Sussex Shrimper
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I was otherwise occupied last night watching The Fratellis (who rocked, btw), but I've just watched the game having managed to avoid the result up until then. Coming through London Victoria at around midday today I spotted in the distance a group of fans waving blue and white flags, singing first "Blue Army" and then "Sea-Sea-Seasiders" triumphantly while mugging for the cameras of tourists. Closer inspection revealed them to be Pompey fans - in the words of John Cleese: "It's not the despair. I can handle the despair. It's the hope!".
On the pitch - no complaints. They were simply better than us, and hopefully they'll turn in the same level of performance in the final and smash Leeds live on Sky. It's still been a very good season where we've not only halted our downward momentum but reversed it and given ourselves everything to look forward to next year.
Off the pitch, thank you to everbody who represented our club in that manner in front of the cameras. That was exactly what the players would have needed in the circumstances and exactly what I needed to assuage my fears that failure now would bring forth the usual cries of "disgrace" and so on. TBV are doing some great work in turning around the nature of our support (doubtless to the extreme chagrin of certain "supporters"), and watching last night's game only served to reiterate that with our dream stadium on the way, this is undoubtedly the best time to be a Shrimper.
:)
On the pitch - no complaints. They were simply better than us, and hopefully they'll turn in the same level of performance in the final and smash Leeds live on Sky. It's still been a very good season where we've not only halted our downward momentum but reversed it and given ourselves everything to look forward to next year.
Off the pitch, thank you to everbody who represented our club in that manner in front of the cameras. That was exactly what the players would have needed in the circumstances and exactly what I needed to assuage my fears that failure now would bring forth the usual cries of "disgrace" and so on. TBV are doing some great work in turning around the nature of our support (doubtless to the extreme chagrin of certain "supporters"), and watching last night's game only served to reiterate that with our dream stadium on the way, this is undoubtedly the best time to be a Shrimper.
:)
