Tamesaint

Lets make it clear. Are you taking about Arsenal or Southampton tonight?

I am so pleased and proud that we stood by Nigel. Leaving the Hawthorns after our game there the general impression was that Nigel was going to be sacked in the morning. He had come over after the match to wave to us fans who were singing his name and the general feeling was that he was waving goodbye. I am now so pleased that Nigel was not sacked.

You have to remember that these are not very good journalists so they do not get paid very much.

Ha Ha Ha. Don't you just love it when the bed wetters ("3 points from the next 8 matches ") get it so wrong. I hope for Barry's sake that he doesn't bet on football matches!!

...and boy it does have some competition!! Bet 365 have West Ham at 22/1 to be relegated. For some unfathomable reason they do not have odds on Man U to be relegated.

I would love to know how Simon Gillett had done his internet research. I wonder if he is a fellow nutjob?

This guy is brilliant isnt he. You couldnt make him up!!

Remember that the season will not be over until May. A lot will happen between now and then. As nige used to say "don't get too high when we win - don't get too low when we lose" A month ago Villa won at Liverpool and all their problems were apparently over. Things can change very quickly and a sense of perspective is always necessary.

Do us a favour TDD. Go out this morning and buy a pair of incontinence pants just in case we lose.

Likewise.

So presumably you now think 1 point from the next 8 games?? It is not hard to see why people think you are a skate.

Before the Stoke match last week, he confidently predicted no more than 3 points from the next 10 games. 2 games gone, 2 points earned. His predictions don't look too hot. For his sake, I hope he doesn't bet on football matches.

Dont ask about Delldays's crystal ball. It must be the most cloudy, useless bit of kit ever invented. Adkins was being sacked in October according to him.After the second game of the season Adkins was a deadman walking. Previous versions of the model had us languishing in League 1 and then the Championship for longer than we did. Whoever supplies him with crystal balls needs to find another job. Unfortunately TDD does not realise that his ball is useless and spouts so much rubbish based upon it.

Pompey are currently 33/1 to win tonight on Bet 365. Could this be an opportunity for Farmery to "jnvest" the PDT's ill gotten cash and to get them some decent funds for thetakeover?

what price are they?

Very, very true. I hate this obsession of the media to navel gaze at the same handful of clubs. It is one of the reasons why I try to keep clear from Sky and Talksport; When we bought Gaston, I was in the car and the only comment from the radio station I was listening to (5 Live I think) was to take the p i s s because he was born in Fray Bentos. We need another Keeganesque signing to make an impression. Walcott would be the sort of name that we would need to attract.

We could be about to have even more fun. Plymouth from League 2,scored how many, 4 was it, against the Pompey youth team ? Pompey conceded 5 on Tuesday. They now plan on playing more youngsters. I can see some real drubbings as the season progresses. What are the odds on the opposition in one game getting to double figures?

I think there will be some surprises to come. I confidently expect that 1 or 2 teams who have so far kept well clear of the relegation zone are going to find themselves in one heck of a relegation dog fight. It remains to be seen who strengthens and who does not in the transfer window but Newcastle for example are not going to be helped by selling Ba. I would be more confident in my predictions after 1 February but at the moment I would go for Reading, Villa and Newcastle.

This picture sums up for me the meaning of WTFILN. That terrace brings back unhappy memories. 2 defeats 1-0 were not fun. One game marked Ricky's Saints debut, The second was our last match pre Adkins. Haven't we come a long way in a short space of time?? WTFILN

A couple of Arsenal fans I know, slag Theo off at every opportunity they can. Sometimes it seems that he even breathes incorrectly to them.

I agree. Home to Chelsea must be a good time to see what the likes of Reeves and Hoskins are capabl e of. Similarly it would be nice to see Lee in the first team again.

We did miss lallana in the first match of the Christmas holidays aginst Sunderland. Who knows what could have been in that game if we had had his creativity. Having sad that, in Guly we do seem to have a good shape to the team.

I thought that both Chamberlain and Walcott showed class when they left the pitch. Both of them had not played well. Even when he swapped wings, Chamberlain got no joy from our defence. Theo did nothing special during the game - but both of them acknowledged the home fans when they left the pitch. Theo did almost a complete lap of the stadium. I appreciate that it is very unlikely but what a way for us to make an impact in the football world if we were to "bring Theo home" during the summer after his contact runs out.

Excellent post.

A point at home to Everton??? I can't see that myself. How will we get a point at Wigan? If they win at SMS they are bound to beat us at their place. We will hit Villa just when they recover from their current bad patch. No points there either. In fact I cannot see us getting any more points ever again. Shall we just withdraw from the League like some other poster recommended a few weeks ago?