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Lambert looked more like scoring than J-rod did today though.

OK first 20 minutes I was thinking ..oh dear. After that I thought we played pretty well although in the last 20 minutes all the subs killed the game. Generally going forward, just like last season, we looked good and pretty dangerous IMO. At the back we just look shaky and always look like were one silly mistake away from disaster. Fonte had some howlers last season and I'm not convinced he is going to be great in the PL. Best thing for me was Clyne ...have to say I knew pretty much nothing about him but he looked really good has to be our first choice RB next season IMO. Now we need a LB of similair quaility. Now how long before Ajax make an offer for Lallanna.....

Cheers Dan - good luck at forest thanks for everything. Now we really need to get someone in to replace Fox. Dan fox as backup would be OK (I guess) but I really don't want him as first choice LB he will get creamed in the PL.

Always liked Dan Harding committed, a good team player who knew how to put in a good tackle. Great full back at league 1 level decent at championship level ....will get slaughtered in the PL. Bit sad to see ever present players from the last few seasons now having to move on...........price of progress I guess.

If only Pompey had an owner and manager like Colchester Utd Colchester are due to face financially-stricken Portsmouth in their second league game of the season and Ward said events Fratton Park served as a warning to other clubs. "I've got a sensible chairman who's got a business head as well and although he loses money on Colchester United, he wants to lose less and wants to encourage it more to be self-sufficient," said Ward. "There's no way that [Portsmouth's situation] will happen here. We might not bring the marquee names in but there's a group of players and a coaching staff that have all bought in with the chairman on what we're trying to do. "We've made it pretty plain to supporters and said 'this is where we are and if you want to retain a Football League club in Colchester for the next few years, hopefully you'll support what we're trying to do because it is the only way forward for our club'." Seems like a plan any small poorly surpported club like pompey should try to follow

That line of arguement only works if you go to see the oppostion personally I want to watch saints and couldn't care less if they are playing Citeh of Brentford still looks like a Cat C game for me and the kids in the family area will be about £46 inc booking charge (or £58 cant work out if a - means my 6 year old is free or pays the same as a under 17) looks like I might manage a couple of Cat C home games this season.....god I hate the PL.

Andy Carroll to Liverpool 35 million now one full season on they want to get rid and want people to pay 20 million for him. Latest goss is that WHU are preparing to offer Liverpool 17 million for him.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18995674

There is no way we can know that they could be total gash. Personally I'm not worried I think team ethic will be a lot more important than superstar names anyway. Plus I'm really not bothered if we stay up anyway the last few years has shown me football can be just as much fun (if not more) outside the PL (and I might be able to afford my ST again if we're relegated) So as far as I'm concerened stay up don't stay up it's all good....but I'd rather watch team of hardworking players play for the shirt than talents who aren't bothered (though of course talented and really grateful to play for saints players would be ideal).

yeah how about "Red peace corp" or "large red crowd"

My sons club is a resonably big club round these parts they've got several teams at every age up to adult but they don't let the kids use the good pitch (thats for the mens teams). Eastleigh and Sholing are both decent sized non league clubs around here and their youth teams use local sports pitches and playing fields. The only team my son has played against that had anything approaching a pitch that nice was QK over in Lordshill.

Blimey! That's a posh home ground my sons team play on two pitches at a local park and the dads have to put the goals up before the game and clear the local dog walks mess off the pitches before kick off:(

Jester hat Army? Gaint foam hand Army? Face painted warriors? 25 minutes into the match time to get a pie and pint Brigade?

There is that when kids see some of the antics that top footballers get up to ....you can see why they might think it is acceptable to act like that to.

I've got great respect for most of those dads that will run the line I won't do it. I'll set up the goals, clear dog poo off the pitch and carry and fetch for the coach ...but I won't run the line..I got enough abuse the few times I reffed at mini soccer matches. Most guys who run the line are fine they make mistakes but it's not an easy job and they won't get any abuse from me. Once in a while though you get a dad that, while not wanting to use the word cheating, seem to be a little to happy to wave the flag and give everything to their own team. I've seen a few cases over the years my son has played were parents ( and sometimes managers) have nearly come to blows over a kids football game.....I just don't understand it.

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Yes winning is part of football............ but there is winning and then there is winning while diving, kicking chunks out of the opposition and seeing kids and manager/ coaches arguing with the ref over every deiscion. Un-partisian Linesmen (remember dads are expected to run the line) can also be an issue. I've seen a kid foul another kid then tell them to get up and stop being a cheating c unt. I suppose really you want to see two sets of boys play a good game of competive football but in a good natured and freindly atmosphere...I don't think that is to much to ask.

My sons team played a friendly against a Portsmouth team the other weekend. Due to pompey having closed down their youth academy the other team had taken on four ex pompey academy boys ....they were totally a class above all the other kids on the pitch my nipper is not a bad defender but these kids blew him away. We gotten beaten 7-3 but it was a great example of just how much better boys who get picked for proper footall club academies are...maybe all the grass roots teams should play an academy side just so the parents can see that their little pride and joy isn't really the next Messi

I think that might be the same for quite a few Tyro league div 1 sides regardless of age group I guess the desire to win at all costs is partly why they're in Div 1. Certainaly saw a few José Mourinho wannabes in div 1 last season.

My eldest is just about to start under 12s tyro league (Divison 2) . His coach is very good (has his coaching badges and works with saints) very much about getting the boys to play football rather than worrying about winning. His trainning sessions are very good with a real purpose and he has certainaly improved my sons game no end. I'm under no illusions that my son is going to become a PL star so as long as he is enjoying it and learning something from it I'm happy with his coach and the club he plays for. A lot of teams at my sons level seem to relay on one or two star players (normally kids who are either very quick and/or very big for their age) the long ball down the middle to the big/quick kid seems to be the prefered tactic for winning games. One of the worst things about kids football is the behavoiur of some of the parents/managers and kids you see at games every team seems to have (our team did to though they've recently moved on) one or two parents/coaches who take the whole thing way to seriously to the point that their behavoiur is really not acceptable......... Actually looking at your location my sons team played a hampshire cup game against a Halying island team last season...bitterly cold and bloody windy..Made the mistake of wearing my saints scarf:lol:

Not sure how much this effects saints but Leeds have won a court case over what their club should be charged by the local bobbies for policing matchdays. The local bobbies must now repay three years of over charging LUFC for match day policing. I wonder how much we were charged for the pompey game? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18965193

Never felt anything towards spurs...but I did want us to rub Hoddles nose in it (which is why that FA cup game at SMS was so sweet). I Suppose it's a bit like Brighton it was more about disliking the arse of a manager than the club he works for.

To be honest the spats we've had with the likes of Brighton and Bournemouth the last few seasons were fun (made for better atmosphere at the games IMO) OK not on the same level as pompey but certainaly a bit of needle between the fans (and managers) helps to get the crowd going. Compare that to the coming season were no one will dislike us (well maybe WHU fans...maybe) and other teams fans (even ****ing Swansea and Wigan fans) will just look down on us with condescending looks while counting us as 3pts in the bag....

yeah Crawley or Forest ...tough choice for a manager:lol: I'm guessing Crawley was better than no job but hardly his first choice...

Liverpool happy to let him go for 20 million http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18896710 So Liverpool bought him for a massively over the top fee...his hardly done a thing to justify that fee and now they're willing to take a 15million loss ...and he still looks over priced.

Personally I'd make the Welsh teams play in Wales...but they have history on their side in that the joined an English league when they were first formed so it's a bit hard to kick them out now.