Charlie Wayman

I know but not intentionally, just that I expected more of him than he has shown so far. He may be under orders to stay back but where are those over-lapping runs taht characterised his play last season. Stoke switched their left winger to the right later on so maybe that was a trbute of sorts to Bree for preventing him getting to the bye line and putting in crosses. Can we agree he could do better?

How much did the team miss THB today? He has been the only true leader on the pitch and his absence probably contributed to the rudderless performance we saw today. Troops are inspired by their section commanders and will fight to the last drop of blood for them. Left to their own devices and chaos ensues. We saw that today as well. We need a new leader and damn quickly. A win is a win for all that. There have been plenty of times when we deserved to win but didn't so for once it's nice to celebrate a victory that we did not deserve. Big shout out for Larin, at the moment he is red hot; 20 goals this season? Don't rule it out. Back four were DS as usual. Where's Welly when you need him and Bree just about did enough but he isn't the player we saw last season.

Puctuated by "We hate Pompey" chants even though both are irrelevant to this match.

THB will start, Jander is genuinely injured and it's very unlikely we'll go 442. What's happened to your last season's optimism?

As things stand we have lost Stewart abd Charles, that's all and neither were starters. Last Sunday we had to start without Azaz, Fellows and Jander. Once everything has settled down we'll be on it. 4-0 against the Potters will settle a few people's nerves. We haven't suddenly become a bad team.

You're kidding. Stephens' career here has been littered by a catalogue of errors usually leading to goals against. We dumped him once for good reasons.

Oh Ye of little faith, cheer up for goodness sake, the season is only one match old.

It is doubtful that was the main reason for bringing in Romeu last season. My guess is that his value was as a mentor to the likes of Bragg and Jander. It'll be interesting to see if their performances drop off this season. Certainly Bragg seemed to lack a bit of composure and authority in his play at Watford. Early days.

Anybody in for Stephens yet or is the £50 releae fee too high?

It won't happen. We've already signed the guy from ManC

He knows how to play football, just playing in an unfamiliar position.

Blinkered?

Imagine if THB leaves and we fail to recruit another CB….. Captain Jack Crap and Wood as our starting line-up 🤐 Aside from that the whole back four were utter DS today, I worry about Bree he didn't look half the player of last season. Our right wing was non existent, I can't remember a single run to the byeline. Fellows has his faults but at least he give us a semblance of a right wing. Flynn was outstanding, surely with his drive and passion he should be captain. Let's hope Jander will be fit for the next match

Those two players were here already so not impressive at all. Promotion will be impossible if THB, Scienza and Jander bugger off as well as Stewart and Charles and especially given the likelihood of an Eckert ban

It's a game of chess, The club are really saying he is not for sale, a reported £30 m price tag makes a move unlikely but is a sop but not a flat refusal to a player who maybe does want to move on.

So four decisions to make!

It was certainly interesting that during the weekend friendlies in Münster, Bragg played in the early closed doors run out for the stiffs whereas O'BW lined up for the "first team" alongside Flynn Downes. That doesn't sound like he will be treated as a fringe player this season

"He of faint heart never won fair lady!" We are going to walk this league - even Flynn Downes thinks so. Well hammer the Hammers, hunt down the Wolves and finish off the Clarets in one swig.

🤣 🤣 🤣 Whatever he's on should definitely be on prescription.

We all love THB but this is real leadership, maybe this is the guy who should be wearing the armband?

No point in having a rules based sytem of governance if one can decide which rules to follow and which ones can be ignored because there is no enforcement or consequences.

They've all dried up in the heatwave.

Apart from Downes, Scienza & Matsuki, there isn't the look of a Championship winning side there. Bree was awful, hope he wasn't a one season wonder. Shouldn't get too many offers for THB on this showing.

I was at Wembley in 2012 for the Women's Olympic Final between Japan and the USA when he was booed by 90,000 fans when he appeared on pitch for the award ceremony.

Carbon copy of Blatterer, let's hope he will face the same fate