shurlock

Papa's best game since he's been at the club. ....according to Pards, at least.

no mincing words there.

decent overview http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/feb/10/portsmouth-hmrc-high-court-ruling and for anyone who's been hibernating http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/feb/05/portsmouth-balram-chainrai-sacha-gaydamak

Any chance you and guy wittingham are teaming up to buy the skates? Do make sure the tyres are nice and plump on the way.

They smiled in 2001, so why not again.

Call me sentimental but as per Wes Tender on the other thread We've got best owner, in the land We've got best owner in the land Says it all really.

Skates are responding that they have proof of future income, including ongoing TV money and if they go down a substantial parachute payment. Don't think its a silly argument.

If you consider pompey wanted the case adjourned for 28 days; and they've only got 7, its not a terrible result. Hopefully the courts massive caseload doesn't stop them being back in court next Friday.

wacko jacko and tyrekicker lynam - back from the dead?

:smt119 bob beech what a c*ck -could;t help himself.

I think it made perfect sense - James/Mills/Lallana have been taking corners as of late. And they've been truly shocking. Not to mention that neither James or Mills was playing yesterday. In contrast, Lambert takes a mean free-kick, so there's no reason why he can't deliver an accurate corner. Most important, we had plenty of presence in the box - Jaidi, Fonte, Thomas, Hammond even Papa (who's good at ghosting into positions).As such ensuring decent delivery was much more important than having one extra attacker. While I can't see us playing that kind of physical side week in week out (esp Jaidi and Thomas), I would be inclined to continue to Lambert, esp if and if our normal corner takers are either missing or serving up dogsh*t.

Paid our debts in full? so creditors got 100p on the £?

Thing is, like satchel face Redkn*pp, Pards has lot of mates in the ex-pro fraternity - most of them are bigoted alcoholics who would have never cut it in the modern game but don't under-estimate the influence their little Sky cabal wields. The coverage and goodwill we're enjoying is partly down to sympathy for Pards; we'd just as easily lose it if Pards was unceremoniously dumped.

we got a draw up there last season but they always do us.

...really: one of the few teams we did the double over last season. maybe, its any team with patrick agyemang in it.

Can't f**king stand watford.

mad dog - has borderline tourettes

Shame but truly hope everything turns out OK.

Surely I can't be alone in not giving a rat's ar$e about tonight's game? I don't get you people ...

Andy Gray who often talks alot of sh*t made one interesting observation on Sunday. He said the hardest thing in football is to attack through the middle - and its the thing defenders hate most because of the options it opens up either side and the opportunities it presents to get a shot away. By contrast, using the wings allows teams to double up while defenders know there's no shot on.

Possibly, though they frequently drop deep and come inside in effort to help a struggling midfield or pick up the ball, basically neutering what they bring to the team. By contrast, a strong midfield would allow them to take up much more advanced positions. One reason why Antonio (as well as Papa) has been successful upfront is that it frees him of defensive duties so he can use his pace for the right purpose.

This is a common fallacy - you're not the only person to make it, however. With the exception of Barnard, our new players have adapted fine - the defence looks much less leaky than before - compare our current defensive record with that during our fantastic run - its much better now; my only criticism with our transfer activity is that we didn't sign a strong central midfielder. Otherwise I think Puncheon -at least from what he showed on Saturday- is a decent acquisition. He will add a bit of guile and flair to a team that has struggled to score goals recently - but give him time. The tendency to attribute recent poor results to new signings also misses the point that four out of our five leagues games since boxing day have been away from home and against teams with the 2nd, 3rd, 8th etc best home records in the division. Norwich who we face in ten or so days have the best record. On one level, points from home, especially against teams with such strong home records i is not to be sneezed at. Derry makes the point that we're not attacking enough - i find it odd that we should be gung-ho away from home (what we do at home is another matter). No our problem is the lack of a midfield that can win possession and get a foothold in the game while allowing us to counterattack effectively (again, contrary to Derry, though we could have more, we do have adequate pace in the team). Rather its our softness in midfield -James, Schneiderlin, Lallana- that encourages teams to come onto us. And being at home, teams don't need a second invitation...

Dont think its about giving it a go as such - most of those results have been at home where we've also been getting results in the league.

Good post - you rightly identify the period around the Brighton game as the turning point. the inconsistencies as well as the chopping and changing, initially to accomodate Connolly and Antonio go that far back.

Absolutely, that performance left me more encouraged than many of our subsequent wins.