Tamesaint

Thanks for the excellent reports. How many people attend these dinners ? How many were there last night? I am trying to work out the likelihood of getting an invitation!!

I don't know what the problem is. It is quite clear the money is only resting in their account. (with apologies to Father Ted)

Brilliant. What's the Mockney for "our MP who has been most vociferous in his support for the club is being shafted by some Russian spook."

They are normally triffic

"At this moment in time"

Memories of '76 .... is it an omen ????

I guess that this highlights the problem. We don't know who he is so we guess and whilst we guess a lot of innocent people get accused. Leftback has previously indicated that he is c. 50 years old. This rules out Fish as he is too young. It rules out Henderson as he is too old. He has previously indicated that at a gathering of football people, he had to explain that he was representing Southampton. I think that would rule out Franny as it would have been obvious who he would have been representing. I have no idea who he is but whilst I tired of his anti Cortese bile , I was impressed by his knowledge of the team. He knew 24 hours before KO who was playing and he was clued up on Punchy's unhappiness. His ban is a disappointment .... but lets not guess wildly and name innocent people.

Most of the managers you refer to abovve are in a totally different league than Harry. Mourinho has won Champion Leagues with different clubs. Fergie has won Champion Leagues and 20 plus other trophies. Benitez has won European trophies. Dalglish did the double in the days when nobody did that. All Redknapp has to boast about is a dodgy FA cup win and the fact that his team beat the European champions after losing to them the previous week. I think you have read too much of Harry's self publicity if you think that he can be comapared with them.

You don't really believe that do you?? Pompey go out and acquire half the England side on gates of 18k and their subsequent financial problems are a pure coincidence?? I don't think that the two are unconnected!!

I have no idea where these numbers have come from and whether they are correct. I have no idea of what is included in these numbers. What I do know is that West Ham, Saints and Portsmouth have all experienced financial difficulties after he left them. Even Bournemouth have had their problems!! Is this a co-incidence?? Maybe....but your figures above exclude reference to signing on fees and wages. Nowadays these need to be considered as well as transfer fees. I am pretty sure that the likes of Peter Crouch did not leave Champion League Liverpool for Pompey just to enjoy the Portsmouth air. The same could be said of Sol Campbell, Jermain Defoe, Glen Johnson etc etc. No wonder Pompey are up financial s*it creek without a paddle. Give the man resources and he will / can deliver ..... but by god he needs plenty of resources!!

No. It is just an example of how Redknapp lacked tactical nous in a big game (FA Cup Semi Final ) and was in response to the comment that Redknapp did not lack tactical nous.

But look at how Avram Grant (yes Avram Grant of all people!!) completely out thought him in last season's FA Cup semi final!! I watched that game determined to support Spurs against the P*mpey scum and ended up being amazed at how Avram completely out thought him. Redknapp had no tactical nouse in that game so that the team who ended up being rock bottom of the league that season thoroughly defeated Spurs.

It goes back to my basic point that for him to succeed he needs to have many more resources at his disposal than the vast majority of clubs can give their manager. He is wasteful with what he has got. That is why he is accused of bankrupting the clubs that he manages. It may well make him an ideal candidate for England manager .... but very few clubs can afford him with his limitations.

It took him a long time to spot it. Redknapp didn't play him during the first fifteen months that he (Redknapp) was at Spurs!!

Give him loads of money, let him buy whoever he wants (perhaps with a few brown paper bags) and then he may succeed. Spurs seem to have found gold and can support his extravagance but very few other clubs could. Look at Bale. He is now the "best player in the world" but last january he was apparently going on loan to either Forest or Birmingham. Redknapp had him but had no idea about what he could do. Look at how the careers of Bentley (not long ago the future Midfield general of England) and Krancjer have nosedived under Redknapp. His style of management requires loads of resources in the hope that something may eventually work. Most managers would not be allowed to acquire all these players without using them. Redknapp is and that suits his style. It is said that if you give a load of chimpanzees enough typewriters, they will eventually write the works of Shakespeare. Redknapp's managerial style is very similar.

How about SUPPORTing the team for a change. Its what SUPPORTers do - didn't you know??

I hope you crossed your fingers when you wrote that!!

Yes . we lost 3-2 I think. I remmber Danny Wallace scored with his head - pretty unusual for a 5foot nothing player. I went with a mate who supports Everton. He was quite pleased to be a party pooper.

Or he was so good that they did not need to see any more and alert others to his talent. :-) This is what happened when Marian first appeared on the scene.

I had a great day today at Cheltenham races. A couple of winners and a day in the county is definitely good for the spirit. It was Countryside Day and I was one of the few people there not wearing tweed. Packs of hounds were shown off and there were loads of trade stalls. There also was a Silent Auction in aid of a horsey / hunting charity. Most of the prizes in the auction were associated with racing and hunting (eg breakfast on the gallops with JonJo O'Neil which went for £500 // days out with various different hunts which went for around £200) but amongst the huntin' ,shootin' and fishin' extavaganza was the opportunity to bid for a trip for 2 to Portsmouth FC. Lunch, car parking and programmes were thrown in!! I just hope that whoever won this "prize" doesn't wear their country tweeds to Notarf Krap. The auction still had a few minutes to run when I left. The Pompey package was going for £125 just before the end. To put this in context, 2 tickets for the play "War Horse" were going for £250. I just hope the person who bid this much to watch Pompey realises that he has to pay them this amount - not them paying him!!

Mandaric really is very very lucky isn't he. First he had those grate fans at Portsmouth - perhaps even the best fans in the world. But then he goes to Leicester and discovers that they also have great supporters. Maybe wherever he goes he finds great supporters .

The club supported by a BBC chairman (Sir Christopher Bland - BBC Chairman 1996 - 2001) who on his retirement was succeeded by another Southampton fan - Gavyn Davies (BBC chairman 2001 - 2004).

Spot on.

Over the last few years we have had quite a cast of characters in the soap opera of Southampton Football Club. Whatever has happened to them? Do they still go to games? In particular I was thinking of: Rupert Lowe Andrew Cowen Mike Richards Keith Wiseman (as the OP stated he is eating from a burger van0 Leon Crouch Mary Corbett Patrick Trant Mike Wilde Strode Gibbons (or whatever his name was) Guy Askham but I am sure that there have been many others who have had walk on parts in this particular soap. Where are they now??

I would like to say that I do not know who he is. But he has been pretty accurate with his team predictions and it will be interesting to see if Puncheon plays tonight.