Jimmy_D

Well toilets do take pi... What do you mean that's not what you meant?

West Ham's thread was claiming they were champions in waiting... This thread is pointing something we've ALREADY done. Even if we fail to win, this run will still stand.

Didn't expect that... rumours going round that tickets for their game against us will actually go on general sale. No doubt they'll still sell out, but it's another indication that the support for the team just isn't there any more. The state of their club, combined with us, Brighton and Reading all around them being above them in the league must be starting to squeeze on their catchment area now.

Starts talking about Saints at 5.28 and http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15415698.stm is a longer lasting link.

I think if Lallana was only being rested, he'd already have been back, at least on the bench. Also, we'd have probably done it before this run of tough games we're going through, instead of when we need him most. With only 5 spots on the bench, I wouldn't put a sub keeper on there, at least for league games. Teams can go entire seasons without using one, and the lack of one would negatively affect one game every few seasons, while not necessarily costing anything (BWP super rush goalie keeping a clean sheet while he was on springs to mind). Meanwhile, the extra option off the bench could potentially positively affect several games a season, especially with Adkins' record of making game changing subs. This would leave us in effect with only 1 less sub than we had last year, with the slight risk of a goalkeeper injury losing us a game. Obviously it'd be different in cup games, where knockout rules apply and you only get one chance, or if the keeper is prone to injury, but I believe having an outfield player on the bench instead of a sub keeper would win more points than it'd lose over a season of league games. (Especially as some of those points could come a few seasons later from being able to have given a youth player the chance to get a few appearances)

I don't see how they could afford a new stadium any time soon. Their attendances so far this season aren't good enough for them to keep up with the CVA, so income isn't going to pay for it. A global recession, not to mention they haven't even STARTED paying off a CVA from the last time they went bankrupt, would make any financing for the stadium extortionately expensive. Not to mention increases in the price of materials over the last few years... Yes, they desperately need a new stadium, not because they need the extra capacity, but because of the state of the old one, but I can't believe how many Pompey fans are talking about it as a realistic possibility.

Didn't we have a waiting list for season tickets at The Dell before we moved?

Ah well, niether team playing first teamers, reduced the match to a virtual coin flip. Need to make the home game against Boro count now.

Resorted to nuns far too early. Blatant tactical error.

It occurs to me that any decent managers Pompey might have had as a target now have the far more attractive job at Leicester to look at.

BBC News have finally got around to mentioning the 6-3 result, showing that beautiful lob by Le Tissier, pointing out it happened a week after the 5-0 result by Newcastle, and asking if things are worse now because they've been thrashed like that at home.

Have to say I'd be happy to see Sven given the Pompey job

I've only been there when England were playing, jeez it was awful getting there that day.

Wonder what the odds are on him managing Pompey now?

Like we did against Blackpool

http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b016ps55/?t=4m41s No it wasn't!

Relax, you're not as worried about getting humiliated as they are.

Davis for me. That save from the long range effort where he just about managed to get the slightest touch on it to take it over... not to mention a load of other stops to keep us in the game.

One of my favourite riders, I was looking forward to seeing him develop in MotoGP RIP

He's a Reading fan, and played for them for a long long time. AFAIK He's not currently on our payroll, but we are letting him train with us while he tries to recover from his injury, for which he's very very grateful to us, but he's still Reading at heart.

http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?33332-Reading-v-Saints-Post-Match-Reaction&p=1169847#post1169847

Point gained I reckon!

Definite point gained there.

Would be disappointed if we don't win now

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