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Ccfcisparks

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,921
Terry_dactyl said:
Any good?
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think he’s the lad who used to play for watford. don’t remember him ever being a fantastic player
 
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jordan210

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,922
Will the FA be fining the Southampton player for cupping his ears to the pompy fans
 
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Paul Anthony

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,923
Matsuki must be close to a booking, he's on about his 4th foul so far.
 

skybluecam

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,924
shepardo01 said:
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£15m for Armstrong would be a terrible deal
 

jordan210

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,925
That Portsmouth free kick was shocking
 

alexccfc99

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,926
I can’t see Pompey having the quality to survive, honest hard working side but just not quite good enough
 
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Skybluekyle

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,927
jordan210 said:
Will the FA be fining the Southampton player for cupping his ears to the pompy fans
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Nah. Southampton will already have a 500 page dossier constructed by a high priced lawyer saying "Portsmouth fans started it"
 
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David O'Day

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,928
Ccfcisparks said:
think he’s the lad who used to play for watford. don’t remember him ever being a fantastic player
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no he isn't
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,929
David O'Day said:
no he isn't
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Always remembered him just being bog standard

Ignore just seen it’s his brother
 

Terry_dactyl

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,930
alexccfc99 said:
I can’t see Pompey having the quality to survive, honest hard working side but just not quite good enough
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I think it’s gonna be a case of others being worse. Tbf to them they’ve ground out a few decent results lately but they ain’t got lots of quality.
Charlton would be my guess of the team to join Oxford and Sheff Wed.
 

skybluecam

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,931
Southampton’s lawyer rubbing his hands
 
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JohnWH

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,932
Flurry of yellows from a dust up following a questionable challenge
 
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Hiraeth

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,933
skybluecam said:
Southampton’s lawyer rubbing his hands
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Yeah, really surprised to see Southampton players having another polite request for the opposition to calm down and not behave like that so soon after last month.

It couldn't be an issue relating to them, could it?
 
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JohnWH

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,934
Equalizer
 
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Lamps

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,935
Terry_dactyl said:
I think it’s gonna be a case of others being worse. Tbf to them they’ve ground out a few decent results lately but they ain’t got lots of quality.
Charlton would be my guess of the team to join Oxford and Sheff Wed.
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Blackburn and WBA are in serious trouble. Both out of the bottom 3 by 1 game. 1 point in the last 5 games for WBA and 2 points in the last 5 games for Blackburn. All clubs other than Sheffield Wednesday are picking up more points. Blackburn are only out of the bottom 3 by a GD of 3.
 
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torchomatic

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,936
Doesn't matter how they go in. Thankfully, no VAR.
 

Terry_dactyl

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,937
The very definition of ‘scrappy’.

Proper derby now though.
 
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alexccfc99

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,938
Scrappy goal but at least my BTTS bet has come in
 
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Lamps

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,939
JohnWH said:
Equalizer
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And that's Blackburn in the bottom 3
 

alexccfc99

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,940
There’s a late goal in this me thinks
 
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Skybluekyle

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,941
Lamps said:
And that's Blackburn in the bottom 3
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I still don't get how. They've not looked that bad every time I've seen them.

Said most of the season I thought they were in a false position. I guess we're at that stage of the season where I admit I am probably talking a load of bollocks.
 
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skybluecam

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,942
Terrible from Pack, got to take a touch there
 

Terry_dactyl

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,943
alexccfc99 said:
There’s a late goal in this me thinks
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Feels like it. Been a decent game.
 

Lamps

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,944
Skybluekyle said:
I still don't get how. They've not looked that bad every time I've seen them.

Said most of the season I thought they were in a false position. I guess we're at that stage of the season where I admit I am probably talking a load of bollocks.
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Normally one of two things....or even both. Poor in defence or poor in attack.
 
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Robinshio

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,945
Lamps said:
And that's Blackburn in the bottom 3
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they have a game in hand on leicester, 9 points off would put them level
 

Para1140

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,946
Makes it more interesting when Leicester get their points deduction
 
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Terry_dactyl

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,947
That was good fun.
 
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Ipad Boro

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,948
Grendel said:
To be fair your club over the years have overspent their earnings as much as most clubs at this level but because Steve Gibson isn’t a Hollywood billionaire it seems more acceptable to some
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It isn't "the wealth of their owners" that is moving them forward any more though, is it? It was in their promotion from non-league, League 2 and had a hand in their promotion from League 1, but now in this league, up against clubs with more in their owners' bank accounts,it's a lot down to their TV coverage primarily in the states.

Regarding your mentioning us, yet we've never exceeded FFP have we, despite this? So to say we've "overspent our earnings," like Derby for example, is a bit of a stretch to say the least.

We get bigger attendances and have more "local" fans than Wrexham do which helps, but the fact we're generally better at spotting players, developing them and moving them on for profit than most of the league and also have a top academy over the years we can sell from which is pure profit have much more to do with this. That's more about having a well-run club with a good business model. Wrexham don't have to do this due to their TV coverage. You do know we've made well over 100M from player sales in the last few seasons, with add-ons still coming in too, don't you? Add this on top of the relevant TV money,, sponsorship deals, match-day revenue, merchandise and hospitality income from the Riverside and Rockliffe events and easy to see why FFP isn't a problem for us, even without the parachute money that tips the balance in some clubs' favour, meaning we have to choose managers extremely well and recruit much more carefully, like yourselves.

Besides all this though, we're never described as "plucky underdogs" anyway, unless in relation to the parachute clubs. Wrexham get described with this tag sometimes in relation to the rest of the championship in general, which I think is ridiculous. Obviously our opinions may differ on this.

Unless you're referring to the Boro of about 25-30 years ago in the Prem of course? Even then we were predictably dwarfed by the regular European sides of the league we were in, plus one or two others, like Newcastle fur example.
 
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Mcbean

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,949
Hiraeth said:
Yeah, really surprised to see Southampton players having another polite request for the opposition to calm down and not behave like that so soon after last month.

It couldn't be an issue relating to them, could it?
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Was it aggravated ?
 

itsabuzzard

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,950
shepardo01 said:
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Would be a solid addition.
 

skyblueelephant76

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,951
Wrexham being linked with Adam Armstrong for £15m now.
 

Grendel

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,952
Ipad Boro said:
It isn't "the wealth of their owners" that is moving them forward any more though, is it? It was in their promotion from non-league, League 2 and had a hand in their promotion from League 1, but now in this league, up against clubs with more in their owners' bank accounts,it's a lot down to their TV coverage primarily in the states.

Regarding your mentioning us, yet we've never exceeded FFP have we, despite this? So to say we've "overspent our earnings," like Derby for example, is a bit of a stretch to say the least.

We get bigger attendances and have more "local" fans than Wrexham do which helps, but the fact we're generally better at spotting players, developing them and moving them on for profit than most of the league and also have a top academy over the years we can sell from which is pure profit have much more to do with this. That's more about having a well-run club with a good business model. Wrexham don't have to do this due to their TV coverage. You do know we've made well over 100M from player sales in the last few seasons, with add-ons still coming in too, don't you? Add this on top of the relevant TV money,, sponsorship deals, match-day revenue, merchandise and hospitality income from the Riverside and Rockliffe events and easy to see why FFP isn't a problem for us, even without the parachute money that tips the balance in some clubs' favour, meaning we have to choose managers extremely well and recruit much more carefully, like yourselves.

Besides all this though, we're never described as "plucky underdogs" anyway, unless in relation to the parachute clubs. Wrexham get described with this tag sometimes in relation to the rest of the championship in general, which I think is ridiculous. Obviously our opinions may differ on this.

Unless you're referring to the Boro of about 25-30 years ago in the Prem of course? Even then we were predictably dwarfed by the regular European sides of the league we were in, plus one or two others, like Newcastle fur example.
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Steve Gibson over the years has ploughed in £250 million of his own money.

For a period of over 5 years in the championship they had spent more on wages than their actual total income. They get round FFP rules by the way Gibson puts in a mix of equity and loans.

They are without Gibson a chronically insolvent football club and have been for years.

For what it’s worth I don’t care as I don’t believe in the financial rules which pretends clubs are solvent when they are not.

What I don’t see is why Gibson is any different to any other billionaire who gets round rules to suit him but seems to escape critiscm
 
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Shannerz

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,953
JohnWH said:
Equalizer
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AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,954
 

Tommo1993

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  • Jan 25, 2026
  • #10,955
skyblueelephant76 said:
Wrexham being linked with Adam Armstrong for £15m now.
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Think Soton paid around that for him in 2021. Stupid figure for him now, I hope they pay it!
 
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