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LOL at all whinging about Illingsworth. Haha!

It's only a rumour carried by that minority Sky Sports News channel apparently. No truth in it then. If it were true then I would seriously worry about AP's sanity.

Chris Packham off BBC's Springwatch/Autumnwatch

Thankyou for saving our club Marcus. My only regret is that you did not get to share our climb back up the leagues. A gentleman indeed.

Absolutely spot on TDD. Remember that!

Well thought out and reasoned post Dav. Are you sure you are in the right place?

Christ on a bike, mention NI and all you get on here is whinging. If you can do any better, then do something about it. At least he is prepared to put his head above the parapet. And no, I am not a member of the Saints Trust.

God, I was really pleased we decided to go straight into the stadium to enjoy the atmosphere. Enjoyed not having to queue for food, or drink. Expensive, but not outrageously so. Decent pizzas and pies. Talking of pies, we were entertained by the six a side game which seemed to feature the two widest goalkeepers I have ever seen.

Excellent TT! I don't visit here much these days, but I was pointed in this direction to have a look. Comedy Classic. ... and that is not having a pop at you. I happen to disagree with you, but that is not my point. I just LOVE the responses you got. Right, back to top 3's, etc.

This hatred seems to be a fairly recent thing. For most of my supporting life Pompey have been of no consequence and so I haven't wasted much time thinking about them. I have spent a couple of afternoons at the dockyards looking at Victory and Mary Rose and quite enjoyed my time there. The city was just something to be driven through to get there. When I was in my youth I even went to watch a couple of games at FP that didn't involve Saints. Pompey were in the 4th division at the time and crowds were a bit sparse. I remember one game played in September sunshine that was so boring that I lay down on the terrace, rolled up my jacket as a pillow and went to sleep. I should stress that was because our driver was a skate, so we had to wait for him. So, I don't actually hate the Skates, it is more pity really. Even more acute now that the end of the line is fast approaching them. The natural order of things will soon be restored.

When my nephew got married recently the "groom" on the cake had a Rovers shirt on and the "bride" had a Metallica shirt on!

It is probably something to do with the place. I have relatives who are mad keen Rugby League fans (HKR) and they matter of factly refer to the League side as "Dirty Leeds"

I remember queueing up at the newsagent on the estate where we used to live in the 70's. It used to get there between 6.30-7pm. Don't know why I used to buy it TBH. The match reports made about as much sense as the text feeds on the Beeb. Now when I am around in the area on a Sunday I always make a point of getting a copy. IMHO it is a good paper now and always seems to have content which I haven't read anywhere else. I am surprised at people here looking down there noses at it. I for one would miss it if it were to finish, even though I only get the occasional copy.

Seems to be all the Sky football sites. I have just tried both the Carlisle and Bristol Rovers sites and they all come up "server not responding"

OMG. Exciting game for the Rovers fans. Out thought by Trollope and the Rovers team.

TijuanaTim has asked for this to be posted here, as he can't post at the moment.

This is increasingly looking like "get Briatore" The Times today So, Piquet has immunity, Symonds has immunity and Briatore ........?

I think the thing people are forgetting is that all players need a while to settle in to a team and when so many players are doing the same thing, it is always going to be difficult. Once they develop confidence in themselves and each other, then we will really begin to motor.

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Do you mean Radhi Ben Abdelmajid Jaïdi, who we were supposed to have abandoned an attempt to sign because of work permit problems?

Hell alpine, I agree with you! Last night, because the midfield was AWOL, Swindon were just picking up clearances from an increasingly desperate Davis and running them straight back at the defence. Time, after time, after time. Wotton might just as well have not been on the pitch. The only time I really noticed him was when he got booked. Schneiderlin and Lallana in the same midfield? No, it just doesn't work. Having said that the idea seemed to be to play Lallana more up front. It was an idea that obviously hadn't been explained to the lad.....

Time wasting. Pure and simple. Swindon were doing it almost from the start of the second half. Can't say I blame them TBH. Even their subs. It was funny how each person subbed happened to be the absolute furthest from their dug-out as humanly possible. It was more interesting than the game.

On the Twitter feed they are saying they have asked Swindon for another 250 which will be sent by courier down to Southampton this afternoon.

Now can we do something about a new Centre Half please?

Agree with most of what has been said. Definitely one for the future. I expect to see him eased into the team towards the end of the season. We need at least four strikers to rotate and to cover injuries. I also expect that Saga and Rasiak will be off, which will leave us with one experienced (Lambert) and two youngsters (Paterson and White), although both Lallana and McLaggon are listed as strikers on the OS.