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Saints v Skates - Sunday 14th Sept 12pm

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Osvaldorama

Osvaldorama

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Just read the pre-match info.

No flares.. miserable. But they didn’t say anything about red smoke bombs 

 

Then some brilliant stuff this weekend: 

- Trains cancelled due to engineering

- Decide to close all the roads anyway 

- Busiest day for the port

- Derby day


Thanks to everyone involved 

Football Special

Football Special

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57 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:

Just read the pre-match info.

No flares.. miserable. But they didn’t say anything about red smoke bombs 

 

Then some brilliant stuff this weekend: 

- Trains cancelled due to engineering

- Decide to close all the roads anyway 

- Busiest day for the port

- Derby day


Thanks to everyone involved 

You forgot the weather warning for a storm as well ! 

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suewhistle

suewhistle

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Presumably written by Factless Allen as he is known by many of us, following his interesting coverage of Portsmouth's  affairs and various bankruptcies?

He also has a most excrucuatingly juvenile style which, if I were being generous, might be due to the audience he is writing for, although I can't believe they _all_ have a reading age of 12.

So I'll rely on your accounts here, cheers!

 

OldNick

OldNick

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8 minutes ago, suewhistle said:

Presumably written by Factless Allen as he is known by many of us, following his interesting coverage of Portsmouth's  affairs and various bankruptcies?

He also has a most excrucuatingly juvenile style which, if I were being generous, might be due to the audience he is writing for, although I can't believe they _all_ have a reading age of 12.

So I'll rely on your accounts here, cheers!

 

12 is very generous

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OldNick

OldNick

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It is a massive day for Baz, if he makes a mistake he will never shake off the 'agent' tag and the fans wont forgive him. This adds to the massive pressure he will be under. I wonder if it would be prudent to play AM

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beatlesaint

beatlesaint

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21 minutes ago, OldNick said:

It is a massive day for Baz, if he makes a mistake he will never shake off the 'agent' tag and the fans wont forgive him. This adds to the massive pressure he will be under. I wonder if it would be prudent to play AM

Hard to tell, he'll either have the game of his life or he'll be bloody awful and gift them a goal !!

Ted Bates Statue

Ted Bates Statue

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‘I’m not on the internet, but the number of people that had sent me his contact details was staggering. So I rang the chap up and, genuinely, left a really nice message, asking for the wig’s return.

‘He texted me back saying it wasn’t him and he needed to talk to someone about it - and the next day I received a special delivery. It’s the same state it was, still dirty and smelly, which reminds me, I must wash it.

That is so Pompey... #NotTheOnion

Interested to note that he actually said 'texted' in the grammatically correct past tense, so my respect for him has increased marginally.

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kitch

kitch

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1 hour ago, OldNick said:

It is a massive day for Baz, if he makes a mistake he will never shake off the 'agent' tag and the fans wont forgive him. This adds to the massive pressure he will be under. I wonder if it would be prudent to play AM

I was thinking about this. Will's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't, same for Baz.

Don't play - WS isn't showing faith in GB to perform under intense pressure.

Play (and it goes wrong) - GB goes to bits and everyone says he should have played Macca.

I guess AM did play in the away game at Fratton Park, so he has some experience at least of the kind of game it is.

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trousers

trousers

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43 minutes ago, kitch said:

I was thinking about this. Will's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't, same for Baz.

Don't play - WS isn't showing faith in GB to perform under intense pressure.

Play (and it goes wrong) - GB goes to bits and everyone says he should have played Macca.

I guess AM did play in the away game at Fratton Park, so he has some experience at least of the kind of game it is.

He could always play the "I've selected Al because Gav was away and I want to go with whoever was here to train all week" card, maybe?

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hypochondriac

hypochondriac

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1 hour ago, Chris cooper said:

The Broadway in portswood is open @ 7am Sunday 

Everyman & his dog is out for this one !

be there or be square ! Massive venu ! 

Is this confirmed ?

saintant

saintant

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My guess at line up;

Baz

Mads Stephens THB Manning

Charles Downes

Fellows Azaz Fraser

Archer

Plenty of good options on the bench to help in any situations that arise during the game and I'm expecting Will to make full use of his subs to impact things.

3-1 Saints.

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Midfield_General

Midfield_General

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1 minute ago, saintant said:
 

My guess at line up;

Baz

Mads Stephens THB Manning

Charles Downes

Fellows Azaz Fraser

Archer

Plenty of good options on the bench to help in any situations that arise during the game and I'm expecting Will to make full use of his subs to impact things.

3-1 Saints.

I think you're right, that's the team that will start. Personally I'd swap Baz for Macca as suggested above but I don't think we will. 

That's a strong line-up though, and then we have the options to unleash J-Rob, Scienza, Matsuki, Jander, Roscoe off the bench as required. 

If we concentrate at the back and don't do anything silly then that should be more than enough to do them at home.

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Midfield_General

Midfield_General

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2 hours ago, suewhistle said:

Presumably written by Factless Allen as he is known by many of us, following his interesting coverage of Portsmouth's  affairs and various bankruptcies?

He also has a most excrucuatingly juvenile style which, if I were being generous, might be due to the audience he is writing for, although I can't believe they _all_ have a reading age of 12.

So I'll rely on your accounts here, cheers!

 

There's a reason he's still working for the same tiny, shit local newspaper after 25 years. 

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Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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Bazunu will not be dropped, primarily because he’s a far better keeper than McCarthy (Still being the fifth consecutive manager to believe this) and has done nothing wrong this season. Our coaches and managers are not playing ‘the Bazunu game’ like a lot of people on the internet seem to.

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Saint86

Saint86

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3 hours ago, OldNick said:

It is a massive day for Baz, if he makes a mistake he will never shake off the 'agent' tag and the fans wont forgive him. This adds to the massive pressure he will be under. I wonder if it would be prudent to play AM

Would be an error to drop Baz - doing so would damage him regardless in terms of his own confidence and trust from the fans. Equally, if you bring in Macca and he then has a bad game, we will be playing the season with 2 damaged keepers. We don't then have another keeper and so we would be undermining the season until Jan on the keeper front.

The only thing for it is to put faith in Baz and leave him to it - one thing i will say about him is that he's not a keeper with a weak mentality or likely to fold under the pressure - we'll get the same baz as always, and he may even step up. Personally i would be far more worried about some of the defenders in front of him shitting the bed, or potentially Downes doing something stupid or getting sent off. If Baz does have a bad game then it happens, but at least Macca is then untarnished for the rest of the season.

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tdmickey3

tdmickey3

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12 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Bazunu will not be dropped, primarily because he’s a far better keeper than McCarthy (Still being the fifth consecutive manager to believe this) and has done nothing wrong this season. Our coaches and managers are not playing ‘the Bazunu game’ like a lot of people on the internet seem to.

Well, we all hope this continues but lots of us are not confident that some howlers are just around the corner, if he screws up on Sunday he wont be forgiven

die Mannyschaft

die Mannyschaft

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1 hour ago, saintant said:
 

My guess at line up;

Baz

Mads Stephens THB Manning

Charles Downes

Fellows Azaz Fraser

Archer

Plenty of good options on the bench to help in any situations that arise during the game and I'm expecting Will to make full use of his subs to impact things.

3-1 Saints.

I would go with that. The other new players won't start as too risky. One thing in our favour is if we have actually trained to play in a different way as Pompey will look at footage of our defending and expect 3 points. Let's hope Still and the players have a new game plan. Saints 3-1 based on Pompey fans expecting to win and Saints surprising them with solid defending!!

BARCELONASAINT

BARCELONASAINT

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3 hours ago, beatlesaint said:

Hard to tell, he'll either have the game of his life or he'll be bloody awful and gift them a goal !!

factor in the weather and a soaking wet pitch and slippery ball and it has disaster written all over it!!

coalman

coalman

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1 hour ago, saintant said:
 

My guess at line up;

Baz

Mads Stephens THB Manning

Charles Downes

Fellows Azaz Fraser

Archer

Plenty of good options on the bench to help in any situations that arise during the game and I'm expecting Will to make full use of his subs to impact things.

3-1 Saints.

Would be great to get back to 4 at the back. No Jelert at left back? For all of the 2 free kicks, Manning still feels like he's going to leave a massive gaping space several times in any game.

Will be interesting to see how, if at all, Aribo and Edozie might be involved now it looks like transfers are off.

Football Special

Football Special

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47 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Bazunu will not be dropped, primarily because he’s a far better keeper than McCarthy (Still being the fifth consecutive manager to believe this) and has done nothing wrong this season. Our coaches and managers are not playing ‘the Bazunu game’ like a lot of people on the internet seem to.

Who is the only Saints keeper to have kept clean sheets this season? Let me know if you want multiple choice answers. 

Both keepers are poor by the way. Baz is worse though 

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saintant

saintant

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16 minutes ago, coalman said:

Would be great to get back to 4 at the back. No Jelert at left back? For all of the 2 free kicks, Manning still feels like he's going to leave a massive gaping space several times in any game.

Will be interesting to see how, if at all, Aribo and Edozie might be involved now it looks like transfers are off.

Just don't think he'll put Jelert straight in for this big game.

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ant

ant

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It's been lovely sitting on the last derby being 4 goals in our favour, and I'd give a fair amount for us to repeat the feat.

But I shan't be greedy. Win. At all costs. By any margin.

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stfrancisofbenali

stfrancisofbenali

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It's going to be torrential rain and blowing a hoolie on Sunday which can only play into their hands as they lump it up to Bishop. I think the game will be decided on mistakes rather than brilliance and the chances of Jack getting an early yellow and then a second booking are pretty high.

stfrancisofbenali

stfrancisofbenali

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55 minutes ago, coalman said:

Would be great to get back to 4 at the back. No Jelert at left back? For all of the 2 free kicks, Manning still feels like he's going to leave a massive gaping space several times in any game.

Will be interesting to see how, if at all, Aribo and Edozie might be involved now it looks like transfers are off.

I think that's spot on. Robinson will start on the bench as he's played a lot of football in the last two weeks. Downes needs to keep his cool and be disciplined or could be a liability on an early yellow.

ant

ant

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10 minutes ago, stfrancisofbenali said:

It's going to be torrential rain and blowing a hoolie on Sunday which can only play into their hands as they lump it up to Bishop. I think the game will be decided on mistakes rather than brilliance and the chances of Jack getting an early yellow and then a second booking are pretty high.

Weirdly have a good feeling about Jack with this one (and I'm no big fan of his).

If he can keep a lid on it, he'll be an asset. He gets it.

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Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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1 hour ago, Football Special said:

Who is the only Saints keeper to have kept clean sheets this season? Let me know if you want multiple choice answers. 

Both keepers are poor by the way. Baz is worse though 

Aahhhh because Northampton and Norwich reserves. Damn, you've got me there, no comeback to that argument.

danjosaint

danjosaint

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3 hours ago, saintant said:
 

My guess at line up;

Baz

Mads Stephens THB Manning

Charles Downes

Fellows Azaz Fraser

Archer

Plenty of good options on the bench to help in any situations that arise during the game and I'm expecting Will to make full use of his subs to impact things.

3-1 Saints.

It will be 5atb

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