NJS

I think I've said before that a "write-off" sounds okay until you have to watch it - or spend 10 minutes shitting yourself when you're 1-0 down to the Mackems. I work with a Blackburn fan who gets to a few games - he insists they play really good football - thats ones difference.

I agree but considering the next few games I can see the pressure growing. This "best start for years" has been achieved with fixtures against 1 possibly 2 half decent teams at most (Pompey/Man C) I think on the whole, the matches we have won are matches we should have won, and the matches we have lost you can argue are matches we should have got something from, not overly impressed at all so far. I have to say I was slightly "fooled" by the competence of the pre-season - probably as a reaction to the difference to Roeder/Souness but now the original doubts I had about style are starting to bang on the doors in my mind. I think he needs a good transfer window to get anything worthwhile out of this season.

That was because Barton and Emre actually got the ball and started to play - we needed more than 5/10 mins of that.

I agree but considering the next few games I can see the pressure growing. This "best start for years" has been achieved with fixtures against 1 possibly 2 half decent teams at most (Pompey/Man C)

Considering the first half a draw is the best we can hope for. Also Keane has as many new players as us with a similar lack of chance to gel - maybe they aren't as good but at least he gets them to play football. Maybe by April we'll have a manager who can pick the right team, send them out with a plan, get them playing with passion, and playing football. I don't care whether thats Allardyce or not.

Yes I was there - Steve Hardwick sort of fumbled a cross between his legs and poisonous little shite with a dodgy tache scored. We had half the Roker end - about 8000 - this was before it was reduced - it was a pretty big end then.

why? Because it ruins his theory that "purebloods" from the city area don't fraternise with the enamy.

I'm willing to give him time but for his part he has to stop coming out with statements which REALLY piss me off like saying draws at Derby and Reading would have been good results. Statements like that try my patience.

This is the trouble you see. They should be made to walk around with yellow stars on their blazers or the like. Sorry that sounded bad in hindsight - its just not something people would state from the off.

A few mackem mates from home town. CM1 - that'll confuse you (Though NE33 will fit your theory better)

Only ever knowingly met one jew - bloke I used to work with. Ironically he was a complete and utter prick - though I'm sure that was incidental to him being a jew.

Kevin Smith - though before discovering his work I'd have agreed with Jimbo on Landis.

Second attempt Jimbo? - I'm sure your score went up from when I went off to do it 385486 (first go)

I've been saying we've played nobody before yesterday - Pompey were half decent but mainly profited from the good goals so close together that fucked us so badly but having said that I'm beginning to be worried: Lack of consistent team selection - smacks of fling names into a hat to see what gels. Stupid formations. Stupid statements (0-0 at Derby or Reading would have been good results) Picking Barton when he is miles off the pace - I realise he has to play to get said pace but his current sharpness is shocking. Failure to realise that as we have some decent footballers we should play football not hoofball. These are the things that worry me. Even if we sign two good midfielders in January I think the gelling will still be a work in progress. A lot of people - probably including me - have said that they are willing to see this season as a write-off as long as progress is made - lack of progress so far aside, I'm beginning to realise what that write-off actually means - lots of frustration and disappointment. I fear for next week.

The first in a series including Rotterdam, Singapore and Harwich? Vancouver looks nice - was on a list of possibilities of holidays I was looking at for this or next year - bet its bastard freezing in winter though.

Don't understand some of the nastiness - ultimately he failed but I have nothing against him and liked him as a player. I never wish other teams well - basically I hate everybody - but hope he does okay.

I'm hoping its more to do with the players being a bit unfamiliar with each other - I didn't think the centre-halves were bad, but Beye and Enrique were probably the biggest culprits (though the first goal came from one). I hope a bit of gelling will mean a more measured approach.

He's the epitome of a horrible scouse twat - if I was ref I'd have him searched at the start of every game to check for his stanley.

Live? (As in the band - Singer used to be bald then grew hair and looked a bit like Marc Hottiger)

I've said a few times that I think its a very human trait to want to believe in something "more" however you want to put it and thats why I have no quarrel with any personal belief. What I do argue against is the way organised religion forms gangs which then demand things which affect other people including me. I've also said that I find the indoctrination of children to be particularly loathsome, though again I accept its also very human. I'm a great believer in asking questions - I think an up front teaching of "facts" in a school even in the face of ingrained points of view like creationism can only lead to more questions being asked which is why I would go against your inference that its not worth bothering with too much as they'll only be brainwashed at home anyway. Recent surveys suggest that religion as a whole is more and more being rejected by younger generations. I'm not naive enough to realise that has an element of general laziness as well as some enlightenment but its progress nevertheless.

Willing to speak to anyone who listens apart from when a word was actually needed imo to clarify his position. I've said before I treat Owen's "over-loyalty" to England in the same way I treated Shearer's - with contempt. I'm also of the opinion that if he hadn't deliberately eased himself back in at the end of the season prior to the world cup then he would have been fitter and aharper and probably wouldn't have been injured. I don't care if he plays for England - I do care how much he wants to play for us. You held Shearer in contempt? You must be the only one then And fitness had nothing to do with that injury, I'm fed up of pointing out these basic facts to you Owen bashers. For the fact that he always put England before us (pre-retirement for England which I admire him for) - yes - thats why he isn't a "god" to me - a hero yes but not as much as others. One thing I've noticed over the past few years - players who aren't match fit/sharp are more prone to injuries than those who are - thats why Souness' "bring 'em back asap" policy was so costly. I think its naive top think the fact that he'd played an hour or so in 7 months wasn't a factor.

Willing to speak to anyone who listens apart from when a word was actually needed imo to clarify his position. I've said before I treat Owen's "over-loyalty" to England in the same way I treated Shearer's - with contempt. I'm also of the opinion that if he hadn't deliberately eased himself back in at the end of the season prior to the world cup then he would have been fitter and aharper and probably wouldn't have been injured. I don't care if he plays for England - I do care how much he wants to play for us.

TV - Ketsbaia in Zagreb Live - Liam O

Perhaps we are picking over his words a bit finely but I think thats his "fault" as it were. I still think the "and nobody else" deserves comment though - if for example he'd said "first and foremost" then thats fine - the former though does suggest a dig at Allarydyce to some degree which I think is what has boosted the story.

Great but how many winners could there have been? Sorry, too cryptic. More games = more chance of winners.