OldNick

Imagine Fellani enjoying set pieces against us, I assume we wil find out how effective our defence is if Carrol plays against us

Well that worked then lol. The folly of the statement that Fonte would not be sold unless........

This is something I have felt and voiced. I do understand the other side of the coin though, we dont want to go down the Pompey route (although they do have another trophy to brag about) Our fanbase has been brainwashed to be happy to be also rans, although I do see there is a little more agitation and frustration with the clubs policy from the younger fans. When I was at school it seemed to me I was one of a very few who supported Saints and had to put up with the plastic fans of other clubs who were successful in the day, notibly Liverpool and Man Utd Perhaps if we are to be the fans who watch the acadamy players etc brought here to play to ready for sale, perhaps the club should charge ticket prices like they did for the Arsenal game.

nice one

lol

i bet they don't sell it in a cup lol

my logic is that if you are in a cup final already, you try and protect your players if possible. Especially as we had just lost our best defender to injury and we ar not completely sure of JRod and Yoshidas condition. I would also look at previous games and how the pricing policy was in the particular competition. It seems to me that the club have not tried that hard in the FA cup for some seasons, perhaps th priority is elsewhere. I can imagine the fans reaction, had we played a full strength team, got a couple of injuries and perhaps lost. I suggest the players had been emotionally drained from the game a few days earlier, I'm sure a lot of fans were as well

Lol

Fair point

but surely we had played weakened sides earlier in the competition, the club reduced the price to a low price, it was obvious to me that our powder was going to be kept dry for more important games. Had we lost to Liverpool I'm sure the team would have looked different. Surely you can see the managers priority especially with the amount of injuries at present

Sure did

basically yes. Please let me know when the club are reducing their prices dramatically for the top clubs visiting in the PL

the business makes nothing or little from away fans. Some years ago I read that it was harder for Man Utd fans who lived locally were lower on the ticket lists rather than fans a long way away as people visiting from distance were more likely to spend in the club shop

Pompey have just signed with Loreal 'because they are worthless'

I cant believe you would be naïve enough not to realise that at £15 a ticket that were likely to field a weakened side. Normally Arsenal would be a Gold priced game, but they drop the price as they as are likely to play a weakened team. Yes it was a severely weakened team but it was not a surprise to me

the fans dictate, well they do own the club

rightly so IMO

about 15k of them turned up to get a better purchase history lol

CB this is totally not your normal style!!! We cannot afford more major injuries and for me anyway the League cup final is paramount. It is not worth thinking the consequences if Romeu , Redmond Yosh get injured

Ive been reliably told that the starting 11 tonight is the team that will start at Wembley, so please message me to sell me your Wembley final tickets you know it makes sense

we have a paper thin squad, for me I want the best team possible for Wembley. Central defence is where we cant afford any more injuries. Realistically we were unlikely to progress all the way in this cup. We need players back to fitness

Im going to look at the Pompey takeover thread to cheer me up, I might also look at the L2 table

This game means sweet FA,,,,do you see what I did there? It would be a message to the Board that our squad is not good enough

I have rated Sam Hutchinson from Sheff Wed. Similar in stature (not very tall)and full blooded and brave from what I have seen of him

I watched some of the game I recorded again last noght as I didnt see the build up etc. Watching Klopp in the before and after interviews were quite funny. All his smiles and 'charm' had been lost and the veneer had been stripped away post match lol