Back on top (From Daily Echo)

Blimey,tell it how it is. I like we've got bigger fish to fry.

I love this. Nice work.

Back on top? We have been there for a little while!

This dan is a bit jimmy hill, talk about controversial!
I do like it but the comment about the fans not complaining when money being spent can be directed to a lot of other clubs too. We fans are just that and not financial experts, mind I'd like to think if our ground was 20,000 capacity and we were paying the wages they were a penny may have dropped! Yeah fack em! Coyr's

Nice work Dan!

Can you get it onto The News Sh1te as well!

Keep it up.

COYR!

Lets not forget the Statue.

Do you really think Pompey fans (or any other team's fans) have any influence on how the money is spent ? Comments like this only cause more animosity. Both sets of fans need to grow up. After all it IS only a game.

glastonburygirl wrote:
Do you really think Pompey fans (or any other team's fans) have any influence on how the money is spent ? Comments like this only cause more animosity. Both sets of fans need to grow up. After all it IS only a game.

Hear, hear.

cliffwalker wrote:

glastonburygirl wrote: Do you really think Pompey fans (or any other team's fans) have any influence on how the money is spent ? Comments like this only cause more animosity. Both sets of fans need to grow up. After all it IS only a game.

Hear, hear.

Keep walking.

Did you really just call us Poopee!! Is that your best comeback? Are we in infant school? Very amusing

You mention it was funny seeing us celebrate an equaliser. So if you scored a 94th minute equaliser with a 30 yard volley away at Fratton Park what would you do?? Actually you would have probably have left to beat the traffic or so you could ring 606 to call for you manager to be sacked.

I expect you will go up and we will probably go down but inside your'e gutted because you thought you would get revenge for your two 4-1 spankings and you didn't even come close.
The more angry posts that go up on message boards the more clear it is you are gutted!!!

So proud to be Pompey!!!!

Fair play to Pompey for playing their part in what was a cracking derby...Pity it will be the last for a long while.

As an outsider this piece seems more about trying to wind up your rivals than supporting your own team. Surely if you have bigger fish to fry you should start frying them. I have to ask if you are a professional journo and if you are you should be ashamed of yourself. Or perhaps it was done tongue in cheek. The bitterness Southampton have for their neighbours really amazes me for pity sake grow up!

Meadowlark pippin wrote:
As an outsider this piece seems more about trying to wind up your rivals than supporting your own team. Surely if you have bigger fish to fry you should start frying them. I have to ask if you are a professional journo and if you are you should be ashamed of yourself. Or perhaps it was done tongue in cheek. The bitterness Southampton have for their neighbours really amazes me for pity sake grow up!

This reflects the debate in local football, as any fool knows. Don't like it? Don't blame the professionals who report on the industry. Go back outside and find another story.

I don't like it and Im entitled to air my views much like you or is that not allowed? It is a poor article that does no favours to the author. Much the same as your response!

City Saint wrote:

Meadowlark pippin wrote: As an outsider this piece seems more about trying to wind up your rivals than supporting your own team. Surely if you have bigger fish to fry you should start frying them. I have to ask if you are a professional journo and if you are you should be ashamed of yourself. Or perhaps it was done tongue in cheek. The bitterness Southampton have for their neighbours really amazes me for pity sake grow up!

This reflects the debate in local football, as any fool knows. Don't like it? Don't blame the professionals who report on the industry. Go back outside and find another story.

Do people actually read the articles before posting comments? Glastonbury girl, no where did Dan imply that fans had influence on how money is spent, only "was it worth it" and to balance the scales refers to our situation in 2007.

As for Meadowlark, we do have bigger fish to fry, such as winning the league and getting promoted. The Portsmouth game would have little impact either way. Also, you are entitled to your opinion, but you have stated it as if it was a fact "It is a poor article". Because it's your opinion it doesn't make it a fact. I think it is a well written, well balanced article which is born out by the mostly positive comments posted by people who appear to have actually read the article and not just skimmed it. Keep up the good work, Dan.

I support 2 teams, Saints and anyone that plays Poopey!
COME ON MILLWALL!

shesaint wrote:

City Saint wrote:

Meadowlark pippin wrote: As an outsider this piece seems more about trying to wind up your rivals than supporting your own team. Surely if you have bigger fish to fry you should start frying them. I have to ask if you are a professional journo and if you are you should be ashamed of yourself. Or perhaps it was done tongue in cheek. The bitterness Southampton have for their neighbours really amazes me for pity sake grow up!

This reflects the debate in local football, as any fool knows. Don't like it? Don't blame the professionals who report on the industry. Go back outside and find another story.

Do people actually read the articles before posting comments? Glastonbury girl, no where did Dan imply that fans had influence on how money is spent, only "was it worth it" and to balance the scales refers to our situation in 2007.

As for Meadowlark, we do have bigger fish to fry, such as winning the league and getting promoted. The Portsmouth game would have little impact either way. Also, you are entitled to your opinion, but you have stated it as if it was a fact "It is a poor article". Because it's your opinion it doesn't make it a fact. I think it is a well written, well balanced article which is born out by the mostly positive comments posted by people who appear to have actually read the article and not just skimmed it. Keep up the good work, Dan.

I did read the article and it is hardly well balanced. With regard to "was it worth it" I doubt that most fans would have questioned how the money was spent bearing in mind that the both owners had been considered "fit and proper" by the FA.

Shesaint. Quite right it is my opinion and everyone has one. Im at uni down here and I'm amazed at the level of animosity between these two teams. As an "outsider" we have rivals in the north as well but save maybe man utd Liverpool or man utd Leeds nothing quite like this. I just think this sort of article belongs more in a fanzine. To balance the books there is another article just as bad in the Portsmouth paper from their point of view.

glastonburygirl wrote:

shesaint wrote:

City Saint wrote:

Meadowlark pippin wrote: As an outsider this piece seems more about trying to wind up your rivals than supporting your own team. Surely if you have bigger fish to fry you should start frying them. I have to ask if you are a professional journo and if you are you should be ashamed of yourself. Or perhaps it was done tongue in cheek. The bitterness Southampton have for their neighbours really amazes me for pity sake grow up!

This reflects the debate in local football, as any fool knows. Don't like it? Don't blame the professionals who report on the industry. Go back outside and find another story.

Do people actually read the articles before posting comments? Glastonbury girl, no where did Dan imply that fans had influence on how money is spent, only "was it worth it" and to balance the scales refers to our situation in 2007. As for Meadowlark, we do have bigger fish to fry, such as winning the league and getting promoted. The Portsmouth game would have little impact either way. Also, you are entitled to your opinion, but you have stated it as if it was a fact "It is a poor article". Because it's your opinion it doesn't make it a fact. I think it is a well written, well balanced article which is born out by the mostly positive comments posted by people who appear to have actually read the article and not just skimmed it. Keep up the good work, Dan.

I did read the article and it is hardly well balanced. With regard to "was it worth it" I doubt that most fans would have questioned how the money was spent bearing in mind that the both owners had been considered "fit and proper" by the FA.

Glastonburygirl. "Do you really think Pompey fans (or any other team's fans) have any influence on how the money is spent" Where does it say in the article that fans had any influence on how money was spent? It just simply asks the question was it worth spending all that money on the FA Cup in Portsmouth's case, and the push for promotion in Southampton's case? Both incidents probably resulted in both clubs going into administration. How is that not well balanced? Incidently, Southampton Leisure Holdings was PLC and therefore owned by the people who bought shares and not privately owned.

Meadowlark pippin wrote:
Shesaint. Quite right it is my opinion and everyone has one. Im at uni down here and I'm amazed at the level of animosity between these two teams. As an "outsider" we have rivals in the north as well but save maybe man utd Liverpool or man utd Leeds nothing quite like this. I just think this sort of article belongs more in a fanzine. To balance the books there is another article just as bad in the Portsmouth paper from their point of view.

Meadowlark. The original article was printed in The Pink, which is a sports related paper for the south, but with specific emphasis on Southampton Football Club, so maybe if you had read it there you may have viewed it in context.

I understand that but I see it the same as when the sun stirs up jingoistic fever during world cups. I don't think Dans article goes that far but it's more biased than I'd expect from a newspaper local or not. Maybe I'm just an old man in young man shoes.

all very well but were not on top are we?