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Charlie Wayman

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  1. There, corrected that for you. The Stadium of Light was built on the old glass works site, hardly a co-incidence you would have thought.
  2. Nice recovery from a sloppy back pass aimed straight at your goal!
  3. Look on the bright side, he'll have to start playing the lads who actually belong to us.
  4. Let's hope he doesn't jump ship because of a lack of game time under Martin. He and Meghoma are real talents but not getting much of a look in under the current regime.
  5. As long as we get 3 points, not that bothered who he picks. Probably it will be an easier passage to Wembley if we finish 3rd instead on 4th. My bet is Russ will go with; Manning Manning Manning Manning Manning Manning Manning Manning Manning Stevens Manning
  6. Why not keep this seasons shirt, what's the point of change for changes sake.
  7. Perhaps the reason the PL don't go after the big clubs who have breached FFP rules is that those clubs have the money to employ top lawyers to mount a prolonged challenge in the courts of any ruling against them and the PL are scared of this. The small clubs don't have the financial means to fight civil court challenges in that way. Same in real life really, individuals seldom have the means to challenge in the civil courts whereas corporations do.
  8. They did but their success was built around the legendary midfield trio of Scoular, Froggart & Dickinson by any standards world class players. We had Smith, Webber & Mallett by the way at that time… who, you may well ask? Just so my loyalties will not be questioned, I haven't a clue who plays for them now and cannot name a single player from their squad.
  9. Portsmouth won League One in 1949 and 1950. They are one of only five English football clubs to have been champions of all four tiers of the professional English football pyramid. You might soon have to get used to the idea of us possibly being the 4th best team on the south coast. As a Hampshire man through and through, I remember very well their post-war achievements and not without a little envy as Saints drifted between Division 2 and Division 3. Rivals they may be but give recognition where it is deserved. Your careless and insensitive remark about handicapped people in care homes does you no credit whatsoever and in the context in which you set it, wildly inaccurate. There are still plenty of football fans from the Silent Generation who still know which way is 'Up' even amongst our season ticket holders.
  10. Put it another way. The challenge for us going forward is that we must beat the top three at least once each and one of them twice. If we can do that then we will be promoted and deservedly so. It's a very tall order but stranger things have happened in Saintsland. Is it worth betting the house on? That's for you to decide but it sounds like a brick too far to me.
  11. It is disingenuous to limit our appreciation of Ralph to his ability to have kept us in the PL. He did far more than that and had us top of the league for a brief moment. Given Saints were a cash strapped club unable to buy decent players to fit the system he wanted to play, he did extremely well to fashion a team from our dross that at times looked like they could claim a top ten berth; alas even Ralph could not defy gravity indefinitely but he did not have to suffer the ignominy of relegation. Could he have kept us up? That's the million dollar question that will never be answered. Especially I miss his press conferences that were always full of good humour and bon amis, an intelligent but humble man that rarely had a bad word to say about any body or anything. Good luck Ralph and hope to see you around these parts soon.
  12. Play the ball not the man. Everyone has a different point of view. Take a chill pill!
  13. Leeds turn to win today. The top three are relentless, we are falling further and further behind. It will be hard to drop any lower than 4th or to climb any higher. At least we should get our day out at Wembley probably against Leicester at this rate.
  14. One thing is evident from Leicester's performance today is that they are a much more accomplished and skilful side than Saints and will do well in the PL next season. Can't see us getting anything from our game against them and they could run us ragged.
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