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Battle of the birthday boys at St Mary's
6:10am Thursday 28th February 2013 in Saints News
Mauricio Pochettino
It looks like many happy returns for one manager at St Mary’s on Saturday ... while the other could have the birthday blues.
Harry Redknapp’s first return to Saints since he left the club in the Championship, and a seemingly inevitable hot reception, doesn’t seem the happiest of ways for the former Pompey manager to celebrate his 66th birthday.
But, in an amazing twist, the man in the opposite technical area, current Saints boss Mauricio Pochettino, will also be blowing out the candles as he hits 41 on Saturday.
It’s a huge game for both sides as QPR drink in last chance saloon in terms of their chances of Premier League survival. Anything other than a win at St Mary’s will surely extinguish whatever hopes they have of avoiding relegation this season.
Saints sit in a far healthier position in the table but know they need to make the most of some good form by putting more wins on the board, and they barely get more winnable than a home game against a team win just two league victories all season.
There would be nerves still jangling around St Mary’s if Saints failed to collect the three points. If they do then they will be within touching distance of the superb achievement of securing a Premier League berth for next season, however.
Success for Pochettino and woe for Redknapp – it’s the birthday most Saints fans will be wishing on the managers.
Comments(48)
Alicesdad
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9:05am Thu 28 Feb 13
Alicesdad
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9:30am Thu 28 Feb 13
fritzer
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9:42am Thu 28 Feb 13
What a fantastic player, we all should be happy that he has signed for another four years, it's about time that we had a chant/song for him also.
"SPIDERMAN IS THE GREATEST"
insane saint
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9:53am Thu 28 Feb 13
fritzer wrote:a song for Morgan;
Got to wait till the 8th of November for Mogans big day, but hopefully there will be a lot more big days for him before then, a few more of those great goals like on Saturday will do us.
What a fantastic player, we all should be happy that he has signed for another four years, it's about time that we had a chant/song for him also.
"SPIDERMAN IS THE GREATEST"
short but sweet my son two years ago came up with this after watching the Simpsons.
spider man, spider man,
does does whatever a spider man does.
can he score, a goal.
yes he can 'cause he's spider man
Saintsayer II
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9:53am Thu 28 Feb 13
St Retford
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9:59am Thu 28 Feb 13
"I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
Because you're evil and you lie
And if you should die
I might feel slightly sad but I won't cry"
Mush On The Beach
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10:32am Thu 28 Feb 13
St Retford wrote:As the flames rose to his cockney nose
The Smiths have already written a song for Harry:
"I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
Because you're evil and you lie
And if you should die
I might feel slightly sad but I won't cry"
And his hearing aid started to melt
Bigmouth, la ... bigmouth, la ...
Bigmouth strikes again
Sally Hamilton Original
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10:50am Thu 28 Feb 13
Manicsaintbloke
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11:27am Thu 28 Feb 13
insane saint wrote:Can I have a go: SpiderMan SpiderMan does whatever a Spider-Man does can he score from 30 yards yes he can cause he's well ard look out here comes our SpiderMan
fritzer wrote:a song for Morgan;
Got to wait till the 8th of November for Mogans big day, but hopefully there will be a lot more big days for him before then, a few more of those great goals like on Saturday will do us.
What a fantastic player, we all should be happy that he has signed for another four years, it's about time that we had a chant/song for him also.
"SPIDERMAN IS THE GREATEST"
short but sweet my son two years ago came up with this after watching the Simpsons.
spider man, spider man,
does does whatever a spider man does.
can he score, a goal.
yes he can 'cause he's spider man
OSPREYSAINT
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11:37am Thu 28 Feb 13
Sally Hamilton Original wrote:Well 3 points is the most we can get and of course it depends on how other results go too, but getting those three points will be advantageous to our securing Premier safety and will keep us in touch, but nothing is certain until the fat lady sings. Just be positive.
I fail to see how if we win we will be within touching distance! We are going to need 5 wins minimum before we can feel safe because after the game there will still be 30 points available
Confucious
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11:51am Thu 28 Feb 13
Saintsayer II wrote:It's a genuine birthday and I should know as I wrote his unauthorised biography - " 'orrible 'arry " (Confucious Publishing £35.50 hardback).
Is there any cance that 'Onest 'Arry is fibbing abot his age Y know like some people fib about thier tax
At birth 'arry was so ugly that the nurse slapped his mother. He had been expected to appear at least two months before, but the unusually early contractions turned out to be little 'arry twitching in the womb. After the birth, his very excited dad ran off to tell his friends and didn't come back until 'arry left home 20 years later.
It's a good read and in fact sold even more copies than "Confucious", written by Confucious and published by Cunfucious Publishing £650.25.
Confucious
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11:55am Thu 28 Feb 13
OSPREYSAINT wrote:Are you talking about the woman behind the counter at Burley Post Office who keeps accidentally stamping her t!ts?
Sally Hamilton Original wrote:Well 3 points is the most we can get and of course it depends on how other results go too, but getting those three points will be advantageous to our securing Premier safety and will keep us in touch, but nothing is certain until the fat lady sings. Just be positive.
I fail to see how if we win we will be within touching distance! We are going to need 5 wins minimum before we can feel safe because after the game there will still be 30 points available
Mush On The Beach
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12:05pm Thu 28 Feb 13
Confucious wrote:I read a different version of events where he wasn’t conceived but in fact was knitted from Nanna Redknapp’s favourite pattern. On the whole a dull and uneventful read but cutely titled:
Saintsayer II wrote:It's a genuine birthday and I should know as I wrote his unauthorised biography - " 'orrible 'arry " (Confucious Publishing £35.50 hardback).
Is there any cance that 'Onest 'Arry is fibbing abot his age Y know like some people fib about thier tax
At birth 'arry was so ugly that the nurse slapped his mother. He had been expected to appear at least two months before, but the unusually early contractions turned out to be little 'arry twitching in the womb. After the birth, his very excited dad ran off to tell his friends and didn't come back until 'arry left home 20 years later.
It's a good read and in fact sold even more copies than "Confucious", written by Confucious and published by Cunfucious Publishing £650.25.
A Twitch In Time Saves Nine
Chet Rico
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12:16pm Thu 28 Feb 13
hates the skates
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12:25pm Thu 28 Feb 13
Sally Hamilton Original wrote:basically you usually survive with 40 points
I fail to see how if we win we will be within touching distance! We are going to need 5 wins minimum before we can feel safe because after the game there will still be 30 points available
Strasbourg Saint
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1:11pm Thu 28 Feb 13
Bu66er!
Rising_Son
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1:27pm Thu 28 Feb 13
Strasbourg Saint wrote:Ah, but one's never been a skate, and therein lies the difference.
So, what we're basically saying is that they were both born on 2 March and are therefore both pisces, ergo, fish.
Bu66er!
Strasbourg Saint
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1:39pm Thu 28 Feb 13
Rising_Son wrote:True. I'd still like to know what Chinese year they were born in (a job for Confucious, methinks).
Strasbourg Saint wrote:Ah, but one's never been a skate, and therein lies the difference.
So, what we're basically saying is that they were both born on 2 March and are therefore both pisces, ergo, fish.
Bu66er!
My guess is Poch was born in the year of the tiger, while 'arry was born in the year of the lying, cheating, thieving g!t.
Seedhouse the Unrepentant
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2:34pm Thu 28 Feb 13
'Awford’s warning as Premier giants try to raid Pompey"
saintkenny
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3:04pm Thu 28 Feb 13
Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:they have just 8 weeks to get out of admin league one wraps up 27th april
The News are slaggging us off again for nicking the useful kids in their area and giving them a way out of poverty and squalor:
'Awford’s warning as Premier giants try to raid Pompey"
Sainty saint saint
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3:04pm Thu 28 Feb 13
Alicesdad wrote:You would have thought they would have at least gone with "Morgan is Premier League's 4th Dirtiest Player" -- at least, that's according to MSN Sport...
This story makes no mention of Morgan Schneiderlin. For heavens sake Echo you have only had five stories about him this week, all basically the same one witha different heading and then you go and miss him out of this one ... when is Morgan's birthday .. surely this deserves a mention.
Strasbourg Saint
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3:23pm Thu 28 Feb 13
Sainty saint saint wrote:Surely, it should read, 'Morgan is PL's 4th HARDEST player'.
Alicesdad wrote:You would have thought they would have at least gone with "Morgan is Premier League's 4th Dirtiest Player" -- at least, that's according to MSN Sport...
This story makes no mention of Morgan Schneiderlin. For heavens sake Echo you have only had five stories about him this week, all basically the same one witha different heading and then you go and miss him out of this one ... when is Morgan's birthday .. surely this deserves a mention.
Seedhouse the Unrepentant
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3:34pm Thu 28 Feb 13
saintkenny wrote:They don't seem to have any sense of haste about them. They haven't even set a court date yet to value Nottarf Krap. I'm beginning to think it's PST's escape route from all this to say 'not our fault gov we ran out of time.'
Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:they have just 8 weeks to get out of admin league one wraps up 27th april
The News are slaggging us off again for nicking the useful kids in their area and giving them a way out of poverty and squalor:
'Awford’s warning as Premier giants try to raid Pompey"
saintkenny
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3:50pm Thu 28 Feb 13
Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:you may have a point .they may be trying to get keith harris to join with them .he cant buy but could invest is money with them and share ,maybe that what there up .they owe 64 million after the admin .how can they pay back a council loan .they cant buy out chainey .they need kh money as back .only way out in my view
saintkenny wrote:They don't seem to have any sense of haste about them. They haven't even set a court date yet to value Nottarf Krap. I'm beginning to think it's PST's escape route from all this to say 'not our fault gov we ran out of time.'
Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:they have just 8 weeks to get out of admin league one wraps up 27th april
The News are slaggging us off again for nicking the useful kids in their area and giving them a way out of poverty and squalor:
'Awford’s warning as Premier giants try to raid Pompey"
Beer Monster
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3:57pm Thu 28 Feb 13
Happy 41st birthday for saturday Pocho!
sabotobal
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4:39pm Thu 28 Feb 13
sabotobal
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5:05pm Thu 28 Feb 13
BracknellSaint
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5:32pm Thu 28 Feb 13
Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:Is it just me, but doesn't Andy Awful look like a paedo in that picture?
The News are slaggging us off again for nicking the useful kids in their area and giving them a way out of poverty and squalor:
'Awford’s warning as Premier giants try to raid Pompey"
Like a member of Saville's gang...Not sure best person to run a youth set up.
Mind you, this is portsmuff, so maybe he is...
Love reading the small team fan comments over there-deluded is the word.
BracknellSaint
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5:38pm Thu 28 Feb 13
Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:Is it just me, but doesn't Andy Awful look like a paedo in that picture?
The News are slaggging us off again for nicking the useful kids in their area and giving them a way out of poverty and squalor:
'Awford’s warning as Premier giants try to raid Pompey"
Like a member of Saville's gang...Not sure best person to run a youth set up.
Mind you, this is portsmuff, so maybe he is...
Love reading the small team fan comments over there-deluded is the word.
Seedhouse the Unrepentant
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6:09pm Thu 28 Feb 13
BracknellSaint wrote:Unfortunately it starts at home in the pompey family.
Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:Is it just me, but doesn't Andy Awful look like a paedo in that picture?
The News are slaggging us off again for nicking the useful kids in their area and giving them a way out of poverty and squalor:
'Awford’s warning as Premier giants try to raid Pompey"
Like a member of Saville's gang...Not sure best person to run a youth set up.
Mind you, this is portsmuff, so maybe he is...
Love reading the small team fan comments over there-deluded is the word.
Silly skunts.
warrens 76
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6:18pm Thu 28 Feb 13
Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:Border control should put a larger and deeper moat around portsea, electric fences and passport control..once in you cannot come out...
BracknellSaint wrote:Unfortunately it starts at home in the pompey family.
Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:Is it just me, but doesn't Andy Awful look like a paedo in that picture?
The News are slaggging us off again for nicking the useful kids in their area and giving them a way out of poverty and squalor:
'Awford’s warning as Premier giants try to raid Pompey"
Like a member of Saville's gang...Not sure best person to run a youth set up.
Mind you, this is portsmuff, so maybe he is...
Love reading the small team fan comments over there-deluded is the word.
Silly skunts.
It is an infestation, a maleovant society, reminds me of the film with Kurt Russell as Snake Pliskin...'Escape from New York'..
...turn it into a giant prison, it looks like one, it smells like one, it's filthy, violent and a blott on the landscape...
It should be excommunicated, persona non gratis....in short begone foul beasts.
Confucious
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8:03pm Thu 28 Feb 13
Strasbourg Saint wrote:I don't know what the official Chinese year was but my uncle Tian says in Guandong Province where he lived Mauricio's was The Year of The Beautiful Orchid and 'arry's was The Year Of The Really Annoying Little Bogie That Sticks Right At The Top Of Your Nose And Can't Be Blown Out Or Even Picked Out Using Your Little Finger.
Rising_Son wrote:True. I'd still like to know what Chinese year they were born in (a job for Confucious, methinks).
Strasbourg Saint wrote:Ah, but one's never been a skate, and therein lies the difference.
So, what we're basically saying is that they were both born on 2 March and are therefore both pisces, ergo, fish.
Bu66er!
My guess is Poch was born in the year of the tiger, while 'arry was born in the year of the lying, cheating, thieving g!t.
Sound a bit too long to be true that, but he is getting a bit scatty. He called 999 in a panic this morning and asked for the fire brigade because he'd put his pants on the wrong way round and couldn't get his willy out.
apm1954
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8:42pm Thu 28 Feb 13
bluewhiteandred
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9:04pm Thu 28 Feb 13
apm1954
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9:17pm Thu 28 Feb 13
bluewhiteandred wrote:wont be paying my council tax then
Hello Saints fans as echo only do bad news for POMPEY i will tell you the good news as you know portsmouth city Council loaned the club 1.45 million and today stuart robinson owns the land around Fratton park signed and sealed today just the court case to go now . I own my own football club with the honours that go with it ! so have a good night knowing your club is still **** . PUP
slugger
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9:20pm Thu 28 Feb 13
bluewhiteandred wrote:And what exactly do you own a piece of ......... would you stake your home on it ?
Hello Saints fans as echo only do bad news for POMPEY i will tell you the good news as you know portsmouth city Council loaned the club 1.45 million and today stuart robinson owns the land around Fratton park signed and sealed today just the court case to go now . I own my own football club with the honours that go with it ! so have a good night knowing your club is still **** . PUP
abbiscuits
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9:23pm Thu 28 Feb 13
http://www.saintsfc.
co.uk/news/article/t
raining-gallery-prep
aration-for-qpr-6865
30.aspx
TheSaintsMan
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9:24pm Thu 28 Feb 13
I wonder what Harry's present will be... tax evasion?
Baddesley Bill
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9:29pm Thu 28 Feb 13
bluewhiteandred wrote:Which bit did you get for your nifty fifty...the playing staff? ;O)
Hello Saints fans as echo only do bad news for POMPEY i will tell you the good news as you know portsmouth city Council loaned the club 1.45 million and today stuart robinson owns the land around Fratton park signed and sealed today just the court case to go now . I own my own football club with the honours that go with it ! so have a good night knowing your club is still **** . PUP
slugger
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9:44pm Thu 28 Feb 13
TEBOURBA
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9:59pm Thu 28 Feb 13
Poch's or should it be pox's record during his time with Saints can't hold a candle to honest, respectable, heart on sleeve, Nigel's record!
I hope the shyster is having second thoughts and sleepless nights over dumping Nigel.
What goes around comes around and the shyster will get his just desserts.
Strasbourg Saint
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10:15pm Thu 28 Feb 13
bluewhiteandred wrote:Well done, we're all very happy for you.
Hello Saints fans as echo only do bad news for POMPEY i will tell you the good news as you know portsmouth city Council loaned the club 1.45 million and today stuart robinson owns the land around Fratton park signed and sealed today just the court case to go now . I own my own football club with the honours that go with it ! so have a good night knowing your club is still **** . PUP
Alongside you, how many others 'own' the club? It's just that, if there are others, and I guess there are one or two other mugs, then you HAVE to share it and, therefore, you don't 'own' it but 'own' only a part of it, don't you?
That may come as a bit of a disappointment to you but there is good news, it means you 'own' only a part of the debt, which should therefore save you a bob or two.
It's good to share :)
slugger
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10:22pm Thu 28 Feb 13
TEBOURBA wrote:Yawn ...... only a Pompey fan would wish ill on our club ........ give it up , you're fooling nobody .
Saints have to watch crafty Harry -- he's just crafty enough to get a win.
Poch's or should it be pox's record during his time with Saints can't hold a candle to honest, respectable, heart on sleeve, Nigel's record!
I hope the shyster is having second thoughts and sleepless nights over dumping Nigel.
What goes around comes around and the shyster will get his just desserts.
BracknellSaint
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10:33pm Thu 28 Feb 13
TEBOURBA wrote:Yawn..
Saints have to watch crafty Harry -- he's just crafty enough to get a win.
Poch's or should it be pox's record during his time with Saints can't hold a candle to honest, respectable, heart on sleeve, Nigel's record!
I hope the shyster is having second thoughts and sleepless nights over dumping Nigel.
What goes around comes around and the shyster will get his just desserts.
Go and support Poopey, or watch darts..or anything.
You've got hard proof NC is a shyster? Then back it up big man.
Otherwise,you sound just like the other jealous Skunts on here.
What are you, man or a skunt?
arm chair fan
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10:42pm Thu 28 Feb 13
abbiscuits wrote:it may be off subject but nice to see a post about sants and football! I think it is matt tagart ? has 23 on kit so as a left back has he stepped up for training with luke missing ? hope not bad news for saturday !
off subject, but anyone know who is on picture 35/39 on the gallery:preparing for qpr?
http://www.saintsfc.
co.uk/news/article/t
raining-gallery-prep
aration-for-qpr-6865
30.aspx
arm chair fan
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10:53pm Thu 28 Feb 13
arm chair fan wrote:sants ?????wtf saints
abbiscuits wrote:it may be off subject but nice to see a post about sants and football! I think it is matt tagart ? has 23 on kit so as a left back has he stepped up for training with luke missing ? hope not bad news for saturday !
off subject, but anyone know who is on picture 35/39 on the gallery:preparing for qpr?
http://www.saintsfc.
co.uk/news/article/t
raining-gallery-prep
aration-for-qpr-6865
30.aspx
lowe esteem
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1:47pm Fri 1 Mar 13
apm1954 wrote:Latest...Poundland..
at last pompey confirm a tescos will be going in the car park at fratton (portsmouth news) wonder if it will be £20 to park your car when you shop
.no, hang on...the 99p shop, no, it's back to Krap Nottarf, so stop the bidding, you can't go lower than that...
Winsaint says...
7:49am Thu 28 Feb 13
COYR