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Reply | Work in Progress
at 09:25 15 Sep 2025
Re comment about Sport Republic.
I agree that recruitment under Sports Republic has not been that great or provided value for money.
That said we have spent more that more or less any other club in the Championship this year and , hopefully, some/all of the new recruits will benefit the team going forward.
The major issue in my mind, during Sport Republic, especially this year is not finding a suitable goalscoring/target type centre forward.
Downs seems to be another waste of money and finds himself below Archer, Edwards and Armstrong as the main striker.
The question I ask of people who say 'get rid of Sport Republic, who do you think will replace them?
There are plenty of worse owners out there.
The owners could easily have pocketed the £80m or so from recent transfers and not invested a decent wedge back into the club.
I can sympathise with those who are frustrated with the teams start to the season but I would rather look at the performance of Recruitment, Management and Players than the owners at this stage. |
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Reply | Skate Mates
at 16:14 11 Sep 2025
I went to school in Fareham for a while and we used to have Saints v Pompey games at break time and we all got on well together.
The problems started in the mid sixties when hooliganism first reared its head and Pompey came up to cause problems at John Hollowbread's Testimonial.
It then got worse when the story was fabricated about Southampton Dockers 'strike breaking', when the only known evidence of this is when Dockers in the Commercial Port in Pompey broke an agreement not to handle a Brittany Ferry ship in November 1976. |
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Reply | Skate Mates
at 15:36 11 Sep 2025
I went to school in Fareham for a while and we used to have Saints v Pompey games at break time and we all got on well together.
The problems started in the mid sixties when hooliganism first reared its head and Pompey came up to cause problems at John Hollowbread's Testimonial.
It then got worse when the story was fabricated about Southampton Dockers 'strike breaking', when the only known evidence of this is when Dockers in the Commercial Port in Pompey broke an agreement not to handle a Brittany Ferry ship in November 1976. |
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Reply | Old chants which died a death
at 14:15 6 Sep 2025
Is it a good or bad thing that the supporters of quite a few teams have taken to sing 'our song'.
Spurs started it and quite a lot of supporters, particularly those who's team play in red have used 'our' refrain.
Some junior Spurs fans seem to think we have copied them for the song.
In some respects we have by following Spurs lead and slowing down the tempo.
Perhaps we should go back to the original faster version. |
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Reply | Portsmouth at home -Plans
at 13:47 5 Sep 2025
Assuming 2,500 away fans on an average of 50 per bus/coach = 50 vehicles.
Will be quite a parade!!
4 cruise ships in port plus the Boat Show.
Not a day for a bit of shopping!! |
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Reply | Travels with England
at 13:42 5 Sep 2025
I wonder how many fans will go to the USA for the next world cup.
Games in Canada fine and possibly Mexico but USA, nah!! |
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Reply | Conspiracy Crank Le Tissier Again Promotes Post of Cancer Cure Being Hidden
at 11:40 25 Aug 2025
Good point about the variety of cancers most of them requiring different treatment.
Before WW2, the majority of those unfortunate to suffer from cancer would die within a fairly short period of time.
It was quite difficult to detect tumours in the body and if a basic X Ray was unable to pick out the growth then the next step was an exploratory operation and by then it was generally too late..
The advent of MRI technology and the significant improvement in blood test science has made the early detection of cancerous growth much quicker.
As a consequence anyone being diagnosed with cancer has a much better prognosis now than ever before.
However there are some cancers that remain difficult to treat and there is hope that AI will assist with this.
The notorious 'They' seem to behind everything wrong with this world and, since the dawning of civilisation, there have been many theories who 'They' are.
You can take your pick.
With regard to MLT, I am rather disappointment that he has jumped on the bandwagon as a conspiracy theorist.
I think Ian Branfoot's time at the helm caused by Dad's illness!!!
I think reasonable questioning of certain things in life is not unhealthy until people go full pelt down the rabbit hole and question everything.
I once saw a Pod Cast by Flat Earthers, based in the USA, who seemed to be reasonably intelligent and committed bunch but unable to come to terms with all the photographic and other information that proved the earth is round.
The ironic thing was that one woman, promoting their views said that 'people come from all around the globe' to visit their annual meeting.
With regard to MLT, I have been in the company of the man on quite a few occasions.
He comes across as a decent individual, articulate and intelligent.
I have never heard him spout off the theories he projects to a wider audience when I have been in his company.
The fact that he seems to be intent on doing so does him little credit in my eyes and dilutes his position of one of the few iconic players who have graced the club.
Shame really. |
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Reply | Liverpool fans
at 09:23 11 Aug 2025
To be fair Everton have a greater proportion of fans who live in close proximity to the city of Liverpool |
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Reply | Liverpool fans
at 19:02 10 Aug 2025
And a lot of them are from Ireland and the Nordic countries!! |
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Reply | Eduard Spertsyan
at 10:15 9 Aug 2025
Can funds be transferred from a British based company to a Russian one?
We had Gotsmanov and Cherdnik (excuse the spelling) on our books about 30 years ago.
Both had decent pedigree but neither shone when playing.
If this fella does come hope he fits in and becomes an integral part of the team |
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Reply | Good man - poor leader vs bad man - allegedly good leader
at 17:09 30 Jul 2025
In my humble opinion Starmer is an OK leader compared to the likes of Boris and Truss.
I believe he had to get rid of the hard left Labourites who followed Corbin and helped the rise of the Tories.
I also believe he has had to toady up to Trump to ensure the UK is treated 'reasonably' to dilute the Orange Man's tariff wars.
I think he has done well in trying to repair relationships with European neighbours and attempting to put pressure on Netanyahu to dial down on the carnage in Gaza.
Take your point on the Human Rights issue but being in that position is similar, I guess, to being a Defence Lawyer.
On the reverse side Rachel Reeves policies affecting most businesses has not helped the economy. |
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Reply | Wrexham Tickets
at 10:29 30 Jul 2025
I moan about having to pay £1.50 to get my tickets sent by post.
Apparently Wrexham are charging £9.00!!!!! |
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Reply | Measles and vaccination
at 14:49 22 Jul 2025
Jelly,
Saint 901 has asked you a question about your statement on eugenics.
I am fortunate to have quite a few medical practitioners within my family group who have wide ranging experience in providing medical care and have had to undergo a considerable amount of training in general and later more specific parts of the profession.
I am sure they would agree that no one can be absolutely certain that drugs, procedures, vaccines or advice are suitable for everyone. After all we are complicated entities.
With regard to autism and adhd there are a variety of views on this. One of these relates to more focus being placed on diagnosis.
Same with anxiety. Up until fairly recently anyone who went to see a Doctor with anxiety or depression were told to 'pull yourself together'.
Fortunately the medical profession now has much more understanding of the symptoms of the condition and appropriate assistance that can be provided.
More cancer diagnoses is surely due primarily to the vast improvement in medical techniques.
Not so long ago, I had a relative who had a stomach ache and the only real way to establish what was wrong was to have an 'exploratory' operation'. Nowadays MRI scans, more precise blood tests etc etc would have been the order of the day and her condition may have been treatable.
Re Heart Disease. When the NHS was set up in 1948, the common consent was that the population was in general good health as they had to put up with a restricted diet during the war years and the consumption of alcohol and cigarettes was also restricted.
When the world economy picked up and our diets moved onto to a high fat/sugar basis culminating in the vast number of overweight people, it is no wonder heart attacks are more prevalent. The only good thing here is that many people can survive the first or even a second heart attack with modern treatment which then makes them prone to death from a further attack.
There is some suggestion that Sportsmen (in particular) are experiencing heart related conditions due to the intensity of their training regimes which are infinitely more intense than the days when footballers were generally less fit.
And, of course, how many health related conditions are linked to the increasing consumption of soft and hard drugs?
Many conspiracy theorists point the finger at Big Pharma but seem to overlook the thousands of people who produce, transfer and sell such products of uncertain quality to an increasingly expanding market. |
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Reply | the lying trump
at 16:13 21 Jul 2025
$10 mill is chicken feed.
He is in for $10billion!! |
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Reply | Measles and vaccination
at 16:08 21 Jul 2025
I am sad to say I know someone who is a card carrying conspiracy theorist (no not Jellybaby) but is extremely well covered in tattoos and by his own admission spends quite a bit of his cash on class A drugs.
In addition girlfriend seems to have a very close relationship with botox.
Both of them reckon qualified medical practitioners are out to get them.
However this is not a modern trait and has been this way for hundreds of years despite the massive steps in medical science. |
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Reply | Glastonbury Thread
at 23:08 29 Jun 2025
Rod Stewart looks great for an 80 year old but he sings like one. |
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Reply | Saints shirt in Pompey
at 23:05 29 Jun 2025
I remember being down near Port Solent Tesco several years ago when a bloke in a red and white striped shirt was accosted by an overweight woman in tow with a skinny runt of a bloke who came running up to support her in her shouts of 'Scummer'.
The fellow in the shirt took one step forward and laid out the skinny bloke and threatened to do the same to the lardy woman.
Since then I have had a grudging respect for Sunderland fans |
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