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I wasn't there sadly but I was curious about how loud the stadium was even though it wasn't full. Yours thoughts?

Nicely summarised. An additional complication is that Pompey don't own their ground, Chenrai does. So any buyer of the club would have to negotiate with Chenrai and take out a lease. Not quite sure who would be daft enough to do that.

I am not sure anyone will buy them. Our administration was relatively clean cut. All assets went with the deal and Norwich Union accepted a reduced payment. Pompey's is a real mess. The ground is owned by one external party, the land outside by another. The club has no real assets, and have abjectly failed to keep to the terms that led them out of administration last time. Can't see HMRC doing a deal this time - they will want all their money. Its also interesting that AA has not been allowed to be administrator this time. Anyone buying the club is going to have to stump up serious money, rather than come up with a promise of future payments. I went on the Pompey not 606 forum (felt really dirty doing so). They are in wrist-slitting mode. They may well not survive this time and have to do an AFC Wimbledon. Which may be for the best in the long run. They might end up being run as a proper football club, which they haven't been for a very long time. Much as we all enjoy putting one over them, I would not wish this on any genuine football supporter.

I remember the 77-78 promotion season as being one where Saints started slowly, got into the top three in late Autumn and stayed there the rest of the season. Spent most of the second half of the season really consistently and caught up Bolton and Spurs. Went top for three days and ended up second. This season is a bit different, assuming that the end result is the same. Playing fantastic football and being in the top two all season, having a mid-season slump and hopefully recovering. Can't see the parallels myself.

http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?35723-New-Saints-Manager-Available This was the thread I was talking about. Moreover, the post about how you thought if Capello was on the market you'd get rid of Adkins even though he is doing a superb job. My point was, what's the point of looking on the negative side of matters. Say we did lose yesterday and do on Tuesday, why right off automatic promotion chances based on two games out of a possible 46. That was my point about starting absurd threads. HTH

Noodles, this is the second completely monumentally stupid thread you have posted (the other one being "get rid of Adkins". Seriously mate...

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I had SKID MARKS on my BLUE boxers. Surely an omen?

This thread is, quite frankly, ridiculous. I've started stupid threads in my time but this one gets my vote for "Most idiotic thread of the year" award

Completely agree. If you want us to win every single game then go and support Man Utd but IMO Saints is for people who stick with it through the thick and thin. Atm, we're in the best league position we've been in ages and, depite the bad run of form, still play better than we have over the past 6 years. Why get rid of NA for that just because we can't win a few games. Tbh it really ****es me off

Smuggled a bottle lid into the Northam. When I had sat down and then went to get myself a pie the steward stopped me and said I had a bottle in my coat. I duly gave over the lid but he didn't seem to notice the other bottle in my coat. Anyway, my point is, if I was in block 40, why shouldn't I be allowed it since it was half empty and I couldn't hurl it at the away fans even if I wanted to and wouldn't want to throw it at the home fans?

They're well and truly stuffed. No-one will buy them with the £20 million debt to the previous owners. So administration again, points deduction and relegation. This time I think that HMRC will get their money. They're fed up with the football debt rule and looking to give someone a good kicking. So expect a court case and no acceptance of Administration terms. There is a very real risk that they will end up having to do an Aldershot or Wimbledon and start again. Might end up with a properly run football club, which might be best for all concerned in the long run. We were lucky and got good buyers.

This is the biggest game by far this year (2012). Hopefully the cup should have put some momentum back into the club. If we win this, all things look a lot rosier. A draw wouldn't be disastrous. A defeat doesn't bare thinking about.

Go out for a drink?? Honestly, people like you make me sick

IMO it would be Jaidi.

Not wishing to lower the tone of the conversations here but sometimes I feel like the person behind me is a little to close and sometimes I feel like I must smell or something as they are 3m behind me. So what is the acceptable distance? I'm going for about 1m as anymore and I feel like I have BO or something.

Ask us all again in two games time. Win the next two home games, especially the Cardiff game, and the gap to third will be back to 7 points. Slip up and it won't look anywhere near as healthy.

I'm am so up for that. Genuinelly

With all the transfer speculation at the moment, what was the signing that we all thought was crazy at the time that worked out best. In recent times, Peter Crouch for me. Turned out to be a far better player than he was ever given credit for. Discuss

Now which one is when since when ever I hear it, it's always an amalgamation of the two.

I joked to my Celtic supporting work colleague that Saints were after another Celtic player. 'You can't have Hooper, he is the only decent player that we have got'. Can't see Saints paying £6million though. Think we will be looking elsewhere.

Mine. Madness.

For once I find myself agreeing with Alpine. I don't normally. Not sure whether a minutes silence at SMS is appropriate, but I share the sentiment. I find the media obsession with the Titanic to be in really bad taste. Southampton had a population of around 130,000 in 1912. The city was devastated, especially in the areas in the bottom of town where many of the 550 lived. We are going to get no end of anniversary hype from the media this year, which will all ignore the human misery that the sinking caused. And no, we dont need a Titanic museum, just the memorial. Rant over.

the isle of wight?

Such a sad story. RIP mate