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Dan Harding chooses to sign for Eastleigh, saying he couldn't bring himself to sign for Pompey

Discussion in 'Southampton' started by - Doing The Lambert Walk, Aug 6, 2015.

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  1. PompeyLapras

    PompeyLapras Well-Known Member

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    Exactly, I couldn't do that to you guys

    They should be able to compartmentalise their role as fans and their role as professional football players. If they can't, then they have no business being a footballer.

    I would have no qualms about playing for Southampton.
     
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  2. jenthesaint1990

    jenthesaint1990 Well-Known Member

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    Eastleigh are a team on the up.

    Would you say Jose Fonte made a backwards step in the "interests of his career" when he dropped a division to sign for Saints when he is now a Premier League/International defender...?


    <doh>
     
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  3. PompeyLapras

    PompeyLapras Well-Known Member

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    As are Portsmouth.
     
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  4. Schrodinger's Cat

    Schrodinger's Cat Well-Known Member

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    Most footballers play football because they want to play football - If Dan, both as a player and a Saints fan thinks he's happier playing for an aspirational non league side that is chasing league status than he would be playing for a league team that used to be good, but isn't any more then how is that unprofessional? He's still playing football for a living which makes him by definition, professional. Perhaps he hates the idea of having to play week in week out in front of some mutant with a bell in a Victorian shed
     
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  5. - Doing The Lambert Walk

    - Doing The Lambert Walk Well-Known Member

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    ****ing hell, that'd be a very boring and very sanitised world. Not for me, thanks.
     
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  6. fatletiss

    fatletiss Well-Known Member

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    I wonder if you have ever, ever complained about a footballer not having enough passion, or "wanting it" as much as you?

    Think about your statement; it smacks of sporting ignorance.
     
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  7. fatletiss

    fatletiss Well-Known Member

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    We like to look at a 5-6 year period before crowing about an upward curve on a graph :)
     
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  8. jonny 'hasen' shuttle

    jonny 'hasen' shuttle Well-Known Member

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    are Pompey still going then? I thought they were done. I checked the league tables - couldn't see them anywhere.
     
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  9. Saintsfan08

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    Eastleigh are going places much faster than Portsmouth
     
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  10. Velcro Roy

    Velcro Roy Well-Known Member

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    Nope you're correct,that horrible club with all it's massive trophy winning history closed forever approx two year ago.Now there appears to be another similar horrible little club in its place complete with the same unwashed dinlo with a bell in its place. With absolutely no history and apparently on the up.lol
     
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  11. PompeyLapras

    PompeyLapras Well-Known Member

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  12. Schrodinger's Cat

    Schrodinger's Cat Well-Known Member

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    Just give it up PL, if football teams were Charles Schultz characters, Saints would be Snoopy, whereas pompey would be Pigpen.
     
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  13. PompeyLapras

    PompeyLapras Well-Known Member

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    No idea who Pigpen is but whatever.

    please log in to view this image
     
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  14. fatletiss

    fatletiss Well-Known Member

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    You talk some utter tripe.
     
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  16. Saints_Alive

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    You've changed your mind quickly Lapras, it was me trying to convince you that Cook is a good manager at your level!...<laugh>
     
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  17. PompeyLapras

    PompeyLapras Well-Known Member

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    To be fair, I posted that before today's match, but after today's match I think you may have had a point!
     
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  18. Beddy

    Beddy Plays the percentage

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    You're living in the past PL....for goodness sake! Let it go mate nobody on this Forum is interested in what Pompey does today, or did yesterday anymore. For your info I saw Pompey in their heyday and compared to todays teams in the top division trust me the standard then was no better than todays top div one/bottom championship. There was one thing that was good about them and all professional footballers of that era, the fact they actually respected their club and other clubs.....including Saints.
     
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  19. Osvaldorama

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    I always thought he was better than Fox. Top man
     
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  20. St. Luigi Scrosoppi

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    You are right Beddytare. I am more concerned about Havant and Waterlooville these days.
     
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