OldNick

My head tells me you are right and my heart that we will be mid table.

you are wrong I did not say NP was #### . Its about time fans understood that with a side full of kids you are going to have up and down performances. Why do fans come on glorying in our demise? Stand back and assess the fact that we have played 3 games in a week.Whoever scored first today was going to struggle to get back into the game.If Lallana had a chance go in ,Blackpool would have struggled in the heat to get back into the game and the kids would have passed the ball better as they would have relaxed a little.

it gets more and more comical on here.He is rusty and hardlt played , he still caused problems and more than Jamie White

you are right but why is it always hang ourselves when we lose utter jubiilation if we win?

you have every right to boo, but the majpority of clubs fans would realise that we had a team of kids, and they played 3 games in a week and would have accepted that. My wife told me the tv commentators were critical of our fans and I for 1 agree..Whoever scored first in this game would tire in the heat

What a lovely friendly club we are

to be fair in his first season Rasiaks goals projected us to the play offs.Blackstock was n ot ready.

I make no bones about criticising him since he left us circa 1985 ish.

FFS the bloke hasnt kicked a ball yet and you are slagging him. How many so called numpties have we signed and then they have turned into crowd favourites. Crouchie was pilloried, Marsden as well, just give him a chance and then if he doesnt do well all well and good. IMO he hasnt a chance as the fans already have condemned him

Thank heavensthe board didnt listen to fans pressure then. Can you imagine how the forum would be in those days. If fans think swing Lowe was tiugh they should have seen what LM went through, from the tunnel past the dockers in the East stand all the way to the dug out. For all the criticism I have thrown at LM he has my utmost respect in how he proudly walked along the touchline without flinching.Top stuff.

why would anybody wish to hack into a Pompey football forum??? Unless of course they are hoping to get names and addresses of people so thick that they can scam them.

Correct,

Entirely true it is a massive bonuus but we do need to understand that it is not a guarentee in modern football. I think he is a star in the making but only if he keeps his head down and doesnt let it go to his head.

I agree and am really happy he has signed.I just want people to realise it doesnt mean he will be here for 3 years definately. I also hope that the club use their nous and make sure they encourage the kids to get agents that are sensible and wish to work with the club.They need to be of the opinion that the kids need to develop well before moving on to the big pay day. Therefore not upping sticks like Theo or more importantly like Crainie and Mills before they have established themselves in a team.

Thats you opinion, I dont think he is a great footballer but he never gave less than 100% for us. I much prefer the players in our midfield now though.

Sorry to pee on the party but caution needs to be taken here.He has signed a 3 year contract, that will not make him immune to being sold if an offer comes in.Look at Berbatov or Kenwynne, all it does is secure a good price for him for the club if we get an offer him.

I think he will play as always fully committed and doing his best for the team.I suspect that he may do quite well.Hammil will do his best as well, the step overs have been missing in our entertainment this season, after all it gives the time for the defence to organise.

If that is the case I was anti club up to the change.Its not how I see it though. LC tried to do well for us but it just wasnt correct at the time IMO

Your generation must find it harder tro accept relegation than fans of mine who saw us reelegated under LM. We have tasted the disappointment of relegation but also enjoy the rebirth and promotion.Different days of course, the bile was aimed at LM not the chairman of the day. To be born and never knowing the club outside the PL must be hard and so I must try and remember that when I read some of the anti Lowe nonsense. Iwas lucky to sample the joy of the cup final victory the promotion and the great days of the early 80's, I hope fans like yourself who saw a modicum of success in the 90's/early 2000s get reward with sticking with the club. Perhaps as I have experienced this all before that Im more tolerant of our position..or worn down over the decades.

Perhaps it is a small section of fans who need to change their spots. Iwatched SSN this morning and Tony Gale was on talking about WHU and he spoke about prudence and balancing the books.He mentioned that the previous chairman had overspent and now players would have to be sacrificed to balance things up. They are in the so-called land of milk and honey and have to, so why get all het up because we are doing so in the CCC.

This thread has degenerated by a thoughtless post by SB. At times he has been misunderstood and unfairly treated but as before his criticism of DW is not called for. DW's pieces in the Pink are always balanced and far from being political, I doubt if he put himself forward to do it but was invited and so it is outrageous to take that flak.SB you should apologise, it would make put in a better light(not that you worry) but most of all it would show you do have humility to other peoples tradgedy. I have mixed feelings today as a close friend has just had a colonostomy after his course of chemo and there is no sign of any further intrusion,that is great news, I then come on and read DW's position and feel saddened. I said when Daren mentioned the club not getting back to him that it was a disgrace, and I cant see why they wouldnt allow him to do collections on the clubs property.Although there would be nothing to stop collections on the roads up to the ground. DW I hope you find time to post but with your family matters, the piece in the Pink and other commitments you probably haven't the time. Chin up you know the vast majority if not 99.999% of fans are right behind you.

Oh FFS Scooby will love that post, so some people are shareholders (not me) and they in the past have had a dividend (not much) so what. If you hold to those principles you couldnt leave the house buy a tv, buy a car, food, clothes etc etc etc. Why is it different for a football club? Football has to make profits or what is its point. You dont get 20000 people going to watch non league amateur football.

I myself am seen as very pro Lowe but I have never defended his decision to try and bring back GH. Stupidly I still do not regret my stance against him,even though we are now in a lower league. If RL had suceeded in bringing him back I was going to hand my s/t back.Whether i would have been able to never go and watch Saints again is hard to tell.No doubt the pull of the club would be too much and Id return.I recall at the time that RL was going to install GH just before the Pompey game and if we had beaten them many of us would warm to him again.. Iam very loyal until I am let down and so I suspect I would be a rabid anti RL now if he had employed GH. That is how I see it, whether I would have made such a sacrifice and just shrugged my shoulders and got on with I really wouldnt be aqble to say for sure.

Yep but Ill be wearing my lead filled glove.

I remeber that day, although I didnt go.Brian O'neill and Osgood scored if I remeber correctly in a 3 -0 victory.Too little too late , it was the defeat home to Brum that cost us that season