So yesterday evening we were dining out and getting very drunk with a Pompey fan and his wife.
I can think of worse scorelines with which to dine-out on.
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See I know a few Skates from working in Havant for a couple of years. Unfortunelty it was March 2004 - March 2006. So I never really had the upper hand over them. Few home wins but a couple of humiliating away losses and a relegation! Fuck me, if I worked there now I would be lording upā¦ Or dead!
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Sat in a coffee shop and read the freebie newspapers. Good āTimesā article by Matthew Syedā¦canāt argue with any of it.
Unfortunately itās behind a subscription wall but it gives the overall tenet of the pieceā¦
Originally posted by @Goatboy
Fortunately, because of the wonderful internetty thingy, you can see the full mentalist 6 and a half minute delusional rant here:
I donāt think there is a facepalm big enough for that interview, he makes Deluded Rodgers sound saneā¦
At the time I thought dive on their penalty appeal and I have seen it a few times now and think he dived before contact! If he had carried on running he would have got it, but only if the ball had not run away from him, which was the other issue!
Am bias on this, or do you bias lot think the same.
Doesnāt matter how many times I watch the Chelsea penalty appeal, normal speed or slow mo, I still canāt see it being anything other than a penalty. That said, we should still have had twoā¦
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The keeper came out but didnāt challenge because the ball had been overhit.
There was contact BUT the striker instigated contact by putting his legs into the keeper mid-dive.
The keeper didnāt collide with the striker, he was the collidee.
A good spot by the ref - a little oasis in his desert of shit.
It probably doesnāt help that Chelsea have such a reputation that even their centre backs dive.
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Spot on Rallyboy. The MOTD commentator called it correctly, so did Shearer and Jenas afterwards.
He was going down in anticipation of being fouled but it never happened, so brushed the keeper on the way down. Good work by the Ref on this one.
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My meandering thoughts led me to this, a quick reminder of our results at Stamford Bridge since our return to the big time:
12/13: Chelsea 2 Saints 2. Adkins, brilliant comeback, his last game. 
13/14: Chelsea 3 Saints 1. Poch. Jay scored 1st minute, went very downhill thereafter.
14/15: Chelsea 1 Saints 1. Ron. Great performance after early goal against.
15/16: Chelsea 1 Saints 3. Ron. Even better performance after early goal against.
So, further proof that Poch was inferior to both Ron and Nige 
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Originally posted by @lifeintheslowlane
I was going on about the '68 2-6 win this morning but to be honest it could have easily been a repeat scoreline. Two clear penalties denied and Tadicās chance could have made up the 6 and I suppose Chelsea could have had a pen too.
One to rememberā¦only sorry I wasnāt there this time. Oh BTW Tommy Docherty lost his job after that '68 gameā¦I wonder if there will be another coincidence.
Sorry to be a pedant, (Not really!) but the game to which you refer was on September 2nd, 1967 and Chelsea had been beaten 5-1 at Newcastle three days earlier. Docherty had just returned from a 28 day ban from the FA (when they had balls) for causing a rumpus on a pre-season tour of Bermuda. He didnt last the week.
I was 9 and wearing my brand new Saints scarf, which I still have, but my Dad took us in the Shed End by mistake. Cue drastic zipping up of coat and stifled celebrations down by the corner flag as Ron Davies took them apart.
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Iāve misread things a lot recently, so, are you saying you think it was a pen?
Yeah (but quite quietly). Like Iām pleased it wasnāt, and every time some expert says he dived first, or someone here says he dived first, my brain is sayingā¦yeah too right. I just canāt see the guy diving first when Iām watching it - seemed to happen simultaneously to me, even in slow motion. And Stek was coming at him pretty fast.
Originally posted by @Lets-B-Drinking
Originally posted by @lifeintheslowlane
I was going on about the '68 2-6 win this morning but to be honest it could have easily been a repeat scoreline. Two clear penalties denied and Tadicās chance could have made up the 6 and I suppose Chelsea could have had a pen too.
One to rememberā¦only sorry I wasnāt there this time. Oh BTW Tommy Docherty lost his job after that '68 gameā¦I wonder if there will be another coincidence.
Sorry to be a pedant, (Not really!) but the game to which you refer was on September 2nd, 1967 and Chelsea had been beaten 5-1 at Newcastle three days earlier. Docherty had just returned from a 28 day ban from the FA (when they had balls) for causing a rumpus on a pre-season tour of Bermuda. He didnt last the week.
I was 9 and wearing my brand new Saints scarf, which I still have, but my Dad took us in the Shed End by mistake. Cue drastic zipping up of coat and stifled celebrations down by the corner flag as Ron Davies took them apart.
OK I wonāt disputeā¦I did try to look up the exact date but got side-tracked and went with my estimation. I went with a bunch from work and although we werenāt in the Shed End we were uncomfortably close with a line of coppers separating us from the Chelsea mob. I continued to defiantly wear my Saints scarf all the game; kept close to a crowd of Saints supporters after the game as we got the tube back to Waterloo. Took a look around the carriage on the tube and mine was the only red and white scarf on view amongst a sea of blue and whiteā¦nothing happened. I think that was one of, if not the last game Martin Chivers played for Saints before his British record transfer. Great day. 
When I saw the first replay I was screaming that he dived first and he dived towards Steklenberg to initiate contact.
You need glasses young lady, says the refereesim!
Iām not sure whether it was a dive , but he was definitely falling before Stek was anywhere near him. Falcao definitely moved his leg towards Stek to iniate contact, knowing he was on his way down and had lost control of the ball. Decision was spot on for me.
Not really sure how youāve seen it that way if I am honest Lou.
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As for our first one, the defender trod on Mane foot, but Mane did dive. Perhaps if he just went down the whistle would have gone all the way to the referees lips, rather than half way and then he seemed to run out of energy, or forget what he was going to do!
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Originally posted by @lifeintheslowlane
Originally posted by @Lets-B-Drinking
Originally posted by @lifeintheslowlane
I was going on about the '68 2-6 win this morning but to be honest it could have easily been a repeat scoreline. Two clear penalties denied and Tadicās chance could have made up the 6 and I suppose Chelsea could have had a pen too.
One to rememberā¦only sorry I wasnāt there this time. Oh BTW Tommy Docherty lost his job after that '68 gameā¦I wonder if there will be another coincidence.
Sorry to be a pedant, (Not really!) but the game to which you refer was on September 2nd, 1967 and Chelsea had been beaten 5-1 at Newcastle three days earlier. Docherty had just returned from a 28 day ban from the FA (when they had balls) for causing a rumpus on a pre-season tour of Bermuda. He didnt last the week.
I was 9 and wearing my brand new Saints scarf, which I still have, but my Dad took us in the Shed End by mistake. Cue drastic zipping up of coat and stifled celebrations down by the corner flag as Ron Davies took them apart.
OK I wonāt disputeā¦I did try to look up the exact date but got side-tracked and went with my estimation. I went with a bunch from work and although we werenāt in the Shed End we were uncomfortably close with a line of coppers separating us from the Chelsea mob. I continued to defiantly wear my Saints scarf all the game; kept close to a crowd of Saints supporters after the game as we got the tube back to Waterloo. Took a look around the carriage on the tube and mine was the only red and white scarf on view amongst a sea of blue and whiteā¦nothing happend.eI think that was one of, if not the last game Martin Chivers played for Saints before his British record transfer. Great day.
Chivs didnāt leave until the following January, but his last game was the return home game, which Chelsea beat us 5-3 in the pouring rain. Chivers got 2.