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I think Big Sam is losing the plot a little. They aren't walking this division in the way that they thought they would. Big Sam seems to be doing the media circuit a lot as well. Barely a week goes by when he isn't interviewed on Talksport. Yesterday he was interviewed on Five Live where he claimed that they were the best team in the league and that is why they were top of the league !! I suppose that if you keep saying this sort of thing your fans will believe you. I still think that they will go up automatically .... but it would be quite amusing if they did fail to go up. it seems to be S h i t or bust for them and it will not be at all pretty if it is bust.

Good article. Thanks.

Bump Just a reminder not to give the Skate b**tards any money on sunday. Don't buy a thing there from Doris in the tea shed.

Post 45780 on 12/12/11 and post 45727 on 9/12/11 amongst other places Corp. I always knew you were one eyed but didn't realise you were blind as well. How come Sol was only due his win bonus in July 2009 when you won the cup in May 2008?? I know that you like to pay wages late at Pompey but that is ridiculous!!

I know where you are coming from but I disagree. They have suffered. They are suffering and they have yet more pain to come..... When we went under we had 12 months of so of concern. The loaning out of the high earners under Lowe and the playing of kids led to some awful games of football. I think that it was 4 months into the season until I saw a Saints goal from open play at St Marys having been on holiday on the one occasion when we played well. The administration was an awful time to live through and the worry of whether we would have a football club for those couple of weeks after the Pinnacle disaster was terrible. However we came through it and are on the way upwards. The Skates on the other hand have had this trauma for much longer. They were flying so high after winning the cup that the fiascos of the last 2 and a half years must have really hurt. Being rooted at the bottom of the Premiership 2 seasons ago. The High court dramas last season. The succession of different owners. The sheer awfulness of the football served up at their rust heap of a stadium. The knowledge that they have become the butt of comedians 's jokes on radio and TV and the knowledge that they have become the plaything of different parts of the Russian mafia must all really hurt. And what do they have to look forward to? Is there a knight in shing armour coming to rescue them - not bloomin' likely. The rust heap will keep on rusting. The good players that they have left will dwindle away. They have picked up a bit recently but relegation to the third tier is certainly very possible this season. A quick death and then a phoenix from the ashes would be bearable. But a slow death must be so painful when less than 4 years after winning the Cup, the only thing that you have to look forward to is a relegation battle into the third tier whilst your local rivals are at the top of the league. No wonder the Southsea Common 200,000 has dwindled to TCWTB, Corp Ho Ho Ho and 11,000 other deluded ill breds.

What a shame. Corp has made his 3 posts today. I was hoping that he would answer the question that I keep on asking: If Pompey were financially sound at the time of winning the FA Cup in 2008 as he keeps alleging, why were they unable to pay sol Campbell his win bonus?? Funny how he never answers that one isn't it?

Its going to be like a mid winter version of: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057541/

You keep on saying the same old carp but you still do not answer the question: If as you "keep saying" , you were financially solvent when you won the FA Cup , why were you unable to pay Sol his win bonus ?? Why did he have to sue you to get what was legally his?? Is it because the answer would contradict the carp that keeps pouring out of you ??

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WE will be top at Christmas unless we lose on sunday, West Ham win at home to Barnsley (despite tonight's result Barnsley are not a bad team and could do us a favour) AND there is a 6 goal swing in goal difference.

I know what you mean. We got there well before kick off and had had chants of Scummers thrown at us as soon as we had got in. The sheer hatred from them was amazing. The game was rubbish and they should have scored. In the end it was the team's will power and belief in itself that led to the last minute goal. The celebrations were fantastic. We were kept behind for ages after the match. In those days MotD player interviews were often conducted on the edge of the pitch. Steve Moran came out to be interviewed and was greeted with a roar that made the response to Camara's goal against Norwich a few years ago seem like a whisper!!!

So why were you unable to pay Sol his bonus for winning the cup and in the end he had to be paid as a football creditor? You really are a deluded fool.

He wants to better himself!!

I disagree. I think we have a much better history than Pompey. I am in my early 50's and have supported Saints for as long as I can remember. (say since 1965). In that time we have had 30+ years of top flight football. We have won the FA Cup. We have lost in a League Cup Final. We have lost in an FA Cup final. We have finished runners up in the top division. We have had many trips to Europe. We have had many of the greats of English football play for us. We have even produced one or two of the greats of English football. In all that time there have only been 5 or 6 years when Pompey have been in a higher league position than us. They have stumbled from financial crisis to crisis. The last few years have seen them have a bit of fun but by and large their history has been one of mediocrity and failure. Yet because they won a few trophies when my dad was a lad , we are supposed to acknowledge that they have a better history than us ??? Do me a favour!! By that reckoning Wanderers, Royal Engineers and Old Etonians are the greats of the english game because they won the FA Cup so often in the 19th century!! I just thank my lucky stars that I was born a Saint not a skate. My history of supporting my club is so much better than it would have been if I had been of the blue persuasion.

I couldn't agree more. There is much here. Perhaps everyone ought to choose their favourite bit and we could have a poll to see which is the funniest. I thought the best bit was the comparison with Nottingham Forest. Classic diversionary tactics. Bring in a complete red herring to make it look as if the cheats are quite normal. I really wonder if the new owner of Forest will have to stump up £70 million for the old owner. Forest just need to have a potential points deduction, an insolvency commission investigation on their last administration, an HMRC sponsored forensic investigation into their affairs, a pending trial for their previous owner and previous manager and a court case result to be announced and then they will be in the same positiion as the cheats.

Don't remind me !!! You have highlighted what will be one of the key factors on the day. That game in 2005 was when we had Redkrap in charge with his thumbs up gesture to Mandaric. I trust that Nige will do a better job in preparing his team.

I thought we would ... but decided not to tell anyone !! :-) :-)

Corp disappeared for 2 weeks and then has come back with his usual load of tosh. I cannot be particularly bothered to correct the fool or even to seriously read his gibberish but whilst scanning through his latest outburst of venom and bile I did notice the classic: The club was *****il Antonov's recent arrest) being run in a very similar fashion to yours. Bankrolled by a wealthy individual. There is so much mileage in this comment. Its almost worth a psychological case study in its own right!! How someone can have contributed to this thread over the last 2 and a half years and still think that Pompey and Saints are run in a very similar fashion just beats me. It is priceless!! And then the cretin says What a thicko. If SISU had bought us when they bid in 2007 we would not have gone into administration in 2009 would we ??? Poor old Coventry look like going t i t s up now but SISU saved them from going into administration at the time of their original purchase. The same would have applied to us. Are all people from Portsmouth as thick as our mate Corp Ho??

Spot on. I couldn't agree more. I think you have put into words what I was thinking. I would just like to see a bit more experimentation. Dickson hasn't been given a chance at this level. I remember he came on last season in Adkins second game in charge against Colchester and made us look a lot brighter. CHDAJYU ?? How about the youngsters?? War Prowse apparently played well at Palarse. Could it be worth throwing him into the mix for a game or two??

Cheers mate. It is appreciated.

You don't know what you are talking about .Yesterday was the first match that I have missed in over 2 months - and that is with my wife in hospital with a life threatening illness. Your reactions to negative events are way over the top. You went over the top last season at Walsall (and yes if it suits your uber fan ego, I was at that game). You went over the top last night. Hopefully you can see things better this morning.

OP in typical over the top reaction !! Remember Turkish how you made a complete t i t of yourself last season after we lost at Walsall. It seems that you have not learnt

But fair dos to the guy - he does at least turn up on this board. There has been no sign of Corp Ho for the last 2 weeks. I wonder why?? What is the point in having a pet Skate if he doesn't turn up???