Crab Lungs

I didn't realise you were an expert in building/architects fields as well. Please, tell me more.

Christ. Christ. So many special comments on here these days, it's infuriating to read. Nothing wrong with having an opinion, but when it's biased, blinkered dogsh1t it's hard for reasonable people to accept sometimes. Gaston's rubbish? Right, ok. As someone said above, it'll prove to be the Schneiderlin debate of yesteryear. And the Boruc one. And the Rodriguez one. And the Lallana one. And the Puncheon one. And the (S) Davis one. He's 22. He's come from a completely different football style, country, environment, language. He's not the finished product but f()cking hell, if you can't see that he's got a lot of room for improvement AND is on course to fulfill it then you don't know much about football. I'm sure you'll all agree that Ronaldo was rubbish in his first season in the Premier League and hasn't improved since, right?

That would be absolutely brilliant.

Jesus Christ.

OK, I'll probably come to watch BUT will bring my stuff, just in case. Also, can someone paint me out a technical area? I fancy being a bit of an Andy Crosby.

I didn't see it?

Went "all out" and stuck 40p e/w on a load of randoms, one of which was Auroras Encore or whatever it's name was. Yay for me. Bloody gutted I didn't stick a tenner on it, though, like my other ones. Ha, hindsight.

He used the Montauk chair to travel back to January 17th 2013 but it went wrong. Now he's only partly in this dimension If you look closely, you can see parts of Dean Wilkins still fused to the technical area at St. Mary's

Haha, likewise. Put a small bit on Rare Bob and Becauseicouldntsee too!

A small price to pay with what he's delivered and what we stand to gain by staying up (assuming we do). Still don't like how he operates though, but I'm gritting my teeth at the moment in preparation of accepting that he was absolutely spot on to bring Pochettino in.

Been saying it before (as someone else on here has, I can't remember who though) - I wouldn't swap our midfield for almost any of the ones we come up against every week. We have a simply brilliant midfield and great blend. Liverpool, no. Man Utd, no. Spurs, possibly (if it includes Bale). Arsenal, possibly. Man City (three good 'uns and the rest are ****, so no). Everton? No. Very, very underrated, but now people are taking notice. And because they're taking notice, it's the acid test over the summer - can we keep our midfield together?

This.

The blokes a massive pr1ck. I'd love to meet him, I really would. He banned me when I politely questioned him on Twitter and since then (it's been almost 18 months now) I've had to read his drivel without any possible opportunity to reply to him. He's got to be one of the biggest bell-ends on the South Coast, let alone Portsmouth. I hate his sarcastic overtones and shameless trumpeting of "victories" against people they owe some serious money to. I hate the fact that he blames everyone else and doesn't subscribe to the fact they cheated and worst of all, I hate his inane, pathetic and factually baseless witterings about their brilliant support. If he was a bit tubbier, he'd be like that weasel on Demolition Man. You're a c()nt, Allen, you're a c()nt.

Two JWP's and two Yoshida's?

Didn't MP go on a crazy winning streak with Espanyol once he got to grips with them after taking over? I wonder if this could be the start of one for us? I bloody hope so, anyway...

You're right, I wasn't AT ALL. I watched the videos yesterday and rightly or wrongly, the press were basically harassing him. If you've read his autobiography, which I have, it clearly states he believes Mussolini did good and bad things. He had admiration for some things, repulsion for others - and he's got a fair, honest point. Watching them yesterday try and create a headline out of his beliefs and gloss over what he actually said was disgusting. No wonder people, when given the opportunity, give 'em a smack in the mouth... (BTW, I always listen to Guardian Football Weekly in the hope that they mention us... they did, briefly. Again!)

I should clarify... Schneiderlin will be capped (and appreciated) by France. Our equally gifted young English players won't be called up to their respective senior squads until they've moved on OR done so much that they can't be ignored.

He'll be capped by France, no question. I think it's very unlikely our equally gifted English players won't get a sniff though. I'm sure Welbeck, Sturridge, Rodwell, Henderson, Cleverley will deserve every one of their 50+ caps. Ha.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2302698/Paolo-Di-Canio-press-conference--live.html

I'm glad Paolo told them to poke it... absolute w4nkers http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/apr/02/paolo-di-canio-sunderland

He might not be a better manager (in fact, I don't think tactics even come into it with PdC) but he's probably the shot in the arm they need and wouldn't have gotten from O'Neill. Their prospects are better now for it IMO. BTW, it wasn't a Nazi salute, try to understand why he did it and what it means properly. I'm not defending it, but people need to do a little homework, not read the yellow ticker on Sky Sports News...

The ITV commentator yesterday tried to pass off Welbeck's poor first touch as deliberate and something he does to fool the defenders. Pundits, commentators... almost all of them are not right in the head. Neither is Woy. Pace = completely pointless argument. His games not about pace besides, it didn't harm Klose or Sheringham, who, like Rickie, have quickness of thought. Age = inconsequential, providing Rickie keeps himself fit. His game isn't going to decline rapidly like Michael Owen's - he doesn't rely on a single, solitary attribute - he's well rounded as a footballer. Liverpool miss - Ridiculous argument. Players miss chances. Rickie's got 14 goals this season and made another 10 (I think?). How's Sturridge and Welbeck getting on? Or Rooney for that matter...

The Samoan's are big lads :-o

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4158639/Football-Confidential-Latest-news-in-brief-from-across-English-football.html

Personally, I quite like John Terry as a footballer and he's no-where near on a level of ****ishness compared to people like Ferdinand.