TOUCHLINE HANDBAGS
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John Messina is asked about the Derby atmosphere, protocols between rivals and his spat at St Mary's with Will Still.
we will offer ton under a drink after sunday's game absolutely he can have whatever is in the fridge at saint mary's obviously a lot was made of it with will after the game i thought he came in strong on the handshake and that was it i thought it was a funny moment to be honest i spoke to the media after the game about what both sets of fans would expect from their players from the staff but ultimately we are not friends we're there to try to win a game we're not there to make friends with anyone I've had a few arguments with managers which haven't been highlighted I've had some really strong words. Myself and Frank Lampard had that bit of handbags on the bench, and then we came in and had a drink afterwards.
It was fine we just laughed about it it's a bit pathetic two grown men squabbling with each other. That happens a lot on the touchline.
What happened during the spat between John Massino and Will Still?
Sometimes it spills over and sometimes there's a bit of tension in the tunnel afterwards and people don't go in for a drink. Sometimes it's absolutely fine. You shake hands, laugh and move on. Will didn't offer me a drink. It was left at that. We will always go in if we get invited. We didn't get invited that day. That's fine. Whether we win, lose or draw, if the opposition coaching staff invite us in, we'll go in. We always invite people in to fratten. At St Mary's, we set up to try to not let Southampton get a foothold in the game, and we did that really well after three or four minutes. We were dominant in the first half, so naturally the atmosphere dropped. It became a bit more difficult for us in the second half but I suppose a drab 0-0 away from home with the pressure of that first South Coast derby wasn't a terrible result for us.
I expect it to be a different game on Sunday. There have been some really special Fratton Park nights. We've had it time and time again over the three years we've been here. There have been some really special Fratton Park nights, some really stand out. The evening game we had against Bolton in the first season, and then the one in the promotion winning season, the night we beat Barnsley to win League One. When we beat Oxford with Christian Sadie's goal, March 2024, while there were so many last year because the home form was so good and our away form was pretty poor, it has probably been slightly more difficult this year because we've not been quite as free-flowing and high-scoring as last season, but we've still had some incredible atmospheres at home.
As always, very interesting.
And of course, Will still lasted at Southampton about as long as his handshake with John Massino. After that game. And I'm lucky enough to have been invited for a drink after a game. Two of us from Pompey Sound by John Massino. And yes, there is a very well stocked fridge. And he purchased himself on his desk and says, help yourself to everybody. And he sees people in a routine routine. order of events he does the press because he has those media commitments he's always asked the same questions by journalists week after week if Pompey win John you must be very pleased three changes what was the thinking there if Pompey lose John you must be very disappointed two changes what was the thinking there and he grins and bears it and he does all that and then he meets with his coaching staff in private and
And they go into a huddle in John's office. And yeah, I should think it's help yourself, anything you want from the fridge. And they discuss the last 90 minutes whilst it's still raw in their mind. And then finally, it's friends and family.
How do managers handle tensions after a match?
And we qualified somewhere along the line as friends and family. So in we went. And it was fascinating. John was engaging, cheerful. articulate very very friendly slapping people on the back and swigging I think it looked like a bottle of Italian beer might have been a Peroni if so he's got good taste and we fell in with Andy Cullen actually funnily enough we had a good natter with him found out that his background isn't far away from what was going on in John's office which was necking some beer and
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