Chez

Abide with me at the cup final brought a tear to my eye

Piping up. Point to where I said either was crap? Richardson I like, he's been absolutely outstanding since he got here and I suggested earlier in the season that he could well be considered for player of the season. Perhaps you read my report of the Cardiff game where I described his crossing as woeful. It was and sometimes is. He either puts in the perfect cross or an absolute shocker, nothing inbetween. As for Fox, well for the thousandth time, he has great ability on the ball, but lacks pace, doesn't get to the byline much, seen him do it two or three times all season, nor does he get tight enough defensively - because he lacks pace and doesn't want to get caught behind. His crossing is also erratic. He's taken about 300 free kicks and corners FFS and we have one of the biggest sides in the league. You'd hope for one or two assists. I certainly don't think he's crap, but I do wonder about us spending £2m on a fullback without pace. Mind you, with it he'd be in the Prem, still might be I guess. "Less impressed every time I see him" was a relatively recent description of Fox, but since then I've given him 8 out of 10 for the last few games so things change. I'm happy with both, but no one is going to tell me their crossing is beyond criticism.

all sounds great, but why the **** would Mokoena or BTH want to leave? They live here, they have a good job on a great wage and they won't go anywhere unless it is in their best interest. That is the problem. The skates quite simply can not shift these two **** players. The skates would have to pay something like £20k a week or probably more before any other club would think about signing them. Would you take Mokoena on £10k a week? He is terrible.

maybe they are waiting for the 7 day appeal period to be up before taking them off?

such as?

after a pre-season he'll be in the Premiership. Can he cut it up there? Hope so.

Pretty fed up of hearing the skates crying about the FL and the FAPPT. They all need to take a good look at this statement by Birch. http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/pompey_could_have_more_points_deducted_1_3539161 Asked about the effectiveness of the Football League’s test for owners he said: ‘The Football League have a fit and proper test which has to be run on a series of objective measures rather than subjective measures because if they turn people down just on the subjective basis then they are going to be open to attack and trying to defend those claims is obviously going to be costly, that will then take funds away from clubs from the central distribution so it’s a bit of a difficult circle. ‘If they haven’t got a criminal record or they haven’t had any insolvencies, these are factual objective issues that people can look at and anything else is just subjective." This where the FL's responsibilities end. Beyond that it is up to the existing owners to act responsible and sell to the write person. I guess things unravel when you get a ****ish owner who then sells to an even bigger **** and so on.

why do you say that, he didn't at Sheffield United?

I really don't see what he problem is here or why you are looking for a solution. You state quite clearly that wiping gives you great pleasure so accept this itch as a blessing and enjoy your great fortune with a smile on your face. If though the pain/pleasure disparity is too great try attempting to time your toilet needs with you showering. Toilet use first then shower immediately after. On no accounts visit a doctor. They all have fat fingers and certainly don't go searching for male g spots, whatever you've heard.

yes, perfectly serious. He wasn't on for long, but what he did was rubbish. Miscontrolled it, pulled out of a tackle and shot miles wide. Thats pretty much all he did. What should I do give him marks for putting a red and white shirt on? As someone that has backed him though thin and thin on here (against a massive tide) I think I am better positioned than most to say when he isn't great. I am also pleased to see him back and part of things again, but yesterday he wasn't at the races. I give 5 for an average performance and 4 is below average. Which he was IMO.

SPOT ON. With every single line of that song, the 2005 nightmare slips slowly further from my mind...thank god. Still a long way for it to go though.

why the **** does every song we have to be sung at a thousand miles an hour? Slow down Ffs.

Great fun. What a Saturday, we win 4-0, go top, see the skate lose and go into the bottom three. Smile, days like these don't happene every week. For those not been for a few weeks, we are back on track and perhaps stronger than ever. Once Chaplow gets his full match fitness back (and Richardson and Jos return) we are going to be unstoppable. The squad looks powerful, fit and full of confidence. Lallana is back to his best, Ricky is running games and we seem to have the odd goal in us too. This game wasn't all one way traffic, certainly the first half was, but the first five or ten of the second were Derby's as we were incredibly sloppy, but second goal in the bag it was all over despite a spirited effort from the away side. The third goal was as good as you'll see all season, brilliant break away that had the fans off their seats. The fourth, well, out of this world. Davis 7 not much to do really, but when very good save from a shot that came through a crowd. Kicked well. Came and just about got one punch. A couple of times I thought he should have come and swept rather than let the centre back deal with it but no danger. Harding 6 Not exposed like in the Leicester game, but don't let this relatively easy (for him) game fool you, he is not comfortable at right back and he didn't offer anything going forward because of being left footed. At times he gets cramped for space as he has no right foot. Nasty and deserved yellow card, but you need a horrible streak in defenders. Is Stephens not ready? Surely he is worth a debut? Jos 8 Outstanding first half, very worrying his injury has nit cleared up. Hopefully a precaution. Fonte 7 Defensively sound, although beaten in the air too often by the tiny Ward for my liking, his distribution, and specifically his choices have at times been terrible in the last few games. He put Davis in trouble a couple of times and on a poor pitch who knows what might have happened. Needs to sort that out. Fox 8 better game for me and at last he surged forward playing a major part in the third goal. Need to see more of that, he doesn't do enough in games and take the easy way out, but he clearly has it in him. Passing a little less long than normal. Not really tested by a winger though so had an easy ish ride. Lallana 10 back to his brilliant best. Skills, touches, dribbling, crosses, chances goal....when on song no one can touch him at this level Cork 9 another great display. games are won and lost in the middle and the partnership between him and Morgan is working well. They seem to know their roles and they have got the positional play right defensively. Full of energy as always, but a bit more dangerous going forward. Still can't shoot, but I can live with that. He seems to get better as the game goes on and when it becomes stretched he is the man. Morgan 8 another good display. Not his best in my eyes, but still good. He's set such high standards that's the kind of game I expect from him. One thing I like a lot is that he keeps nipping in a stealing the ball from opposition throw ins. Tiny things like that change the defence to attack and that's why we dominate and win games. Chaplow 6 much much better than the Millwall game, but still not anywhere near his best.First touch was poor at times, but did have a positive affect on the game too. Showed just a glimpse of the interceptions and straight running into the box that we have missed so much. Not fully match fit, but getting there. Boy are we going to be good when he is. Lambert 8 First half he was 10 out of 10, perfect display, won everything in the air, linked the play, the works, second half he seemed to disappear a bit. I £50 on him to be NPC top goalscorer so I want to see him getting in the box a bit more to get his goal but he seemed content take it easy today rather than really get in the danger area. I thought he'd stopped doing that - hanging back. Sharp 6 I said before we signed him that I slight doubts as all I have ever seen with Billy is a finisher. If he doesn't score he doesn't really add a lot. Today he showed how slow he is. Connelly slow. He also showed that he doesn't really work that hard either. This idea that he just needs games is ********. He has played most of the season for Donny, this is his regular fitness level, something that needs to change IMO. On the positive side he links up well with Ricky and has a decent touch. I still think he will score goals,we create a lot or chances, but I don't see a Premiership player there at all. We're four games in, so don't take this as me writing him off, not a chance, just writing about what I have seen so far. Martin 7 some poor decisions/passes early on - he does seem the nervy sort to me, but he settled down quickly again and was very strong in the air. I'm not a huge fan, but he has done very well indeed when called on. Took his goal well. Chuffed for the lad. Proper fairytale story really. Not sure he will ever be top class, he just seems too fragile on the ball, but defensively he will improve and after all that is his first job. Lee 8 could you ask for more? He scores wonder goals but also slides in for tackles. Great work rate and movement, nice touches and strength to go with it. He looks a little headless chicken, but I think that's more the fact that he is constantly moving and making runs. Must be a nightmare to mark. Will he start the next game? Puncheon 4 thought he was pretty poor when he came on. I know its the fashion to like Puncheon these days, but he bottled out of a tackle, touch wasn't there and generally didn't do anything. Shooting back to its worse. In a previous spell he'd of had the mongs at SMS booing him. I've backed him through thin and thin, but even I wasn't impressed. At 4-0 perhaps it matters not.

how did they sneak a car in the away end? Strange as I found their overpriced pies to be too cold and rather flavourless

how's that going to work with us in the Prem?

if it means that we never have hear the clots pathetic set if excuses ever again then its Forest for me. Donny have had their day in the sun and of course Coventry...only kidding, the skates.

very good atmosphere today even before we ran away with the game. The `who the **** is laughing now' song was very popular.

His twitter account says`fat lad from Sheffield', what did you all expect?

got to be jester hats

nah just a bit of salt and pepper

Being allowed to into admin will have been a prerequisite for the FL to allow Pompey to sign players and also the unfreezing of the accounts to allow Pompey to settle the outstanding debt to WBA for the previous loan spell of Thorne and Mattock.

WBA covering 100% of Thorne's wages.

I'm a season ticket holder despite not because of Cortese. I'm a football mug too. I don't bleat, I moan by the way.

spot on, football fans are mugs, but when you only have 8000 at an FA cup replay at SMS you know the establishment that have created this situation have ****ed up.

having so many games on TV is also bound to affect attendances. Leeds away for example. £36 for a ticket. £3 for Cortese. £65 petrol, £5 parking...or just watch it on the box. Something needs to be done to attract fans to televised games