OttawaSaint

What is this obsession with Pompey's average gate?

I recall that Giggs hit the bar. I also recall that we had the Norwich game in the bag, but then needed a replay, Matty and Horne were sent off and we held on for 119+ minutes until Goss scored a fluke header.

I reckon they should have Papa and Nichole drive for them next year as punishment...

Great, i'll pop the kettle on while we wait...

They'll both be refused work permits...

Cool he can sit on the bench and never play like Imants Bleidelis and Kleber Chala...

I checked that out once and we actually conceded just as many late (last 10 mins) equalisers and winners as with other Saints managers. The difference being with Strachan is that we often won/drew games against opposition that would normally have beaten us.

I remember that table, it was taken from 10 years of games in the football league and was published about 5 or 6 years ago. We were bottom in the number of wins (hardly surprising as we stayed in the top flight and often battled relegation, whereas yoyo teams won more games by virtue of being in a lower division). Coventry, if I recall, were 2nd bottom. That table would look absolutely dire now, if they were to shift the timeframe to the last 10 years. I have a feeling that it is the crowd that have some effect on the outcome, the tenseness in the crowd late on feeds down to the field. How many times have saints been spraying the ball around playing great stuff to get into a comfortable 2-0 or 3-1 lead and then in the last 10 minutes turn to jelly and start panicking and hackimg the ball anywhere. Once game I can remember like it was yesterday was vs Derby, we absolutely played them off the park that night, should have won 6-1, but 3-1 up with 10 to play we went into collapse mode and as soon as Derby got the 2nd the crowd sensed a 3rd was on the cards, Derby also sensed it and that little **** Mikkel Beck scored with the last kick.

Yay! double the misery...

Maybe, given time he'll get the squad to winalot...

Oh for ****s sake, I was pouring with sweat just reading this thread and then they get the inevitable, how come when we are 1 goal down with 20 mins left we just pack up and settle for it, but other teams always seem to get the lucky little bounce and **** us at the death. So ****ing ****ed off right now.

Oh for ****s sake, I was pouring with sweat just reading this thread and then they get the inevitable, how come when we are 1 goal down with 20 mins left we just pack up and settle for it, but other teams always seem to get the lucky little bounce and **** us at the death. So ****ing ****ed off right now.

No, people would be up in arms about "having to fink and stuff" if someone did a depiction of World War II (from a British rather than Ukrainian standpoint) on BGT..

Ure a kewl kat! Me, I did mine 19 years ago and got 6 B's, 1C, 2D's...

Any idea if we got a transfer fee of some sort in return?

From the photograph on the BBC site, the new owner looks a bit like Chris Moyles...

Please calm down everybody! Even if we do somehow hold on and win this (doubtful), don't forget that after the "total football" display up at Derby last season we were supposed to walk the CCC...

Nice one Kadeem, those instructions were top notch, that megaphone was a good idea...

Did Brum go up to the prem? Sorry can't be bothered to check other sites... COYS

I think it just had to travel it's circumference, think about it, any free kick that was floated in would have to be disallowed if it had to go it's circumference along the ground. Also, did Matty get the idea to do that vs Wimbledon from that goal?

Holy ****! I had forgotten that. I guess when I have tried to block out of my memory all the horrible performances of the last 20 years, that got blocked out too...

Once, just once can Saints get a new manager who can turn it around immediately, it happens all the time to other clubs, not us. Teams seem to get transformed overnight from useless-barely-win-a-corner to commanding stylish passing 2-0 winners when a new boss comes in, not us, same old dross for well over 5 years now...

You can change the players, the management, the owners, style of play, and division, but you cant change Saints, thoroughly disappointing and spirit crushing. Why do we put ourselves through this every year? Cos as soon as you turn your back, the ****ers will win and pull you right back in...

Or as the commentator on the stream of Saturdays match would say..."Lombard off, Gabon on..."

Way to jinx the fella. Remember Alan McLoughlin...