Marsdinho Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 Shame, he was going to be my favourite player in a few years time, might have to rethink that http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/9328132.Why_teenager_James_ditched_Pompey_for_Saints/
Golden Balls Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 Can't be easy for him. Fair play for biting the bullet and getting on with it. I'd imagine if he gets any good, he'll be off at the first opportunity though.
supersonic Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 He ditched Pompey for Saints....how many people would do that? Legend already in my eyes..
sfc4prem Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 He'll be off at the first opportunity then, just like Chamberlain.
Saint-Armstrong Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 Can I point out he WAS a season ticket holder FOUR years ago. He goes to every home game with the academy lads, bumped into them once and had a chat with him and Jamal Branker.
doddisalegend Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 Have we nicked all pompey's best youth talent LOL? Still with the new academy rules thingy I suppose pompey will have to get used to losing all the best local talent to us......
Big_Bald_Si Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 Love it how it's entitled "Why teenager James ditched Pompey for Saints", and then doesn't give any hint of a reason as to why in the online article.
Golden Balls Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 Love it how it's entitled "Why teenager James ditched Pompey for Saints", and then doesn't give any hint of a reason as to why in the online article. I thought that. It just says what he did...not why. Typical Echo I suppose, what more should we expect?
View From The Top Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 I know a nipper who, many moons ago, went the other way. He didn't quite back the grade but he hated, hated, hated, having to wear the blue of the skates. He's a season ticket holder at SMS.
Badger Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 Have we nicked all pompey's best youth talent LOL? Still with the new academy rules thingy I suppose pompey will have to get used to losing all the best local talent to us...... Let's not forget Bobby Stokes place of birth. Nothing particularly new in this, Saints taking the most talented players in the area.
Thorpe-le-Saint Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 Oh Prowsey Prowsey, used to be a skate but he's alright now?
Colinjb Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 Oh Jamesey Jamesey, used to be a skate but he's alright now...
ottery st mary Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 Bitterne Park Saints school player who went the other way to Pompey , Spurs and England... Darren Anderton.......never as good as Le Tiss though.
Saint_clark Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 I'd imagine he's still a Pompey fan, just realises this is the best place for him. Will make it more bearable should we ever cash in on him.
Badger Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 Bitterne Park Saints school player who went the other way to Pompey , Spurs and England... Darren Anderton.......never as good as Le Tiss though. but wasn't Malcom Waldron from somewhere near Skatesville? Mick Mills, although coming to us on after Ipswich,also started as a junior there before they decided they could no longer afford to run either the juniors or reserve team in the 1960's.
ottery st mary Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 (edited) I do remember them cutting their youth back in 1960 ish.....nnothing changed their.... To be fair I remember Graham Roberts as a Saints schoolboy being turned down by Saints and trying Pompey... but turned down by them, Bournemouth and others....After a season at Dorchester and Weymouth got picked up by Spurs. Jake Thompson also a Pompey lad who came to Saints Academy........I think he is up your way Badger , on Loan at Forest Green...surprised he didn't go home as he would get a game at Pompey....next year in Div 1:rolleyes: Edited 27 October, 2011 by ottery st mary
saintmatt Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 Love it how it's entitled "Why teenager James ditched Pompey for Saints", and then doesn't give any hint of a reason as to why in the online article. I'd imagine that's the headline used in the paper itself (where there's a more extended article) - the website often only offers teasers to full stories. Could be wrong though.
Chez Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 Love it how it's entitled "Why teenager James ditched Pompey for Saints", and then doesn't give any hint of a reason as to why in the online article. he was a season ticket holder at Fratton Park - there's your reason
Saint_clark Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 He was 12. I 'supported' man utd when I was 10 or 11. Most friends at school who supported random teams turned to Saints as the years went by. Michael Owen and various other liverpool players supported everton. Let's face it, if you're at a club a while you end up supporting them far more. But you didn't have a season ticket...
hutch Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 He was 12, and his Dad bought it for him. He must have been really naughty to deserve that.
Window Cleaner Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 He was 12, and his Dad bought it for him. He must have been really naughty to deserve that. Jamie's old man said be a Pompey fan, he said f*ck off,bollôx you're a c***
JRM Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 Disappointing, but as he was only a kid he could still move on from that, depends how into it he was, as he has a double barreled surname and his dad is a barrister i am guessing he wasn't particularly fanatical standing in the fratton end with west-wood ringing a bell, it could be enough for him to never build a true affinity with saints though and make it easier for him to be tempted to move on. hopefully the longer he is here he'll forget his links with the dark side and come to think of saints as "his" club. Won't be easy. i wonder if his Dad will be in the home end at Fratton in December or joining us on our jolly coach tour of the M27?
JRM Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 Jamie's old man said be a Pompey fan, he said f*ck off,bollôx you're a c*** Good song, don't hear that one enough nowadays, used to be a favourite of the Archers Road end. Get it going again as a tribute to Ward-Prowse
SFCDan Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 Jamie Carragher was an Everton ST holder and he's stayed pretty loyal.
W9Saint Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 Isn't he a bit too posh to be a Pompey fan ... his Dad is a barrister and he's got a double barrelled name.
Saint_John Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 Gareth Bale IS/WAS an Arsenal supporter, I was very surprised he went to Spurs ! and very more so he has become a star there and he plays his heart out for them in derby games.
JRM Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 Gareth Bale IS/WAS an Arsenal supporter, I was very surprised he went to Spurs ! and very more so he has become a star there and he plays his heart out for them in derby games. not really, he isn't from North london, he never had an Arsenal season ticket or queued for hours outside Highbury, he probably had Ian Wright poster on his wall and that was it. bit different from being a "fan"
JRM Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 Isn't he a bit too posh to be a Pompey fan ... his Dad is a barrister and he's got a double barrelled name. his name even sounds like a firm of solicitors didn't we have a player called Josh Dutton-black or something in the youth set up? he sounds straight out of Eton!
OVER THE HILL Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 his name even sounds like a firm of solicitors didn't we have a player called Josh Dutton-black or something in the youth set up? he sounds straight out of Eton! What about Forbes Phillipson-Masters, I think it was, now that's a firm of solicitors.
Pedro Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 JWP's dad praised our Academy and said something about poopey supporters not happy with broken promises about the ground etc.etc. (read it earlier and can't remember exactly)
JRM Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 i've heard that James Ward-Prowse used to be a member of the notorious Pompey youth firm in his season ticket holder days
saintscottofthenortham Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 I can't wait to boo the f*****g skate c*nt.
paulwantsapint Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 JWP just remember when you score the last min winner at not arf krap those skates love it when you run back to KD windmilling
shurlock Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 Just hope adkins had him singing 'we're coming for you' as part of the dressing-room ritual for debutants. gun to the head or not.
sammysaint Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 Maybe hes here to make it and then once hes playing regular look at a move away and just use us to start his career, i dont mind if he does this as long as A) plays well wins us games and B) we get a decent amount for him.
Saint Martini Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 He ditched Pompey for Saints....how many people would do that? Legend already in my eyes.. Anyone in their right mind. So, maybe one or two?
Chez Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 Jamie Carragher was an Everton ST holder and he's stayed pretty loyal.bit easier to stay loyal when you are winning European cups and earning more money at a club than you'd get anywhere else.
Hayling Saint Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 Was brought up to be PFC by my family, signed schoolboy forms at 13 wth Saints (with Steve Foster, Graham Roberts, Steve Neville, John Sharp etc) all my family are PFC, but I still have a season tickect at SMS, so not too difficult to to aprreciate a propoer Footbal club
Yate Saint Posted 27 October, 2011 Posted 27 October, 2011 So he will grab us a late winner on the 18th December then. Excellent.
SFCDan Posted 28 October, 2011 Posted 28 October, 2011 bit easier to stay loyal when you are winning European cups and earning more money at a club than you'd get anywhere else. Fair point, isn't it Carlos? Oh, wait... Ronaldo, you got a say? No? Okay how about you, Rooney, you've never wanted out right? Oh crap...
supersonic Posted 12 November, 2011 Posted 12 November, 2011 Seems he definitely has seen sense and is a Saints fan judging by his last tweet. All the best to the under 18's this morning against Portsmouth! #oneteaminhampshire #we'recomingforyou #Win Infact if you look at his previous tweets, it's pretty obvious he's a Saint, and a LEGEND!!
(not THE) Kevin Moore Posted 12 November, 2011 Posted 12 November, 2011 What about Forbes Phillipson-Masters, I think it was, now that's a firm of solicitors. 3 players in one, he was!
Dibden Purlieu Saint Posted 12 November, 2011 Posted 12 November, 2011 his name even sounds like a firm of solicitors didn't we have a player called Josh Dutton-black or something in the youth set up? he sounds straight out of Eton! Makes me think of a New England Patriots RB called Benjarvus Green-Ellis, who is nicknamed 'The Law Firm'. Maybe we should do something about JWP.
1976_Child Posted 12 November, 2011 Posted 12 November, 2011 Absolute disgrace. And I have even heard that Richard Lambert Esq is a Liverpool fan. Unbelievable. Have these players no shame? /sarc
saintmatt Posted 12 November, 2011 Posted 12 November, 2011 Makes me think of a New England Patriots RB called Benjarvus Green-Ellis, who is nicknamed 'The Law Firm'. Maybe we should do something about JWP. Haha, quality! I'm in!
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