Jimmy_D

If JP ends up back here for any length of time, it's possible he'll get back in the team. He'd have to prove to Adkins and just as importantly the team that he wants to be here though, that his attitude has changed. He won't be given another chance for free, but it's possible he might be able to earn one if he gets his head down and works hard in training here after his loan finishes.

Awful news RIP I don't think it'll be the end of the Red Arrows. The BAE Hawk T1 (aka the Red Arrow plane) is extensively used as a training aircraft and no doubt will go through a thorough investigation to try and find any inherent safety problems, but it has a very good safety record. It's also in the process of being replaced with the BAE Hawk T2 (Although I'm not sure if this includes the Red Arrows themselves), so this might speed up that replacement, but the Red Arrows are too good a recruitment tool for the RAF to be phased out, even in the face of two tragedies this close together.

So he wants exclusive information on our transfer targets, and he dangles a carrot of writing a positive story about us to try and get it, then goes off on one on Twitter when we don't bite? Sod him, we get positive stories written about us every single week in the match reports. Edit: Hm, maybe my sarcasm detector needs recalibrating again... or maybe sleep heh. Ah well, either way, positive stories will be written one way or the other while we're doing well on the pitch, and negative ones while we're not doing well. Point being, the bits on the pitch come first.

It's an interesting question, and depends on whether you mean in absolute or relative terms. In relative terms, we've obviously had better league finishes, and have been in the past one of the best teams in Europe. In absolute terms though, there's no doubt that as time goes on, the standard of football is improving, especially in the areas of diet, fitness, and sport science. I'd argue that the style our current team plays with is better than some Prem teams. The biggest argument against the original question probably isn't from the teams of the 70's and 80's, which had a similar style, as their fitness would probably let them down against our current team. The more recent Strachan years though, would put up a much tougher fight against us. Their fitness was arguably better than ours is now, and being more recent, the standard of football hasn't moved on so far. I'd probably say they'd just about edge it against the current team. I'll admit though, that this current team is the one I've had most fun watching week in week out in my lifetime.

Really no reason (or need) to lock it (yet). It is relevant (just about) to Saints... Someone will probably produce a list of all the milton stands in the world, including obscure non relevant ones like a milton lemonade stand somewhere or something, there'll be a bit of banter about the value of the information and how the person that did the list had far too much time on their hands, then it'll be dropped off the bottom of the first page and be lost to history... probably to be resurrected at some point when some club decides to call a new stand 'milton'... Alternatively, it might go off track, turn into a slanging match between posters, and THEN it'll get locked.

I think Chaplow off a two week rest will destroy their passing game and we'll win quite comfortably. If they try and sit back like they did last time I reckon we've got enough to unlock them now.

There's a tiny little thread in The Lounge that deals with this sort of stuff...

I like how there are so many Pompey fans waxing lyrical about how good an appointment a coach they'd never heard of until 5 minutes ago would be. Also... so you like it better when no-one replies? The very post after you used up one of your three posts for the day trying to get replies? The only one getting embarrassed here is you Corp.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15616925.stm Is it just me, or does Roy Hodgson sound like a saleman in that article?

More like any credibility you once had has long since evaporated. It really doesn't matter whether you're right or wrong any more. The fact you're so desperate for us to comment suggests you're trying to convince yourself as much as us. That's ok, you can keep burying your head in the sand, we'll keep watch. How's your search for a new manager going; surely you're at least fulfilling the first requirement of him having Championship experience right?

So you think those teams that won those titles way back then could compete in today's football? Heh.

Yes, yes, pfc... you've stabilised back to your normal status of having outgoings that exceed income... with your bumper crowd of 14k (still below what you need to pay the CVA, btw) due to the return of Cotterill, you must be really confident about your future.

Ironically, despite how much everyone moans about it, the non-3pm kickoffs are to protect the 3pm kickoffs, as it allows games to be shown on TV around the 3pm blackout that encourages people to actually go and attend a local game instead of just watching the football on the TV.

£2k a week!? He's probably taking a pay cut if he does go!

Jeez, so we're STILL the last team to beat Huddersfield?

Get Jos in permenantly, and possibly a backup centre back, depending on how long it's expected before Seabourne is back. I don't think we need another attacker, but we can always get one in on loan if we get injuries.

West Ham were very very lucky, scored with their only two shots on target, and managed to keep fourteen shots on target from Hull out.

I'm personally pretty happy that every single goal of every single league team gets shown. Used to be that you'd be lucky to see all the goals on the local evening news, as they wouldn't always show them all, and if you missed it, you were stuffed as YouTube and iPlayer weren't around then... The first couple of seasons after dropping out of the Prem and away from MotD (or The Premiership on ITV >_

This one's a good read as well. http://www.sportsclubstats.com/England/ChampionshipLeague.html After each game, it simulates the rest of the season a million times, then posts the chances of each finishing position, our chances will be slightly better as today's results haven't been added yet.

Have to admit, when we went 4-2 up, the Posh game did come to mind!

Aye. I can't remember the last time we had a boring mid table season, we always seem to be chasing playoffs, or promotion, or battling relegation...

Don't know about anyone else, but I always look for opposition views of the game. It's a habit I picked up during history lessons, to always try and get more than one perspective, especially if I haven't seen it first hand.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/championship/8869952/Coventry-City-2-Southampton-4-match-report.html We're already promoted according to the Telegraph Sub-headline: "Read a full match report of the Premier League game between Coventry City and Southampton at the Ricoh Arena on Saturday Nov 05 2011."

Win It For Markus

What's going on at Boro?