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Just about worth the win and for once we were the team that improved second half. Was surprised Westbrooke started, and even more so when he was on the right instead of Bayliss (I can't understand playing youngsters with little match experience out of position at all) but he improved as the game...

I've read that three times now and still can't make head nor tail of it.

Over a decade in prison and a shiv in the back while you're in there.

That's the reason I can't stand Ozil - he only plays well when the team are comfortable and in those games they don't need him because 9/10 they'll win anyway. But when it comes to close games he just goes missing completely, hiding from play. If anything he's more likely to make them lose...

Because he's a natural right sided player. OK, he's defensive but wasn't afraid to get forward last year. He'd help out Sterling behind him in terms of covering as well. What other options? Bayliss? Not a natural wide player and when we've shoved him out there he looks a shadow of the player he...

Preferable not to change a winning team if possible, but will likely need early changes due to fatigue after boxing day. I'd have Westbrooke on the bench as a like-for-like for Bayliss after 70 mins or so. Brown could be a replacement for either Mason or Shipley if either tire. Thomas out, I'm...

What's the best goal people have SCORED, even in a kickabout or training? I scored a fantastic volley from well outside the area when I was about twelve with a long ball dropping over my left shoulder and caught it just right and it went flying into the top corner past the keeper. About the...

I think our best hope for this is that Charlton have too much Xmas dinner! Though it's far more likely they'll feast on a load of Sky Blue turkeys and give us a right stuffing. What would I do? Give Thomas and Allassani a bit of freedom to go forward and alternate and get Chaplin and Hiwula...

How about we just refuse to pay Pompey the 500k because it's vastly over the market value of what Chaplin is worth and send Chaplin back? They'd take us to court, but then we could could just appeal, and then appeal the appeal and so on and maybe get out of paying until 2025? At least it'd...

It's not ideal, but there are number of times when a managerial change led to us escaping the drop. When we got relegated from the PL we'd had the same manager for 5 years. From Championship into L1 we kept faith with Andy Thorn. No-one wants to have a managerial merry-go-round. We'd love a...

I understand what Steve is getting at - things aren't working at the mo and if we need to raise funds to make changes to the squad we're going to have to sell but who is there that might be wanted? Bayliss has struggled a bit this year, and I think part of that is that he tries to do too much...

With Chaplin, even before we signed him the Pompey fans said he needs to be in a two. MR seems to be playing him deeper off JCH. Surely someone of his ilk should be playing off the shoulder looking to run onto things, not dropping deep - that should be a midfielders job. But part of me is...

Frustration yet again at the way we played. That game was definitely there for the taking and we didn't even look like trying to take it. We didn't even look like politely asking if we might take it. If those players are not playing as instructed then something is terribly wrong, but I suspect...

I've always liked Trevor Sinclair overhead kick in the FA Cup. For some reason I also like Arie Haan's belter for Holland against Italy in '78 and Maradona v England (not the handball) and Belgium. And of course Houchen's Cup final header. Best goal I've seen live? Well, most memorable I think...

Quite liked him - for a politician. Mind you, as someone who was never, and was never likely to get anywhere near, having power it's a lot easier. Never had the opportunity to fuck up or get corrupted. Same as John Smith. Always felt a little bit sorry for him with the Paddy Pantsdown thing...

Yes - got a set of them in a cupboard. Can be a pain in the arse to drink from if you don't know the correct way to hold it though as it gets an air bubble in it.

I know this is a very serious issue, but every time I look at the thread title all I get is Shania Twain going "that don't impress me much"....

But at the time if was pretty much all out attack.2-3-5 was a common formation, and they could be a lot more physical. You could pretty much thrown the goalie into the net and it counted.

I think we could get a win in this one, provided we actually go into the game with the intention to attack and win it rather than absorb pressure. _______________Burge Grimmer___Hyam____Davies___Brown Thomas___Ogogo____Kelly___Allassani _________Chaplin___Hiwula Subs: Addai, Willis/Thompson...

Was going to ask how they got on - good result given the opposition and the age of the team (any idea what ages Reading put out?) Is there a danger some of these youngsters could be poached by Cat1's? If many of them are local and been with the club for a while I hope they'd stay even if...