benjii

We had chances at 2-1, we missed them. They scored a belter at the end. It happens. Get over it. Everyone was banging on about what a stern test Bristol would be before the match. How in form they were. How most predicted a draw. Well, now we've lost what sounded like an excellent game to a last minute belter people start the usual hysterical ****e. Constructive criticism is great but the wailing, girls-blouses on here are hard to stomach sometime.

That's a bit annoying. Sounded like a screamer at the end there. Oh well, nevermind. No point whingeing like spoilt, sad little *****es.

Yeah, was betting (literally) on them not scoring. The rotters.

Well done bananas! If he can become a genuine option upfront it solves a big issue in terms of our wide balance and adds to the squad depth upfront tremendously at the same time. COYR 2-0 win now please.

BBC only allowed to broadcast live within the regional catchment areas (and via distribution to Saints Player etc).

Um, yes. Although Solent don't broadcast on t'internet during matches so it's worth it if you're outside the catchment area and want to listen. Keep refreshing / re-clicking "play" etc until it works.

Great! The more teams come with that attitude, the better.

Griffo, listening to Solent by any chance?

Waigo on the right wing, Mellis on the left and Lallana up front according to Dennis Rofe and the other chap on Solent.

Lambert at 5/1 - got in there early! Trotters at 33/1. Saints to win to nil. (and a host of other crappy long shot scorecasts!)

What a bunch of nonsense. Yes, your direct responsibility (in a legal sense) for your pupils ends at home-time on a Friday but your duty to act in such a way as to uphold the professional image of teaching and teachers is continuous. This is the same as any other profession. Does that mean that doctors/lawyers/policeman don't go out and get smashed and do bad things sometimes at the weekend? No, of course it doesn't, but they recognise that there are additional consequences if they get caught so doing as a result of the obligations placed on them by their professional duties. No one is asking you to adhere to a curfew. No one is asking you to wear a tag. No one is saying, "don't go to the pub". What they are saying is, "please take your professional responsibilities seriously and realise that peoples' perceptions of you are not shaped solely by what you do between 08:45-15:00 (or whatever)". [NB - the above paragraph is entire conjecture as I have no idea what the code says.] As to my point about it being an easy profession to get into, I know some right thickos who are teachers. Bog average school results, bog average degree from poor "university", job for life. Compare that to other "professions" (medicine, law etc) and you will see the difference in entry level requirements.

By the way, Lambert was 5/1 to be first/last scorer on WillHill yesterday. Haven't checked elsewhere or today so may be shorter now but that's a crazy price IMO - get on it!

Shouldn't be misled by Webley crowds. Even Portsmouth City FC managed to sell their FA Cup final allocation (just, via general sale).

I hate to be the bearer of bad news.....

For the record, it will be 2-0.

Do you not think teachers should aspire to be role models? Maybe challenge their pupils' attitudes? I'm not blaming the teachers, it's an easy career to get into and is reasonably well paid for the level of ability required, so no doubt some couldn't care less. That's a systemic failure, not necessarily their own.

Correct.

No team in League One is too strong to get beaten by us. Doing well right now or not, they are still guaranteed to be a team of hard-working but limited professional footballers full of nondiscript players who you will never have heard of/only hear of again the next time we play them. If we play well and take our chances we will beat them. If we don't we might not, but it will be nothing to do with their strength as a team.

Who is Nick Halling?

pmsl

It's when people say things like this that their opinions become instantly without value.

After they played for time on the final day of the season thinking they were safe !

Frankly, Pompey's manager is the least of their problems.

I've no idea what point you're trying to make but, look... if they've any sense whatsoever they will look at this match and draw wide-sweeping conclusions from the late goal they conceded.

I'm sure once Papa and Holmes/Mills are fully fit we will improve our creativity. Look, we will not finish near the bottom. That is obvious. We will not finish in the play-offs; nevermind, we will go up next year. I'm just so glad that the people in charge of the club have a bit more perspective than many of the people on here. Shame we didn't win today but an away point is never the end of the world and we are now getting into the zone where we should be the dominant team in virtually every match - if you'd asked most fans if that was likely before the season started with a back 4 of Molyneux/Mills - Lancashire/Thomas - Perry - James, I think most would have taken it. Pardew is doing a good job. The board are doing a good job. We are moving in the right direction.