OldNick

Im sure the |Leicester fans are really pleased that MM is showing long term intent ll, although as im very cynical he probably wants to keep in with that lot in Pompey as to keep the skeletons quiet

I was upbaeat about the team until I have read the last page of this thread, and as for our resident moaning Arsenal fan on here!!!

I have stood up for KD in the past, but i believew he has to wait for his chance again

Mourinho is the man for tha job. He gets under fergies skin and knows how to build a PL winning team.

I think that is true, to me anyway. It may be as im getting older the thrill is going but silly things have been lost . Something as stupid as the draw for the fa cup.You never knew any teams number and waited holding your breath in anticipation who we were playing or was it us who had been chosen.No, the numbers are all there to see and so that silly little extra is gone. Im sure as we go up in the world again my passion to be back in the Pl may return, but by then i hope a little more sanity will be instilled as the wages and star status may have been smoothered a little. To my miond the PL is now froth and hype, how many times can they think up 'clash of the Titans' or Super weekend to try and make Bolton v Pompey seem exciting. The empty seats are becoming more evident as time moves on, sooner or later the clubs will have to address the stupid excesses they are paying footballers.

when did that happen? I thought the newspapers had mentioned that you owed watford still.

All valid points

You knocked the nail in there. I forgot on saturday morning I was talking to a Chelsea fan who was going with a load of mates from salisburyto SMS. He mentioned how he hated how Chelsea dont kick off their games at the traditional time of 3 oclock on a saturday but more often than not on a sunday afternoon. For a fan like myself who has been going for decades, I want to have all games kick off at 3, to listen out fro the half time scores when there was real anticipation of what was happening elsewhere. The PL has lost its soul to tv, but I expect I'll love it if we get there again

of course it was never the lightbulb that was faulty , it was the fan that was responsible

If we can compete and win more than we lose then fine. Under this new regime perhaps the better players will be held onto and we can atually achieve again. I hope so

why dont you do the same as we were in the CCC and now then DD. Is it the vanity of being in the PL that rocks your boat?

The winning feeling is a good one. Yes we can build from that and move up, but I dont want to be in the PL if it is a case of paying stupid money and secondly if we are not equipped to do well. Perhaps it is the novelty of us winning a few games that has given me rose tinted glasses, but i have gone past the 'Saints are the greatest' and sneering at Wycombe and the likes because we are a big club. Football to me now is a pastime, a place to be entertained, the type of football I am watching is fine and more pleasurable than I recall many of the games we had in the PL due to fear of losing.Ie when the likes of Bolton Boro Blackburn etc came along determined to get a draw or nick a win, and at no time trying to entertain. I resent putting hard earned money into over paid top rung footballers pockets, and so I am content in seeing us do well and pushing up the leagues but alos knowing that i will find it difficult to bring myself to pay in excess of £50 to watch us.

Now that the 'shame' of relegation is gone and all the politics has died, Im quite enjoying the old feeling of being quietly confident before most games. Yes it is the third tier and we are a 'big club' but the football is real old style stuff. End to end, lots of tackling, goals and not bad entertainment with a team who seem to want to win. Yes there are lots of misplaced passes and some players are not 'world beaters' but it is fun. I was talking to a regular Arsenal fan and he is now getting tired of the PL. His seat costs him £100 a game, he likes the clinical precision of the passing and foreign stars but now feels it is wearing thin.All those 100k a week footballers bleeding the fans dry, i question whether I will pay double to watch us in the top division.

Leeds is a test of the 'new southampton' If we can go to a strong team in cold and wintery conditions with a baying crowd on their backs and get a positive result, then I will believe it. Sadly I expect a 2-0 defeat

I sold a house in the last couple of months and got 1% through a local agent. Property is in short supply and so the agents are gagging to get them on the books. I suggest the independants are more likely to deal. I beleive you are right to sell , but dont think prices will be going up but down in the next few months.

I tell you if Pompey had Fred West laying their patios and Shipman as their doctor the PL and FA would still do nothing.They are fearful of opening the can of worms.Just look at how the bung enquiry was brushed aside

I agree but it is amusing some of the posts. I had seen some of Alps stuff and so I knew he was around.i went missing for a week or so nobody cared then |Lol

my older brother went to Tauntons I must tell him there is a reunion..... is there a special table for those who spent their time playing cards/darts and basically doing sfa?

Lol

sorry but that is amusing.

its done by a spurs fan taking the pee

thanks for that Mr G

yeah but was it a draw or a win. I wonder if the players get a win bonus in this case

Not a hope I would have thought

Yep I'll accept both were defeats, 1 glorious defeat