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A very small minority are blaming him completely for the draw, though he contributed a significant part. He was very poor today though, our worst player by quite a difference and didn't show the same desire as the others.

Amazingly I totally agree with you. I'm not sure why some posters feel that you are not allowed to criticise a player. What does being top of the league or previous good performances have to do with this performance that was very poor?

Been around longer than I thought then! He really is a Southampton legend and a surprising amount of people know who he is!

THE TV GIVES A DISTORTED REALITY OF THE GAME. The microphones were not situated near the away fans. You are a mong in my opinion if you think that sitting quietly in the home end is the second best way to experience the game after sitting in the away end.

FFS. Why is giving justifiable criticism to a player after a bad performance hurling abuse because it is fashionable? A player is not immune from criticism after a poor performance!

I'm not sure why you think that sitting quietly in the home end is preferable to watching it on the TV. For me it is infinitely preferable. You say you would never miss it, but in reality you did pretty much considering you had to basically sit on your hands for the entire game. From the away end, 100% of home support was disappointing. Your lad persona is tiresome.

Plus his 'lad' status would have elevated our support to another level. What a pity.

Of course. I said to all those who paid the skates money and then sat in their home and and contributed nothing to the atmosphere. London games are utterly different. By all means sit in the home end at some games but this is the derby game. It's completely different.

What is wrong with giving praise where it is due and also criticising when due? Previous good peformances doesn't make him immune from criticism when he has an awful game, particularly when that awful game is against Portsmouth.

Just watched it on TV and it gives an extremely distorted view of the reality.

Up the saints who were in the away end and sang proudly. To all the saints fans who paid money to the skates to sit quietly in the home end and provide nothing towards the atmosphere I say you are idiots.

Yes actually. I fail to see how sitting quietly with the enemy in their ground and giving them money to do so is better than watching it on TV.

No chance will Beattie be.

He may not be a skate, but he is most definitely a w*nker. What sort of bellend goes to their biggest rivals and sits in the home end? I bet he didn't even celebrate the saints goal.

Why? Because I think De Ridder has done alright this season? Because I use the evidence of my own eyes from away games I have been to make my own assessments? Not sure why I'm even bothering with you because you are basically saying you are right based on the fact that de ridder did not play in one game. Tool.

If he bothered to focus then he would do much better. As I said, he has basically given up.

He is supposedly a journalist. Most likely a skate one.

I do think some of it was over the top though. Quite a few of the police were just hanging about not doing anything and things like the helicopter were just pointless.

That would suggest he is less mentally ill than I thought!

Well done to whoever released the flares. Really got the atmosphere going when it went a bit flat.

Jackanory is clearly a skate.

TBF I don't think you could have predicted how easily it actually was. We were quickly in and out with no holdups.

I thought the atmosphere from us was decent. I sang almost constantly throughout and the people around me did too. You can also see me in the replay of the goal charging down the stairs on about 68 minutes I think.

You would say that. I would love boris for pm. He is the sort of bloke that has universal appeal.

Today was not the kind of day for that performance. I said before the game that anyone not putting in 100% effort is shameful and I don't believe he was unlike everyone else. There were many times he should have chased the ball but didn't. Can't forgive that against them.