England to play Euro qualifier at St Mary's in September

[JRM]

Looking like Kosovo will be more of a challenge than Bulgaria! They're unbeaten in a while. Hopefully some of the younger players get a game, rather than play the Dads Army team.

 

Agree, except for Mason Mount to takes the opportunity in every interview to bang on about being a Pompey lad.

[St Lej]

I have 1 ticket for sale £50

[Give it to Ron]

Am I correct in thinking they don’t sell alcohol in stadiums on Euro games?

 

 

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[saint97]

Am I correct in thinking they don’t sell alcohol in stadiums on Euro games?

 

 

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they always do at wembley

[Fatboy40]

The video of the England players training at Staplewood was very odd, Liverpool and Spurs players running around.

 

I get the feeling that parking will be a bit crap tonight.

[John Boy Saint]

The video of the England players training at Staplewood was very odd, Liverpool and Spurs players running around.

 

I get the feeling that parking will be a bit crap tonight.

Don't think any of the pop up Car Park guys will be passing up a chance of a bonus games earnings, might see the prices pop up a little though.

[Charlie Wayman]

Are our lads training at SMS today then or on a 25 mile jog through the Nw Forest Strachan style?

[The Cat]

Huge problems on the motorway with a van fire, the road needs resurfacing. Apparently the delays are currently 2 hour.

 

Luckily there's 4000 workmen stood around on the M27 doing nothing each day who can surely get that sorted.

[suewhistle]

Yep, had a phone call from someone who was nearly up to two hours getting to J5.. Still claggy throughout the area apparently.

[Lighthouse]

The A27 was pretty slow going either side of the Bursledon roundabout when I drove through about 2.30. Don’t want to think about what it’s like now.

[warsash saint]

Confirmed that motorway will not open until tomorrow morning!! Gonna be fun heading up there in a minute

[John Boy Saint]

Confirmed that motorway will not open until tomorrow morning!! Gonna be fun heading up there in a minute

 

Oh flipping marvelous!!

That said I have just seen on AA Roadwatch that the road from the M3 onto the M27 and J5 eastbound looks relatively clear with the roundabout a bit choked up.

[Lets B Avenue]

Avoid Swaythling and Portswood.

[Toadhall Saint]

The A27 was pretty slow going either side of the Bursledon roundabout when I drove through about 2.30. Don’t want to think about what it’s like now.

 

Queued back to moodys when I came through about an hour ago

[Lighthouse]

Avoid Swaythling and Portswood.

 

Sound general advice.

[whelk]

How many times are pundits going to bemoan the game isn’t at Wembley?

First question for Kosovo’s manager : “are you disappointed you are not playing at Wembley?”

[beatlesaint]

How many times are pundits going to bemoan the game isn’t at Wembley?

First question for Kosovo’s manager : “are you disappointed you are not playing at Wembley?”

 

yes Lee Dixon is getting on my tits already moaning about the stadium. “No disrespect “, he added. No not much

[badgerx16]

England are apparently playing "in the provinces". Has Hampshire ever been a province ?

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Good start!

[whelk]

Keane was complacent there and no doubt probably not taking game as seriously as he would’ve had it been at Wembley. Thanks FA

[suewhistle]

The Guardian has been very complimentary about the atmosphere at St Marys.

[beatlesaint]

“Amazing how few English left backs are playing in the Premier League”

 

ahem

[CB Fry]

I think England only need to score two more to surpass the total home goals scored at SMS during the reign of Pellegrino.

[Secret Site Agent]

I'm trying to fix the M27. Give me time.

 

Has anyone got 600.tonne of SMA ashphalt on them? Have a look in your pockets back of the sofa etc.

 

Missing the bloody game cause of this.

[Lighthouse]

I'm trying to fix the M27. Give me time.

 

Has anyone got 600.tonne of SMA ashphalt on them? Have a look in your pockets back of the sofa etc.

 

Missing the bloody game cause of this.

 

Don’t worry, it’s a complete borefest anyway.

[suewhistle]

Ooh Lighthouse, you beetch

[danjosaint]

Think the saints defence is playing

[HarvSFC]

Perhaps St. Mary's just has a curse on defences?

[saint1977]

Superb game, both sides great going forward but awful at the back. Club wold be pretty happy with that game and a sugar rush of goals for a stadium not used to it since Ronald left!

[Lighthouse]

This must be the highest total goals at SMS since the Sunderland game, I’d have though.

[waylander]

That was utter sh#t from England in the 2nd half. Why does anyone think Barkley is international class?

[DT]

Maybe it's St Mary's that makes teams - okay, us - defend like that

 

 

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[Useful Idiot]

That was utter sh#t from England in the 2nd half. Why does anyone think Barkley is international class?

 

If we have him, Keane, and Henderson in the team we'll be really up against it if we play one of the better international sides. They are the weak links in the current England XI and need to be replaced as soon as possible.

[JRM]

Decent game, i actually enjoyed an England qualifier for once which is rare, added unexpected bonus on the Northam concourse at half time lots of loud saints songs including 'if i had the wings of a sparrow ' don't hear that enough, can tell Skates away is coming up.

[RedWillie]

Enjoyed the night. Loads of Kosovo fans in kingsland next to us. All good humoured and great atmosphere as it should be.

[Sheaf Saint]

If we have him, Keane, and Henderson in the team we'll be really up against it if we play one of the better international sides. They are the weak links in the current England XI and need to be replaced as soon as possible.

 

I would add Alex-Arnold to that as well. His marking was utter dogsh*t tonight. Made their attack look much better than it actually is.

[John Boy Saint]

Enjoyed the night. Loads of Kosovo fans in kingsland next to us. All good humoured and great atmosphere as it should be.

Loads in the Itchen too, also good humoured too and I thought actually added to the night. One or 2 had a bit of a mither at the stewards because they were there, but in all honesty like you say it was as it should be all getting along watching an entertaining game of football.

[Hatch]

Has there been more than 8 goals at a match at St Mary’s ?

[Saint Garrett]

Queues were appalling tonight, turned up at 7:15 - in the stadium just after 8pm. Queues at half time weren’t worth bothering with, as per usual...

 

Not a great advert for the ground. Game was good though and decent atmosphere apart from the drum.

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[Lets B Avenue]

If we have him, Keane, and Henderson in the team we'll be really up against it if we play one of the better international sides. They are the weak links in the current England XI and need to be replaced as soon as possible.

 

Was that Keane? I thought Jack Stephens was playing.

 

I also missed their opener as I was in a queue by Ted's statue at the time. The Kosovan's near me could not believe me when I reported their goal.

[benjii]

Anyone see Westwood?

[Give it to Ron]

Anyone see Westwood?

 

Nope was a **** post a Skate sticker on wall that I took straight off .

I cringed when the phone lights went up and fans sang WTF is that....when we did it at Wembley.

Good banter with Kosovo fans in Chapel

Chilwell, TAA, Keane,Henderson and Barclay were rubbish. Sterling brilliant first half

 

 

 

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[Fatboy40]

"Are you Scotland in disguise" Really friendly Albanian and Kosovan fans though, credit to their countries.

 

80 million for Maguire, 80 MILLION !!!

[Mattio]

Has there been more than 8 goals at a match at St Mary’s ?

18...

[Doctoroncall]

That was utter sh#t from England in the 2nd half. Why does anyone think Barkley is international class?

 

He does a few great touches/passes/runs a match which negates the bad stuff it seems.

 

Henderson gets credit for running around a lot and playing for Liverpool.

 

Not sure about Rice, perhaps too early to tell but haven’t seen anything of international quality.

 

The midfield got dominated most of the game.

[Useful Idiot]

While the other players generally took one or two touches to move the ball on (even if it was a backwards or sideways pass) Barkley almost always took three or four, then played a simple pass he could have played earlier. I don't know if he was trying to attract players to him and win fouls, but he generally just succeeded in slowing play down. His longer passing seems pretty suspect, too.

 

Henderson is just a poor player. Good energy levels but limited ability with the ball and dodgy positional sense without it.

 

Alexander Armstrong should go back to presenting Pointless as he can't defend and his allegedly great crosses seem to be overhit more often than not. I think Gomez looks like a better right back than him.

 

Keane looked good when playing in an ultra-defensive Burnley team but really poor the rest of the time. Seems to push out of defence to try to win the ball in midfield too often and get caught out of position.

 

I think Chilwell can be pretty effective, but he didn't have a good game. When Shaw is fit he should be England's first choice as he's a much better defender.

[Saints foreva]

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/portsmouth-fc/fan-forbidden-from-watching-england-at-southampton-s-st-mary-s-for-wearing-a-portsmouth-shirt-1-9067206/amp?__twitter_impression=true

 

What the **** did this **** expect? He should be banned permanently after ****ing on the seats in 03 anyway.

[Saint Garrett]

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/portsmouth-fc/fan-forbidden-from-watching-england-at-southampton-s-st-mary-s-for-wearing-a-portsmouth-shirt-1-9067206/amp?__twitter_impression=true

 

What the **** did this **** expect? He should be banned permanently after ****ing on the seats in 03 anyway.

 

Saw him last night, walked past me while I was queuing to get in. Absolute bellend. I'll never understand why people wear club merchandise to England games.

[Benali Saint]

Some pubs were asking for ID to make sure you weren't from a PO or BH postcode

[Micky]

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/portsmouth-fc/fan-forbidden-from-watching-england-at-southampton-s-st-mary-s-for-wearing-a-portsmouth-shirt-1-9067206/amp?__twitter_impression=true

 

What the **** did this **** expect? He should be banned permanently after ****ing on the seats in 03 anyway.

 

Just been interviewed on TalkSport Hawksbee and Jacobs claiming discrimination. From the outside, most would probably say we / the FA got this one wrong.