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Newcastle game could potentially be the last one for me this season (what a highlight to go out on!!!!!!) if the latest media speculation is correct ie over 70's may have to self isolate for weeks, possibly months. I guess there will be a fair few of us facing that possibility including Roy Hodgson I would be happy to let the club keep my pro rata season ticket payment if it comes to this but can understand why others may take a different stance
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Carillo and Long up front next season. What could go wrong!!
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Obviously we need to get rid of Forster, Hoedt, Lemina, Carillo and the fellow on loan at Celtic who's name I can never spell. That would be around £13/£15m of wages off the books (although perhaps half of this is being covered by their current clubs) How much of the £70/£80m transfer fee expenditure is recoverable is debatable, possibly £30/£40m However it could be lower than this but hopefully any revenue would eat into last seasons loss. The other option is to sell one of our 'star' players like Danny Ings/JWP/Redmond etc One thing seems pretty certain, any squad strengthening will be very limited. If we survive in the Prem this year next year will be tortuous and season ticket sales will be well down which will have an affect on cash flow.
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I guess everyone will have an opinion on it. Does anyone have an idea/record of how many VAR decisions have gone for/against us this season? I wonder if they do level out.
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I am a very long standing Saints fan and have endured some pretty dire home performances in my time. However I have to say the last few years have turned into a continuing routine of abysmal home performances where I leave at the end to the sound of rejoicing away fans ringing in my ears, often as a result of late goals at the Northam end. I dont look forward the home games now but will be at SMS next season for another regular dose of disappointment. However I can forsee lots of season ticket holders voting with their feet/credit cards and once lost I cant see many shelling out for the expensive match day experience. It is not only the basic fan that will be missing but I understand those in the corporate area are getting peeved off with the increased cost of their tickets. We used to sell out our 47 Boxes until quite recently but there seems to be only a handful of takers at the moment.
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Have to agree with you. Normally when I put an 'Insurance Bet' on us going down, the team picks up and I am happy to lose the money. I stuck £25 on at 33/1 prior to the Villa game and I left the ground feeling vindicated. I was hopeful that the 'spell' would carry on to the West Ham game, only be be disappointed. We need, at the very least, to avoid defeat in the following games: Newcastle (H). Brighton (H). Norwich (A). Watford (A). Bournemouth (A)..... Say 5 points from these games Arsenal (H). Man City (H). Man Utd (A). Everton (A). Sheff Utd (H). Say 2 points from these games This would give us 41 points which should be OK but might mean relying on getting a result at home to Sheff Utd which wont be easy Also if it went down to goal difference, it could well be that the Leicester home defeat might prove to be our undoing.
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Pompey have been allocated 50,300 tickets compared to Salford who have only been given 3,000 Bit different from our allocation of 44,000 for the JPT with the organisers refusing to give us more. However we took near to 56,000 apparently
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I guess there is a moral dilemma for quite a few here who may think they have symptoms of corona virus. If you were self employed, or your employer wouldnt pay you for 2 weeks self isolation, would you go into work?
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Why would you say that? I dont think any of the goals were down to him
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Sir Cyril Smith? (Admiral) Prince Andrew?
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If we can at least a point a game v Newcastle/Brighton(H) Bournemouth/Norwich/W Ham/Watford(A) we should be Ok
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Any update on Sam McQueen?
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Like a lot of people, I was a bit unsure about JWP. I have to say he has been immense lately whether mid field or covering at RB. Recovering from a nasty injury at Spurs seems remarkable. In my view a close call between him and Danny Ings for Player of the Year.
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Spot on with your comments. I was concerned about involving him in a crucial game. However thought he did very well and hopefully one for the future
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Pompey are likely to set a record and win whatever the Lower league Cup for the second time and fair play to them for that. I am sure this will be added to their list of titles and cups. However we never seem to make any reference to our domination of the Southern League from 1885 to 1920 when it was essentially a 3rd Division and we competed with the likes of Spurs.Think we won the title 8 or 9 times.
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Cant we get the 'White Witch' in again to purge the stadium of historical 'bad vibes' or dig up the pitch to locate the buried Pompey shirt. Something must be done as watching home games is indeed a chore as someone has described and this has been going on since Koeman left. I worry about forthcoming games against Villa, Newcastle and Brighton. We just cant lose any of these games.
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I remember the chant of yesteryear ie 'Pompey, Pompey Give Us Your Answer Do, What's It Like To Be Stuck In Division 2' (To the tune of 'A Bicycle Made For Two')
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Agree entirely with you I remember last season when we drew 2-2 with Man Utd. Lemina looked far better value than Pogber. Shame Lemina couldnt show this type of form consistently.
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If you look at the High Speed services in France and Spain, both have benefited Paris and Madrid rather than the satellite cities they are connected to although it is fair to say the distances are greater than the London to Brum link.
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Any thoughts on the likely attendance? Will Spurs sell their allocation I wonder?
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I sympathise with those who travel regularly and are p*ssed off with SW Railways especially those who use the service at peak times. However I recently watched an independent railway analyst and he mentioned the problems that most/all of the TOC's are facing with issues caused by our antiquated permanent way system and the failure of the nationalised Network Rail company to deal with the issues. Throw in the Union/Management spats on the Train Guard issue and the problems escalate. The analyst guy reckons things will not improve if the Govt runs the operation based on feedback from the NEast Line
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Local derby at home it is then this year geez...
spyinthesky replied to Master Bates's topic in The Saints
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Any suggestions please for a suitable parking spot on the perimeter of London close to a Tube station with a decent connection to Spurs stadium? Thanks for any advice.
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Quite right. Look what a great signing we had from Spurs in Tommy Fourpast!!
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Reckon we should look to swap Hojbjerg for Spiderman, Martina and Steklenberg. Bring home three of our old 'favourites'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!