HarvSFC

That's a poor imitation of MLG. Hajto joined in the summer of 2005. It was the next January 2006 transfer window that his contract was cancelled with us and he joined Derby. Kosowski joined in the 2005 summer window on a season long loan, didn't cost £400k, wasn't a part of the play-off side, which came after the next summer. The next summer we signed Skacel, Pele, Davis, Idiakez, Viafara, Wright-Phillips, Makin, Licka and Sarmiento. Again, not wholly successful and quite a few duds.

What I find strange regarding Bazunu was how he built up a reputation for his distribution, but it's by a long way the worse part of his game.

We're going to play in the Sky Bet Championship, anyway...

Little Ross going to Forest. Rangers fans are delighted after protesting to get rid of him, I expect Saints fans are too.

Easter football, Good Friday and Easter Monday matches. Klopp and Guardiola would have an aneurysm if they had to manage that. No winter break in the Championship either. Generally, just nice to be in a league where the top six managers aren't trying to change the league system every other week. 5 subs, with Kyle Walker, England's best right-back, Kalvin Phillips, a first team England international, Bernardo Silva, a four time Premier League winner and Julian Alvarez, Argentina's first choice striker coming off the bench is not something I'm going to miss either.

Add Lopetegui at Wolves and Emery at Villa. Both appointed around the time we appointed Nathan Jones. Another damning stat mentioned on Sky involving us earlier, as well. Leeds have only kept one clean sheet in their last 11 matches...

Getting a bit Jonesy. "Very satisfied" with a 4-1 defeat which saw City pass it around a set of traffic cones and needs to start looking at the table, usually something a manager says after a handful of matches, not 30. Might have known we needed to attack Leeds/West Ham if he looked at the table.

By the people who couldn't sell the job to Jesse Marsch. Doubt we'll get anyone with ambition, like Potter. Someone like Jones, who we're the biggest club they'll manage.

Hard work makes up for talent and plenty of Saints teams in the past have used the former to beat those better than them. This team has neither. So bad on and off the ball. If you stand around imitating traffic cones against Man City then they will pass it around you with ease, as they did today. They completed 683 passes to our 260. Piss poor.

Gibbs-White was 22, scored 11, assisted 9 in 35 matches while on loan at Sheffield United, Wolves sold him for £25m with potential to rise to £42m. A player who had only made 4 appearances for Wolves in his last two seasons there. Nathan Tella, 23, scored 17, assisted 4 in 35 matches while on loan at Burnley...

Jones beat City fairly comfortably with Lyanco, Diallo, Djenepo, A. Armstrong and Mara all starting and it was the beginning of our great revival. Over to you, Selles...

Our season tickets are up there with the most expensive in the country. Going to be hard to justify keeping those prices at Championship level.

Steve de Ridder, Lee Holmes, Ryan Smith, Kayne McLaggon, Dany N'Guessan, Adam Hammill.. Anyone, would all be better than Elyounoussi.

Cooper's the manager we need to go for if he does get the boot. Took Swansea to the play-off final with a little budget and who have since struggled without him and took Forest from bottom of the league to promotion in the same season. Looks a bit like an alien, but he can't have it all. I also feel as though Forest's mad owner spending hasn't helped him this season. Has a link to Crocker after they worked together in the England setup, just got to hope Crocker still speaks highly of us after handing in his resignation. Also, this ownership couldn't sell the project to Marsch, so...

Tottenham doing their best Saints against 10 men impression.

Remember these two goons at the fans forum backing Jones when every single fan knew he needed to go, only we needed to throw a match against 10 man Wolves at home to actually get them into action. How many is that now since SR took over? Alex Clapham, who SR hired for the coaching team, headed to Brazil after just four months. Now at Genoa in Italy. Joe Shields, another SR appointment. Lasted just three months after a now appalling transfer window. Fortunately, he's now Chelsea's problem, but he still soon shot off out of here. Matt Crocker, seems to be highly thought of after his first spell and up until this season helping to keep us in the league with limited resources. Didn't last a year under SR before handing in his resignation. Now, Rice, who has been head hunted by Ashworth and the mega millions of Newcastle, so must have something about him. A lot of resignations in one season behind the scenes, even Hasenhuttl was a different character to who we had seen previously working under this board, but he also had a massive payoff to clasp onto.

To win promotion from the Championship, you need to attack and try to win games. In 11-12 we won 26 of our 46 games, were the highest scorers with 85 in 46. I don't think Selles' tactics can do that. We've got nothing to lose now, we've been 20th ever since he took charge and still are. Yet, the football I'm watching is like we're playing for draws/trying to stay in the game for as long as possible. There isn't another side in this division who doesn't start their best 11 because of the new 5 sub rule. Yet, we've seemingly been leaving the inconsistent, but dangerous players on the bench, to start the more conservative Elyounoussi to then bring the inconsistent, but dangerous players on when we're losing and the other team is sat back all season. It's a tactic that simply hasn't worked, we're always chasing the game and Selles has been here all season too, so really he doesn't have an excuse. Yesterday, Elyounoussi played 54 minutes, against Tottenham, 70, Brentford before that 58, hauled off at half time by Jones against Brentford away. It's like Selles sees he's the problem in the match, yet he starts him every week hoping for something different. Alcaraz, who only joined in January is already our third highest goal scorer in the league. How does he get rewarded? Benched for shit players who can't do anything but give the ball away at this level. I know Alcaraz isn't the finished article and gives the ball away himself, but at least he has the ability to actually do something. He's essentially the 2023 Mark Wotte. Yes, he's an improvement on Jones, as Wotte was an improvement on Poortvliet, as it's hard to get much worse. But, neither should be here in the long-term. Thank him and say our goodbyes at the end of the season. Only worry is this board aren't known for their ruthlessness and will probably hand out one of their charitable contracts. Only last September Djenepo was given a new three year deal because he had to start the season at left-back. Now, nowhere to be seen again.

Armstrong’s the worst of the lot. Used to really like him as a player, but he’s horrendous now.

There’s someone who supports Pompey at the club, right? Team selections, transfers, tactics all been pathetic all season. We even signed an attacking midfielder that scores open play goals in January. In a side that doesn’t score goals, but that’s too exciting for the decision makers.

Elyounoussi lost the ball on the half way line, Caleta-Car has to take the man as West Ham are countering. But, he’s excellent off the ball.

What did we do to Sutton? Tipped us and Bournemouth to be record breakers this season with it being very impressive to be on just 7 points after 28 matches. For context, Derby were on 10 after 28 matches.

Big test tonight against Mbappe and the rest of the French squad. Hopefully does well and doesn't kill his confidence.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CZxqNknjuSw/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading Nice story with us being his last game in charge.

Our recruitment of players was terrible, as was our recruitment of the management team in November. That's the story, really. A lack of research everywhere. Given all the dross Sports Republic have appointed, and I include the short stay of Joe Shields in that given the summer business, it's lucky Selles was above competent really. I guess if you throw enough mud, some of it sticks. Just have to hope Wilcox is more Selles than Shields in his role.

Burnley and Leeds already tried it last year.