Ivan Katalinic's 'tache

Brighton at SMS please, seeing as Pompey aren't around for a proper derby game.

Wasn't there some rumour suggesting Rickie's agent was trying to get him a better deal recently? Leak a story to the press that a numpty club are willing to pay extortionate wages, club respond in trying to keep their asset by offering a better deal (but not at that level) and a player who doesn't really want to leave ends up with a better deal. Simple. Except for the Don...

Isn't this the sort of thing big clubs appeal and the number of games is reduced? Do we qualify for a 'big clubs ban discount' now we are in the Prem?

We've dallied for too long in this window while others have made their moves early.

F**king falling apart we are...

What about Osvaldo? Any news on him?

Congrats to them both. Is this one of the personal issues MoPo spoke of, I wonder?

So that's Lallana out, Vela in? Would rather keep our skipper although if Vela wants to join anyway, that'd do.

Simon Peach said Kelvin, Clyne, Shaw and Osvaldo (ban permitting) could all be fit for Cardiff so he must be very close.

No wonder he put in a decent shift on Sunday...

Any news on the others? Big Vic or Osvaldo?

Disappointing stuff. Anyone know why Dani wasn't playing? Assuming Shaw had a knock and Clyne wasn't quite ready? Some positives -Lallana, Chambers and a goal from open play for Rickie. Too many negatives, though - Fox, Gazza and Jos the main ones. Surely Jos is going to be investigated soon by the match fixing investigation team with the rate of own goals he's getting? 4 in a season and a half and he's not even been a regular! Also, "how does the Fox play? Sh*t, Sh*t, sh*t, sh*t, sh*t, sh*t, sh*t..." Merry Xmas all!

Darn it, can't get pic to work..

Trade in Poopey fans you know at this brand new outlet... Rates are poor though as they're not worth much.

Wonderful book which I received as a birthday present recently (only slightly marred by the fact they included my wife's name in the book instead of mine, as she intended. Ho hum.

Lambert in for Jay Rod maybe?

I reckon Cork will have been benched for Gaston or Rickie or something odd like that.

Buggeration. Not good. Thought this was the one amongst 3 other very tough games we'd get something from. Now we need something from a City side who are starting to fire.

Gazza was in goal when we beat Villa 4-1 last season. This must be an omen.

I'd go with this if Boruc and Morgan are fit, which I doubt, and have a right go at Villa from the off. If not I guess it's Gazza and JWP to step in.

I just feel he needs a proper run in the side, in a settled formation to pick up patterns of play, learn how others play and to know when and where they will play passes. So far he's had an injury, been part of a front 2, up front on his own, a bit part sub and that's bound to affect someone who is still settling in. If he'd been here througout pre season I feel that would've really helped but now it's about staying in the team and getting a goal or 2 will do him the world of good in terms of confidence. I would still like to see how he would do alongside someone like Gaston who I feel would be on a similar wavelength but Gaston seems massively out of favour so he will need to learn to fit alongside the others and that will only come with games.

Unless this was the caption - MoPo: "Dani, I've just told the press you'll be here at the end of the season."

Yuk. Thank God I got my name down first...

Eh? Sorry, wrong thread. Bearsy, for the acceptance speech alone.

So the Emirates is just a bigger version of the Highbury library then?