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We won despite, rather than because of, the manager. Same muddled defensive approach, only this time he got lucky.

This.

Just for once I would like to go into the last 5 minutes of a match relaxed, and comfortable in the fact that Saints have the game under control and safely closed out.

Which has served him so well thus far.

Which one is going to punch the ball into the net today ?

Plus

Isn't that a Radiohead lyric ?

http://www.oed.com/oed2/00010883 "8. To lay hold of with the intellect:" "b. to catch the meaning or idea of; to understand."

A nice day out in the Lake District. I might come round the bay to wave at you.

Very much so. On the day after he finally received his World Cup winners medal he was due to visit the school my wife taught in, so he brought the medaal with him and let as many of the children hold the medal as wanted too. Quite a few dads managed to be off work that day as well so that they could have their pictures taken with Jimmy and his medal. ( Is it correct that he was the last English manager to take an English team to a European final ? ).

Media blackout pending new arrivals being announced ?

Poor in front of goal and weak moments at the centre of defence, however we did keep playing for 90 minutes and competed throughout. Was this performance an indication that MoPe has enough to sort things out, or will normal service be resumed against Brighton ?

Obviously today is International Untouchable Dembele day.

Well, he is in for Yoshi.

Legally you have to have a front one.

But "You'll never see a nipple in the Daily Express" - John Cooper Clark.

I assume from your statement that you dismiss our territory on the other side of the Irish Sea, given that the correct title for our nation is the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland", which is usually shortened to United Kingdom, or abbreviated to UK, ( except for some strange reason in international sports when they tend to use GBR ).

New manager, provided he can stand up to Leslie.

Rules him out as a Saints target then.

delusion

We could feasibly start this game in the bottom 3 - failure to win would surely be the final act of MoPe's tenure.

2 I think; 2-2 NUFC (H), 1-1 Bompey (A)

Originally Posted by monosaint Let's take the positives. We could have capitulated very easily in the 2nd half but managed to weather the storm and it looks like we were robbed by a handball. We have moved up one place and are not in the bottom 3. Let's not forget we are very low on confidence and this would have been a result we'd have taken before the game. We move on. Negativity from us doesn't help. Seconded.

An inept defeat might have earned Pellegrino the boot, a point combined with the first half performance may well give him another few weeks.

That second half was entirely predictable, and regardless of the handball, we were lucky to come away with a point. I'm not sure how MoPe handles halftime team talks, but he sure seems to be an expert at demotivating players.