John B

Yes so the tactics were right in my opinion although we lost narrowly and could have gone into extra with a bit of luck By the way lots of teams have come to St Mary's to spoil our attacks and then score late in the game to win. Sometimes it is foolhardy to attack as has happened in numerous military battles from Baslaclava to the Somme

First game is Aug 8

Sometimes you have to realistic and try to stop the other team scoring too many. I think the tactics worked well until the last quarter of the game

Hampshire wanted the game to start yesterday but the ECB refused

I would have no problem with Bopara at 5 or 6 but not 3

Heart I would have thought. At the moment the team is not that good but hopefully that will improve a long way to go before we win the league I would have thought

I will be interested if any of these do come to us

Why can you see AP getting him in?

The chairs in the mound stand are very nice these days with extra padding same as in the Tavern

This week would be better

Have a good time I will be picking up my daughters from Gatwick

Are you taking your mate Mr Fry with you?

Yes I agree with you alienating people who have put time and effort into the club is not a good idea I would have thought. That is why I dont agree that we start a fresh

If I was a Pompey supporter I would be happy As I am a SFC supporter I am happy too but I would like not to be in League 1. If I was an Arsenal supporter I probably could not care a toss

Rubbish you cant suddenly start again and forget what happened in the preceeding 125 years Having one owner with money does have advantages but it has disadvantages too as he can do what he wants Lots of clubs including Portsmouth today change owners but the club just goes on

There ia possibility that he maybe there more times than you or me

Totally agree I hope he is as good as Skacel

I totally disagree with your post if the result mattered he would not have put on so many subs I would have thought Accepting defeat is an important factor in life it is not easy to take but I was very impressed with both Lee Westwood and Rick Ponting recently.

I have a feeling John Mortimore may have been involved with Pompey at sometime or other I used to work with a couple of people who were vice presidents of Chelsea and Crystal Palace and they used to get us into matches free but I always thought they donated money to both of the clubs

I did not think Lowe sold him

Sorry dont think passion is key to success myself Just look at Cappello he has done wonders with England in a calm and measured way taking no rubbish from the players Just like Sir Alf

Legend may be over the top but Reading are a small club but do have a wealthy backer who has brought in good managers which has been differerent from SFC who are a pretty big club which did not have a wealthy backer and in general brought in poor managers. Reading no shareholders no board arguments either

I agree but every time I think things are getting better things get worse thats all