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You are unlikely by challenging him to change the behaviour or opinions of someone saying this kind of thing. I challenged someone in the past with predictable results. The appropriate and sensible thing to do is to report the incident to the club and he'll get banned.

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This from the report on the Claret's Mad website: "We were only in the eighth minute of the game when the Saints marched into the lead. It was no surprise to see Guly Do Prado involved. He turned in as good an individual performance yesterday as I've seen from a player all season in the Championship." Secondly let's nail this assertion that Guly was responsible for Skate's equaliser. Granted he might have been more decisive in either staying on the post or attacking the ball but the reason their player had the opportunity was because he was unmarked. The reason their player was unmarked is because our favourite midfield player Adam Lallana wandered off and left Fonte (I think Fonte) with two players to mark, one of them the goalscorer.

This is what's called being damned with feint praise.

Good day for bollock chops. Acquitted then Capello resigns.

It's relevant to the extent that it's fact. Things haven't gone so well of late but the goals haven't dried up. My point was in response to an argument that our midfield freezes in front of goal. I suggest the midfield is there primarily to help create goals. The forwards will deliver if the supply is there.

Except that Saints are the highest scorers in the Championship FF. Someone to pick out Lee's runs is required in midfield. I've been impressed with Reeves.

It's easy to come on here and slag off the manager and criticise the players but how many of us didn't bother to turn up.

Sounds like Saints fans have really got to him. He's set himself up for the return fixture. He'll need nerves of steel at St Mary's

A reasonable summary Brummiehants except I disagree that Fox went over the ball with the challenge for which he received his first yellow card. It was a perfectly good, hard tackle. I think Hughton said he thought the booking was warranted because the tackle was "fairly fierce". Well, if you get booked for fairly fierce tackling then we may as well all go and play beach volleyball.

I'd be worried if, in good weather conditions, we'd had that much possession and created so little but 0-0 to the weather tonight. Sending off, my ar.se.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/feb/03/fans-portsmouth-winding-up?INTCMP=SRCH

Is it Danny Murphy?

You're wrong and the central midfield. It did ok. The reason we didn't capitalise on our possession was poor delivery from the fullbacks. If we go up and continue to play a similar formation we need better quality from fullbacks/wingbacks.

He made one diagonal run so fast I thought he was teleporting.

He's good in the air. Yesterday was a good all round performance and the best I've seen him play.

Should Saints draw Liverpool it would be interesting to see whether Adkins plays his strongest side in the replay against Millwall.

All footballers?

At the beginning of the transfer window Sharp said words to the effect that he was going to wait and see what offers came in. I guess he had hopes of a transfer to the PL. Around the same time Adkins alluded to the fact that we might have to wait until towards the endof the window when most transfer business is done. I think Sharp was the first or one of the first forwards Saints were linked with so Iguess he's been high on Adkins' list. Could all be conjecture but could Adkins have been waiting for Sharp to make up his mind on whichever clubs came in for him? It seemed to be a similar scenario with Cork's transfer. Seemed to me he too was seeing what offers there were before deciding.

Availability.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/2012/01/18/southampton-make-final-bid-to-tempt-celtic-hitman-gary-hooper-south-as-they-offer-to-treble-striker-s-wages-86908-23705411/

Cardiff, Reading, Birmingham.

Seagull, a difference between Brighton's disciplinary record and those of other teams is a deep suspicion that whereas most teams have one or two players who make the most of fouls, with Brighton the "professional" fouls, the play acting, the constant pressure on the referee, the time wasting, are sanctioned by Poyet. Like it or not, there is a perception that Poyet has introduced a cynical styleof play which I suggest does your club no credit. It reminds me of the style of Don Revie's Dirty Leeds. As you say, Brighton have some good players so is all the gamesmanship necessary? The cynical answer would be yes because with the assistance of incompetent officials it won you the game but let's not kid ourselves it's football.

Chaplow has been a big miss because he gets forward from midfield into dangerous positions. We need him back or get someone else playing the same way. I'd like to see Lallana released from the left where it's easier for the opposition to blunt the danger he poses. Move him inside where he can damage the opposition and get him on the ball as much as possible.

Insightful summary but I disagree with the final paragraph. Cork and Hammond may have made a more combative midfield but it would't have moved the ball any quicker to address the problem you identified of needing to match bristol's tempo. De ridder created his own opportunities but his final ball is too often poor.