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were you in the South stand? Very brave. The Saints fans on the right hand side seemed to be more loons than flask carriers.

 

Yep, south stand - at least 20 empty seats around us as clearly skates couldn't sell out.

 

Look, I've never missed a Fratton game but compared with around me we seemed quiet *****il we scored), typical skates, when things on top they love it but behind they are scared pussys in my experience!

 

Deserved the win today but though our support should have been more loony (the 80% flask carriers, not the flare letting off lads on black) that's all. Saying that them at ours is always shocking....

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I have no idea what JackanorySFC is talking about....can someone please translate for me??!!

 

I was sat 30 metres away and thought our support was 80% old men and birds in scarfs and 20% loons up for making noise and letting off flares.

 

Bit like them at ours in hindsight.

 

Is that ok with you?

 

Sorry if I didn't spell that out earlier.

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Clown.

 

Love saints. Brought up to hate the skates and never missed a game there.

What has that got to do with anything? Not sure about anyone else, but if it was a choice between sitting in the home end or watching it at the pub I know what I would choose. I couldn't stomach it and I'm pretty sure most saints fans would feel the same way. You're a proper saints lad though because you didn't watch it at the pub with mongs. Lol.

 

Look, I was there and they were loud (no louder than us at SMS though) but we were just as quiet as them at ours?

 

The home fans sounded very quiet from where I was. I imagine it was where you were stood/sat.

 

Genuinely don't know why? Was surrounded by skates "scumming" but after we scored they Were gutted and way way worse than us against them in the cup.

 

Thought you might like to hear an unbiased view of the atmosPhere but clearly you dont give a s***.

 

It's only a view of the atmosphere from someone sat in the home end. It means nothing.

 

Up the saints that were there, bubble or no bubble!

 

I'll never miss a game at Fratton - SFC no surrender!

Up the saints who were in the away end and sang proudly. To all the saints fans who paid money to the skates to sit quietly in the home end and provide nothing towards the atmosphere I say you are idiots.

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Up the saints who were in the away end and sang proudly. To all the saints fans who paid money to the skates to sit quietly in the home end and provide nothing towards the atmosphere I say you are idiots.

 

You do realise Pompey got money for the away tickets sold as well...? No problem with Saints fans sitting in the home end if it's their only way of getting a ticket. Done it myself at a few London games but don't think I'd fancy it at Pompey I must admit!

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You do realise Pompey got money for the away tickets sold as well...? No problem with Saints fans sitting in the home end if it's their only way of getting a ticket. Done it myself at a few London games but don't think I'd fancy it at Pompey I must admit!

 

Of course. I said to all those who paid the skates money and then sat in their home and and contributed nothing to the atmosphere. London games are utterly different. By all means sit in the home end at some games but this is the derby game. It's completely different.

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Up the saints who were in the away end and sang proudly. To all the saints fans who paid money to the skates to sit quietly in the home end and provide nothing towards the atmosphere I say you are idiots.

 

Next time I'll go to walkabout and throw coins at a projector and scream "I'm coming for you" eh?

 

Sorry mush but I'll never miss saints Pompey, ticket or no ticket.

 

Jeez, just said from the home end, 80% of our support were disappointing - have to say 100% of the skates were disappoint ing at the last 3 games at SMS, 20% were laddish, thought it would be more man u like, that's all.

 

Calm down, just being honest innit.

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It is a shame Jackanory that you didn't bother applying for a ticket in the away end. Not only could you have come and levied the charge of being an apparent homophobe to my face, but also you could have lorded it about the place directing people in how to support their club.

 

Plus his 'lad' status would have elevated our support to another level. What a pity.

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It is a shame Jackanory that you didn't bother applying for a ticket in the away end. Not only could you have come and levied the charge of being an apparent homophobe to my face, but also you could have lorded it about the place directing people in how to support

 

 

Homophobe - seriously it disgusts me you teach kids.

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Next time I'll go to walkabout and throw coins at a projector and scream "I'm coming for you" eh?

 

Sorry mush but I'll never miss saints Pompey, ticket or no ticket.

 

Jeez, just said from the home end, 80% of our support were disappointing - have to say 100% of the skates were disappoint ing at the last 3 games at SMS, 20% were laddish, thought it would be more man u like, that's all.

 

Calm down, just being honest innit.

 

I'm not sure why you think that sitting quietly in the home end is preferable to watching it on the TV. For me it is infinitely preferable. You say you would never miss it, but in reality you did pretty much considering you had to basically sit on your hands for the entire game.

 

From the away end, 100% of home support was disappointing. Your lad persona is tiresome.

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I'm not sure why you think that sitting quietly in the home end is preferable to watching it on the TV. For me it is infinitely preferable. You say you would never miss it, but in reality you did pretty much considering you had to basically sit on your hands for the entire game.

 

From the away end, 100% of home support was disappointing. Your lad persona is tiresome.

 

Jeez, watch the tele, HATE to admit it but their support was pretty decent, AS IS OURS AT SMS, although I wish we had as many screaming for blood as they did around me.

 

All I've said is I thought our support would be better, it seemed better in 04 and 05 but I was in there then and it always seems better when your there right?

 

Dont regret going in home end, will do it again rather than throw coins at my nearest big screen surrounded by morons thanks. Nowt laddish about that, intact the opposite - hate the though of being surrounded by wannabes pretending they want to milk people etc....

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Jeez, watch the tele, HATE to admit it but their support was pretty decent, AS IS OURS AT SMS, although I wish we had as many screaming for blood as they did around me.

 

All I've said is I thought our support would be better, it seemed better in 04 and 05 but I was in there then and it always seems better when your there right?

 

Dont regret going in home end, will do it again rather than throw coins at my nearest big screen surrounded by morons thanks. Nowt laddish about that, intact the opposite - hate the though of being surrounded by wannabes pretending they want to milk people etc....

 

THE TV GIVES A DISTORTED REALITY OF THE GAME. The microphones were not situated near the away fans. You are a mong in my opinion if you think that sitting quietly in the home end is the second best way to experience the game after sitting in the away end.

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THE TV GIVES A DISTORTED REALITY OF THE GAME. The microphones were not situated near the away fans. You are a mong in my opinion if you think that sitting quietly in the home end is the second best way to experience the game after sitting in the away end.

 

BEING IN AN AWAY END GIVES A DISTORTED VIEW OF THE GAME FFS

 

Look, I genuinely don't think you realise this but I've never missed a derby game since 87, not sure about you ? Just thought I'd add from the home end our support was 80% boring, 20% quality, which is 20% than them ***s at ours (Inc eng v mac in wc qlfy), breath, read the posts and calm down before waving your arms left and right only for your mate thorpie to spit anti gay abuse in your face!

 

Man up and accept our support is good, but still could be better. And calm down innit, you'll get yourself a hernia or sommit.

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BEING IN AN AWAY END GIVES A DISTORTED VIEW OF THE GAME FFS

 

Then really none of us are qualified to talk about the atmosphere in a different part of the ground then are we.

 

Look, I genuinely don't think you realise this but I've never missed a derby game since 87, not sure about you ?

What has that got to do with anything? If sitting in the home end gives a distorted view then how can you compare your experience sat on your hands in the away end to previous experiences in the home end?

Just thought I'd add from the home end our support was 80% boring, 20% quality, which is 20% than them ***s at ours (Inc eng v mac in wc qlfy), breath, read the posts and calm down before waving your arms left and right only for your mate thorpie to spit anti gay abuse in your face!

 

Man up and accept our support is good, but still could be better. And calm down innit, you'll get yourself a hernia or sommit.

So really you can't give an objective view on the support at all. You say the skates were loud but from where I was you could barely hear them .

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Thoroughly disappointed with our support today.

Why is it people weren't getting behind the team for POMPEY?

We've been louder at Leyton Orient for f*cks sake.

Too many blanket and flask types.

 

Ain't got a clue where you lot were, but on the right hand side it was very, very good.

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I honestly didn't hear the ****ing bell once during the game yet on TV that's all you could hear.

 

Our away support does have a large percentage of ladies and older generation. I've been to many a northern game and if it wasn't for them there'd only be a few hundred there. That's just the way it is. Not scary, often not all that loud, but they are Saints. There were plenty of lads today though on the right hand side. Does it really matter though?

 

Have to say I do like the hostility of the crowd. It creates a good atmosphere...when we come to town anyway. Boy do they ****ing hate us. The abuse of Saints players taking throw ins and corners right through the game really worked in 2005, less so today. But it can get into players heads if they are not right on their game and maybe our fans could do a bit more of that. This is the sort if thing jackanory might be talking about. We possibly have too many polite fans down the middle of our ground. Come the return leg let's get into their heads...

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The right side was very good - some right weirdos in the north stand e.g. the one with the pink rucksack Deadwood in the middle stopped things spreading across the whole stand. Doesn't help that the OWTS is one of the only songs that lasts more than a few bars and gives others time to join in.

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Ain't got a clue where you lot were, but on the right hand side it was very, very good.

I was towards the right too.

I don't understand, like i've said, we've been louder for Leyton Orient away.

After we scored it was good yes, but you'd expect that.

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I was towards the right too.

I don't understand, like i've said, we've been louder for Leyton Orient away.

After we scored it was good yes, but you'd expect that.

 

The roof is much, much lower at Orient - and the home fans much, much quieter meaning that (by comparison) we would sound louder.

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I honestly didn't hear the ****ing bell once during the game yet on TV that's all you could hear.

 

Our away support does have a large percentage of ladies and older generation. I've been to many a northern game and if it wasn't for them there'd only be a few hundred there. That's just the way it is. Not scary, often not all that loud, but they are Saints. Tyere were plenty of lads today though on the right hand side.

Yeah, no doubt the tv mics didn't help at all for those watching on the box.

Your right, in that a large chunk of our northern away support is older flask types.

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So really you can't give an objective view on the support at all. You say the skates were loud but from where I was you could barely hear them .

 

God, your blind in your pursuit of us being flare waving loons ala man u/ napoli ain't ya?

 

Watch it on sky+ as I just have and blame the microphones etc for our mental ultras not coming across eh?

 

You win, I bow to you and I disown my own eyes and ears, and those of the BBC too it seams!

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The roof is much, much lower at Orient - and the home fans much, much quieter meaning that (by comparison) we would sound louder.

 

I see your point. But in my opinion, we've been MUCH louder throughout the course of the game for very average type away games. That baffles me.

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There was constant singing where I was and I haven't heard it much louder. Maybe because I was singing the whole time so I didn't have a chance to listen to our fans.

You should of come next to me- i was surrounded by noone who was willing to sing unless the whole of the stand was.

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God, your blind in your pursuit of us being flare waving loons ala man u/ napoli ain't ya?

 

I don't think that at all. I just don't believe that we were as dire as you believe. You said yourself that you weren't in a position to judge objectively.

Watch it on sky+ as I just have and blame the microphones etc for our mental ultras not coming across eh?

I already have.

 

You win, I bow to you and I disown my own eyes and ears, and those of the BBC too it seams!

 

FFS if there are not microphones to pick up the noise then you will not hear the noise. FFS what part of that do you find difficult to comprehend? I was in the stand and trust me it was loud.

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You should of come next to me- i was surrounded by noone who was willing to sing unless the whole of the stand was.

 

Sounds like you would have had a better time where I was. I think this sort of thing proves that no one can definitively judge the atmosphere because it is different depending on where they are sitting.

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I personally enjoyed the roar when we came out to warm up.

 

Cork commented it on his twitter saying was an amazing feeling.

as loud as I've ever heard it before a game. If they didn't know what the game meant before they did right then.
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