OldNick

Very sensible, but may I ask were you born in Southampton, is it a passion for you? Do you ever toss and turn at night reliving the game and how things went wront and why or fret/worry about the next game. Sadly, im 66 and Saints burn into me so deeply. Im not rabid anti Pompey as in a way i respect them as it is a tough city and they like us support the team, but what rankles me most, is their belief that they are some sort of super fan base

They talk football all night as they have trouble putting a sentence together, by the time theyve joined one together the bell rings for last orders

Im disappointed in you as you were pretty weak on hiw scathing you were on them 😀

for me playing a 4 we dont play it along the back so much, this is the area where we make crucial mistakes due to the lack of ability

Probably too slow to get in each others way and as you were the ref Im sure it was unlikely 😀 Do you not recall that mazy goal we scored against WBA where the 2 players colided, or Pompeys keeper this season. I do agree THB has this in his locker as a few times hes done it, away at Villa the glaring one

I didnt notice that but he may well have said something when play started again. Im sure Scienza knew the situation nd to be fair the ref didnt give him much and the time he did go off on one he was wronged.

Interesting that the majority of the teams just above us were deemed to be useless by the football intelligensia on here when we got positive results against them.

Oh come on if if if, if Scienzas shot had not gone in other opportunities would have come about. You are going to die on the hill of formation it seems. The team were better and more solid, their 2 major chances were created by our mistakes, Peretz bad kick to Jelert and THB and Jelert both going to the same ball allowing Bamford through.

Amzing a player who has played in 2 9-0 thrashings, a been part of a team who let in mountains of goals, is this a reflection of us or Portugal league after all Gycores looked a worldy there. I suggest most of their top players are in other leagues

yes I noted that. Saying about fresh players. Why change a winning team ffs

Oh come on you arent usually this down on the team. The team were lacking confidence and nervous, give them a break as this hopefully is a start to an improved run. Ross is a very important part of that. A clean sheet was a great positive and sunday will show if there are green shoots, just a shame we have this game now and not in a few weeks

The way FD played yesterday he doesnt deserve to be dropped, add to that he has the cahoolies to face up to the intimidation. When Shea came on he looked timid and not up to speed. Played a more forward role. He needs a few cameos to get up to speed. I worry our young players may wilt, but people like Wellington and Jelert seem to have the will to stay calm and not be phased. Just hope Ross cn give 70 minutes, when he went down the crowd were very silent and cheered when he got up and strted running

I dont agree, the formation made the players look more comfortable, Stphens and THB each took responsibility to challenge fro the ball. We didnt have the endless passing the ball along the back 3, but were playing the ball forward in a positive fashion. Flynn played the best he has for a long time and again he didnt kep feeding it back as he had a few more options forward. Ross made a massive difference and had been availible more this season we would be so much better placed. He challenged and won headers, giving their defence more to worry about, hence the last 30 minutes with AA up front they took control as we had no outlet. The keeper did what hes supposed to do by saving to get us points (his kicking is poor but surely even our coaches can help him there) He was constantly shouting and organising something we badly needed. Fir the first time in a long time I saw JS actually being a captain, berating andencouraging players when they had done well. Sunday is slightly less daunting but we will see in the first 10 minutes if the players can hold up to the intense pressure FP will bring. Sadly at ours we were flat and made their day very easy

To be fair to Tonda, he hasnt had the big forward, the same goes for Still,when RS was availible and playing we looked very good. what is so annoying is the recruitment team dont seem to be targeting a big strong forward who can hold the ball and link the play.

B'mouth will have trouble as they are up against financial rules, but I see they are spending 90m on doubling their capacity in the next 2 years. If Andoni leaves that will hurt them but they still get some good players. Looks like Jimenez is the next one. Ive said many times we should get their scouting team and pay them big bucks