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It seems that dear old Ruppie Murdoch's US based papers, who have been onside with 'The Donald' up until now, have taken a more disparaging view on the man recently. I wonder if Fox News will also follow the owners change of direction? If so that should really cause a problem for the ex President!!

Great read. One thing that stuck in my mind is the expectation that NJ will look to source a big target man, similar to Pelle perhaps. I think the side has been crying out for height and physicality upfront for some time.

Wonder what's behind this. Dont think he was getting a game at Port Vale which doesnt bode well

Andrew. No offence but your are just a nipper compared to me. My Dad regaled me of the frustrations just after the war when Saints were miles ahead at the top of Div 2 at Easter then failed to make the progression to Div1 and many fans thought there was a conspiracy in the Boardroom as the club didnt have the cash to compete in Div 1. I can remember fans disillusionment with Ted Bates at certain times then with Lawrie Mac when he took over and then during the dreadful times during the Branfoot era. I do sympathise with your comments but to put it all into in perspective, as a relatively mid ranking club, we have been Premiership members for much longer than many of our own size, or bigger. I try to put things into some sort of perspective and imagine there are many other club supporters who are in very similar position to our own dependent on their aspirations. Manchester Utd perhaps (Ha Ha)????

And the comments about Frannie Benali would have been interesting too I have been a supporter for longer than most posters (Third Division South anyone?) and can assure you all that bad times have had to be suffered more times than the good. However when good times do happen the feelings of joy are maximised!!

One thing I have to say about the parlous position Saints find themselves in is that the team have generally put in a decent shift whenever I have seen them play. even if the end product has been so badly lacking for some time now. I have generally been a supporter of Ralph but to play Theo Walcott, who's general input was to run alongside opposing players, more or less convinced me that we do need a new Manager.

As expected bottom three prior to World Cup break enhanced by Null Points from next two games v Newcastle and Liverpool. Only hope we can get our injured players back and sign a decent striker in January.

Shame we couldnt have played this side in the Hants Cup v Pompey

Most of the people I knew that voted leave were concerned about workers coming in from Poland and elsewhere in Eastern Europe taking jobs in the UK (which in the real world most UK workers weren't interested in) as well as the threat of mass migration from Turkey when their membership was confirmed Leaving the EU has really helped in that regard!!!!!! There were others taken in by the NHS sign on the side of the bus and a few were sympathetic to Boris's claim that EU rules would force us to eat straight bananas.

The Guardian will shortly be publishing a story that Ms Morduant is the current squeeze of a certain Mr John Portsmouth FC Westwood and they spend romantic times together at a popular tattoo parlour in Upper Leigh Park. However when it is pointed out Mr JPFCW has been banned (again) from games for publicly urinating outside of the Forest Green Stadium, this may be problematic but, in fact, is probably little different from the behaviour of some Tory MP's, so all OK then.

How much cash did Ms Morduant say was put into the Portsmouth economy by the previous club known as Portsmouth FC when they went bust for the second or third time in their history|?

Oxford Street, dear boy. Hope he didnt get involved in preparing Kuti's books.

Today's Footie New Prime Minister (Rishi Sunak) 1 Next Prime Minister (Keir Starmer) 1

To be fair to Ralph if he has lost the Dressing Room, it hardly shows in recent performances.

Shows what football is all about. We all have differences of opinion. JWP made a couple of poor passes including a poor backheel but otherwise he was all over the pitch as ever and his pass stats were good, in my opinion.

It is a good job there is a month or so to get our injured players recovered during the World Cup fixtures. It is really bad luck that three of our better players have been hit with lengthy injuries rather than 3 of the 'also rans'.

I wonder if anyone on here would like to join up to meet the (in)famous Guided Missile who will, no doubt, be enthusiastically supporting 'An Evening With Nigel Farright' at the Concorde Club on Sunday 6th November where Nige, pint in hand, will be educating the audience with all the Brexit benefits received and projected and his plans to re-invigorate the Reform Party if and when the new Tory leader does not swing significantly to the right as a political doctrine.

I thought KWP picked up a bit of a knock in the West Ham game and this may have resurfaced last night. Hope it is only cramp but unlikely I think

Story in the media today of two Americans having a Road Rage event which ended up with the drivers (both Fathers) shooting at each others vehicles, injuring both shooters young daughters who were sat in the vehicles. Mad!!

I think the Chinese have been buying up all the rare earth and other ingredients that go into chips so they are probably well ahead of the west in being able to develop and produce cutting edge technology going forward. One of the most advanced countries who produce chips is Taiwan, which probably underscores China's ambition is taking over the country.

I wonder what the feedback from Russia would have been if Boris/Liz Truss, aided by her swivel eyed supporters, had decided to invade Ireland on the premise that the inhabitants mainly spoke English and were under English control for centuries until the end of WW1?

I agree. Our back four is decent now but we are getting overrun in midfield with no steel or creativity. JWP is a very decent player but, understandably, is not looking on top of his form recently without decent partners. Romeu form was on the slide but he was better than we have at the moment until such time as a fit Lavia returns. None of the other options are up to the job and I would like to think we had a decent left footed player in midfield or up front. Unfortunately the Armstrongs x 2, Djneppo, Mara, Maitland-Nyles, Diallo, Elyounoussi, and possibly Che Evans too are no more than average players at Premiership level. In fact if we were to take our back four and JWP out of our side, I wonder how the remnants would fare in the Championship?

I think the corporate side is being excluded too. There were originally 47 Corporate boxes at St Marys and they were hired out at around £50k per season with the names of the companies paying for the boxes shown on signs and details published in the programme. There are now around 43 boxes as a couple have been made double sized. However at the end of the Cortese regime prices for boxes and tables in the Lounges had spiralled and now I think there is a mere handful of Boxes sold on a season long basis and the Lounge numbers have decreased too,

I notice that Delap is scoring for fun at Stoke. The young lad Tella at Burnley is one to watch perhaps😍

Suggest playing two goalies and then find they get in each others way. Man City the first side ever to play a rush goalie in the history of English football and Ederson scores three screamers from a header and two free kicks!!