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I voted for Godden. He scored some massive goals for us against the best teams in our league: Sunderland, Wycombe, Ipswich, Pompey, Rotherham. These goals were vital in driving us up the table the way we did. It’s a cliche, but the whole team deserves credit. I could’ve easily went for Marosi...

The point was that he’s played the majority of his football in the Netherlands. It also didn’t stop a few people questioning the standard of the Dutch second division at the time (also, the unfavourable reviews compared to Dujon Sterling).

Adi Viveash was at Chelsea when Conte was manager, playing 3-4-3. Robins has been a 4-2-3-1 / 4-4-2 man his entire career. Robins clearly trusts his old team mate. The role of an assistant manager’s role isn’t to be a ‘yes man’, but to advise and challenge the manager constructively. Two...

We don’t really have a lot to compare, to be frank. Jobello was pretty important to the team before his season was ended in October. As for Kastaneer, great goal v Bristol Rovers, that’s about it. Before Cov, Dabo’s career was played mainly in Holland and he was a brilliant signing. That’s all...

Judging from the kind of players we've been linked with, I suspect we're going to attempt to bring in high quality, foreign imports who go at a lower rate than talent in the EFL. I trust the recruitment team to be able to work around with a less competitive budget. I get the impression that...

Which is strange because we’re pretty good on FM20. The AI got us promoted twice, albeit via the playoffs.

I don’t know the numbers behind those numbers, but I’d say that estimate is assuming ticket sales. The problem with that, for a club like Pompey (and more across the league), is that we’re not going to playing in front of 10-20k fans per week. It’s not safe to do so. Financially, this is going...

He got away with it when he did well in League 1. He won't get away with it in the Championship. If our promotion is confirmed we're in for a tough season, and someone who repeatedly doesn't show up to team meetings, trainings, or even boozes before games is someone who will cause issues in a...

Sorry, not voted. The reports suggest their ‘favoured’ outcome was weighted PPG with no relegation. I just find it interested that the EFL later mentioned unweighted when The Athletic reported their favoured outcome was a weighted PPG outcome.

Unweighted PPG benefits teams like Wycombe. Who have played most of their home games, the majority of their remaining fixtures are away games and their home record is a lot better than their away record. It would also have benefitted us when our away form lagged behind our home form. Either...

I thought L2 voted weighted PPG rather than unweighted?

Clubs are acting in self-interest, which you really can’t blame. Fleetwood probably could catch Rotherham up in the remaining games if we played on. Similarly, Posh had some ‘easy’ home games. Weighted PPG and a promotion playoff is the fairest possible outcome if the season can’t be completed...

I find it interesting that the EFL has changed its stance from a weighted PPG solution to unweighted. Especially after Posh’s Chairman threatened legal action. After all, unweighted PPG takes Posh out of the playoffs, whereas weighted keeps them in. Seems a Machiavellian move from the EFL, as...

The League 2 solution makes total sense and makes sense to apply that logic to League 1 too. With a playoff tournament, the top 6 sides have no complaint there. Whilst Rotherham have been on a downturn of form before the lockdown, you can’t reasonably argue against them getting promoted on a...

This time last year, would 100% want him to stay. After one year of not playing, and the stories around his attitude and lack of team spirit, I’d 100% avoid. It’s a shame because he has more than enough talent to compete, but our success is built on a strong team ethic and commitment to the...

PPG seems to be the most likely outcome, and it’s probably the most fair solution out there. We’re not going to finish 10 games and then the playoffs. The issue of the third promotion spot is interesting. Personally, my favoured solution would be a shortened playoff tournament, behind closed...

It was entirely by choice I chose Coventry City as my team. Didn’t know my dad, so no influence there. My mum doesn’t care about any sports. The only influence really was my grandad, hailing from Belfast and a primarily golfer, a ‘soft’ Coventry (only really going to games in the 60s or 70s)...

With so much of the season played, the most common sense solution would be to end the season with current points totals with teams promoted/relegated based off of that. It's not ideal, but a lot fairer than just nulling and voiding the season as if it never happened. Most of the games have been...

The fairest thing to do if this escalated is to postpone the season until the authorities have got this under control. If this action has been taken, and it’s still deemed unsafe to play the games, they should end the season as it is. Voiding the table shouldn’t be an option, it’s unfair to...

The more that comes out from CCC and Wasps, the more corrupt they seem. Maybe SISU aren’t the boogie man we once thought.