Legod Third Coming

I just don't think people have any concept of what it was like supporting us then. And some of those that do, seem to think it happened by chance. The bloke was marginalised by Rupert Fecking Lowe. Is he bitter? You bet. Does he have every right to be? You fecking bet. So he moved on to manage another club - whose fault is that? McMenemy or the people who wouldn't back him? If people don't like him, fine. But as my mum would say, if you can't say something good about someone, say nothing at all.

Whereas Fergie, Shankly, Paisley and Cloughie all worked for free?

Have you ever heard Fergie slate a player of his? Apparently this is also true in the dressing room where he is nice a pie to them all, even Nani...

I love the bit where a Burnley fan calls Southampton a dump. A bit like Julian Clary calling Dale Winton a bit camp...

Good point, although what I don't understand is how the court can give a business 7 days to prove it is a going concern when it had two fecking months notice of the court case during which it had ample opportunity to prove it was solvent!!!!!!

Bunch of fecking shirt-lifting woofters the lot of 'em. And before you ask some of my best friends are gay, as was our nanny, and a member of my immediate family...

not since we went into admin anyway...

Will you fill me in on the team talks?

Nope. I think the FA imagine that we're all like Lord Triesman or something. There's no homophobia or racism in football, unless you include a governing body constituted of white middle aged hetorosexual men...

Are we giving out awards for drunk posters so early in the afternoon? You expect us to beat a team of players on £70k a week eh?? Well, nothing like growing up wanting to be an astronaut I suppose...

That's true but I could imagine the PL 'loaning' Pompey money because they are the bottom card in the house and when they go, others will follow...

HMRC are out to close a 'loophole'. At present, football debts take precedence over HMRC. HMRC have had enough and only by winding clubs up can they become the preferred creditor. This is what they are intent on doing now because clubs in admin often escape paying HMRC what they are owed.

Good points. Look at Derby. I bet they now get into the play-offs after a shocking start. Nothing to do with money. Nothing to do with 'business' and everything to do with having a little patience and letting the manager do the job for which he is paid. I'm sure Cortese understands these things very well. He has history in banking and if they have taught us anything, it's that quick results are normally built on sand...

I hate it when I come in and find my Saints fridge magnet upside down. Always a bad omen...

That's his perogative, it's his money. Just like Briattori. Thankfully, he said nothing other than what every fan, player and the manager agrees with. We would all like to win more games. Who wouldn't. He only writes the lines, not what internet jockeys read between them.

Then wait 18 games before passing judgement. Or just enjoy the ride. It's not like we've had anything to smile about for six years. One of life's great joys is that when success comes it has been worth the wait. Anything that comes easy is not worth having.

Well let's hope he sees sense then. Or would you like to be a QPR fan this evening?

We are five off them with a game in hand, but so do Huddersfield have one so assuming we both win our games in hand (which I know we can't as they are against one another but to be fair, this is the basis I'm using) we are three points off the play offs. If I assumed we beat Huddersfield we are 2 points off them. Oh sorry, are you including the ten point advantage the rest of the league was given?

Correct. But in my view that will be immaterial as we will finish in the play offs.

We are three points off the play-offs, with most of the top half sides to play at home yet. We'll see where we are at the end of the season when we have all played each other. And then maybe we can reflect on what has been achieved in the manager's first season in charge.

Have we finished the season? The form over 27 games is three points off the play offs with no pre season. If that's not perfectly acceptable I don't know what is. When we've finished the season, we'll see. And I agree with you. I think we will improve further. But stuffing MK Dons home and away, turning over Ipswich, 6 games winning streak at home and unbeaten away from home are no grounds for doing a McQueen just yet.

Look, some muppets think you can walk in and win from day one in every club in every town in every land. Thankfully, there are people who admire Billy Davies who had a shocking start and is now hugely admired and proving himself a top class manager. A bit like Nigel Clough. Or Alan Curbishley. Or any of the host of managers who have done a great job after bedding in. Like Pardew is. There are other good managers - shock news...

But for the sake of the local police, let's let them know where...

This year we have played 8 games. Won 5, drawn 3. I think that's a better record than Ancelotti.

This is might be true but: 1. The pace of the game today is vastly superior to what it was then. Then the record for 100 metres was what 10.02 seconds? Today it is 9.58. In real terms that is an increase of massive proportions. Think of that in football terms and the game is probably 10% quicker now than it was then. Does that mean the athletes are more durable - who knows? But all the available evidence suggests that the most succesful clubs rotate their players through a much larger squad to cope with the demands of more matches. 2. We have to change formation because we have so many players cup tied in the various competions, therefore it is imperative that the WHOLE squad (or at least the first 17 or so) is comfortable playing together.