OldNick

lol from someone who is frightened to put out an statement just in case he/she might be found wrong. Now answer the question or run away again , when is it alright to field a weakened team ?

I tell you what, if winning trophies is what makes you want to support the club then you have picked the wrong team. I support Southampton because i am proud to be born there, it is the team i watched from a kid and dreamed of playing for.Winning cups would be a massive bonus,btu not the begin and end all. Playing in the top flight was never high on my agenda,until we lost our place. i have come to realise that unless you play in the top league you really are not on the radar. I enjoyed watching us in the L1 and CCC but would not want to be there for a long time. Wigan, Birmingham, pompey,Blackburn,Burnley,PNE ete etc have won as much if not more but they can have that at present. When we win a trophy like the LC i will happily buy you a drink and say, CB you were right isnt that great, but if we dont win a cup i still will support the club with pride of being a Sotonian

as a matter of interest, when do you think we should play our strongest team? only games that we lose,games we are not expected to win, games we might win or we might lose?

Can't say I'm too upset,

In hindsight yes,but you could say that about countless other managers who would have had more class when they dealt with things. I look forward to Hoddles man management skills at WHL

After past conversations we played weakened sides in the cup,it seems that is OK if you win but not if you lose. If you play your strongest team (this is the thought of a poster on here)in the LC ,then it I assume it is expected that you have to play your strongest team in the FA cup ( unless those rules close to suit your argument) Therefore our first 11 may have been expected to fight the battle on 3 fronts. With our style of play that would be madness. Sunderland now face a 2leg semi final , the FA cup and a league struggle. I do agree that the LC is where we are most likely to get to a final and would be great for us all.

the scars run deep about that one.

Did the Florida vote come in? Do what Bush did and have a recount , get the counters to soil the voting slips and you will become President, I'm not sure we can be ruled upon by Emperor Hirohito

only with you, the standard bearer for Hoddle. It would be great for us if he got the job. Any manager who choose Carlton Palmer in front of MLT does not deserve any time

just for you I would love him to get the job......then watch them fail and you may then see how poor he really is. I doubt there is a Wolves fan who would take him back

i have contacted the authorities as the Data protection act, has been contravened, i will not withdraw the complaint until somebody votes me as the most popular poster on here Phil got a vote ffs. Ok he is top of the golfing stories but surely i could have had 'Pompey will get away with it' award

it was not a true poll was it, only a list from BEARSY. Without a doubt had it been an open vote, we would have wiped the floor with them,there was not an accomplished poster section and so that is why we were not nominated. At least Dubai Phil came in the top 5, no doubt the worlds golfers will get a full run down on how he finished top

Of course has the ce reduced by the same amount it would not be seized upon

if only you had put this up earlier, I have already voted. Begging on your knees always works for me

Crouch where he shot instead of kicking the ball into the corner against Everton in the relegation season

why? he had a better squad than MP to work with. This is the trouble having an impressive manager as soon as a 'big' job comes up our club get destabilised by the talk of the manager leaving

Choir lol , i assume they will be performing at Chichester cathedral on Christmas eve

yep a 90pw keeper on the bench, brilliant economics, how about Ashley Cole on the bench as well at 150k pw,as a back up for Shaw

funnily enough i heard yesterday morning that Levy had said he would be going for MP, that was before the game.

Let's be avenue and Weston even turned up to catcall, I think Smirking saint did as well, but If I'm right he was nursing an injury so didn't play. Some decent memories there

Yep we had the Smith was better than Niemi, Blayney was better than. Niemi, etc etc ,we then had the series of keepers who were the next best thing instead of Kelvin, funny that they all have faded into the distant past. Thankfully the managers were bright enough to realise the error of those thoughts. Hand on heart do you think we would be where we are now with out Kelvin and Rickie. One saved us points at one end the other scored the goals to get us where we are . There were loads getting excited and wanting us to pay 6m for Butland,this is the lad who is shipping in goals for Barnsley. I have watched Gazza yesterday on the tv and accept that the bad error was just one of those things, he was sent a pass that was pretty paced and bounced on him, he mis kicked and was something a keeper may do at times. Show me a keeper that never makes a mistake, you will look forever as there has never been such a keeper.

I am friends to a former employee who was very close to the dressing room up to a season or so ago.

He has made a few changers, but. Of course if he plays for someone else he is always seen to be world class. Dig out the threads about Butland and see how the experts were creaming over him on here, then watch the goal he let in yesterday lol

talk about an ungrateful set of supporters. Davis was superb and loyal to the club. He has been given a handful of PL games,playing behind a disorganised defence who were finding their way. When he came on as a sub against Chelsea (?) last season he made a match winning contribution. Yes he is getting on a bit and lost confidence behind a shaky defence, but he deserves better than being compared to a 3rd choice rookie. Shameful