SaintBobby

I think MP's record is now W 3 D 3 L 3 ? If so, that's better than Adkins. But also, hasn't MP had a tough nine games? (playing 5 of the top 7 teams, or something?)

He was on the money. What part of what he said did you (or others) disagree with?

A draw would be a very good result. We're measurable underdogs, surely? After this match, only Spurs away looks really tricky. We should easily avoid relegation really. \We probably only need another 4 or 5 points and we will probably get 10-12.

Rickie Lambert isn't very, very lucky. He's very, very talented!

Back on topic, we are now 6th favourites for the drop - even after Wigan's win. We're at 6/1 - 7/1 with most bookies. The relegation odds on the betfair exchange (as decimals, showing how much you'd walk away with if you placed £1 on a team being relegated) are as follows: Reading £1.09 QPR £1.21 Wigan £2.08 Villa £2.86 Sunderland £4.80 Saints £8.03 West Ham £16.70 Norwich £17.60 Newcastle £20.00 Stoke £27.00 others are at 100/1 or longer

Seems to me to be a sensible approach if the money is used to buy players, which costs a lot up front but the benefits of which are spread over several years. Surely, the Saints squad is now fairly "complete" if we do stay up - we may sign another defender, maybe another winger/attacker, but we aren't going to spend as much as we have this year, are we? So, if you're going to assume Rodriguez, Ramirez, Clyne etc require one off capital outlays, why not borrow? The important thing, of course, is to have a plan B if relegated - can you sell sufficient players at sufficient prices to pay back the loan? It seems to me that we can. Quite comfortably.

I have us going into the last game on 40 points, 6 points clear of the drop zone - with Reading cut adrift at the bottom on just 24 points and a last day scramble between: 15 Newcastle 36 pts -16 GD 16 Aston Villa 37 pts -30 GD 17 Sunderland 34 pts -16 GD 18 QPR 34 pts - 23GD 19 Wigan 34 pts - 27 GD

We're probably staying up now. Probably need another 4-6 points. Would be astonishing if we didn't manage that. Are my feet on the ground?

He has been great this season, but I did wonder whether we might splash the cash on a top signing to replace him. Maybe the squad is now pretty "settled" and there won't be a lot of transfer activity in the summer.

We're doomed. Truly doomed. Fail to thrash QPR on Saturday and we're as good as down....

From radio commentary doesn't sound we've played too badly.

Danny bloody Fox

I think the funniest thing here is amongst the related stories - "Portsmouth saga nears end...." from October, yes October, last year.

True, but if they are, say, 12 points adrift with 6 games to go, they are as close to certain to get relegated as makes no difference. To apply the 10 point penalty at that point would simply shift the odds of relegation from 99.9% to 100%. Which doesn't amount to much of a punishment tbh.

Surely, it would be a farce to apply any points penalty this season. They are going to be relegated anyway.

The football on this afternoon is so dull, I might even tune into the Skates match.

Likely to have a chilling effect on Hall. The libel laws in this country are a joke. Pricey lawyers can push anyone around.

Obviously Saints related. We was robbed. Again.

If anyone has the text from POL, I'd greatly appreciate a copy via PM. Thanks.

Lol.

Not a fan of the paper. But I'm not offended by that frontpage. What's the offensive bit supposed to be?

I only wish we had a 58,000 capacity stadium. Then Saints could have all this financial excitement, instead of just selling c.90% of our seats - which is just dull tbh.

Isn't it 5-4 to Saints, rather than 4-3 in 2012/13? Lying media scumbags.

We should serously consider playing someone in the key role of forward sweeper.

We definitely need RL next season. It would have to be a ludicrous offer for us to sell him.