Fitzhugh Fella

How can you have a "mate" from Pomp+y - sorry you are not a Saints fan.

Absolutely - I lost count of how many times Lee started to make his run but the Saints player in possesion had his head down.

Not as far as i know - i wish i did!

56, now Otterbourne, but lived in Archers Rd 1959 to 1985 first H game, v Stoke May 1963 to see Stan Matthews but he was rested first A game, Boxing Day at Stamford Bridge 1969 we lost 3-0 or 3-1. Claims to fame - went to every game in the 1976 FA Cup win and vice capt of Fitzhugh Public House (Milton Rd) Darts team which regularly inc Peter Osgood, Jim Steele and Gerry O'Brien. Happy Days.

Some of you need to get out to a live game now and again

This

You should read my posts a little more carefully, I have said neither of those things. Merely Puncheon does not shine in that particular position and Falque seems to have slipped off even Adkins's radar - that does not constitute writing either player off.

Yea Dave, but you were just sitting on your arse while the real workers were beavering away the other side of the cockpit door

Had completely forgotten about him - apologies - but not sure he is up to the job. If AL can keep fit for the rest of the season then we should be fine but he is more injury prone than average and as he is so vital and adds width it is a worry. Yesterday v Leeds our lack of width was almost painful to behold.

In the light of Puncheon's rather underwhelming performances in our last two games as Adam Lallana's replacement would it make sense to use the loan period to get in a short-term back up? Don't know how long AL is going to be sidelined but it is one crucial area we don't seem to have adequate cover.....or do we? Is there anyone out there we could get? (Not having a go at Puncheon here as I don't think playing wide on the left is his best position)

This apart from the fact I am 56

Lots of Saints' fans say they want PFC to survive albeit in a lower league. Fair enough but tonight they are looking at liquidation which will mean that their results will be expunged and consequently Saints promotion chances will be automatically enhanced by the fact we will only have one point deducted and many of our rivals like West Ham will have 6. So that leads on to the critical question - if it meant Saints being automatically promoted to the Premiership could you accept at the same time that it would mean the total disappearance of P********h once and for all? (Vote A) Or would you rather P survived and we strove for promotion on our own merits and not neccesarily be succesful (Vote B). Easy choice Me? Vote A

Sometimes you have to experience the bad to fully appreciate the good. And every side has its bad days - the 20s 70s 80s and to an extent the 90s were vintage decades for us whereas the 30s and 50s were mediocre ones. Then came the noughties which started well with a new stadium but went rapidly down hill after the FA Cup Final. Perhaps as fans we had become complacent, most of us had only ever known top flight football. Relegation to the 3rd Div (old money I know) shook us to the rafters as did the threat of liquidation. Following any football club these days is a roller coaster soap opera and I have a feeling there are plenty of ups and downs coming our way over the next 10 years. I guess it is about trying to enjoy the ride but you try telling that to the fishy blue mob down the road.

No he didn't but don't let get in the way of a good story and I seem to remember you having a bit of a wobbler and attracting the glances of the stewards. Incidentally Eddie there is a better pub the other end of the High St

With respect Eddie, I acknowledged Lee's running but maintain it led to little. Early days however and I am far from even thinking about writing him off. Yes Puncheon's ball to Lambert was good but that was his only memorable contribution as has been acknowledged by several others on this thread. I am a Puncheon fan incidentally but yesterday was not one of his better days. And if you thought that the team performance was FANTASTIC, then you either took too much advantage of Weatherspoon's High St hospitality or are given to outpourings of irrational hyperbole. It was a professional competent performance and it deserved the three points by some margin but "fantastic" it wasn't.

Tbh I was not wildly impressed yesterday - he made lots of runs and he was energetic and enthusiastic so fair play there but he didn't actually achieve anything other than win a dubious penalty. He lacks composure and consequently missed a sitter too, but I suppose any striker can do that; just look at Sharp's miss at WHU. For me we will get more out of him as an impact player and when Sharp is fully up to speedand Do Prado recovers from malaria (or whatever his illness is) those two will be better starting options...at least for now. Lee will take a while to settle, it must be a helluva job acclimatising from Tokyo to Watford.

Again NA said Lambert rolled his ankle in the first half but was fine and then towards the end rolled it again and that is why he came off. Relieved that Lallana says it is nothing to worry about but like Alpine said it was strange he got taken off. He had already had lengthy treatment about 5 minutes beforehand, so it was obviously troubling him. It was a shame he went off because we had looked good that first half hour but once Adam was subbed we stopped playing football. Glad no midweek game which means hopefully both men will be fit for Saturday's crunch game.

Adkins said last night that Lambert rolled an ankle and Adam has done his groin, so I hope the above post is correct

Unimpressed with Lee and Puncheon - lots of huff and puff but no real impact from either. Watford v poor and we did our job professionally. Worried about Lambert and Lallana's injuries. A good day and a good result but we will have plenty sterner tests.

Thanls MLG - I see they couldn't even be bothered to list our team - arrogant bastards

He played on Tuesday v brighton U21s

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/potential_buyer_says_losing_points_would_put_him_off_1_3524326 The most revealing part of this article are the first 3 words - "self-proclaimed millionaire". Says it all and the fact this "self-proclaimed millionaire" is related to ex-chairman Jim Gregory (who is probably the original catalyst to the decline and inevitable fall of the Farton Empire) does kinda complete the circle. Does anyone remember Gregory's predecessor? John Deacon who tried to buy into Saints, was rebuffed and so went down the A27 with his wallet.

class act

Graham Hiley left the Echo years ago - he is now a part-time lecturer at Solent Uni alongside another grizzled old Echo hack, John May. As for famous people I once watched Saints v Man Utd standing next to Peter Noone from Herman Hermits. This was back in the 70s.

Decent bloke who got caught up in the crossfire