I've said earlier I think against Man City he was sometimes a bit naive and got needlessly caught in posession at least a couple of times. Also I've been critical in the past that he has a tendency to be a bit sloppy with simple passing, sometimes in dangerous areas of the pitch. Wigan, well the whole team didn't really perform or stand out in that so I won't pass comment. And against United he seemed to have learnt his lessons from the City game and had one of the best games I've ever seen him play. So yes, I think he can progress even further to be a really good player for us. He does need to find a level of consistency though, and cut out the casualness and carelessness which have previously been the downside to an otherwise calm and technically gifted player. Running around a lot is no real benchmark as far as I'm concerned.

Being as post #13 included no reference from myself to the ability of any player, I think you probably need to take more care in your reading (and avoid putting words in other people's mouths which, as you'll see from my post #16, I clearly don't believe in the first place).

Where did I say it was all he did? I'm just a bit baffled that the ability to run around a lot is being used as a marker of what a great player Morgan has become. I thought he was exceptional against Man United. Against Man City and Wigan, less so, I've continually stated he needs to cut out the sometime casual and careless nature of his game (which he did sublimely against United). His ability to cover more ground than anyone else doesn't actually mean a lot to me, if I'm honest (though its good to know he's pretty fit).

You won't be "way down" the queue at all. You're a season ticket holder so will still have the opportunity for tickets (just as ST holders did for Arsenal, you just had to be quick to get them). I also doubt our away game against Everton will sell out (and if it does certainly not as rapidly as the Arsenal game), so if you're prepared to get a ticket for that you'll push yourself further up in priority. This is an entirely new system based on points earned home and away; inherently it is extremely fair. But the downside is that, right at the beginning of the system, a lot of people will be around the same number of points. It'll soon even itself out, and if you continue to attend away games as well as homes you'll be in the top priority bracket very soon.

It never ceases to amaze me how some of our fans equate running around a lot to being a great player.

This is it, really. Its no good coming up with brave performances against the likes of Man City and Man United and then not being able to replicate that against the lower ranked sides. We were poor against Wigan, and that was the match we really needed a top performance from. NA won't (or shouldn't) be judged on how the team and he peforms against the big sides; his fate will be determined by the results and performances against the sides in the bottom half of the table.