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[Britannia]

What’s prompted Ronaldo to retire today suddenly?

[Lighthouse]

1 minute ago, Britannia said:

What’s prompted Ronaldo to retire today suddenly?

He’s sh*t.

[Turkish]

18 minutes ago, LGTL said:

I've often wondered what they'd do. No chance of any sort of bubble, no chance of it not being on the Saturday of the bank holiday weekend. Imagine 35,000 from each team scattered all across London, it would be a complete and utter warzone.

Nah, they'd be their usual selves gobbing off in the build up about what they're going to do to the scummers on and off the pitch. When it came to it they'd be hanging around waiting for police escorts, hiding in pubs and on trains, drinking miles away from anywhere with lots of pictures all over social media of Pompey looking for scum etc, in the event they did bump into us they'd be safely behind police lines but giving it the trampoline shouting "come on then". Then for years endless fairy tales about how they smashed scummers all over London, scum never showed etc etc

[EssEffCee]

36 minutes ago, LGTL said:

I've often wondered what they'd do. No chance of any sort of bubble, no chance of it not being on the Saturday of the bank holiday weekend. Imagine 35,000 from each team scattered all across London, it would be a complete and utter warzone.

Not a lot they could do really beyond encourage certain travel routes and have loads of police at tube stations etc.

Imagine they'd tell skates to go via Victoria instead of Waterloo but can't actually force them.

They'll drop off substantially anyway and probably end up lower midtable. A one off play off game at St Mary's midweek if we finished 5th and 8th would be fun though.

[Britannia]

1 hour ago, Britannia said:

What’s prompted Ronaldo to retire today suddenly?

I wonder if he’s been told he won’t be selected for PT squad and is saving face?

[Sarnia Cherie]

2 hours ago, Britannia said:

I wonder if he’s been told he won’t be selected for PT squad and is saving face?

Ronaldo doesn't take well to playing second fiddle to anyone. I remember the aggro that Gareth Bale got from him when he first went to Real Madrid. Ronaldo has been world class in his time and he has kept himself super fit but time catches up with everyone. He would rather make his own decision to go now than to become a bench warmer.

[Jack]

8 hours ago, Football Special said:

Its a brilliant league isn't it, so many teams in the mix, Skates starting to look like genuine play off contenders 

Wolves seem to have a knack of picking up wins, good bet for a top 2 spot 

It’s class, topsy turvy and anyone can beat anyone. 
 

I do think there are some false positions in there though: 

Stoke - regularly score screamers and win by a single goal despite not doing much else. Unreal run but unsustainable 

Swansea - really good start but being found out whenever they play anyone up the top end of the table. Will be top 8 I’m sure but not in the autos conversation 

Pompey - like Stoke, they’ve won a lot of games that were a coin flip and don’t actually play that well, but still find a way to win. Won’t last. Hopefully their form will drop off with their usual Xmas/January meltdown 

West Ham - you’d think Scott Parker will implement his boring brand of football enough for them to tighten up at the back, while having enough individual quality to score goals. Will probably still be in the mix for top 2 

Edited Thursday at 16:08 by Jack

[Weston Super Saint]

7 hours ago, Britannia said:

What’s prompted Ronaldo to retire today suddenly?

He gets a couple of days of everything being about him?

[bpsaint]

Just seen that Bournemouth beat Sparta Prague tonight, having already beaten one of the Milan sides, and have a fixture to come against Hapoel Be’er Sheva. Quite the coincidental set of fixtures.

[Sheaf Saint]

I had to check the date to make sure it's not somehow April Fool's day in November...

Wayne Rooney: Former Man Utd and England captain named pundit of year - BBC Sport

[tdmickey3]

9 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

I had to check the date to make sure it's not somehow April Fool's day in November...

Wayne Rooney: Former Man Utd and England captain named pundit of year - BBC Sport

His "insight" is just erm,erm erm,erm....

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

Whilst I have been enjoying Saints winning games again, I must say I never thought I'd see the day when we are playing in the second tier while Bournemouth are beating Sparta Prague away. Got to say fair play to them and Brighton too.

[sfc4prem]

5 hours ago, Golac's Cunning Stunts said:

Whilst I have been enjoying Saints winning games again, I must say I never thought I'd see the day when we are playing in the second tier while Bournemouth are beating Sparta Prague away. Got to say fair play to them and Brighton too.

Fair play to them. No resentment at all. Good to have south coast teams doing well (apart from the Blue Few), but its fucking galling to see how we've dropped from our place as the Kings of the South Coast.

[Harry_SFC]

Derby 1 down against Bolton at HT.

Think theres a strong chance they will have a new manager when we play them after the international break. 

[Jack]

2-1 Derby now. Could be good for us, might keep Eustace in a job. Both of these are garbage, absolute travesty we didn’t put Bolton away 

[Zorba]

Oxford City making a comeback vs Leicester.

#ScarTissue

[Saint86]

2 hours ago, Harry_SFC said:

Derby 1 down against Bolton at HT.

Think theres a strong chance they will have a new manager when we play them after the international break. 

If you could post a similar comment about Watford tomorrow it would be ideal 😆

[Behind Enemy Lines]

On 05/11/2026 at 10:54, Lighthouse said:

He’s sh*t.

No, he isn’t. Such a weird comment. Look at his achievements and awards and then base your ‘he’s shit’ comment on that. Do you understand football?! 

[Harry_SFC]

7 hours ago, Saint86 said:

If you could post a similar comment about Watford tomorrow it would be ideal 😆

Haha although when isn't there a strong chance Watford will be about to appoint a new manager!?

Other than us 🙄 Watford have only beaten Lincoln, Preston and Charlton this season. Any decent team have beaten them quite easily. 

[Saint86]

2 hours ago, Harry_SFC said:

Other than us 🙄 Watford have only beaten Lincoln, Preston and Charlton this season. Any decent team have beaten them quite easily. 

Perfect 👌

Edited 6 hours ago by Saint86

[Lighthouse]

9 hours ago, Behind Enemy Lines said:

No, he isn’t. Such a weird comment. Look at his achievements and awards and then base your ‘he’s shit’ comment on that. Do you understand football?! 

He's got a wonderful career behind him, no doubt about it.

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

9 hours ago, Behind Enemy Lines said:

No, he isn’t. Such a weird comment. Look at his achievements and awards and then base your ‘he’s shit’ comment on that. Do you understand football?! 

Pele is arguably the greatest of all time. Doesn't mean I'd want him starting for Saints v Preston today though.

[Zorba]

52 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

He's got a wonderful career behind him, no doubt about it.

He’s still a twat though! 🤷🏻‍♂️

[suewhistle]

14 hours ago, Zorba said:

Oxford City making a comeback vs Leicester.

#ScarTissue

I've only just twigged that it is City not United. What league do they play in??

[Lighthouse]

4 hours ago, Harry_SFC said:

Haha although when isn't there a strong chance Watford will be about to appoint a new manager!?

Other than us 🙄 Watford have only beaten Lincoln, Preston and Charlton this season. Any decent team have beaten them quite easily. 

We shouldn't have beaten Arsenal but that's football. Wrexham were about 19th when they beat Boro in their last game, West Ham lost at home to Charlton, who are currently 21st. 

[Saint NL]

Pompey beating stoke.

They're on a great run tbf to them

[Lee On Solent Saint]

5 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

Pompey beating stoke.

They're on a great run tbf to them

Fuckin Stoke making them look like Real Madrid at the moment.

[die Mannyschaft]

9 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

Fuckin Stoke making them look like Real Madrid at the moment.

How on earth have Skates ended up in top 8. And Stoke. This makes a mockery of other clubs spending large on players.

Apart from Shade who played for Eastleigh none of the Skates looked like football players at St Mary's 

[Teamsaint1]

1 hour ago, suewhistle said:

I've only just twigged that it is City not United. What league do they play in??

National League North ( !!) 

[Lord Duckhunter]

How the fuck is that not a red card, not even a yellow. Fucking VAR is a friggin joke 

[Turkish]

18 minutes ago, Teamsaint1 said:

National League North ( !!) 

How are a team from Oxford playing in the Northern league? 😂

[Turkish]

Nothing between Wrexham and wolves. Wrexham better side if anything but both pretty poor. What with them beating Middlesbrough and drawing with wolves our loss their doesn’t look so bad even though we threw it away 

[SW5 SAINT]

33 minutes ago, Turkish said:

How are a team from Oxford playing in the Northern league? 😂

Bishops Stortford were playing in National League North last season…..

[chownie20]

Hmmm should we be worried about Norwich....?

[Turkish]

4 minutes ago, chownie20 said:

Hmmm should we be worried about Norwich....?

Yes we should be shitting ourselves about every team that wins a few games in a row.

[LiberalCommunist]

The best time for another team to go on a run is after we beat them. 

[Colinjb]

Fair play to Stoke, turned it around

[CB Fry]

I wish we were Norwich.

[CB Fry]

I wish we were Stoke.

[Harry_SFC]

Just now, Colinjb said:

Fair play to Stoke, turned it around

They love a win by the odd goal

[SW5 SAINT]

10 minutes ago, LiberalCommunist said:

The best time for another team to go on a run is after we beat them. 

Like Pompey have. However now 2-1 down at home to Stoke who are now top……At least that’s stopped the messages I was getting from Pompey fans, whilst they were momentarily above us…..!

Edited 1 hour ago by SW5 SAINT
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[Colinjb]

1 minute ago, CB Fry said:

I wish we were Norwich.

Bristol City xG: 1.37
Norwich xG: 1.63

Looks like everything they hit just went in. Bet there's a few screamers in there.

[Lighthouse]

22 minutes ago, chownie20 said:

Hmmm should we be worried about Norwich....?

Their football team or what they’re doing to the gene pool?

[SNSUN]

2 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Their football team or what they’re doing to the general pool?

Both, but from experience the latter is scary as hell.

[SNSUN]

Come on Hollywood FC - be cool.

[Turkish]

12 minutes ago, Colinjb said:

Bristol City xG: 1.37
Norwich xG: 1.63

Looks like everything they hit just went in. Bet there's a few screamers in there.

Fuck off with the XG

Edited 1 hour ago by Turkish

[skintsaint]

Crazy Stoke are top, they look like your general ploddy midtable team whenever I see them, but know how to grind out results.

[Sheaf Saint]

Seems like the Stoke board must have read the joke comments on here after Spygate that we should go with a camouflage design for our third kit this season and stolen the idea!

[die Mannyschaft]

1 minute ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Seems like the Stoke board must have read the joke comments on here after Spygate that we should go with a camouflage design for our third kit this season and stolen the idea!

Saints need that kit with binoculars 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

4 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

Crazy Stoke are top, they look like your general ploddy midtable team whenever I see them, but know how to grind out results.

The blue few should have been three or four up by the end of the first half. Stoke looked pretty average really, doubt they will be troubling the top two spots come May.