Jack

This x2. You don't need to be a unit to be a good player. Speed and skill can often be enough. Look at Messi.

The pens definitely weren't as stonewall as I first thought on the night. Lambert - Looks a dead cert in real time, looked like the defender dragged him back/down when he got the wrong side. Think the ref would have given it if he was anywhere near it. See them given in the prem regularly, although from the replay it looks like he goes down too easily. Lallana trip - the most obvious of them all IMO. Was definitely a foul, I reckon it would have been given if it wasn't so close to the byline. Lallana cross - Handball, nuff said. You can't block a cross with a flailing arm like that, but they're not always spotted/given

Always had a dislike for Birmingham. They get **** attendances until the last few games of a promotion campaign then sell out for the last few games. They then sell out for a few games in the Prem till they lose a few, then stop going again. That's what I remember of their last promotion anyway. Also I find the brum accent very irritating. You could be the most intelligent person in the world, but still sound absolutely stupid with a Birmingham accent.

Can't see either putting up a serious challenge for the top 2. Leicester are too far back and Boro aren't very convincing. I think the current top 4 will battle it out for the top 2, with the rest of the top 10 for the playoffs, plus Leicester if they can keep a good run going

This. Pretty sure we also recently beat Forest with Morgan playing. Didn't he score? Ottery, I wouldn't write someone's opinion off as ridiculous unless it was factually incorrect. To say we never win with Morgan in the side WAS a ridiculous comment

Ridiculous comment. He doesn't always deliver, and wasn't on his game yesterday, but he is quality when he's on it. Agree that in some games we need Hammond in there to do the dirty job, but more often than not Morgan adds that quality passing a good side needs

I'm confident, despite Birmingham's good run. Should be an open game, and that suits us. Lads should be hungry for 3 points having come so close last night. Time to put this inconsistent run behind us and pick up some much needed wins

Looks lively, decent first touch, decent pace. And we've managed a decent song for him already. Think he'll be important for us this season

Lambert for me. Absolutely terrorised their defence. Very good performances from Lallana, Punch, and Fonte. Morgan's radar was seriously off today. Too many attempts at the 50 yard diagonal, most went for throw ins or straight to Cardiff players. Needs to play the easy pass more if unsure.

Lee. Tonight. Overhead kick from the edge of the box following a half-clearance after a poor Danny Fox corner.

Ok, so embarrassing was obviously too strong. Disappointing then. This is our first season back in the Championship and we're on for back-to-back promotions. I think it's a shame that our support isn't slightly more enthusiastic about that. Would you be happy if we got to the prem, started with a few sell-outs, then say we lost 2-0 at home to Bolton in front of 24k and saw the side booed off at HT and FT? You will say that's irrelevant, but I think it's about people forgetting exactly where we just came from.

21014 for a fixture: - at home in the Championship having just been promoted - with the chance to return to the TOP of the championship - against one of the pre season promotion favourites - having been averaging over 25k at home this season Poor IMO. And people on here have a pop at other clubs who can't fill their grounds, and say we are a premier league club, with premier league facilities, stadium, and fan base. Yes, 11k+ empty seats is embarrassing in my opinion

Yep, people need to sort themselves out and get down there. Monday was an embarrassment.

This. Anything under 3k for an easy London away is disappointing IMO. It'll be well under that. Hopfully the quantity of beer and lack of the 'bovril and blanket brigade' will result in a good atmosphere anyway. Setting my alarm for 7am, let's have it.

I think this is my favourite ever paragraph from your blogs. Nicely done. "Pompey Chief Exec and former Head of Integrity (ha ha ha) at the FA Mr Lampitt, gave a remarkable interview on Saturday in which he attacked the Portsmouth Evening News for a story stating that Pompey owed £1.6m to the tax man before calming down and admitting that they did in fact owe £1.6m to the tax man.* This is what’s known in the interview trade as ‘Doing a Cotterill’."

Correct. Even if most of their best players aren't good enough to play for us, surely it's in our interest to buy them for peanuts and either loan them out or let them rot

Think he'll be on very thin ice with the fans. Needs a very good first half hour or so if/when he does get a start in the 1st team.

Don't think we've ever been in for Maynard, Hooper won't be sold for the sort of money we want to spend, and Sharp is just out for a massive payday. If I'm not mistaken that is..... Southampton is not an unattractive move, I just think we're not AS attractive as we think we are. I think we're seen as a bit of a flash in the pan, new boys in the league. Is say that to a neutral footballer looking in, we'd be on a par with Reading, Birmingham, Boro, Hull etc. I think that we're a better club than all of those, but they'd all say exactly the same thing

Agree. Shocking support. 21k must be our lowest of the season? I thought these 'final 10' tickets actually sold? An embarrassment and total let-down. And booing?? Yes we playe badly, but we've just been promoted and are still in the top 2. People that booed need to have a look at themselves IMO. Expectation has clearly got too much. Turn up to SMS, get behind the lads, and don't f*cking boo them if they don't win, because we're not going to win every week.

Lots of bad performances, Guly and Harding stood out for me. Harding was so slow to close down and got skinned a fair few times. Guly was awful. His first touch was ending up 5 yards away from him, and if it wasn't for a blind linesman in the 1st half, he would have had 6-7 offsides against him before HT. Literally every goal kick and long ball to him, he was off. Got found out by a competent linesman in the 2nd half. We just didn't play as a team. Leicester closed down well and we didn't have any ideas. And when they had the ball, we let them have it. Quite clear that without Lambo, Lallana, Chappers and Fonte, we haven't got the backbone that we need. We looked too lightweight to take on a physically strong Leicester team. Usually skill and good passing gets us through against teams like that, but we had none of that either. Fuming that that cvnt Nugent scored.

Perfect end for me - beat P*rtsmouth 5-0, confirming our promotion and relegating them, then confirm winning the league away at Middlesbrough, then dedicate the Coventry game to Markus. Flag out and everything, just a massive promotion party. Simples.

Oxo is class, Wenger has lost the plot, Ramsay is sh*t, Djourou is sh*t, and Walcott literally hasn't improved since we sold him. Passing it out for throw-ins and very little sign of an end product. Oxo will be twice the player Walcott is.

I think we've got a great chance of picking up loads of points from the other 'top' teams. Reading the WHU forum, they admit they are sh*t, they win ugly and are lucky to be up the top. They got outplayed by Forest and should have been 2-0 down before they were awarded a penalty (which wasn't a penalty). Their team is static and has no width, I don't think they'll handle our movement. I think we'll go there and win. Brum away is a big test, they don't concede many there and are unbeaten, but they'll try to get at us and that helps us. Boro are fading away, nothing to fear there. Sounds stupid but it's the away games at places like Posh that I worry about more

**** off Portsmouth you grim skate game throwing cvnts. Bet their fans are celebrating it.

What about Paul Jewell?