LGTL

We’ve been fantastic but no way Swansea will be this bad second half. Another goal and it’s game over though.

We all moved out of Block 42 a couple of years back as got fed up being surrounded by spotty oiks. That did tie in with all of us being the wrong side of 30 also, and finding the ‘bantz’ increasingly fucking tedious. I commend the club for at least trying, but this sounds like utter hell.

One thing we do brilliantly is winning back possession inside 5 seconds of losing it. It’s crazy how often it happens, and Downes is a master at it.

Ipswich look so poor compared to us. Think they’ll falter eventually quite heavily.

We really are very, very good.

Those first big contracts are life changing though, so I can’t blame them. JJM has already received life changing amounts of money and he’s not even been at Chelsea a year. It’s even harder to keep them when they’ve no connection to Saints through family/support. If I had the opportunity to move from Crystal Palace youth to a top 6 youth team and double my wage it would be an easy decision.

Coming out second ruined the rest of the draw too. Love the anticipation of seeing who’s left.

Couldn’t have been a more dull draw. Potentially brilliant draw for Eastleigh though!

Think we got Bournemouth away in the practice draw. Would be funny. Maidstone away is the dream, but any new ground to tick off would also be nice.

Time for a good rest for all these lads now. Absolutely no need to have any first teamers in the squad against Walsall.

Not terrible but this shoe horning of Stephens into the team is concerning.

Fairly standard away from home performance so far. Dominate the ball, create a little and look slightly vulnerable on the break.

Not a great record at Carrow Road and this looks like our trickiest fixture of the next few. Play anywhere near our best and we should win the game though.

Edozie - never. THB has a better chance but would need to be playing consistently in the PL to ever get a look in.

Those last two sentences are gold 😂

Pompey bound to blow it, it’s just what they do.

Never a 2-1 game, more like a 5-0. They’ll point to the offside goal which is fair enough, but they were pathetic from start to finish. Total domination.

That was seriously impressive.

For this to just be a hamstring problem, it would mean a complete tear, separation and surgery most probably required. Worst of the worst type of hamstring injury. And even then, 6 months is on the pessimistic side. For someone who jogged around and touched the ball about twice in his last appearance before walking off, it would have had to be a hell of a training ground injury. It’s clearly nonsense.

What an utterly ludicrous signing he was. Anyone that believes you can be out for 6 months with a ‘hamstring’ injury is also a bit silly.

Good, convincing win against an atrocious team. They were bad enough before the sending off to be fair. Couple of results gone our way too so all in all a good win. Ipswich have Leeds next weekend too so another opportunity to get above Leeds.

We haven't played Blackburn for 18 years! Last meeting was a 3-0 defeat back in 2005. Fair bit of water under the bridge for both clubs since then.

The problem is ginormous, far greater than the general public realise even after the sad case of Ruth Perry. The framework is a joke for Primary schools without specialist teachers, especially small primaries where one teacher might be responsible for 3 or 4 subjects. I’ve no problem with a massive focus on curriculum in Secondary, but it doesn’t work at Primary. OFSTED needs massive reform and needs to become a collaborative partner with schools, rather than the current us and them approach. It’ll never happen though as they are too politicised. And for goodness sake, remove the one word judgements as the majority are a nonsense.

Automatic promotion still possible yeah?

That’s because we do exactly that. We play to not lose. It’s why we only have 11 wins and a goal difference of 4.