Lighthouse

People have no problem with him leaving because of his contract situation, the need to sell to balance the books and the fact that we have three other decent midfielders in Downes, Jander and Bragg. FD and CB is clearly one of the weaker combinations and everone acknowledges the need to replace Charles with someone, so I don't know what you're complaining about. Today was about making do with who's fit, nobody was 'happy' about it. We tried Matsuki at Colchester to little effect, this was our only other option.

We had a 4-3 win their under Puel, within a couple of weeks of the Cup final IIRC, with Gabbiadini scoring twice. I'm pretty sure Lambert got a hattrick there too on the way up in 2012. I remember that NYD game (at SMS) being one of the most incompetent managerial displays I've ever seen. Vignal was a decent Championship LB, or failing that Skacel did a more than adequate job... nope; Jermaine Wright! Burley sat there like a clueless lemon, 3-0 for most of the second half, then sent on Adam Hammill in the 89th minute. That was the day he completely lost the fan base, he ended up in Scotland a few weeks after.

I'd wager that keeping three clean sheets in league games he started last season probably had something to do with it.

There’s like half of football teams worldwide who play in some variation of blue shirts, in one of their three kits. Why this masochistic insistence that we’re wearing Pompey shirts and not Everton, Grasshopper Zürich or Dynamo Minsk I can’t fathom. I noticed our player were drinking water during a stop in play, just like Jimmy Saville used to, FFS!

-7 it is. We paid the price for a garbage first half. I just hope Tonda isn’t some wet paper tiger whose entire edge was built on cheating last season.

Still think it could be curtains for his Saints career.

Larin pressing X on his controller, instead of O or triangle.

It’s still possible. I’d say Azaz and Fellows on at HT are a must. Matsuki can come off and Dobbin or Leo depending on the latter’s injury.

Stephens showing everyone he can be a top quality defender. Unfortunately it was whilst attacking one of our free kicks.

Garbage all round. Happy new season everyone.

Because he’s sh*t.

I think all four yellows were deserved, Bree deliberately blocked their player off. Compared to all the spineless refs we’ve seen not give anything for tackles like the two on Leo, I’d much prefer this bloke.

He’s booked two of them, what else do you want? Actually three now, Larin being an absolute melon.

WTF was that from Stephens?!

The rest of football doesn't hate Boro. People are going to have to let this go at some point.