Charlie Wayman

Remember those times very well. Pompey were much the better side then, won the Cup won the FL a couple of times whereas we never quite made it to the promised land and even languished for a spell in the old Div 3(S) - very much the underdogs so no real rivalry. Fratton Park looked good in those days with 50k inside and I remember the Busby babes down there with Duncan Edwards and all those lads playing good stuff and Blackpool with the twin Stan's but Pompey were a great side then and no pushover with Jim Dickinson and Jack Froggart... Nobody at the Dell or Fratton Park gave a stuff who you supported and replica kit wasn't even a germ of an idea then. We'd just been through a very nasty world war with foreigners so weren't quite ready to start domestic ones; everyone was on the same side except mods and rockers.

Anybody but Brighton I hope, couldn't stand that Poyot-idiot of a manger bigging himself up, presumably we would want Hammond back?

I hope he's not another Fox? Completely undermines Nat Clyne's position and confidence, just what he and we need going into two vital games... Nice one Tino! 9/10 for idiocy. Shall we all learn Spanish - "Hoof que fuera del campo, idiota!"

Cheap and poor and mind bogglingly insensitive. Hardly a joking matter for the families of the over 900 people that lost their lives. Try to keep a sense of decorum and decency even here on a football website.

Agree obviously. Wasn't he a second choice once Coutinho decide to go to Liverpool?

He does seem to be unsettled here, certainly doesn't give the impression that he really wants to be here. Weather too cold? Southampton just not glamorous enough? Lack of any sort of sophisticated night life? Wife / girlfriend hates the place as no decent shops etc? He's a young kid and may just be homesick, lonely and missing his mates and the lifestyle he once had. Only London has that appeal in England whereas Italy has a dozen cities with high culture great food and superb weather. Right now he's probably shivering in a thin Kagool at Staplewood trying to keep out of the rain... say no more!

Subtext: "But despite their (Saints) brilliant football, my Spurs were even better than that and won... what a really great manager I am!" Oh come on, what do you take us for?

Insight is not your strongest suit is it? I'd back Adam Lallana's opinion over yours any day of the week and probably on most things not just Rodriguez. This is the PL by the way of reminder since your fruit bowl appears to be jumbled up!

Speculative nonsense designed to make you all feel good. What matters is what takes place on the field on Sunday. The world is full of What-Ifs but facts are in the future and remain unpredictable except in hindsight. If we can't stay up by our own efforts then what's the point? What kind of team and fans settle for being less worse than their rivals?

So what exactly are you proposing that fans do to help out materially, brick up our goal against Stoke? I'm brave, very, very brave but how does that help Saints.

Nigel's getting things moving nicely at the Madjeski, great win today and if you're reading this Nigel... Nice One!

But relegation is decided on the pitch not in a bookies office so none of what you say matters a jot, if we don't get 3 more points were toast.

How long have you been supporting Saints?

or maybe two Argentians? Tevez, Aguero, Zabeleta? Not I hope Gutiérrez & Coloccini

Spurs 4 Saints 0 Sunderland 1 Saints 0 Saints 0 Stoke 2 Abuse to Flat 3 Highwood Terrace, Bassett....

This from a website that can't even get our kit right? Do me a favour! Artur & Jos came from Celtic, Davies from Rangers.... Champions League material... I think not.

The more income that can be generated from the stadium the better but is there enough of a rugby tradition in this area to support it?

Don't bother, we're better off without you.

Because people don't see things your way doesn't make them trolls SS and if lots of folk don't see things your way time for you to think about whether you've missed the point. You don't seem to offer any insight in your post just criticism of others. How does that help?

Pochettino and his coaches must take much of the blame for not reading the game, choking off the threats and changing tactics to counter WBA's. It's all very well blaming the players for everything but it was clear early on that WBA were getting on top by playing fast through balls along the ground and over the top and that they were super fit and had pace. Our composure and morale dropped after that stupid first goal and mistakes crept in everywhere. One of the problems seems to have been all the hype amongst the players before the match about how "we owed 'em one" "we're out to show them how good we've become since last time" etc. Once they believed that their mindset couldn't cope with the reality of a WBA side who were real class and on their game and frankly a far better side than Saints. As always we should follow the mantra, "Never underestimate the opposition". Obviously we did and as a result didn't bother to do our homework and preparation properly. You don't win matches by talking crap about how good you are day-after-day, you study how the opposition play and make sure you can deal with it as well as practising playing your own game for the periods when you are on top. This is down to Mr Pochettino and his pals as well, who seemed to me to sit on their arses in a grey suited row for far too long chatting a lot but not actually doing anything. One would guess that the first notch has been etched on Nicola Cortese's shot-gun. Plenty of manager's around after all!!! We haven't suddenly become a bad team but when things go wrong it usually takes a while to lift players and get the machine working properly again. If we get turned over next week by Spurs we could end the season on a real low; maybe getting only one more point at home to Stoke. It could still be close but luckily it is unlikely that all the teams below us will suddenly click and win everything. At least we have the points and they don't, playing catch-up at this stage of the season is never easy. I'm sure we will stay up but in the usual Saints way

Nah, stop being a misery!

Bugger me, I didn't know we have plans to expand to 200,000

Are you for real? Do you ever read this forum? Wonder why you're the first to think about it... LOL!

Do me a faver guv!

One of the easiest scoreline predictions of the season with two teams playing similar style football at about the same tempo. Not sure what went wrong today 'though as we never offered a goal threat all afternoon.