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Thanks for the reports guys. I had BBC Sports Live Text on and I could see from Stats etc that we were well on top, especially first half. The goals will do Barnard good and give him extra confidence now and I really look forward to seeing Puncheon at SMS. I watched him at Exeter on that mud heap and could see he was classy on the ball with an excellent first touch.

I think we were lucky to get AP as manager. Many good managers would not be prepared to "lower" themselves into the 3rd division. Thank goodness he could think outside the box and see the bigger picture. He inherited a terrible team with hardly any pre-season who could not defend set pieces, had no pace and could not score goals. There is still some dead wood to clear out but look how far we have come. Judging by the crowds we get most Saints supporters agree. I like what he says and how we now play. It will always be a struggle to get out of this division primarily due to the state of the pitches and the direct style of play of some teams. Let us therefore get behind him and hope we can get promoted next season when we can play good football on better pitches as we do at St Marys.

Why some morons from both clubs have to behave like that is beyond me.

I would agree with Bridge in the initial subject matter of this thread. However, we are not in the Premiership yet and a few of our players will not make it there either. We can therefore leave things as they are for the time being.

The Management of the club know what they are doing and I suspect this issue has never been considered. IMO we would have to be back in the Premiership and 25K ST sold each year for 3 years before this would ever be considered.

We had our chances but our lads played well and clearly did their best. Well done to AP and all the Team. You were great. Now we can look forward to Wembley and in 2 weeks this game will be forgotton except that Saints will have learned a lot from it.

The Statement of Affairs requested by HMRC will tell HMRC if the the Club is solvent. RinNY's post above sets out the creditors (there will be even more in 7 days time).HMRC will then deduct these from the assets to confirm solvency or otherwise. The assets will be the Stadium, surrounding ground and players. In the current economic situation, these cannot possibly be worth more than £70M.Simply compare the alleged cost of SFC to Mr Leibherr, and look at the assets we had. The company must be insolvent and thus must be liquidated as the Directors are trading illegally.

I thought Puncheon had some nice touches on Saturday and looks a quality player. It was a pity that dreadful pitch did not allow him to display his skills to the full. Cannot wait to see him at St. Mary's though.

I think Sol Cambell has, for his image rights etc. but cannot understand the link between the Shop and the Club unless it is a retail outlet for their merchandise. I believe it is illegal under the Companies Act to give such a guarantee unless it is to a subsidiary and there is a commercial relationship. A similar position arises if Portsmouth City Football Club Ltd lent money to a Director.

Reported in the DT Business Section that Grosvenor Esates( Duke of Westminster) has been added to the WU Petition due to unpaid rent on a shop in Festival Place Basuingstoke. The club is thought to be guarantor for the un-named tenant who has fallen into administration. It just gets worse.

When a club is in financial difficulties, there are always loads of other creditors which are not public knowledge

I get the feeling that we have'nt played anything like so well, since Connelly has been injured.

Good to see both wingers runing at defences with pace and crossing the ball. Waigo was excellent when he came on. Our defence had an easy day today although Mills looked a little shaky early on and Wotton was dodgy too.First half poor but seconed half we came to light after the Waigo subsitution. Antonio MOM for me.

Bridgey's girlfriend would not move to Manchester with him.

This will not be a problem as he will not play with that bad knee...Coles will.

It is in the Players own interests to find another club if AP has told them they will not feature in his plans. The reason being is if they sit tight and just take the money, there will be loads of players coming onto the market at the end of the season, and thus, they may never find another club when their contracts expire.

I chose the Chapel end at t Mary's because I always sat in the Milton Road end at the Dell and it is easy to park/ get away for my 90 mile return car journey each fortnight. I am not keen to be near the away fans as some of the language is just too ripe for my 2young grandsons who are ST Holders with me. The same could be said of the Northam, so I do not wish to be moved over to there either. I do take the point about the wall of noise and I am probably a Nimby. Leave things as they are, a selfish view perhaps but that is the way it is for me.

Yes, a great team player and glad he has done well.

Do not care if Rickie does not score everygame as his first touch and lay offs for others are a joy to behold.

But Lambert has a much better first touch than Beattie.

Stern was ok did his job for us, nothing less and nothing more. Whilst AP was upset in the way he left us I am sure we can all forget that now. After all we managed to get Rickie Lambert and I know who I would rather have. We can acknowledge Stern but not go overboard.

He has bags of potential and one we need to keep.A spell out on Loan to a league 1 or 2 club would do him the world of good.

Thoroughly enjoyed that and AP's tactics were spot on. An excellent Team display and impressed with Fonte. Antonio was MOM for me but Rickies first touch and knock downs are a joy to watch even when he does not score. Well done Fans for making so much noise and getting behind the team in that empty Stadium.

Just do not believe all your read in the papers.

Welcome aboad Danny Boy. Did not remember your name from the Exeter Game but your defence played well on the day with 10 men. I like the reports about you. You are one for now and building for the future. Good luck.