Fitzhugh Fella

Are you really that thick? Report it mate - comments like that have got no place in football stadia and Matthew le Tissier's reply besmirches a great name.

Guly is a bit of an enigma. FWIW I think its great to have him in the squad but not so sure its so great to have him starting in the actual side - he is just not consistent enough.

Thanks Steve - will let him know, close this as soon as you like

Sorry to start a thread on this but I have a mate who is a Burnley fan who suddenly can make the game. He is overseas and has texted me to see if he can get a ticket in the away end on the day? Can anyone help me he needs to finalise travel arrangements tonight?

Whatever the verdict today you have got to admit that your current plight has got to be totally due to the antics of the 3 musketeers, Harry, Milan and Storrie-teller. They used your club to make sheds loads of dosh, wheeled and dealed to boost personal income (but not the clubs), racking up impossible debts and then they all run for the hills when plod and HMRC start asking questions. Mandaric sold you to a gun runner, Harry left you (twice) with players on massive contracts and Storrie oversaw and encouraged the shambles that has now directly led you to be facing oblivion. And you are laughing at us? - Christ mate if I was you I would be waiting outside the court house today with a 12 bore shotgun. These chancers - whose innocence you are celebrating - have shafted P****y fans so far up their own tail pipes that most of their brains have been squeezed out of their ears.

Our problems started when our settled side became unsettled due to injuries and Lambert's suspension. Hopefully we can begin to settle again, but now there is welcome competition, regular players are going to have to accept they may have a fight on their hands to get selected in the first XI- I am thinking here of Do Prado, Connelly, Barnard, Hooisveld, De Ridder and Tadanari. Talking of Lee I heard he made a few good runs off the ball last night. Well that's great but not if you don't have a midfielder who can find you with an astute pass and, at present, with Cork, SAchneiderlin and Hammond all being so one dimensional we just don't have that sort of player. One reason our forwards sometimes are accused of lacking penetration. Oh for a Jimmy Case who was also a leader on the pitch, something else presently lacking. Talk of Adkins's job being on the line are ridiculous. I reckon he has built up enough brownie points with NC for at least another 12 months.

Great if Reeves fits the bill but imo Schneiderlin, Hammond and Cork don't. The midfield is the problem area for me.

Wasn't at the game so not qualified to give a verdict on Lee but I will say this. No point having a forward who makes great runs off the ball if we have no one in midfield to find him with a defence splitting ball. IMO our big problem is midfield where all our players are much of a likeness. Very good at inter-passing on the half way line but put a goal in front of them and they freeze.

If Cork and Schneiderlin are involved then in my opinion it is nowhere near our best X1. These two are not compatible. Pretty and pleasing on the ball they maybe, but incisive and game changing they are not. And hereby lies our current woes.

Bit of a rhetorical question there I would have thought.

And yet you were arrogantly suggrsting at HT we would cruise it?

A draw for me tonight please. Much as I want Brum to lose my religion forbids contemplating a Skates win.

Isn't that Manji's mate, Rich Chorley singing?

I was thinking today that if Sir Fred can be stripped of his knighthood surely the FA should now be stripping the Skates of their 2008 Cup win or striking it from the records. If I was a Cardiff fan I would be very angry.

If you're good enough you're big enough - is what Bally used to say

I thought he had a couple of sub appearances recently?

Here is my e mail to Cameron I am concerned at the answer the PM gave today in the HoC in reply to a MPs enquiry regarding Portsmouth FC tax liabilities. He impled that it was acceptable for businesses such as PFC to be given preferential treatment by HMRC and even seemed to be condoning their financial irresponsibility. Can I remind the PM this is not the first time Portsmouth have not met inland revenue obligations and his remarks very much send the wrong message to other potential tax defaulters. Regards Duncan Holley

Dan Milmo here's the man to go to - he was very fair to us during our strike, don't mention my name though

Absolutely nail on head for me

Patred - good post, can you put it on the takeover thread as it is relevant there too?

This! Schneiderlin just "looks" good but rarely actually achieves anything.

Apologies if this link has previously been posted but I found it incredible that the skate being interviewed suggested if they reformed as a completely new club they would be allowed into League 2 - now there's that denial again http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16794206.stm

I think the vast majority of skates just pretend it isn't happening and they will wake up in the morning and it has been a bad dream. I think it is called denial.

This "rumour" has been doing the rounds for a long time and it could be true. But if it is, surely if the club gets to the Premiership it would attract a much higher price, so I think NC will be very much aware of the need to invest now.

Is one of them Dune?