The Portsmouth thread -January SALE now on..

[pompeyfan]

Allow me to gloat for a while as this is the first time we've been top since 1993:clap:

Do you think our early season form can continue? I hope so, but last season we only lost 1 out of the first 8 and then a couple of injuries later it all went 'tits up' and we were back into the familar relegation battle territory.

Although I do think we have a much stronger side this time around and HR has made some astute buys/loans this summer - Merson, Taylor, Fox, Festa, Hislop, Pericard and De Zueew plus Burchill's return to fitness after 11 month's out is also a welcome boost.

[morleyian]

Matty Taylor :notworthy :notworthy

Ipswich 1st & Portsmouth 2nd would be nice :thumbs:

[pompeyfan]

Yeah, I'd settle for that - an all blue one and two:clap:

[swanny]

Certainly think you will improve on last year. Harry has made some great buys and a Playoff place is a realistic shot.

My Dad has supported Pompey all his life and at 72 is still a season ticket holder. I go to some games with him so have always had a soft spot for them.

Would love to see them in the Premiership.

[nc]

They've a very good chance if u ask me (even top 2!) I thought Derby would go straight back, but they look shaky and they're losing players. Ipswich should go up, but they may be in trouble if they lose some players. Wolves are a nearly team, and I'm sure they will be again this season. Pompey will never have a better chance. And let's hope Norwich go up too!

[ffc]

It's a long season but a great start will breed confidence. Pompey promised a lot last season and it looks like it's starting to pay off. Good support as well. If Merson stays fit I think you're in with a good chance.

[kjn6371]

After taking a risk and spending money on players it would be nice to see Pompey rewarded with promotion.Harry's built a experianced squad who hopefully can cope with the pressure of being top.

[Citysmith]

My Dad has supported Pompey all his life and at 72 is still a season ticket holder.

I bet your Dad is so proud of you for supporting one of the great Northern teams. :( :( :(

You should have more pride in Your local community. :thumbs:

[Borofan]

I think you will be top 4 with a good chance of automatic.

How is Uncle Festa playing so far?

[pompeyfan]

By all accounts, very well. We haven't conceded since he started playing and he's also been unlucky not to score.

Shaping up as a useful signing:clap:

[JIM_WHU]

It's a tough league, especially this year but Pompey defiantly have a chance.

Harry is very experienced and has got an even more experienced assistant in Jim Smith.

Harry has bought well, and the players he has got from W Ham were not quite Premiership quality but will be good Division 1 players. Merson was a great bit of business and will add that extra bit of class needed.

I hope you go up.

[Legendary]

Paul Merson will do a great job for Portsmouth as he got the flair and skills to open up defence and make Portsmouth look good.

Just keep an eye on him and make sure you are ready to take him off after 70 minutes if he ran out of stamina or energy.

Also Paul Merson do very well for Villa, but he didn't deliver the goods against Liverpool, Manchester United or Arsenal. He will be fine for Portsmouth as there will be less quality in division 1.

I think Wolves and Portsmouth will go up

[Big Sy]

Originally posted by Legendary

I think Wolves and Portsmouth will go up

Much as I'd like to see that I don't see us lasting the pace, particularly after last night's ***** poor performance against Sheff Weds.

Portsmouth and Ipswich will go up automatically, then ony one from Wolves, Norwich, Leicester, Derby, Coventry and Preston for the play-offs.

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By the way I'm trying the hex technique here!

[swanny]

Originally posted by Citysmith


I bet your Dad is so proud of you for supporting one of the great Northern teams. :( :( :(

You should have more pride in Your local community. :thumbs:

1. Stop talking *************
2. We don't live in Portsmouth so its hardly "local"
3. My Mums side are from the Liverpool area.

Some people :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Citysmith]

So the fact that Liverpool were the most successful team in English football, had no influence in your decision to support them :p

What part of Liverpool where your Mothers family from?

You seem to have a HUGE chip on your shoulder, having
NOT Manchester under your name. What's the great city of Manchester done to upset you. You sound just like a Manchester United fan declaring your not from Manchester ;)

We don't live in Portsmouth so its hardly "local" Didn't say you did live in Portsmouth, so who's speaking ************* :smokin:

[ffc]

Originally posted by swanny


1. Stop talking *************
2. We don't live in Portsmouth so its hardly "local"
3. My Mums side are from the Liverpool area.

Some people :mad: :mad: :mad:

It's not all b(*&^%ks, local teams need local support and cash to survive. Do you go and watch Liverpool? Could you go and watch a local side and support them with your own cash? (Not necessarily a football league side). Football will die without grassroots support. If everyone just supported the teams who win things the game will die.

[Grover]

As a Southampton supporter, it's quite a painful sight seeing Pompey top of the First Division but Redknapp's obviously brought in some decent players and they're playing good football. It's perhaps too soon to say, "we're definitely going up" but I agree you certainly have the makings of title contenders.

Not sure how I'd feel if you did, the rivalry between Saints and Pompey is probably one of the most intense, if rarely mentioned, in the country, but it would certainly be great to play your lot again and avenge the home defeat from fourteen years ago!

In the mean time you'll have to make do with a south coast derby against the Seagulls on Saturday! ;) :)

[pompeyfan]

Originally posted by Grover
but it would certainly be great to play your lot again and avenge the home defeat from fourteen years ago!

I was there for that one:clap: in the home end behind the goal, I went over with a few mates from the darts team I played for who were all Soton fans.

Although our last meeting at The Dell was in the cup and we went down 3-0 that day (must have been bad luck:p )

[nick dare]

No, but I'd like to see them up there. Blue and white is such a good colour for a footy kit.

[swanny]

Originally posted by Citysmith


Didn't say you did live in Portsmouth, so who's speaking ************* :smokin:

Where did I say that? Lay off the crack pipe pal.

[swanny]

Originally posted by ffc


It's not all b(*&^%ks, local teams need local support and cash to survive. Do you go and watch Liverpool? Could you go and watch a local side and support them with your own cash? (Not necessarily a football league side). Football will die without grassroots support. If everyone just supported the teams who win things the game will die.

Talk about stating the bleeding obvious. Thankyou for your enlightening comments. :rolleyes:

[swanny]

Originally posted by Citysmith
You seem to have a HUGE chip on your shoulder, having
NOT Manchester under your name. What's the great city of Manchester done to upset you. You sound just like a Manchester United fan declaring your not from Manchester ;)


So???? Another poster here has "as far away from scousers as possible" in his location. What is the big deal.

I think it is you who have the chip on your shoulder. Just because you live in the same town(allegedly) as the team you support doesn't mean everyone else does.

I post a comment in response to a question and you dive in with both feet attacking me.

Get a life.

[Citysmith]

Swanny, what are you on about first quote:-

2. We don't live in Portsmouth so its hardly "local"

Then I say, I never said you did live in Portsmouth, you reply:-

Where did I say that? Lay off the crack pipe pal

You have lost me, is this Hampshire speak. :confused:

Facts are you have a huge chip on you shoulder about Manchester, by putting NOT Manchester on your title. So you support one northern giant, and not another northern giant, what would you know about the rivalary between two northern cities :norty:

So???? Another poster here has "as far away from scousers as possible" in his location. What is the big deal.

But you are not a Scouser :eek:

Just because you live in the same town(allegedly)

Yes, I make it up, I'm not from Manchester, it's a big hoax, you've got me on that one :nuts: I support Manchester City coz I'm a glory hunter, we've won sooooo much :nuts: . When I talk to Pisces on this forum about the school we went to, I'm lying the whole time :nuts: I'm from Hampshire really, but am sooooo ashamed I support a northern team :lol:

I post a comment in response to a question and you dive in with both feet attacking me.
Ahh Dee-dums:(

[nick dare]

Originally posted by swanny


So???? Another poster here has "as far away from scousers as possible" in his location. What is the big deal.

I think it is you who have the chip on your shoulder. Just because you live in the same town(allegedly) as the team you support doesn't mean everyone else does.

I post a comment in response to a question and you dive in with both feet attacking me.

Get a life.

Couldn't agree more - look at my location. Some people:brickwall

[swanny]

Originally posted by Citysmith

Ahh Dee-dums:(

Well you came on this thread and take it off topic. I think you will find that most posters here don't like that.

You want to post about Postsmouth fine. Otherwise shutup.

I'm done with this.

[Radiohead]

Originally posted by Grover
As a Southampton supporter, it's quite a painful sight seeing Pompey top of the First Division ......

Bleeding Scummer

;) ;) ;)

[Citysmith]

Well you came on this thread and take it off topic. I think you will find that most posters here don't like that.

Sorry the conversation has not to YOUR liking. If you answered some of the things put to you, that would shut me up a lot quicker.;)

I'm done with this.

Fair enough, we will discuss this at length on a more relevant topic :smokin:

And a big apology to ALL the Pompey fans whom I may have upset, by pulling the thread in a different direction. Hope you haven't still got Lee Badbuy playing upfront for you anymore. Merson will look a cut above most players in that div, you are a lucky lot this year, in terms that you have money, and nobody else does ie Burnley

[shedbuilder]

Pompey? play-off place i reckon :)

[pompeyfan]

Originally posted by Citysmith
Hope you haven't still got Lee Badbuy playing upfront for you anymore.

He is still at the club, but he did his Cruciate in October last year (a couple of weeks after Burchill did his) and hasen't played since.

[ffc]

Originally posted by swanny


Talk about stating the bleeding obvious. Thankyou for your enlightening comments. :rolleyes:

So enlighten me. Do you go to football games and pay cash or do you support Liverpool from afar? Also you may find it obvious but when I ask the kids around here why they wear Man Utd shirts it's because they appear on the TV a lot. It never occurs to them that they could go and watch a game for real. Lots of the don't even know that Reading exist because they're not a premiership team.

[pjg]

I would say play-offs probably for Pompey. I was at the Palace - Pompey game a couple of weeks ago (:mad: :mad: ) and wasn't that impressed - they only won due to the Palace defence falling apart for 5 minutes.

I would also be quite surprised if Merson managed to stay fit for the whole season and i don't think Pompey would be as good without him.

[ffc]

Originally posted by pjg
I would say play-offs probably for Pompey. I was at the Palace - Pompey game a couple of weeks ago (:mad: :mad: ) and wasn't that impressed - they only won due to the Palace defence falling apart for 5 minutes.

I would also be quite surprised if Merson managed to stay fit for the whole season and i don't think Pompey would be as good without him.

So how is Francis doing?

[pjg]

Originally posted by ffc


So how is Francis doing?

Don't ask :(

He seems to have brought his Birmingham tactics to Palace with him. He's made some good signings but I don't think he has very good motivational skills and seems to only like a certain style of play. We are desperately in need of some creativity in midfield (a player like Merson would have been good) but I don't think Francis can see it
:confused:

[shedbuilder]

Don't mention penalties to Trev :D

[kjn6371]

What sort of role does Jim Smith have at the club,is he involved with the training?.

[ffc]

Originally posted by shedbuilder
Don't mention penalties to Trev :D

That was one of the funniest football incidents I have ever seen. I was SO happy that Preston won the shootout, Francis' behaviour was worse than anything my children have ever perpetrated.

[Mandrill]

Originally posted by ffc


That was one of the funniest football incidents I have ever seen. I was SO happy that Preston won the shootout, Francis' behaviour was worse than anything my children have ever perpetrated.

:lol: hahaha Oh yes I remeber that well very funny indeed.

Havent seen much nationwide actio so far so can't really comment too much on Pompy chances,exept to say on paper the team looks good and they have had some good result's cant see why it wont continue........unless Harry decided to reintroduce Marco Boogers to english football:nuts: :shocker: ;)

Matty Taylor :notworthy

Matt Taylor,Gary Doherty and Mathew Upson 3 good young defenders all from Luton Town originally

[Euripedes]

Originally posted by Mandrill


:lol: hahaha Oh yes I remeber that well very funny indeed.



This should be added to 101 Greatest Sporting moments that they normally put on the TV on new years Eve.

Comedy of this nature is PRICELESS

:notworthy

[pompeyfan]

Originally posted by kjn6371
What sort of role does Jim Smith have at the club,is he involved with the training?.

I'm pretty sure he has some input, officially he is the Assistant Manager.

[pompeyfan]

Chalk up another win:clap:

Apparently this is now our best start to a season since 1949:smokin: - when we last won the title.

[morleyian]

Matty Taylor :notworthy He is a god :thumbs:

[pompeyfan]

Can't argue with that:thumbs:

He's certainly living up to his title of best full-back/wing-back outside the Premier League atm:smokin:

[Alan. b]

Pompey look pretty impressive at the moment. I would like to see them go up because I do like Harry Redknapp.

[pompeyfan]

It's just getting better and better:clap:

Another 3 points today, after a fine 3-1 win at Gillingham :smokin: :rocker:

[Radiohead]

Come on the Pompey!!!!!

:thumbs:

[morleyian]

http://www.willhill.com/iibs/EN/buildcoupon.asp?couponChoice=FB264590

Well done the pompey :notworthy

[pompeyfan]

EDIT me, Pompey's odds have dropped they were 33/1 at one point, before the season started:eek:

[carlmcg]

Good start lads, it's a marathon not a sprint etc. It's where you finish at the end of the season not xmas, just ask Wolves :lol:

All the best anyway to you and anyone else who supports their home town team ;)

[Tristan H]

As a desperate Scotland fan can any of you Pompey supporters tell me how Burchill is looking after his injury?

When he was at Celtic he looked as though he was going to turn into a very good striker.

[pompeyfan]

He's looking good and I wouldn't be suprised to see him called up soon.

He's been knocking them in for the reserves and scored the winner against Grimsby a few weeks ago after coming on as sub (shot from the edge of the penalty area). He scorded Yesterday as well, in what was his first start of the season and according to the radio commentary he was unlucky not to get another one.

[morleyian]

Portsmouth beat Millwall 1-0 & go 6 points clear! :notworthy

[Tob]

Sorry to rain on your parade after an excellent start but I think they might just eek it into the playoffs come May. Still very early days and when those cold winters start coming, injuries get picked up and some of the older fellas start to get knackered, that will be the true test. The first division is tough.

They will probably still finish higher then Palace though (bottom half if Francis doesnt bugger off soon).:( Wayne Routledge is the only thing that cheers me up about Palace at the moment, but I bet we will sell him for a tiny amount of his worth to a Premiership club (ala Wright, Morrison etc etc.

[morleyian]

Doesn't bother me, I don't support Pompey ;) Ipswich for Div 1 :clap: (don't support them either :thumbs: )

[Tob]

Not you mate, Pompey fans in general! Congrats to them on a great start though

[pompeyfan]

I agree with you Tob, it will be hard, and contrary to popular belief we don't have a lot of strength in depth, decent size squad, but a lot are youth players (nor have we spent much), and a few injuries could stuff us (we had a few out today, and didn't play that well, but it's a good sign that we still won).

After the last four or five seasons I'd settle for a play-off place, but I'm going to enjoy it while we're doing well.

Now officially our best start to a season ever:thumbs:

[urruri]

Good luck to Portsmouth this season,hope you go up.

[DogMachine]

:rocker: GET IN THERE POMPEY :rocker:

My parents are from Manchester...the red bit (yes, there IS a red bit apparently) so you can imagine what I have to go through after each poor result they have "OH...but WE'RE STILL the best"

:zzz:

Will look forward to seeing Pompey vs. United at Fratton Park next year...hopefully.

PLAY UP POMPEY...

[Alan. b]

Good luck to Pompey for next weeks match against Norwich :thumbs:

[pompeyfan]

Cheers, I'll think we'll need it as we seem to be in a bit of an injury crisis atm:( I think we'll be lucky to field two fit strikers and latest news is there could be a couple of youth team players on the bench for Tuesday's game against Wimbledon.

[pip&pop]

Come on Southampton, oops wrong thread.

Good luck Portsmouth. Next year I predict we'll be in the same division, just which division is the question :)

[reecie]

Good result for Pompey tonight winning 4 -1. Pity as Leicester won 4 - 0 so we would have been even more neck and neck.

[morleyian]

Ipswich are gonna have a lot of work on their hands to win the Div 1 title with Pompey & Leicester in such excellent form :shocker:

[pompeyfan]

Yep, still going strong:clap:

Even though we did have a bit of help from the Wimbledon goalie, who did an Enkleman from a backpass:p

[pompeyfan]

Originally posted by morleyian
Ipswich are gonna have a lot of work on their hands to win the Div 1 title with Pompey & Leicester in such excellent form :shocker:

I did say when you were looking for suggestions for bets on the league that Pompey could be a good outside bet (I think they were out at 22/1 at the time;))

[morleyian]

But let's be honest, none of us honestly thought they stood a chance of challenging for the title ;)

[pompeyfan]

True, I did say a good bet for the play-off's:)

[pompeyfan]

...and I don't think Sky rated them at all, as we're not down for any Live TV match's atm:(

[nick dare]

They still won't win the League and they won't finish second. They might get a play-off place.

Good luck to them though, I'd love to see them stuff Southampton in the Premiership.

[ffc]

Originally posted by nick dare
They still won't win the League and they won't finish second. They might get a play-off place.

Good luck to them though, I'd love to see them stuff Southampton in the Premiership.

Why not? It's a great start and the other favorites keep tripping up. Leicester are looking good as well.

[pompeyfan]

Oh well, our unbeaten start is over:( Had to happen sooner or later.

Norwich 1 Portsmouth 0
Roberts

Still top though:clap:

[Alan. b]

Portsmouth - You let me down, why couldn't you get your unbeaten run going for at least one more match :(

[Big A]

Originally posted by Alan. b
Portsmouth - You let me down, why couldn't you get your unbeaten run going for at least one more match :(

They didn't have a choice in the matter:clap: :clap:

We were awesome last 30 minutes.

Have to say though, Portsmouth look like they have what it takes to last the distance.

And to all Villa Fans, Why the hell did you let Merson go, he was a different class today.

[mjb1975]

well done City - good result. Keep it up!

On The Ball City!

Is it looking like Pompey, Naarwich and Leicester for two promotion slots already??

[Alan. b]

Only because we have only played 6 match's compared to a few others in the divison who have played 10 :(

[pompeyfan]

Originally posted by Alan. b
Only because we have only played 6 match's compared to a few others in the divison who have played 10 :(

That's what could stuff you up, as although you have 4 games in hand you need to win them all just to catch 3rd place atm, which put's added pressure on the players, plus you'll end up playing a lot of games in a short space of time.

Although saying that, I think that you'll be up there at the end (hope so anyway as I have Ipswich in one of my accumalators and the other 3 are doing the business atm;)).

Also, I can't believe that you've got to play in the 2nd round of the Worthington Cup, when all the other sides in Europe got a bye - that night could have been used for one of your postponed games.

[Alan. b]

Originally posted by pompeyfan

Also, I can't believe that you've got to play in the 2nd round of the Worthington Cup, when all the other sides in Europe got a bye - that night could have been used for one of your postponed games.

Thats right we are playing Brighton at home this week which I am not to happy about. I suppose its because we are in the first division side and the fact that had we got a bye into the next round then there would be an uneven amount of teams left. But it's still not right. Personally I hope we loose in Europe then perhaps we can get back concentrating on the league and can play some of those games in hand.

But good luck to Pompey, if you can recover from the set back and keep playing like you have started the season then I think you stand a great chance of going up.

[Mandrill]

Originally posted by Big A



And to all Villa Fans, Why the hell did you let Merson go, he was a different class today.

Because he can't last a full game in the Premiership and he played best for us when we played 3-5-2 when we went to 4-4-2 he was ineffective wide right and not solid enough to play centre mid upfront we have Angel and Vassell.

Ironicaly the last two games we have gone back to 3-5-2 we have missed his creativity.

But above all the reason he was let go was because he was on £20-25 grand a week and we had to trim the wage bill.We have around 90,000 grands worth of wages going out a week to players not getting in the team:shocker: Merson was wanted we let him go the other;s unfortuantly i.e Dublin,Kachloul we cant get rid of and are on fairly long contract's

[Euripedes]

Originally posted by Mandrill


Because he can't last a full game in the Premiership and he played best for us when we played 3-5-2 when we went to 4-4-2 he was ineffective wide right and not solid enough to play centre mid upfront we have Angel and Vassell.

Ironicaly the last two games we have gone back to 3-5-2 we have missed his creativity.

But above all the reason he was let go was because he was on £20-25 grand a week and we had to trim the wage bill.We have around 90,000 grands worth of wages going out a week to players not getting in the team:shocker: Merson was wanted we let him go the other;s unfortuantly i.e Dublin,Kachloul we cant get rid of and are on fairly long contract's

And due to te policy of Investing in Youth, we replaced him with Johnsen, Kinsella and Leonardsen.

Work-horse has beens that should have been recruited as Squad Members, but unfortunately are likely to become the main stay of our squad selection over the coming months.

One Pass of pure genius from Magic Merse is worth the admission money on it's own. Had I known that he was to be sold I would have had second thougts in renewing my season ticket at Villa Park this year.

:(

[pompeyfan]

I must admit that I couldn't believe it when Pompey signed him as a) I was suprised Villa let him go on a free and b) that another Premiership club didn't go for him as he's still younger than some plying their trade there and could have done a good job for the like's of Charlton or Soton.

His impact at Pompey is not just restricted to the match on Saturday, he's having a great influence on the younger players on the training pitch and in the dressing room as well.

[pompeyfan]

Back on track with a fine 3-0 win over Bradford:clap: :smokin: :rocker:

[slip]

Originally posted by pompeyfan
Back on track with a fine 3-0 win over Bradford:clap: :smokin: :rocker:


As i predicted in the betting thread :thumbs:

[pip&pop]

Hmmmm, Portsmouth 1 - Wimbledon 3 in the cup . I feel a slide back down to relegation battlers coming :)

[pompeyfan]

Yeah, disapointing to lose at home, but injuries have taken there toll, and to be honest I'm not that bothered about going out of the Worthington as the league is more importent.

[pompeyfan]

Originally posted by pip&pop
Hmmmm, Portsmouth 1 - Wimbledon 3 in the cup . I feel a slide back down to relegation battlers coming :)

You were saying?:p

Back to form today, with a 3-2 win at (unbeaten at home) Rotherham. Bit lucky getting a penalty for the 3rd goal apparently, but the ref evened it up with one for Rotherham i the 2nd half.

[Alan. b]

Originally posted by pompeyfan
but the ref evened it up with one for Rotherham i the 2nd half.

He did more than that he sent of Swailes, so you were playing against 10 men for 45 minutes.

[ramit]

Just you wait till the 19th, when the mighty CCFC will bring you down to earth with an almighty beating!

Sky blue army!

[Radiohead]

:nono:

:lol:

[Green Rizla]

I reckon they'll definately make the play off's then lose to Wolves, i'd laugh my ass off for days.

[pompeyfan]

Originally posted by ramit
Just you wait till the 19th, when the mighty CCFC will bring you down to earth with an almighty beating!

Sky blue army!

Not quite;)

But our 100% home record is over now, but by all accounts 1-1 was a fair result and all credit to Coventry for attacking and playing for a win rather than shutting up shop.

[ramit]

We were as good as I've seen us all season. Pompey certainly do have a cutting edge, but that seems to be due to Merson. Without him, you'd look very normal!

If he gets injured, your stuffed. Very much a one man team!


Entertaining game today, and a point was fair!

[Radiohead]

Originally posted by Green Rizla
I reckon they'll definately make the play off's then lose to Wolves, i'd laugh my ass off for days.

Bleeding scummer

:nono:

;)

[Mandrill]

Pompey have taken Steve Stone on a months loan from Villa today :)

[pompeyfan]

I think he could do a good job for us, plus we are light in midfield if we get any injuries/suspensions.

Other good news is the fact Vincent Pericard wants to stay at Pompey (our current top scorer) - which is a bit of a suprise as we only have him on loan for the season from Juventus and he played for them in the Champions League last season.

[pompeyfan]

Still going strong even with injuries - 3-0 win away to Burnley today, who were unbeaten in 12:clap:

Now 6 points clear, top scorers and joint best defence.

I'm certainly going to enjoy this while it lasts - 5 hard games coming up.

Play Up Pompey

[Radiohead]

:clap:

:thumbs:

[NezB]

Half of me hopes that you (Pompey) win every single match you play to enable us (Norwich) to pull away in second. The other half wants all the glory for us. :D

I hope for your sakes that you haven't over stretched yourselves this year as you may regret it if you manage not to gain promotion.

[pompeyfan]

I don't think they have - most signings have been on free's, there's been more players out than in, and in some cases wages have been saved as well - according to this mornings paper Middlesbrough are still picking up 2/3 of Festa's pay for example.

The chairman (Milan Mandaric) is also happy to bankroll the club as he wants promotion and a new 36,000 seater stadium is in the offing (gates are currently at our 18,000 capacity).

[Mandrill]

How did Stoney do for you today I have herd he played well.

[Euripedes]

Originally posted by Mandrill
How did Stoney do for you today I have herd he played well.

Can we have him back and send them De la Cruz ...


:D

[pompeyfan]

Originally posted by Mandrill
How did Stoney do for you today I have herd he played well.

By all accounts he did play well, came close to scoring and provided a few crosses, the only blip was he gave away a penalty for handball - but Burnley missed so that was OK:p

[Mandrill]

Originally posted by Euripedes
Can we have him back and send them De la Cruz ...


:D


Could we have our £5million for Crouch back as well.We have a receipt :p

[pompeyfan]

Originally posted by Mandrill
Could we have our £5million for Crouch back as well.We have a receipt :p

Sorry, sold as seen, no refunds:p

[shedbuilder]

Pompey v PNE tomorrow, Gordon Bennett, all the way down south & back for nowt :brickwall

[pompeyfan]

Originally posted by shedbuilder
Pompey v PNE tomorrow, Gordon Bennett, all the way down south & back for nowt :brickwall

I really hope you're right*;)














*You are a PNE fan I hope :p

[Mandrill]

Originally posted by pompeyfan
Sorry, sold as seen, no refunds:p


:brickwall :brickwall :brickwall




;) :p

[shedbuilder]

Bloody Hell! 0-1, Richard Cresswell :D

[shedbuilder]

2-1 :mad:

[shedbuilder]

3-2, bugger. :(

[pompeyfan]

Originally posted by shedbuilder
3-2, bugger. :(

:clap: :clap: :clap:

[Mandrill]

Aston Villa F.C official sponser's of Pompey promotion push :lol:

Merson on a free-Stone on loan( scores tonight)-£5mil for Crouch :brickwall

:p

[pompeyfan]

We are grateful - can we have a couple more (not G. Taylor or D. Ellis though:p)?

Hopefully Stone will stay after his loan spell, as he's doing well - man of the match on Saturday as well as tonight's goal:clap:

I have to admit I'm really suprised that you let Merson go, and are not playing Stone yourself, especially as you're lacking in the midfield dept.

[Mandrill]

Thing is both Stone and Merson are big wage earners(£20k+ a week each) ,past there best IMO and there contracts are up at the end of the season.

Taylor is trying to clear the ''oldies ''out to blood in the youth.Well the oldies on high wages anyway.

I have to say though I am suprised Taylor didnt try Stone out in midfield especially as of late we have been light weight there. Where are you playing stone centre mid or right mid ?

I saw M. Taylors goal class :thumbs: We were intrested in him a while a go but we never made a bid also we have Barry and Samual on the left.He was very good for Luton and Harry was very wise to pick him up IMO

[pompeyfan]

Originally posted by Mandrill
Thing is both Stone and Merson are big wage earners(£20k+ a week each) ,past there best IMO and there contracts are up at the end of the season.

Taylor is trying to clear the ''oldies ''out to blood in the youth.Well the oldies on high wages anyway.

I have to say though I am suprised Taylor didnt try Stone out in midfield especially as of late we have been light weight there. Where are you playing stone centre mid or right mid ?

I saw M. Taylors goal class :thumbs: We were intrested in him a while a go but we never made a bid also we have Barry and Samual on the left.He was very good for Luton and Harry was very wise to pick him up IMO

Apparently, Stone was played as a right wing-back tonight, with Taylor on the left and Quashie/Diabete in central midfield with Merson behind the front two (we play 3 at the back).

Yes, it was a good bit of business signing Matty Taylor (£400,000 I think), a couple of Premier League clubs were interested in him, but he said he'd prefer to play first team footnball with us, rather than sit on the bench/in hte reserves of a Premiership side - it's looking like a good move for him (and us) as he'll end up in the Premier League with or without us after the performances he's been putting in, as I can't see us hanging on to him for long if we don't go up (same goes for Gary O'Neill and possibly Nigel Quashie as well).

I think Paul Merson took a pay cut to sign for Pompey, I remember something about him accepting half the wages he was on at Villa, as all he wanted was to play first team football.

[Euripedes]

Originally posted by pompeyfan
Apparently, Stone was played as a right wing-back tonight, with Taylor on the left and Quashie/Diabete in central midfield with Merson behind the front two (we play 3 at the back).

Yes, it was a good bit of business signing Matty Taylor (£400,000 I think), a couple of Premier League clubs were interested in him, but he said he'd prefer to play first team footnball with us, rather than sit on the bench/in hte reserves of a Premiership side - it's looking like a good move for him (and us) as he'll end up in the Premier League with or without us after the performances he's been putting in, as I can't see us hanging on to him for long if we don't go up (same goes for Gary O'Neill and possibly Nigel Quashie as well).

I think Paul Merson took a pay cut to sign for Pompey, I remember something about him accepting half the wages he was on at Villa, as all he wanted was to play first team football.

:oh-hum:

Stop rubbing the salt will ya!!!

[dylanhopkins]

Unlucky Pompey :(

Can someone please explain to me why this game went ahead :confused:



We are top of the league....:clap:

[pompeyfan]

Haven't a clue why it went ahead, conditions were awful, but saying that it was the same for both sides and Leicester coped with it better.

Another question is - how the hell did Izzet avoid being sent off? Already on a Yellow, then pucnched Tayulr and the ref let him off:mad:

[ffc]

You're having a season like we did 2 years ago. The odd blip isn't a problem I think you'll win it. Today was the really bad weather blip. Can you stay up when you get there?

[dylanhopkins]

Yeah, fair enough Leicester made a better job of it - but what if both sides lost a few players through injury simply because they were forced to play on such dangerous conditions? Surely the players safety is paramount, and that is why you get games called off :confused:

EDIT******************

Looks like we've got Festa injured with a crucial ligament injury now :brickwall

***********************

As for the ref - looked like he decided to be leniant because of the conditions but it looked to me like he let a little too much slide:mad: (pardon the expression;) ) - Izzet really looked like he deserved to wallk today...

[pompeyfan]

Originally posted by ffc
You're having a season like we did 2 years ago. The odd blip isn't a problem I think you'll win it. Today was the really bad weather blip. Can you stay up when you get there?

I think we'd have to buy two or three more players at least, but we've already got a few players used to playing in the Premiership plus a management team that know whats needed to stay up - and I think the Chairman will be happy to invest a bit more as he wants Pompey at the top and apparantly we're showing a £4m profit on transfers in the last year atm.

Thats not to say it won't be hard, and 4th from bottom (if we get there) will do;)

[pompeyfan]

Originally posted by dylanhopkins
Yeah, fair enough Leicester made a better job of it - but what if both sides lost a few players through injury simply because they were forced to play on such dangerous conditions? Surely the players safety is paramount, and that is why you get games called off :confused:

EDIT******************

Looks like we've got Festa injured with a crucial ligament injury now :brickwall

***********************

As for the ref - looked like he decided to be leniant because of the conditions but it looked to me like he let a little too much slide:mad: (pardon the expression;) ) - Izzet really looked like he deserved to wallk today...

I agree with you m8, it should never have gone ahead.

Bit of a sod about Festa, what is it with this time of year and cruciate injuries with us? Last year it was Bradbury and Burchill:(

[ffc]

Originally posted by pompeyfan
Thats not to say it won't be hard, and 4th from bottom (if we get there) will do;)

17th is the most popular place in the Premiership.:D

[reecie]

... and I'd just like to say "Yesss" :rocker: Good result for City Believe me we need promotion much more than you boys. Assuming the administrators don't sell up before the end of the season we might do it.

[dylanhopkins]

reecie - can you explain to me why you need promotion more than the pompey boys? I would say we deserve it more than anyone looking back at the last few seasons...

... to be honest i don't think you will last to the end of this season, sorry...

[pompeyfan]

Not withstanding the fact we were in administration ourselves a few years ago and were threatened with going under ourseleves for a couple of seasons.

[reecie]

Nothing to do with deserving it. If that were the case there are quite a few Div 1 teams that would apply to or at least their long sufferng fans do :) . We NEED it as we require the Premiership money to survive our debt mountain. Actually if we survive to the end of the season and get promoted then we will DESERVE it. The fact that we are pushing for promotion is very creditable given our problems and the normal history of teams that get relegated. If we have the promise of Premiership football it may give us breathing space with the creditors until the seasons end.

[pompeyfan]

It is a creditable position seeing you have a lot of money worries, although a lot of Div 1 clubs have more, as they don't have the Premier League umbrella cash that relegated clubs get, plus they seem to get more Sky coverage (and hence more TV money) than existing D1 clubs - Leicester have been on a couple of times already, Pompey have yet to have a sniff of a live TV match and aren't scheduled this side of Christmas:mad:

We''re only OK atm as most of our signings have been free's, deals have been struck on wages (for example Middlesbrough are still paying 2/3 of Festa's pay), we are showing a profit in the transfer market of £4m in the current year and our Chairman has said he'll make up the TV cash shortfall personnally as he wants promotion.

[dylanhopkins]

Pompey have yet to have a sniff of a live TV match and aren't scheduled this side of Christmas

Pompeyfan, we have two games scheduled this year on Sky;

Sat Nov 23 -- Sheff Wed v Portsmouth (KO 17.35)

Sat Dec 28 -- Nottm Forest v Portsmouth (KO 17.35)

Hopefully Sky will give us some more, after all we are top of the league

:norty:

[pompeyfan]

Sweet!:thumbs: When did they slip thorugh? Las t time I checked there was sod all.

Suppose I'll have to have the Sports channel for a month or so now.

Cheers Mate

Hopefully we'll actually win them as our record in live TV matches is less than impressive:(

[Mandrill]

Pompeyfan who played upfront for Pompey along side Crouch last season :confused:

[pompeyfan]

A fair few as it happens:(

Lee Bradbury played 17 times, Mark Burchill 5 (both ended up with Cruciate Ligament injuries that ended their seasons), Lee Mills and Rowan Vine played 3 each and Leonardo Biagini (an Argentine we had on loan) 6 times, Kevin Harper may have played a few up front as well, although we had Prosinecki last season who played just behind the front line, so Crouch may have been on his own up front for some games.

*Not all those appearances mentioned may have been with Crouch though.

[Mandrill]

Cheers for that mate :thumbs: I herd it was Todarov but I was sure he didnt join Pompey untill this season and had never played with Crouch

[Euripedes]

Originally posted by Mandrill
Cheers for that mate :thumbs: I herd it was Todarov but I was sure he didnt join Pompey untill this season and had never played with Crouch

Perhaps he has found his level now in the Villa Reserves ;)

[Mandrill]

Well he has one goal in one game.:nuts:

[pompeyfan]

Originally posted by Mandrill
Cheers for that mate :thumbs: I herd it was Todarov but I was sure he didnt join Pompey untill this season and had never played with Crouch

He may have played one ot two game's with Toderov, I can't remember if we bought Toderov before selling Crouch or just after (and use'd that money), either way Toderov signed in March and only played 3 times before being getting injured anyway.

[pompeyfan]

1-1 away to Wolves tonight.

Not a bad result considering our injury problems.

Next up is Derby away at the weekend;)

[Alan. b]

Originally posted by dylanhopkins
Pompeyfan, we have two games scheduled this year on Sky;


Followed by one in January:

Portsmouth v Sheffield United - Saturday Jan 11th 5.35pm

[pompeyfan]

Yeah, saw that one on the Pompey website a couple of days ago - looks like I'll have to subscribe to the Sports channels for a couple of month's then (instead of the movies).

[pompeyfan]

Back to winning ways today after a fine couple of goals (apparntley) from Toderov and Burchill.

It was good to see Burchill starting a game and hopefully putting his injury behind him.

[pompeyfan]

Another good performance from the strikers today with Burchill, Pericard (on for Burchill) and Toderov all scoring in a 3-0 win over Stoke.

7 points clear now:clap:

[Tristan H]

Good to see Burchill playing well again. I think he could play for Scotland in the future if he continues to improve. :thumbs:

[JIM_WHU]

:clap:

Well done Harry Redknapp. After the first few games I thought you might be a flash in the pan but so far so good.

To be 7 points clear at this stage of the season is great.
If you can consolidate that lead until after Christmas then you should have no worries getting promoted.

[pompeyfan]

Another good performance on the road today (and on TV where we normally struggle), as we get our 7th away win of the season and without Merson for most of it.

A nice little 12 point gap over 3rd place now:clap:

Final Score:

Sheffield Wednesday 1-3 Portsmouth:clap:

[Alan. b]

I watched the game and was impressed with Portsmouth, its just a shame that Merson had to go off so early in the match.

[ffc]

Originally posted by pompeyfan
Another good performance on the road today (and on TV where we normally struggle), as we get our 7th away win of the season and without Merson for most of it.

A nice little 12 point gap over 3rd place now:clap:

Final Score:

Sheffield Wednesday 1-3 Portsmouth:clap:

It's beginning to look REALLY good now for you.

[Radiohead]

Play up Pompey - St. Marys here we come in 2003!!!

:notworthy

[BlueDwarf]

It it "muth" or "mouth"??

[pompeyfan]

Looks like we're now safe:p having hit the 51 point mark in record time (apparantely);)

Pompey 3 Walsall 2

Very lucky today though, ref was attrocious by all accounts, 2nd penalty was from a dive, but then a Pompey player should have been sent off or at least booked for the first one:|

[pompeyfan]

0-0 at Reading today.

A good result for us by all accounts, and the way Reaqding played today it would have been a good result even if we'd have been at full strength.

I think we're going to have to make some signings soon if we want to go up - only 12 players were fit to train this week, and we're down to two strikers, one of whom is still getting back to full fitness after a year out.

[Bick]

Yep, we (Reading) had 11 shots on goal to Pompeys 3, so although I'm reasonably happy with the draw (I think both teams were), if anyone deserved to win it I'd say it was us.

BTW: you look a lot better when you've got the ball, than when the opposition has it from what I've seen, and it seemed to be because Merson plays when you have it and just shouts at everyone when you don't.

[pompeyfan]

I think that when Merson's playing we like to put everything through him (same with Prosinecki last season), although I think we proved at Wednesday that we can play without him if we need to as he went of injured after 23 minutes.

I agree with you about the result, and from the radio commentary and the highlight's, if anyone deserved to win it was you - even if we had, had a full strength side out, a draw would have been a good result as you're on a roll atm.

The way thinks are going, we really need to sign a few players quickly if we want to maintain our position, as we have no strength in depth:( Luckily we're 13 points ahead of 3rd, so do have a bit of a cushion.

[Hugo Skeeter]

Man Ure in the cup !!!!!!!!!!!!

Memories of Liverpool in 1979, 12,000 Pompey to Anfield on a Tuesday night.

We should get the whole of the end which is approx. 15,000.

I am a little bit excited about this :-)

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

[pompeyfan]

I remember that:thumbs: League Cup match (4th round I think), one end of the ground was a mass of blue & white ticker tape:clap:

Nic e to see another Portsmouth supporter on here, that makes three of us:rocker:

[pete2000]

I went to the match on Saturday between Reading and Portsmouth, and I have to say that Reading played the better game, as shown by the stats above. It would be good to know who will finish the higher at the end of the season?:rocker:

[pompeyfan]

Always a good sign though to get a result even when being outplayed;)

At least we've now got most of the top sides to play at home which should help - out of the current top 11 behind us, it's only Leicester, Forest, Watford and Wimbledon that we have to play away.

[pompeyfan]

Originally posted by Hugo Skeeter
We should get the whole of the end which is approx. 15,000.

We got 9,000 tickets in the end - all sold within 4 hours this morning:clap:

[dylanhopkins]

We got 9,000 tickets in the end - all sold within 4 hours this morning

Myself and my housmate managed to get tickets - did anyone else on here manage to get any??

[pompeyfan]

I didn't:( but then I didn't try as I couldn't afford to go anyway:(

[pompeyfan]

Another away draw, this time 1-1 at Stoke and a fair result by all accounts.

Results in the other matches went our way as well - and the gap over 3rd place is now 14 points (I'm not too bothered about Leicester - top 2 will be fine:thumbs: )

[reecie]

Originally posted by pompeyfan
Another away draw, this time 1-1 at Stoke and a fair result by all accounts.

Results in the other matches went our way as well - and the gap over 3rd place is now 14 points (I'm not too bothered about Leicester - top 2 will be fine:thumbs: )

Went even better for us as we're starting to get a nice gap to third. Plus Gary's consortium seems to finally be close to taking over :clap:

[pompeyfan]

Damn and bugger it:mad:

There's a rumour going around that Arsenal want Matty Taylor (left-back/left-midfield) whom we signed from Luton in the summer.

Portsmouth are denying it at present, and I really hope this rumour is unfounded as selling him could seriously damage our promotion push - he's been responsible for over 25% of the goals we've scored this season, and is a future England international (U21 atm). He's probably been a more influential signing than Merson to be honest.

[Mandrill]

Not suprised he was always class for Luton I was dissappointed Villa didnt go in for him as we had been watching him.

I would say you will get a good price for him if he does go

[Euripedes]

Originally posted by Mandrill
Not suprised he was always class for Luton I was dissappointed Villa didnt go in for him as we had been watching him.

I would say you will get a good price for him if he does go

Dunno how good this guy is, but for example people were on about Neil Clement at the Albion being a world beater.

Look at him now after a step up in class and loss of form.


It's a big step up .. just ask Crouchy

[pompeyfan]

Originally posted by Euripedes
Dunno how good this guy is, but for example people were on about Neil Clement at the Albion being a world beater.

Look at him now after a step up in class and loss of form.


It's a big step up .. just ask Crouchy

He's very good, probably more importent to us atm than Merson. he gets man of the match a lot of the time. A least four Premier clubs were interested in him in the summer, but he opted for Portsmouth as he said he'd rather play first team football in Div 1 than reserve/sit on the bench for a Premier side.

[Euripedes]

Originally posted by pompeyfan
He's very good, probably more importent to us atm than Merson. he gets man of the match a lot of the time. A least four Premier clubs were interested in him in the summer, but he opted for Portsmouth as he said he'd rather play first team football in Div 1 than reserve/sit on the bench for a Premier side.

He might well be playing Premiership football next season.

Hope fully I will be able to get to that fixture if and when it happens ... I've got friends in Havant ... should be a good weekend... but knowing my luck bloody Sky will change it to a Monday night match :mad:

[DogMachine]

Originally posted by pompeyfan
Nice to see another Portsmouth supporter on here, that makes three of us:rocker:

Hey....me too!!! is that 4 now? :noid:

[Mandrill]

Stone joins on a free transfer

Ok 5mil ,Merson and Stone is Crouch now ours then :D

[pompeyfan]

Suppose so, unless you could throw in Allback or Dublin as well?:D

[Mandrill]

Originally posted by pompeyfan
Suppose so, unless you could throw in Allback or Dublin as well?:D

You can have Dublin and Kachloul ,actually you can add Alpay as a it's the season of good will:D

[pompeyfan]

1-1 at home to Ipswich today, and I think we can be happier with the result than Ispwich. We had a few chances, but Ipswich had more and only poor finishing let them down.

Definately our bogey team - only one win against them in the last 9 attempts, and that was at Portman Rd the last time Ipswich went up.

[Alan. b]

That has summed up our season so far, we can keep the ball well and create our fair share of chances but we just can't put the ball in the net enough times.

[pompeyfan]

Good news on the ground.

It's been announced by the chairmam Milan Mandaric that we're staying at Fratton Park and it's going to be re-developed with the pitch being turned through 90 degrees, 3 new stands and the capacity increasing from 19,000 to 35,000:clap:

[pompeyfan]

Latest transfer speculation:

Portsmouth want Shefki Kuqi (sp?:)) from Sheff Weds and are prepared to offer £600,000 + either Mark Burchill or Lee Bradbury.

I'm not exactly overjoyed at the prospect of losing Burchill as I rate him highly:(

[Big A]

You must love Mandaric, a chairman who is not affriad to put his money where his mouth is. In a way i'd like to see u go up just because he deserves it. (Plus i think its pretty much guaranteed;) ) The players and fans seem to respect him alot as well.

You're starting to get a nice premership team together as well, Merson, Stone, Todorov can all do the business at top level.

Are you keeping the guy on loan from Juve?

[pompeyfan]

Originally posted by Big A
You must love Mandaric, a chairman who is not affriad to put his money where his mouth is. In a way i'd like to see u go up just because he deserves it. (Plus i think its pretty much guaranteed;) ) The players and fans seem to respect him alot as well.

You're starting to get a nice premership team together as well, Merson, Stone, Todorov can all do the business at top level.

Are you keeping the guy on loan from Juve?

Milan is certainly well liked - he's been known to sit in the home end during matches, and has been into pubs where pompey fans have been and put money behind the bar for drinks:clap:

Hopefully we will keep Pericard, he wants to stay, but it depends on what value Juve put on him (he played in the Champions League last season so they must rate him).

[pompeyfan]

Lee Bradbury has joined Wednesday on loan for a month.

Luke Nightingale has joined Swindon on loan for a month.

[pompeyfan]

Another game anther draw - 4 in a row now:( but at least we're not losing, and Sheff Utd apart the others in the chasing pack have done the decent thing and lost today (well done to Brighton, Sheff Weds, Burnley and Coventry:clap: just need Ipswich to do the business now).

It was also good to see Pericard come on as a sub today as we've missed him badly up front.

The next 3 Portsmouth matches are live on Sky (might be 4 depends on whether there are any midweek games on 7th/8th Jan;)).

Sat 28th Nott'm Forest (away)
Mon 1st Watford (away)
Sat 4th Man Utd (away) FA Cup
Sat 11th Sheff Utd (home)

[pompeyfan]

Excellent result, a good 2-1 win at an on-form Forest side (at home anyway), especially as we're missing a few players - Merson, Festa and Stone.

Now 12 points clear of 3rd spot, hopefully we can keep it going.

[pompeyfan]

2-2 draw at Watford today - a fair result that keeps our unbeaten run going:)

[Mandrill]

More wheeling and dealing by Harry?

PORTSMOUTH are believed to have settled on a deal to sign powerful Nigerian striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni on loan until the end of the season.
Aiyegbeni had been given the green light by Maccabi Haifa to secure a move away from Israel and his agent Pini Zahavi had been brokering his switch.

First Division table-toppers Portsmouth have teed up a deal which will see Maccabi pocket £300,000 if Aiyegbeni stays until the campaign's conclusion.

Pompey will then have the option to sign the African marksman on a permanent basis for a fee of £4.2 million, providing they clinch promotion to The Premiership.

The main stumbling block is whether Aiyegbeni will be granted a work permit as the 20-year-old's move to Derby County last summer collapsed because he had not earned enough international caps.

Aiyegbeni has subsequently established himself in the Nigerian team and has his fingers crossed he will be able to seal his dream move to England.

"I have had patience," said Aiyegbeni. "I would have played for Derby at the start of the season if I did not have problems with my work permit.

"But I have enjoyed a wonderful time with Maccabi Haifa in the Champions League and therefore I will not come to England as an unknown player.

"I will never forget Haifa because it is thanks to them that I have fulfilled my dream."

The imposing hit-man netted five goals in the Champions League this season and has already spurned moves to Bayer Leverkusen and PSV Eindhoven.

Pompey's capture of Aiyegbeni is a considerable coup as the hot shot is one of football's rising talents and he is certain to play a prominent role in their quest for promotion.

[pompeyfan]

Just saw this on teletext - could be a good signing for us, and probably signals the end of Mark Burchill at Portsmouth which is a shame.

I'd like to see us sign some defenders as well as we're very light in that department - could we have Alpay or Mellberg cheap please?

[Mandrill]

You can have Alpay for Taylor :D

I'm sure this Nigerian is pretty good Pisces will proberly know more about him Statto that he is.

[pompeyfan]

I think we'll keep Taylor;)

[Legendary]

Hand off Mellberg :D

[Mandrill]

Originally posted by pompeyfan
I think we'll keep Taylor;)

Alpay ,Kachloul and Alan Wright for Taylor ;)

[Pisces Iscariot]

Originally posted by Mandrill

I'm sure this Nigerian is pretty good Pisces will proberly know more about him Statto that he is.
He's very good prosepct and quite a few clubs have admitted to having him watched. He's only 20 but built like a brick ****house and more that capable of doing a job in the first division and the Premiership (if they sign him in the summer).

[pompeyfan]

Originally posted by Mandrill
Alpay ,Kachloul and Alan Wright for Taylor ;)

You've already had Crouch from us - the least you could do is let us have Alpay as well;)

[pompeyfan]

Originally posted by Pisces Iscariot
He's very good prosepct and quite a few clubs have admitted to having him watched. He's only 20 but built like a brick ****house and more that capable of doing a job in the first division and the Premiership (if they sign him in the summer).

Thats good to hear, although quite why we're looking for another striker when it's defenders we're short of is beyond me:confused: I'd like to see us hold on to Pericard at the end of the season - and apparently he'd like to stay.

[pompeyfan]

Looks like he's signed now, on loan for the rest of the season:thumbs:

Could be a good signing, if he can score in the Champions League, then Div 1 shouldn't be too hard;)

[pompeyfan]

Saturday's match against Sheffield Utd has been postponed untill Monday due to frozen pitch:(

[pompeyfan]

Transfer news:

Pompey have signed three more players on loan to add to the loan signing (initially anyway) of Nigerian striker Yakubu Ayegbeni from Maccabi Haifa - Jan Hoffman, a goalie from AB Copenhagen, Danish U21 defender Martin Jensen from Frem Copenhagen and Finnish defender/midfielder Markus Heikkinen from HJK Helsinki.

Plus, the loan of Vincent Pericard form Juventus has been extended till the end of next season. Juve don't want to sell him as they see him as one for the future.

[Alan. b]

Originally posted by pompeyfan
Saturday's match against Sheffield Utd has been postponed untill Monday due to frozen pitch:(
Are Sky going to cover it on Monday as well because their is no other live football on that evening.

[pompeyfan]

I hope so, I was going to cancel Sky tomorrow after the match, but it looks like I'll have to keep it till Monday now, just in case:(

[pompeyfan]

Just saw on Sky Sports News that it will be live on Monday - 7:45pm KO

[pompeyfan]

Good results for us today - both Leicester and Norwich could only manage home draws and Reading lost away:clap:

[JCL]

Should be a good game tonight.

I was looking at the odds earlier but I can't predict the winner in this one so decided to leave it.

Sky Sports 1 from 7pm tonight (a bonus for cable viewers as it was to be on Sky Sports Extra on Saturday)

[LiviLion]

This is a good game :-)

Very entertaining.

LL

[pompeyfan]

Bugger:(


Good match ahd Sheffield took their goals well, but a bit gutted we didn't get anything when Pericard's header at goal was deflected by a raised arm while the score was still 1-1.

[BlueDwarf]

Damn.
Thought the 3/1 on Sheff U looked tempting, but didn't risk it.

[Bick]

Originally posted by pompeyfan
Good results for us today - both Leicester and Norwich could only manage home draws and Reading lost away:clap:
I wouldn't worry about Reading - we're hardly contenders for the top spots! Good game yesterday, btw. Very entertaining - Pompey unlucky.

[JCL]

Originally posted by BlueDwarf
Damn.
Thought the 3/1 on Sheff U looked tempting, but didn't risk it.

Likewise. I always win in hindsight. :rolleyes: :D

[pompeyfan]

Yakubu Ayegbeni has been issued with a work permit and should make his debut on Saturday at Brighton:clap: A match we really need to win, has we've only won one out of our last six:(

[pompeyfan]

It looks like the transfer of Tim Sherwood is off, and he is staying at Spurs - I can't say I'm that sorry, as although we could do with another midfielder, I think a defender is more important due to our injuries.

[pompeyfan]

Good peformance today witrh Tim Sherwood having a good game on his debut and new signing Yakubu having an excellent game, scoring the first goal in a 3-0 win over Grimsby (made even better by Millwall's 1-0 win over Sheff Utd;)).

Good win for Reading as well, shame they didn't play like that against Leicester in midweek.

[JCL]

Quite surprised Mark Burchill has gone on loan to Dundee (and taken a major cut in wages apparently).

He's a decent striker and will do a job at Dens Park. Not the player he was hyped up to be during his time with Glasgow Celtic but certainly knows where the goal is.

Will be interesting to how he gets on and if the move becomes permanent in the summer.

[pompeyfan]

Quite suprised myself (and disappointed:() as I rate him as a better striker than our recent signing Deon Burton.

[pompeyfan]

A superb 6-2 win over Derby today keeps us firmly on course for promotion (now 14 points clear of 3rd place Sheffield Utd - cheers Ipswich:clap: ).

New aquisition Yakubu Ayegbeni is looking a class signing with 3 goals in his 2 starts and with Toderov still knocking them in our goal difference is improving all the time (65 scored in 31 matches to give us +34).

[pompeyfan]

portsmouth today signed ex-Charlton goalkeeper Sasa Illic as cover for Shaka Hislop till the end of the season.

I think this is a good signing as he did well for us on-loan last season, and I thought then that we should have tried to sign him.

[JIM_WHU]

Originally posted by pompeyfan
portsmouth today signed ex-Charlton goalkeeper Sasa Illic as cover for Shaka Hislop till the end of the season.

I think this is a good signing as he did well for us on-loan last season, and I thought then that we should have tried to sign him.

I am amazed 'Arry has got him after his disastrous spell at West Ham. :D

I must agree about Yakubu Ayegbeni though. He does look a class signing. Is he just on loan until the end of the season?

[pompeyfan]

Originally posted by JIM_WHU
I must agree about Yakubu Ayegbeni though. He does look a class signing. Is he just on loan until the end of the season?

Yes, but with the option of a permanent deal for £4m - I guess to see if we go up or not first. If we do, I think we should sign him as he'll do well in the Premier league.

[pompeyfan]

Big match tonight - being billed as the game of the season in Div1.

Leicester v Portsmouth

Hopefully we can get revenge for the debacle in Novemeber, although defeat will see us off the top of the table for the first time since August.

Live on Sky for those that have it - so I'l be listening on the radio:(

[Radiohead]

Leicester have been prevented from fielding any new signings under their current transfer embargo.

Come on Pompey!

[ffc]

The score if you are interested.

1-0 Leicester unbelievably from Benjamin.

[pompeyfan]

Originally posted by ffc
The score if you are interested.

1-0 Leicester unbelievably from Benjamin.

Now 1-1 cracker form Taylor

[pompeyfan]

No complaints about tonights result, and I'd have taken it before kick-off.

[Vinny]

I was dissapointed that Leicester did not show more spirit and seemed to have stepped down a gear after an excellent first half. Maybe Adams needs to work more on the fitness of the midfield. They were totally overrun in the second half.

We were lucky not lose by the end, so I'm happy with a 1-1.

[pompeyfan]

Hard fought 1-0 win over Gillingham keeps us two clear at the top on 70 points:clap:

[jonbaker]

Congratulations on Pompey beating the Gills yesterday. As an exiled Pompey fan living in Fakenham, Norfolk I am really enjoying their current run.

Lets hope we can get up in the Premiership and have two south coast teams there.

[pompeyfan]

Half-time score from Millwall:

Millwall 0-4 Portsmouth, Ayegbini 15, 25, Sherwood 31, Toderov 45,

...and to think I'd have been happy with a draw before the game started:smokin:

Shame there's no Portsmouth supporters there to see it, but Millwall have banned the away support:(

[Radiohead]

Perhaps Millwall could consider sorting their own support out before banning away fans.

4-0 at half-time though, ace result so far and well on course for the Premiership again.

[HBK757]

I pretty much thought we'd get turned over anything between 0-3 and 0-6 before the game. We've got horrendous injury problems and suspensions. Although saying that, the financial power of Pompey is pretty much unmatchable by anyone in the division. It's Man City and Fulham all over again. Although Harry Redknapp deserves a huge amount of credit for Pompey's imminent promotion, the whole situation proves you can buy your way out of the division if you have the backing. Shame Millwall don't.

[Alan. b]

Why have Portsmouth's fan been banned from going to the match today, surely it isn't anything to do with the high profile match's where the fans are banned ?

[HBK757]

Originally posted by Alan. b
Why have Portsmouth's fan been banned from going to the match today, surely it isn't anything to do with the high profile match's where the fans are banned ?
No idea at all. Might have been recommended by the police or something. I see no reason why their fans should be banned.

[HBK757]

0-5 Merson pen

[pompeyfan]

Final score:

Millwall 0-5 Portamouth, Merson scored from the spot.

I don't where the rumour comes from that Pompey have money and have spent a lot.

More players have left portsmouth than we've signed (it's soemothing like 13 in, 14/15 out), most of the signings have been on loan or free transfers, and Harry is currently around two-and-a-half million up on transfer fees in the last 12 month's - most amount spent on one player was Toderov at £750,000, and deals have been domne on wages, with signing's either taking pay cuts or like in the case of Festa, the previous club still picking up part of the wage.

[pompeyfan]

Originally posted by Alan. b
Why have Portsmouth's fan been banned from going to the match today, surely it isn't anything to do with the high profile match's where the fans are banned ?

IIRC Millwall have banned away fans from four or five clubs this season.

[Burnsy]

Pompey fans, do yourselfs a favour & don't sign Di Canio, he is a waster that wants EPL football, he will bring you down , that is why Celtic got rid of him.

[pompeyfan]

I don't particualry want Pompey to sign him as he's the wroing age for us plus we have some talented strikers anyway and don't really need another one.

[pompeyfan]

3-2 win over Norwich tonight:D, and Norwich can feel really hard done by not getting anything out of the game, as they were the better side for most of it.

Portsmouth didn't really start playing till the last 20 mins and although we took the lead twice through a couple of good goals (the first one was a bit close though;)), it was against the run of play and Norwich replied quickly with a couple of good'uns themselves - the first within 13 seconds:eek:

I was impressed with Rivers performance, and Abby looked good as well for Norwich.

[Alan. b]

A poor first half and a great second half, you couldn't take your eyes off the match for a minute especially as four of those goals came in six minutes :eek:

A bit unlucky for Norwich who did deserve a draw, at least they have got back into the goal scoring habit.

[utero]

We didn't deserve to lose tonight, if we'd actually converted the first half possession in the first half then we would have won the game........pompey converted the chances they had but then if we play like this for the remaining games then there still hope we can sneak into the play offs

[pompeyfan]

I agree, like I said, we were lucky to come away with 3 points tonight, and I suppose it's a good sign that we can play EDIT and still win;)

If Norwich can carry on playing like that then the play-off's are still a possibility.

[pompeyfan]

Good win 1-0 today against Wolves, Steve Stone coming back from injury netting in the 4th minute, and by all accounts we played a lot better today than on Tuesday;)

I don't like to count chickens, but I mnust admit it is looking good for us now, and I reckon 4 more wins out of the last 9 should see us up:clap:

Remaing fixtures:

Wed 19th March Coventry (away)
Sat 22nd March Preston (away)
Sat 29th Burnley (home) - postponed due to International call-up's - now Tues 15th April
Sat 5th April Walsall (away) SKY
Sat 12th April Sheff Weds (home)
Fri 18th April Ipswich (away) SKY
Mon 21st April Reading (home)
Sat 26th April Rotherham (home)
Sun 4th May Bradford (away)

[dmb6473a]

Originally posted by pompeyfan
Good win 1-0 today against Wolves


Wolves had 3 of their 4 regular defenders (Naylor, Lescott and Butler), plus Nathan Blake out. Then Cameron and Miller got injured during the match. Not that great, really. ;)


Only 3 defeats in 2003 for Wolves - Brighton, Southampton and Portsmouth. There must be something in the south coast air. :D

[pompeyfan]

You're getting better though, 3 goal defeat at Brighton, 2 goals at Southampton and 1 goal at Portsmouth:p

Actually we had three out as well - Harper, Crowe and Quashie plus Stone isn't match fit yet, having been out since January.

[pompeyfan]

Another game, another 3 points:clap:

Very good 0-4 win away to Coventry tonight, with goals from Caldwell (og), Stone, Harper and Merson. What made it even better was the fact we were missing key players with Taylor, Primus and Quashie out and De Zeeuw limping off in the 1st half, and before the match I'd have taken a draw.

With 8 games left, I think either 3 more wins or 2 wins and 2 draws should be enough to see us up, as that'll give us 91 or 90 points respectively.

[Mandrill]

How many goals have Merson and Stone got for you now...

Crouchy may get a gme against Soton at the weekend no doubt being an ex Pompy player he will get a warm welcome

[pompeyfan]

Merson has scored 11 (5 of which were penalties).

Stone has 4 (2 in the last 2 matches).

It's been good this season as the goals have been spread througout the team, and there hasn't been any reliance on just one or two to get them (IIRC we've had around 14 or so different goal scorers this season).

Hopefully Couchy will get a fine hat-trick on Saturday as Villa storm to victory:smokin: :thumbs:

[Mandrill]

Originally posted by pompeyfan


Hopefully Couchy will get a fine hat-trick on Saturday as Villa storm to victory:smokin: :thumbs:

In the forums tradition ...........

Are you on crack :nuts: :nuts:

[pompeyfan]

Originally posted by Mandrill
In the forums tradition ...........

Are you on crack :nuts: :nuts:

I did say 'hopefully' doesn't mean I think it'll happen;) :p

[Mandrill]

Originally posted by pompeyfan
I did say 'hopefully' doesn't mean I think it'll happen;) :p

Well we can always hope.....:D

[Euripedes]

Originally posted by Mandrill
Well we can always hope.....:D

As they say .. hope is eternal :rolleyes:

[pompeyfan]

1-1 draw at Preston yesterday.

Late equaliser cost us all 3 points, but I think a draw was a fair result. No game now for 2 weeks as the Burtnely match has been postponed due to International call-ups.

[Mandrill]

Glad your doing well shame that dud you sold us can't hit a ducks ass :|

Apparantly he was awful yesterday missed chances and looked pretty lazy.
Way things look you could go up and we could go down :|

[pompeyfan]

At least you can be happy that we've spent the money wisely;)

[Mandrill]

Originally posted by pompeyfan
At least you can be happy that we've spent the money wisely;)

:mad:


:D ;)

Collymore/Balaban Crouch the list of expensive striking flops at Villa continues to grow:(

[pompeyfan]

2-1 win at Walsall today.

A very good 1st half performance, but a lewss than convincving 2nd half one led to a nervy finish, but the 3 points are what matters.

Either 2 wins out of the last 6 matches or win one and Sheff Utd lose one and we're up.

Remaining games:

Sheff Weds (home)
Burnley (home)
Ipswich (away)
Reading (home)
Rotherham (home)
Bradford (away)

[pompeyfan]

Good result tonoight with Sheff Utd losing at Wimbledon, now if Forest fail to win their next two matches (Leicester away tom and Wolves home Fri) - Portsmouth will be promoted, if they beat Sheff Weds at home on Saturday.

[pompeyfan]

Looking good atm as local boy - Lee Bradbury puts Pompey 1-0 up at half-time:thumbs:

[RPG]

Portsmouth 1-2 SWFC YEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111

[pompeyfan]

I know, bit of a cock-up at the end as Pompey were told to move a free-kick back and before taking it (Toderov knocked it back to Festa to take it), Reddy nipped in and took the ball to score - although to be fair Weds did deserve at least a point.

1st time off the top of the table since Aug 26th:oh-hum: