Pompey vs Saints - Sunday 1200

[WinglessWonder]

I'm hoping that the players can somehow sort themselves out and bloody win as living in Fareham will be even more insufferable if not! Due to the rubbish bubble rules I will be watching in a local alehouse (saints shirt on of course!) with fingers firmly crossed. 

Good luck to those who are making the trip; having visited in 2004 & 2005 I know it's not the nicest of away ends out there! 

[tdmickey3]

1 hour ago, WinglessWonder said:

I'm hoping that the players can somehow sort themselves out and bloody win as living in Fareham will be even more insufferable if not! Due to the rubbish bubble rules I will be watching in a local alehouse (saints shirt on of course!) with fingers firmly crossed. 

Good luck to those who are making the trip; having visited in 2004 & 2005 I know it's not the nicest of away ends out there! 

Not the nicest!!!

Its the worst shithole imaginable 

[WinglessWonder]

20 minutes ago, tdmickey3 said:

Not the nicest!!!

Its the worst shithole imaginable 

True, I was being nice 🤣🤣

[Gloucester Saint]

21 minutes ago, tdmickey3 said:

Not the nicest!!!

Its the worst shithole imaginable 

If you were under 40 and wanted to know what my generation and older talk about when they describe what the poorer Division 1 grounds used to look like in the 1970s and 1980s, the Milton end at the Fish Shed is it.

[tdmickey3]

1 minute ago, WinglessWonder said:

True, I was being nice 🤣🤣

Why 😉

[Gloucester Saint]

At least after getting walloped there, the fanbase doesn’t have to pretend to support the likes of Flynn Downes, Ryan Manning and Nathan Wood any longer and get stuck in. The more piss takes the better. Give them some of the misery they’ve enforced on the fans.

[WinglessWonder]

10 minutes ago, tdmickey3 said:

Why 😉

Good point! I've known non-league grounds have better facilities to be fair!

[Mixedkebab]

1 hour ago, Gloucester Saint said:

At least after getting walloped there, the fanbase doesn’t have to pretend to support the likes of Flynn Downes, Ryan Manning and Nathan Wood any longer and get stuck in. The more piss takes the better. Give them some of the misery they’ve enforced on the fans.

Exactly, give them some proper shit and make them have a cry baby fit at the fans like all 3 have done before. That will hopefully prevent them from being picked any more.

Gimps will say, “you wouldnt say that to their face”

I like to think we still have a few fans who fucking would say it to their faces.

[Badger]

3 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said:

If you were under 40 and wanted to know what my generation and older talk about when they describe what the poorer Division 1 grounds used to look like in the 1970s and 1980s, the Milton end at the Fish Shed is it.

Less inbreds noticed in the 70’s though. 

[Gloucester Saint]

1 minute ago, Badger said:

Less inbreds noticed in the 70’s though. 

And certainly no selfie sticks. 

[Football Special]

3 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said:

At least after getting walloped there, the fanbase doesn’t have to pretend to support the likes of Flynn Downes, Ryan Manning and Nathan Wood any longer and get stuck in. The more piss takes the better. Give them some of the misery they’ve enforced on the fans.

Be careful, Nathan Wood might tell us to fuck off again , don't want to hurt his feelings 

[tdmickey3]

How did he manage to sign like that 🤣

Edited Sunday at 19:06 by tdmickey3

[the colonel]

6 hours ago, tdmickey3 said:

Not the nicest!!!

Its the worst shithole imaginable 

NOTTARF KRAP

Comes to mind

[Green]

At least with the midweek game, it means less time for all of their Portsmyths to get an airing. 

Wonder how many times we will hear of:

- the mythical strike breakers

- how they sent us down in 2005

- the list is endless 

[Gloucester Saint]

Agree with TSP - even if we can only get 45 mins out of Romeu it’s him and Downes starting there in central midfield unless Charles can start. Maybe rotate Oriol and Charles. Not a game for Jandar. Have to play 4231 and get Fellows and Scienza playing wingers.

But Tonda won’t. Unless Sheff Utd score 4 or 5 and he becomes. Untenable. 

[Appy]

14 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Agree with TSP - even if we can only get 45 mins out of Romeu it’s him and Downes starting there in central midfield unless Charles can start. Maybe rotate Oriol and Charles. Not a game for Jandar. Have to play 4231 and get Fellows and Scienza playing wingers.

But Tonda won’t. Unless Sheff Utd score 4 or 5 and he becomes. Untenable. 

Unless Romeu has improved dramatically over the last few weeks, he won’t be anywhere near starting unfortunately, best we can hope is Charles is fit enough for over an hour. 

[Gloucester Saint]

4 minutes ago, Appy said:

Unless Romeu has improved dramatically over the last few weeks, he won’t be anywhere near starting unfortunately, best we can hope is Charles is fit enough for over an hour. 

True, maybe the other way around, get 60 from Charles and 30 from Oriol. Rest Stewart midweek, see if we can get 60-70 mins Sunday. Last time Stewart played 3 in a week he broke.

[Challenger]

Seriously doubt SR will give shit about the implications of this fixture, just another game to them.

[The Wyvern]

2 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Agree with TSP - even if we can only get 45 mins out of Romeu it’s him and Downes starting there in central midfield unless Charles can start. Maybe rotate Oriol and Charles. Not a game for Jandar. Have to play 4231 and get Fellows and Scienza playing wingers.

But Tonda won’t. Unless Sheff Utd score 4 or 5 and he becomes. Untenable. 

Downes and Romeu to clumsily barge into skates players in the first 15 minutes and carry a yellow the rest of the game whilst doing nothing but pass backwards and sideways. 
 

I’ve seen nothing to suggest that Jander and Bragg have left mental strength and that’s the only thing that really matters here. 

[tdmickey3]

9 hours ago, Challenger said:

Seriously doubt SR will give shit about the implications of this fixture, just another game to them.

They seem to not give a shit about the utter shit show they are serving up so why would this bother them..

[Hatch]

Just watched The Big Match Revisited on ITV4, and they were showing Pompey away at Millwall.  I never knew they used to have a red kit with white stripes.   

[The Wyvern]

9 hours ago, Challenger said:

Seriously doubt SR will give shit about the implications of this fixture, just another game to them.

I actually think strangely that they really care about perception and how much they are liked. 
 

The criticism of SR is simply they’re not very good at making important decisions, keep trying to be clever and don’t learn from their mistakes. That’s it. 

[Football Special]

26 minutes ago, The Wyvern said:

I actually think strangely that they really care about perception and how much they are liked. 
 

The criticism of SR is simply they’re not very good at making important decisions, keep trying to be clever and don’t learn from their mistakes. That’s it. 

I agree. I think it's their arrogance making the same mistakes time and time again that has lost them the support of the fans, getting decisions wrong so often and so badly it's sometimes hard to believe they're not doing it on purpose 

[OldNick]

1 hour ago, Hatch said:

Just watched The Big Match Revisited on ITV4, and they were showing Pompey away at Millwall.  I never knew they used to have a red kit with white stripes.   

Love watching Big Match revisited,so interesting seeing how the game has changed. 7-30 kick offs, 10minute half time, linesmen coming in and standing on the goal line, pass abcks for keepers to pick up, wonderful the fans behind the goal etc etc. 

[OldNick]

On 17/01/2026 at 22:01, Pamplemousse said:

If we lose this game it should be the catalyst for mass protests.

It won't though because our fanbase is too soft.. no doubt half the away end at Fratton will be players friends and families clapping them off no matter the result 

So find a buyer who will pay 200m for a mid to lower Championship team, then Im sure we all would be behind you to try to get them out, but I suggest that the majority of fans understand that all the protests do is ruin any atmposphere there is and make our position worse during the game. Add to that how it also ruins the enjoyment of going to a game. Doncaster home when the fans were fighting with each other was as low as ay time I have felt watching Saints

[Football Special]

12 minutes ago, OldNick said:

So find a buyer who will pay 200m for a mid to lower Championship team, then Im sure we all would be behind you to try to get them out, but I suggest that the majority of fans understand that all the protests do is ruin any atmposphere there is and make our position worse during the game. Add to that how it also ruins the enjoyment of going to a game. Doncaster home when the fans were fighting with each other was as low as ay time I have felt watching Saints

Interesting perspective, is your approach to go to the match and act like everything is ok? Cheer the team , accept the defeats? 

Past generations of my family going back to pre-war used to say a true fan sticks with their team through thick and thin, they need you most when they are struggling, but it feels different in this era. 

 

[macca155]

This game is all about mental strength. Charles and Romeu should be nowhere near it. Shea needs to be protected and eased back in, and Romeu is finished. I'd leave Downes and Manning out, they will crumble. Same with Azaz.

Stephens defo gives a shit so for all his faults, he needs to play. Bragg, Matsuki and Jander should be able to boss the midfield. I also think Archer has the needle at the moment, he's played enough big games not to be intimidated, and will relish the atmosphere.

Home advantage is massive for them, as it should be. However they too are in trouble. Bishop has scored twice this season, no Murphy or Lang, and crucially no wingers to speak of. So the ace tactic of putting crosses in, won't be so easy for them.

Fellows and Leo will give them the shits as will Robinson. A lot will depend on how robust the ref is.

A defeat is on the cards obviously, but it certainly isn't a formality. Derby matches are always weird.

[Turkish]

On 18/01/2026 at 09:06, LGTL said:

2004 was chaos, 2005 passed without too much incident and 2019 was a cake walk. 

The catalyst for the introduction of the bubbles was actually the effects of them coming to SMS, mainly the cup game and the infamous battle of the car garage. For all their myths, they’ve come unstuck coming to SMS far more then we have going to Fratton. 

Thats because we never show up there apparently 😂

As opposed to them who came with a film crew following them around all day for a documentary and went on about how "scummers got nuffin"

[Lighthouse]

I can't see Charles having any meaningful involvement, given the amount of time he's been out, and I don't want Romeu anywhere near the team for this. Since he's come back his time on the pitch has barely added up to an hour, in which we've conceded three goals, two of which he was directly at fault for. Whatever your opinion of Downes and Jander, it pretty much has to be them at the moment.

[Turkish]

15 minutes ago, macca155 said:

This game is all about mental strength. Charles and Romeu should be nowhere near it. Shea needs to be protected and eased back in, and Romeu is finished. I'd leave Downes and Manning out, they will crumble. Same with Azaz.

Stephens defo gives a shit so for all his faults, he needs to play. Bragg, Matsuki and Jander should be able to boss the midfield. I also think Archer has the needle at the moment, he's played enough big games not to be intimidated, and will relish the atmosphere.

Home advantage is massive for them, as it should be. However they too are in trouble. Bishop has scored twice this season, no Murphy or Lang, and crucially no wingers to speak of. So the ace tactic of putting crosses in, won't be so easy for them.

Fellows and Leo will give them the shits as will Robinson. A lot will depend on how robust the ref is.

A defeat is on the cards obviously, but it certainly isn't a formality. Derby matches are always weird.

It should be the sort of game players relish. Into the lions pit, proper warrior spirt when everything is against you. Unfortunately our bunch of pussies will bottle it and shit themselves

[die Mannyschaft]

46 minutes ago, Turkish said:

It should be the sort of game players relish. Into the lions pit, proper warrior spirt when everything is against you. Unfortunately our bunch of pussies will bottle it and shit themselves

Who was it that went off pitch down tunnel for a dump then banned pitch? They could all take turns to leave pitch at Fratton during the game. Or we could just chuck toilet roll on pitch 70s style. 

Could chuck bog roll on pitch tomorrow,  players may get tge message.

[die Mannyschaft]

On 18/01/2026 at 13:06, tdmickey3 said:

Not the nicest!!!

Its the worst shithole imaginable 

The whole place is a shit hole. Got my XVS650 motorbike from motorcycle city Northend and made sure I had my Saints shirt on when back for service. Used to go to cafe nr Fratton park for hour or so until bike done. 

[Turkish]

42 minutes ago, die Mannyschaft said:

Who was it that went off pitch down tunnel for a dump then banned pitch? They could all take turns to leave pitch at Fratton during the game. Or we could just chuck toilet roll on pitch 70s style. 

Could chuck bog roll on pitch tomorrow,  players may get tge message.

Used to do that in the old days didn’t we. Milton road end 

[EssEffCee]

2 hours ago, Turkish said:

Thats because we never show up there apparently 😂

As opposed to them who came with a film crew following them around all day for a documentary and went on about how "scummers got nuffin"

I came across that not long ago and I forgot just how bizarre it was. Walking through a city with a film crew and then bragging that you're 'unopposed'.

Imagine if our fans did something as daft as like that...

[Turkish]

4 hours ago, EssEffCee said:

I came across that not long ago and I forgot just how bizarre it was. Walking through a city with a film crew and then bragging that you're 'unopposed'.

Imagine if our fans did something as daft as like that...

Very weird, 

Another thing that's weird is that whenever there is a post on a neutral facebook page, like away supports ones or the casual sites, about them, there are loads of them posting about how great they are, when there is a post about us there are always loads of posts from them about how embarassing the post is, what a joke we are, it's proper weird, obsessive, inferiority complex behaviour. 

[Toadhall Saint]

7 hours ago, Turkish said:

It should be the sort of game players relish. Into the lions pit, proper warrior spirt when everything is against you. Unfortunately our bunch of pussies will bottle it and shit themselves

Oh for a mark dennis, razor ruddock, joe Jordan, terry hurlock, jimmy case etc but no we have a bunch of pampered wet fannies that couldn’t knock there way out of a wet echo.

[Toadhall Saint]

27 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Very weird, 

Another thing that's weird is that whenever there is a post on a neutral facebook page, like away supports ones or the casual sites, about them, there are loads of them posting about how great they are, when there is a post about us there are always loads of posts from them about how embarassing the post is, what a joke we are, it's proper weird, obsessive, inferiority complex behaviour. 

And they cannot name a time when their supposed superiority actually meant anything meaningful. Yep they had numbers but only meant the sound of their diadora golds could be heard running away from further away.

[Gloucester Saint]

19 minutes ago, Toadhall Saint said:

And they cannot name a time when their supposed superiority actually meant anything meaningful. Yep they had numbers but only meant the sound of their diadora golds could be heard running away from further away.

2004 was all noise and casual vandalism destroying their hovel and taking it out on the OB (and they won!).

I’ve seen Millwall chasing them around Waterloo. They have never had a 1991 Covent Garden result and with so much CCTV around now probably never will. Them terrorising the disabled section at Highfield Road summed them up. 

[bugenhagen]

9 hours ago, Football Special said:

Interesting perspective, is your approach to go to the match and act like everything is ok? Cheer the team , accept the defeats? 

Past generations of my family going back to pre-war used to say a true fan sticks with their team through thick and thin, they need you most when they are struggling, but it feels different in this era. 

 

It's an interesting point. For me, the difference is that it used to be about "our club" and a team/players representing us. We would back them no matter what.

The game has moved on, and it is no longer "our club". It's a product. And when the product is shit, and not worth the cost, you have every right to complain.

The productification of the (once) beatuiful game.

[LoyalSaintSO50]

8 hours ago, Lighthouse said:

I can't see Charles having any meaningful involvement, given the amount of time he's been out, and I don't want Romeu anywhere near the team for this. Since he's come back his time on the pitch has barely added up to an hour, in which we've conceded three goals, two of which he was directly at fault for. Whatever your opinion of Downes and Jander, it pretty much has to be them at the moment.

Still hoping Charles is involved tomorrow and comes through unscathed, with the chance of playing him with Downes and Jander on Sunday. Used to derbies and big games internationally.
We can not have Azaz flopping around giving the ball away frequently 
 

[die Mannyschaft]

2 hours ago, bugenhagen said:

It's an interesting point. For me, the difference is that it used to be about "our club" and a team/players representing us. We would back them no matter what.

The game has moved on, and it is no longer "our club". It's a product. And when the product is shit, and not worth the cost, you have every right to complain.

The productification of the (once) beatuiful game.

Here here, no ones concentrating on the football. Too much time and effort on commercial side, social media, those ridiculous pre match conferences. The football is just a side affect of the business. 

[Turkish]

If we lose tomorrow and they win suddenly this also becomes a relegation six pointer as well. They would go above us if they beat us 

[die Mannyschaft]

22 minutes ago, Turkish said:

If we lose tomorrow and they win suddenly this also becomes a relegation six pointer as well. They would go above us if they beat us 

Saints players know thier crap and miles away from a team expected to be in top six. They cant motivate themselves to win a game and that psychological negativity has been drilled in by our now sideways play for a draw game plan. There is no way we can win any 6 pointer let alone Sunday as the players are just not good enough.

I think players have given up, they know as a unit 1st half and 2nd half no one can carry them over the line for 3 points. Not even Scienza being as good as he is can't play in defence or goal.