alpine_saint

In what way is he exceptional ?

Congratulations. Rickie or Matty for name ?

More likely to be a departure than an arrival, I reckon.

Sadly, such discussions and questions cannot be started openly on here. As soon as you do, someone says "compared to 18months ago" or "we are top of the league" and everyone who wants to look at such things is expected to STFU. NA has done a great job, but unless NC now has very deep pockets and the contents of which can used to great effect very quickly, this little adventure is at an end. This squad will fragment over the summer, and those remaining are going to take a long time over getting squandering promotion out of their system.

What do you suggest then ?? We arent going to secure promotion with this squad.

Ah, forget it then. A lack of play clearly hasnt humbled him. F**k him.

Yes, we do, because every window leaves a "what if" feeling behind. In the summer-autumn we failed to secure the striker we were looking for.

His question is still valid.

Dune, much as I think the EU has become a monstrous front for the building of Der Vierte Reich, do you have ANY idea just how much damage a collpasing Euro is going to do - worldwide ???

All the best, mate. We are waiting on our 4th; due in May.

Ok, let's wait for these mystical signings to turn up before we do anything to address the teams shortcomings.

Of course I do, and I stand by every word. Watch us take so long over sorting out the team's shortcomings this month that it is too late to impact the decline of the second part of this season. If we do any strenghtening at all..

Aye, what cr*p is on the OS this morning ?

If we play that team I would expect the FA to punish us.

Oh come on, he was coached to say all that. Everyone talks like a f**king politician nowadays in the name of good PR.

I agree, he is no long-term answer without a major personality adjustment/frontal lobotomy , but considering Lambert is banned, Goolie is injured and our bench yesterday was already doing a remarkable impression of Old Mother Hubbard's cupboard, we arent exactly stuck for choice in the short term ( until this feat of transfer market legerdemain that NA is alluding to materialises, which could be April 2013 for all we know)

No f**ker wants him, there is no harm in putting him into the Coventry game and seeing if he can apply himself.

Are you serious ?

If Puncheon were to set aside his ego and step up to the plate to make a critical contribution to rescuing our season, he would be rapidly transformed into a hero and would find that sense of belonging that seems to elude him. Its a big ask, but I wonder if he realises what a golden opporunity lays before him.

I dont see that NA has much choice but to bury the hatchet with him for a while.

Good post. The idea of locking the forum for 90mins after full time has its pros and cons. I didnt think at first it might work, but then I realised that yesterday just before the second half kicked off, I left work and drove home. This meant by the time I got back on my PC to see the score it was already 3-0. Since I only just got home, I walked away and gave my wife and kids some attention for half hour before coming back. By then my response was much more muted than usual and less inflamatory. However, open warfare has usually kicked off on here well before full time, so I am not sure it will always be successful. I dont understand the personal abuse dished out when someone dares to point out, that yes, we've made progress, but it counts for naught if at the end of the season we've blown our commanding promotion position. Some of us have been saying that this was risk because of lack of squad depth, all the bay back from the summer. What angers the abusers the most, that we point it out so often because we are frustrated at nothing being done, or that we are being ultimately proven right ?? Dont they get it that this "negative" perspective is OUR take on where the team is and that we care just as much as them ??? All this "go and support Pompey" or "you must be a Skate/Troll/WUM" is not just offensive it is down right incorrect. I have posted 17500 times on this site since its resurrection; why would I do that as a sick joke, FFS ???

This. From the sounds of the first half, we were having another "not going to score all night" game anyway.

Agree completely. Bog-standard going-thru the motions b*ll*cks from NA. We've now lost Goolie, we've now lost Rickie, to add to all the other injuries, and he's still talking about a fortnight (better than the month after the BC game, I'll grant you)

Yep, the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow has well and truly dried up...