A kind of dull, uneventful game Time for a visit to the King Power to take on our old friends Leicester City, whom we defeated 3-0 at St Mary’s earlier in the season, during that glorious Tonda interim period. In all truth, it was probably the game that sealed the deal regarding getting the permanent job. At that time, Leicester were considered to be one of the favourites for an automatic spot and a return to the Premier League, but it hasn’t quite worked out that way, as they now find themselves one place above the relegation zone, largely due to the six-point deduction they finally received after about five years of financial fuckery.

In the four years since they arriving at the club, the relationship between Sport Republic and transfer windows has been like the relationship between a elephants and laxatives. You just end up with a massive great pile of shit that takes years to clean up. It is one of football’s great truths that you can never judge a transfer window until at least a year down the line, because some players you sign will make promising starts and then fall away, others will do the opposite and some will look good on paper and provide absolutely nothing.

As If We Could Love Him Any More South Coast Derby trips to Fratton Park seem to be all about the narratives. Those narratives of course are all about Pompey, the bestest fans, the bestest ground, the bestest atmosphere, the bested hostility and the bestest soap dodging c*** with the bell and all that. You can’t read an article about this particular game without it being some sort of massive rim job with those from the East side of Hampshire on the receiving end.

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Last Time at Fratton Time for the return fixture against that lot from down the road. This latest installment follows the damp squib that was the game at St Mary's back in September that of course ended 0-0, with virtually no goalmouth incident. This is an updated version of the blog entry on the last 50 years of the South Coast Derby, in the hope that the red half of Hampshire will be happy come Sunday afternoon.

Shit - Is He Behind Me? Tonda Eckert and Saints turn their sights towards West Brom at St Mary’s under the lights on a Tuesday. If you look at current form then Saints have three home wins in a row and West Brom have six away defeat in a row but as we all know, Saints are and have historically been the team you want to play if you are on a shit run.

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