Charlie Wayman

In fact business as usual. It ain't worked very well so far.

That's what we said about Ings but he b*ggered off at the first crinkle of a five quid note.

Henceforth known as The Alpine Flopp.

The reason we didn't get hammered was that they sent their C team. Who the hell should be pleased with the fact that we can't even match their third string players who haven't played together before tonight.

Spineless, gutless, clueless a bunch of second rate losers that we will be stuck with next year. I can hardly bear to watch this fumbling amateurism any more. Right now we must be the worst team in the league. Please just quit Hasenhüttl and take Watson, Davis and your other bunch of clowns with you.

The man is just full of bullshit.

If he does go in the close season, one thing I will not miss are his constant reminders of us being a humble little club that has to make do and mend up against the bestest teams in the whole wide world and that we should be grateful for the crumbs that drop from their tables. A bit more self belief wouldn't go astray from the new manager and who knows might rekindle self belief amongst our probably thoroughly demoralised players. It reminds me a bit of our parents generation always reminding us of our place.

Oh! You are awful but we Iove you. Actually part of me thinks this to be a very sexist post

Proves yet again what a top man Oriel Romeu is. Non of these la-de-da foreign trip junkets for a real man.

Skating on fairly thin ice Vectis, you conveniently forgot to add that Pompey won League 1 twice in the 50's which is more than we have ever done. No doubt a lot of the older contributors on here nipped along to Fratton Park in those days to catch sight of Man U, Arsenal & Liverpool. I did but it didn't make me a skate. Saints were firmly cemented in the 2nd & 3rd Divisions in those days of course so if you wanted to see top flight teams, crossing the BlueLine was the only option.

Pretty bleak prospect if what you are saying is we need a whole new spine. Apart from the financial fact that it isn't going to happen, how long would a new spine take to gel?

Doubtful a top six side would want him as modern football is won in the midfield and these clubs already have an abundance of key players in those positions. I would hate to see him sell his soul to WHU, Newcastle or Villa

Tickets now on general sale! Astonishing, when was the last time we had trouble shifting tickets for the Bindippers visit? Guess public executions are not that popular in the 21st C.

Not really, we have had managers of Barcelona and PSG happy to spend time here learning their trade.

Tottenham look likely to beat Manchester United to the signature of West Bromwich Albiongoalkeeper Sam Johnstone, 29. The England international, who started his career at Old Trafford, would be back-up to Hugo Lloris at Spurs. (Standard)

Having fallen for all the hype and bullshit surrounding Adams and Armstrong in their Championship days, one hopes we will not again fall into the trap of grabbing a bargain from the lower leagues.

Which planet did you say you were from? 3 out, 2 in max. is probably the most optimistic outcome of the summer transfer market that can be expected. The rest stay either because nobody wants them or we can't afford to terminate contracts. We need to keep at least 11 players on our books to meet PL obligations.

Head of the Nail. Well said! The nettle must be grasped, rank bad management that it hasn't been already. Suggests Semmens is spineless, all talk but no walk. Get rid of the pair of them.

Right now I would take 0-6 Ah! but what if we have to win to stay up?

We don't have any others to select!

This predictably pathetic performance surely tells us that we must be odds on favourites for the drop next season. Despite our (fans) wishes for wholesale changes in the summer common sense tells us that at best two or three players will leave and only one or two new faces will appear. It will not be enough to change the character of the team. Not withstanding a managerial change, in effect what we see now is pretty much the player line up we will see in August when the new season kicks off - probably minus Broja and definitely Livramento. It is unlikely that there are any hidden qualities in our team that have not been revealed over the past three years. Bleak prospect indeed, pessimistic outlook, most certainly. Silk purses and sow's ears? A new manager will have to face the daunting task in his first season of shoring up our defensive capabilities to stop leaking goals whilst doing his best to find a way of coaxing goals out of a striker line up that would on current form disgrace League 1; at the same time finding a way to put 40 points on the board against opposition teams that inevitably will be stronger than this season's rivals. Good luck with that one pal!

This must be the last straw. Logically he must be sacked in the morning.

Better than what they've got? I don't think so. Give me Bowen and Antonio any day.

Give it a beak mate, I've only just got up. 😧

It's not so much that people want him gone, unquestionably he is a decent bloke, very engaging and open in conversation and very clearly an honest nice person. The fact remains his teams performances over the past three years have been depressingly below average and many have come around to the realisation that Ralph is no longer the new broom on the street nor the new Special One that the early hype had us believing. It is time to realise at last that if he keeps doing what he's doing then the outcomes will always be the same. Time for a change of direction is needed for our club if we are ever to be lifted out of the doldrums.