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Were the Pompey players getting abuse and stick from their bestest most faithfulest fans at the end yesterday? From the Northam it looked as if the players and manager were just stood there motionless. No sign of clapping or usual motions in either direction. Apart from those who’d fucked off leaving empty seats

Around me in the Northam it was “Fuck off Pompey. The Saints “. (Or We’re Saints .. but it got the message across)

The prison ?

A few responses to Joe M:

There’s so much wrong here. The first two sentences are statements of fact ( or FACT for the internet age). But: ”creeping” confirmation - no, football being out of control (and spiralling further) is something most have realised for a couple of decades but not by him under his stone. Cheats prospering - City and Chelsea might, and they won an FA Cup by spending out of control. But look at our penalty. Leagues not governing clubs - should check how the EFL responded to our transgression. Knob. Slippery slope - as above, been on this for years. But the farce for me in his comment is that for a nanosecond, if only in his own minuscule brain, he puts Pompey on the same platform as Liverpool !

Agree on first point. Surprised they took any coaches up Thr Avenue. Yes, the scoreboard was a good one. The other thing I noticed and enjoyed was playing ‘The Liquidator’ before and after the game. Not heard that at St Mary’s before. They’ve dropped it at Wolves due to encouraging obscene chanting, so good game for us to bring it in, and many of the supporters around me rose to the challenge!

Is he out of contract at the end of the season ?

Thanks. Thought I’d save MLG the trouble of correcting me about Jim Steele’s sending off.

No. Although only sending off I recall seeing in the fixture was Jim Steele in 1974. But just to go MLG for a moment, that was just a sending off rather than a ‘red card’ as they didn’t come in until a couple of years later. (First one I think was George Best playing for Fulham at The Dell in 1976)

It still doesn’t explain how or why the nickname came about, or what its origins are.

He’s waiting for Lego to become available to save Ratcliffe having to pay compensation

Totally agree. Might be worth you posting this on Foxes Talk this morning as well. They probably need cheering up.

Keeping Archer on the strength of what he’s provided in his time here - no. Keeping him and not spending £9m on Dobbin but on a CF , most definitely

The Jason Wilcox factor perhaps.

Think we need points on the board before facing the mighty Bazunu next week