S-Clarke

nice one - great shots there. cheers.

tbf alps, the last few games I've seen from him have all been at a similar level. He's added certain aspects to his game this year (much more physical for a start). He's tackling is improving and he's always harrying players, anticipating a stray pass or a mistake...and then he's onto it.

just heard his interview, it does kind of sound like a slap towards the people who are moaning about the performances. he had a point too - the stats don't lie, and since the rovers home game back in October, we have been outstanding. The only reason we're not higher up is because of our start to the season, which was understandable. Since he's got his team together, we've been unplayable at times - obviously we're not going to win every game, I'm just worried that Nicola seems to think we should. Please don't turn us into QPR - you've done everything right so far nicola.

Too good for this league, has so much time on the ball at times it's like he walks through the game.

i don't actually think they were '''that bad''' - it was more down to us being way too good for them.

Onto the game - missed the first 2 goals so no idea on how they came about (traffic into soton is a joke as usual) From when I get to my set (around 3:15) we were just dominating the game, the midfield was on top and our wide-players were always involved. The 5-1 doesn't flatter us either, it could have been 6-7 or even 8 - we were that dominant today, more down to our quality than their ineptness. They just could not contain our pace, strength and power - we ran complete riot for the entire game and by having Barnard up front it gives us another option, it creates more space and opens the game up. Barnard was outstanding, he holds the ball up well, runs the channels and has a fantastic finish on him (his 2nd goal was fantastic) The player that seemed to make everything tick at times though was Puncheon, this boy is a class act. It's like the ball was super glued to his boots at times - they just couldn't stop him dribbling past them. The bonus we have now is that we can rotate wingers, punch and lallana did it all game and it caused all sorts of problems for the oppo. all in all - excellent performance. Best home performance of the season IMO can't complain about anything or anyone after that. Ratings... Davis 7 - didn't see the goal, so can't comment on if he should have saved it or not - but he wasn't really tested for the rest of the game. Jonny 7 - solid game, his pace helps us, as we can recover much better when teams counter (could have done with him against the skates) Fonte 8 - so classy, amazing he's playing in L1. With top players they often look like they have all the time in the world – and that’s what we have here. Jaidi 7 - solid, no problems there. Won 99% of his headers and gave his usual game. Our best CB partnership IMO. Harding 8 - fantastic from him, rampaging down the left all game – put in some cracking crosses too, but wasn't really tested defensively. Punch 9 - brilliant performance, first time I’ve seen him - what a player we have. Totally above this league, you can see that. We're going to have some fun with him in the team. Morgan 9 - thought he was fantastic, sprayed the ball around intelligently, harried, tackled and tracked well - he'd be the complete package if he could score!!! Deano 9 - same from him too, this was our key area today IMO - we just controlled it from the middle and passed them to death at times. Lallana 8 - Glad he got the goal at the end - he deserved it for his endeavour. 100% from him and is always looking to make something happen, probably should have scored earlier than he did though! Lambo - 9 - leads the line like an expert, great finish too (but that's the usual) - he's a complete legend, as with alot of our players, this league looks a bit too easy for him at times. Barnard 9 - cracking little player. He's a fantastic support striker for lambo and you can see a good little partnership being created there.

don't quote me on this, it's just a rumour - but apparently he has been told by Nicola that if we don't get the top 6 by the end of the season - then he's off. talk about pressure.

and Huddersfield have just taken the lead - could be all over before we kick a ball.

The wave hasn't disappeared according to reports MB. the Hawaiian islands have been given 1 hour to evacuate. list of all countries on alert: (as far widepsread as Alaska/Russia) http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/messages/pacific/2010/pacific.2010.02.27.104329.txt ****ing awful

it was a direct quote from the administrator guy. he's approached the PL about stopping the -9 point penalty, the PL were ''muted'' on the matter, and it will be discussed next week. shouldn't even be anything to discuss tbh.

you really are an idiot. are you going, or do you have commitments with your season ticket at arsenal? you should sod off and infect their message boards with your insane drivel.

'''Clubs like Portsmouth have a tremendous local following. It's a great club with lots of people who enjoy watching them. If they are no longer able to play football, it is a sad loss for the local community.'' lol

slightly different with us, as the argument was that it was the holding company in admin (SLH) - not the football club (which was a sub entity) with Portsmouth - the football club is in administration.

the points penalty isn't confirmed until the PL meet next week. Personally they haven't got a chance of overturning the points penalty IMO - if they stay at 16 points, have a good end to the season stay in the division....the PL will be sued left, right and center by the relegated teams. they just want to get rid of them - i can imagine them giving them some parachute payments, and letting them sell players - but there is no way you can say ''don't take away our points'' - everyone else gets points taken off them, get over it.

they won't

being docked 9 points ''early days, we don't know if that will happen yet - discussions with PL next week'' errr, hello? it's the rules - don't you dare PL...

Milan on SSN...

nah - that's Tanya Robins in her get-away vehicle

time to look back on a few ''first half'' highlights i think http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1207172/Sulaiman-Al-Fahim-insists-Portsmouth-takeover-track--ambassador-Diego-Maradona-100m-spend.html That was a good laugh..

Corp, back in june - oh dear

just confirmed by storrie....he isn't standing down YET but he will ''tender his notice'' once the club is sold. so he'll never go then.

right footed i think, he could probably play in AMC higher up the leagues, but i would never play him in the middle in this division. He'd get gobbled up tbh.

all being discussed in the greatest thread on the inteweb - http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=630128#post630128

watch him come out tomorrow and say ''i've had a change of heart, i owe this club to stick with it until the end''

just seen that - apparently they have 200k outstanding in tax, and are 800k in debt. that may seem a small sum to us, but a club like b'mouth have no way at all of paying that off at the moment. May be the end for them if they don't raise outside funds within 4 weeks...