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Eastern Road is closed northbound for 8 weeks due to a sewage pipe breaking, so the coaches probably will need to come in on the M275 unless they close part of the Southbound section for a short period. Getting into Pompey during a rush hour is very slow going, so the incredibly early start will stop the coaches getting stuck in traffic.

Which will inevitably be halved in the summer once relegation is confirmed.

That was down to Will Still who made it clear in his press conference that we were going to be direct which resulted in us banging a series of long balls to no one in particular from the first whistle. It really was a strange approach to such a big game.

He certainly won't catch it.

Saints signed the wrong striker out of all the strikers signed by teams last summer, not just from USA.

Someone on Talkshite earlier said something along the lines of "In a derby, the form book goes out the window" and I thought, well that's good, seeing as their recent form is actually better than ours. 😁 Unchanged team Tonda. That's all I want. Same line up, same formation. Fanny around with 3 CBs when we're comfortably 6-0 up.

I agree. It looks like he joined yesterday so he's a Pompey fan pretending to be a Saints fan. They are weird. They do things like that online. "Walk around Southsea in a Saints shirt and you wouldn't last five minutes." Classic pompey bullshIt. A few years back. a Saints fan went into the Fratton End, on his own, at one of their league games, and for a bet, took off his jacket to reveal his Saints colours. I believe he also waved a flag. The Pompey fans just chanted 'scummer' at him before the police eventually led him away to protect them from further embarrassment. On the TrueBlueArmy forum afterwards they found it really hard to put a spin on it.

I had no idea when we last won there in the league as the furthest back I remember was the 2-2 in 87/88, (lost at home 0-2) season when Clarke scored a brace. I knew we have not won there in the league there since then. So I had to check it….. 1975/1976 ENGLISH DIV 2 (OLD) Tu 06Apr 1976 Portsmouth 0 - 1 Southampton before then we smashed them most season on their own patch! So it is about time we won there yeah? 🤔

I think there's proper coaches this time rather than buses so you'd hope there's toilets on board.

I would advise against that. The last time I went on the bubble we were locked on the bus for what seemed like hours and were not even allowed off to have a piss. People were pissing on the floor or in bottles and emptying out the windows over the plod. I managed to hold it in but it was not fun. If we lose Sunday I feel sorry for anyone going, the whole bubble experience is pretty grim. From what the Skates at my work are saying the journey in and out might be interesting, apparently there is a road closed meaning the bubble can’t go the usual route and will have to go through the town. They always say that shit though, last time we didn’t get any sort of ‘welcome’ apart from a few toothless inbreds and fat old slappers giving us the finger.

West Brom were half decent for the first few games and have plummeted ever since. Even Stoke, they were right up there, now their form has dropped off a cliff. I think there will be a late surge by the likes of Watford and Birmingham in this second half of the season for the play offs. Ipswich 100% winning the league. Coventry will falter.

Be wary, that place is going to be hideous. They’ll make every effort possible to be seen as the cheerleaders. For those attending, be loud, give them hell and enjoy.

That means nothing really though as the majority of the other managers where managing in the premier league which obviously would bring the win percent right down

Looks Saints like signed the wrong US young striker.

League 1 Minus 10. Southampton 1 Sheffield United 0. RPs appreciated. #saintsfc back 4 good, perhaps. Featuring first win in 8, Wilder-vision, Ross in Cotton-Wool, Sharpe's Misery and Welington boots it, heads it and tackles it. https://league1minus10.co.uk/2026/01/23/championship-match-28-southampton-1-sheffield-united-0/

True but by then they have a lifestyle that requires that income. Is your bleeding as much as mine 😃

Big issue we had in the home game was that we went long they won everything and also every second ball. Our midfield just sat so deep and there were huge vacant areas between the forwards and the midfield. Saints need to be braver.. push higher and win second balls. But I don’t think Tonda has the experience to win this game from the sideline.

Think there was pretty much zero chance they was ever gonna exercise the option to buy . 8 million for a keeper would be super expensive for stoke and when you factor in how shit bazunu is it’s not like he was ever gonna be worth that .. we should have just lowered the price and got him gone or with obligation to buy at a lower price

Thought we look a lot more secure with him in goal. Very important upgrade might actually stop leaking goals at every chance for the opposition now

Le Puy En Velay came out the much brighter of the two in the second half. There were a few little warnings. Then on 55 they had acres of space on their right. Adelaide got ahead of his marker to put in a nice curled cross. The home side would have a few more good deliveries from that side in the half, only for pace or lack or a finisher preventing more goals. They strengthened control of the midfield too, with some efforts coming centrally too. VA blocking one effort led to a clear penalty on 85, for the third. It has to be said that VA offered practically nothing in that game. Apart from that early run in on goal, it was the 88th minute when a long range effort went a yard wide. It wasn't a physical game. But when there were contests VA lost the vast majority. The lack of linked up play between familiar players was very evident. VA didn't put anything together from 10 minutes on. Our Rento came on early, around 66. I don't remember him touching the ball. He replaced Abi, who didn't do or receive much, but at least offered a focal point. Not that anyone reached him, as the VA passing was poor. Courtet was back to covering 6 positions in the absence of any other support. I did see Diomande look frustrated at a move breaking down with him, so that was a tiny something. Pretty abject, robbing the little light from the last win.

Food and drink available in the ground. Not much else to do if we're getting there at 9am!!

The match has just ended and unfortunately there will be no second consecutive victory tonight. On a pitch unworthy of the third division championship, we lost 3-0 tonight... 1st goal: 45+1' a cross shot hits the goalpost, it looks like it's going in, and the assistant referee validates the goal. Second goal: 51', another goal that hits the post and goes in without any dispute... Third goal: 87' Penalty for Le Puy, shot in the centre of the goal, Jean Louchet can do nothing about it. VA weren't good, it has to be said, a match to forget tonight...

3-0. Bad unnecessary tackle to give a penalty away for the third.

Last year, Pete Hegseth, who 'served' in Afghanistan as an instructor in the rear areas, said that ISAF, ( International Security Assistsnce Force ), stood for "I Saw Americans Fighting".