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I think we did do it under Nige, at least a little. This is going to be one of the things we'll miss about NA... the approach and attitude he had reflected upon the team...

Most of our team got a 6 whilst some of Norwich's got a 7? I don't think he watched the game, lol. I'm not massive on media bias but I do get annoyed at media stupidity.

Not when you've got 15 for finishing and heading. It'll come good, just like it does on Football Manager.

It's still too early to fully judge MP's reign but I will say one thing (something I said at the very start after Everton) - attacking wise, incisiveness-wise, we've regressed, massively.

Newcastle winning, 93rd minute goal.

This. He created a brilliant vibe, an attitude.. and we were far more incisive in our attacking play. I really do fear for us now... other teams are coming good while we're just... plodding. I hope MP can turn it around........ we do play some decent stuff but I can't be the only one getting sick of dominating teams but continuously failing to put them away...

Funnily enough, me too now. Have a relative from Australia coming over for a family funeral... but in the meantime, he'd like to go to the game too. Gah. If anyone can help with two tickets (after the rest on here have been sorted), it's be appreciated.

That's odd. I'm sure a skate told me we were running 89% of our turnover and were likely to go pop. Surely not another portsmyth?

True, not disagreeing...

Barcelona case in point. However, some managers can get more out of the same players... or organise them better, etc..

Spot on. I remember watching Beatts at Old Trafford and the team just ignored him. Utter tw4ts. But they'd pass away to that useless turd Heskey, oh yes..

That's a proper rallying call. No bleating or whinging about how unfair everything is - they've just been getting on with it. And then there's the DFCSB's. Horrible club.

Exactly what I was thinking.

Bucket rattling incoming...

He's not great, but he'll always finish 1st or 2nd in a two-horse race. Mancini would finish third.

What we've gained in workrate and pressing we've lost in incisiveness and latterly under Adkins Prem reign, organisation. It's long been my fear that this would happen BUT it's only six games in under MP so it's too early to judge. FWIW, I'm seeing more positives than negatives at the moment, but only just. I don't remember Adkins' teams running out of ideas that much - we always had chances in games. That QPR result was a bl00dy stinker, though. Completely unacceptable.

I don't know why the media are surprised when City play sh1t. They've been playing sh1t ever since Mancini took over, with the exception of maybe 5 performances. Every other time they've relied on individual brilliance to drag them out of the brown mucky stuff, time and again. A half decent manager would have them much closer to United and probably wouldn't have bought such average rubbish like Rodwell - who is, at best, a mediocre midfielder (for mediocre, also see; Shelvey, Livermore, Henderson, Cleverley etc). I'd wager that even someone like Paul Lambert, Steve McClaren or Alex McLeish would have City much, much closer. Mancini will be found out if he has to actually coach and organise his next side, not just pick eleven players and hope for the best. Irrespective, cheers for the win tonight, City!

I said we have lacked movement since mp took charge, maybe something to do with running ourselves into the ground? Anyway, I think chsplow is a fit...

Very kind of you to say so (thank you) but I think I called someone a **** around a month ago. I wholly retract it, though. First time I've proper lost it since... well, since the infamous Bucket Rattlers rant

I'll take a look now... "Faaaaaaaackin' scummah caaaaants, we is Pommeee, innit?" Grrr, I hate reading their rubbish.

As said above, his own blog host got the typical Pompey brush off last week when he got himself (and them) in trouble. Can't say it hasn't been coming. I'm sure the frothy mouthed skates will start abusing and intimidating people about this soon...

We have lost the cutting edge we had under Adkins. The blade's not as sharp any more, for all the positives of the pressing game etc.

That was a ****ing disgrace. Fuming.

This is an utter disgrace. Utter, utter disgrace. Draw or defeat, it's a ****ing travesty.

Try http://www.usagoals.com/live/370223-southampton-fc-vs-queens-park-rangers/watch/stream/online/free/feed/p2p/en/vivo/tv/gratis/