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We had our one cup run of the decade a couple of years ago. Maybe next decade.

 

I have got to say it is probably more enjoyable being a Pompey fan than following the Saints this season and I have no doubt that our friends down the road should be looking for an automatic promotion spot. My only concern would be whether they can keep hold of the manager Jackett as I just think someone will snap him up if Pompey aren't in poll position by Christmas. For me, this is the biggest risk to Portsmouth's promotion ambitions and I think they will struggle to keep hold of him this season. Another club, probably in the Championship, will nab him before May in my opinion.

So far Portsmouth have produced some impressive results and especially away. Their home form is a bit more erratic but I think their dominance of League One was always likely to be on the cards. I concede that there are some big blubs in that league now yet I still see Portsmouth as a sleeping giant. They should be automatic Championship at the very least and were unfortunate that their sojourn in the Premiership was under the stewardship of probably the most dubious set of directors of the last twenty years. Had the club been properly managed, they should have been playing football in a modern, 21st century stadium . However, there is always the potential at Portsmouth for things not to go to plan and the club has a history of being mismanaged.

As far as a Saints / Portsmouth clash at this point in time, it does look like a potential banana skin for Saints if we drew they in the cup. However, as Portsmouth are out of the League Cup, any draw will take place in the FA Cup in January by which time I feel that we will either have got our act together or will be managed by someone else. I would be seriously disappointed if we allowed any malaise to continue past Christmas for a second season in a row. In these circumstances, I would have hoped that any match between the two clubs would not have ended in an embarrassing conclusion for Saints. Certainly the fitness levels at the very least should be in Saint's favour. I also believe that the current Portsmouth squad is quite young and maybe lacking in experience.

 

Ah but in heaven we will win every game. Marcus will be our owner, Alan ball our manager and Ron Davies our centre forward. I will have wings and a halo and be a real saint at last. On earth the very lovely Mrs Godders will be going around telling people what an absolute angel her husband is but they will not realise she is being literal.

 

Good mood today Godders?...

 

I am never in a ****ing good mood. I shall argue and fight until the day I die.

 

Would love to see Pompey back in the big time. It’s one if the greatest rivalries in British football and those wins are always extra special.

 

I was at the game too, and came away thinking how cruel football can be. I thought we played well against a team that Pompey couldnt afford. It definitely wasnt a 4-1 performance from us

 

I cant see how you can say that. To us obviously, but it barely registers with the national media and most other fans

 

Could of sworn I read somewhere that even nationally it ranks 3rd behind Mancs and Scousers.

 

I prefer the smaller inter-city derbies than same city ones tbh. So ours, Newcastle/Sunderland, Cardiff/Swansea, Burnley/Blackburn and so on.

Think they can be fiercer as there's less 'working with enemy' etc.

 

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/row-zed/biggest-rivalry-uk-football-liverpool-5363972
Found this list of biggest UK rivalries...we are in there, but fairly low.

I met a Newcastle fan once and she told me that she wouldn't even visit the Sunderland area on principal....I couldn't boycott Portsmouth as I have to go there to get on/off the Island as I would get lost if I tried to drive through Southampton. Sorry

 

For hatred you mean?...there are much bigger derbies otherwise..

Old Firm
Liverpool v Everton
Man City v Man Utd
Man Utd v Liverpool
Arsenal v Spurs
Newcastle v Sunderland
Villa v Brum


Edit: I think the Bristol Derby gets pretty vicious

 

I used to work with a Skate that would never buy anything from a "Scummer shop"...idiot.

 

Not saying you are wrong. All that i can say is that living in the midlands and London, all fans got the Liverpool/Everton, City/Utd, Sunderland/Newcastle, Spurs/Arsenal rivalry, but no-one knew about ours and Pompey. I really had to explain the history and the animosity and of course the scummers tag.

I guess we haven't played in the same division that often so you dont get to hear about it.

 

I imagine your last line is spot on, makes it more special for me personally though as it allows it to build up when one team 'owes' the other.

 

You're right TLL, the "build up" before the '84 cup game at Fratton was incredible as a lot of my generation hadn't witnessed a SC Derby (the previous one being 8 years earlier).. It was of course the age of the firms too and I can remember the night before the match at The Painted Wagon in the City Centre, the atmosphere was electric with anticipation. The day itself was one that I will remember for the rest of my life, no other subsequent Derby has come close to the feeling I had in that one.

 

Same for me in 2003, first one at SMS, first since 96 I believe? Added atmosphere of a night game and them having a bigger allocation cos of cup. The unfortunate incident with the 'silence' pre match cranked it up too.

Even now I still can't shake the fact we owe them one... our last win against them was when we had 'Arry ffs!

 

No need to apologise for leaving the island. Just don’t do it too often

 

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