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I'm afraid it just doesn't work that way, how do you separate a young lad with fire in his loins from an accident of birth that means he has to always listen to his granny ?? IMO it is quite refreshing that he is a normal human being and not up his own arse like many so called celebrities !!

Better tell Um's dad not to stick them in his underpants then

I have two strange fruit preferences : I love satsumas but don't like oranges ! I love cold tomatoes but feel sick if they are cooked ! (cue some arsehole saying that a tomato is not a fruit:))

My 5 year old grandson is naturally ambidextrous, he even does colouring with 2 hands at the same time ! Maybe we should sign him up sharpish (mind you, he can only kick with his left foot, so maybe not the best for a footballer....!)

Your opinion is the longer/more technical one but we are in agreement ! When asked, I just say that it is crap

Morning Mornington, Nice to see you are keeping up with 'world events' these days !!

Nobby's Nuts !

IMO Cole would be an expensive replacement for David Connolly in the treatment room so best forget it, as for David Goodwillie, I've seen him play a number of times and (at best !) is a poor man's Billy Sharp so we don't need him either !! Clearly CB's and pacy wide men are the priority and I don't consider either of those two in the right category !!!

I'm sure that after 30 years of dreaming about the PL, Rickie would be happy to drop back to a lower division to play for a club in turmoil with the owners, manager and fans, yeah right !!

Just watched the goals on the FL show from last night ! Their defence was abysmal and the guy who got sent off is a CB so no doubt they'll be back in the market for reinforcements ! I just pray that they are not targetting the same CB's as us because we just can't compete against them when it comes to wages

Makes you wonder if a certain journalist (using the term loosely !) could be done for incitement ???

Oops, they have now reinstated it, I suppose that I should apologise

F#cking great, any mention of paying back the debts gets immediately pulled ! I wrote the comment and it was factual, fair and honest, without any abuse or potential liable/slander ! It seems that there is no way to offer a constructive view unless it portrays the Phew as plucky ! There is a conspiracy, now I am sure of it ........

http://www.lifesapitch.co.uk/laptv/podcast/fl-extra/appleton-is-pompeys-manager-accountant-and-miracle-worker/? Appy is now an accountant ! Mr Fairness has posted the only relevant comment so far !

He's supposed to be the most sensible one

Excellent summation, articulate and objective ! One of the best yet IMHO !

Well said Adrian, at least the grown ups on here are willing to read, accept and understand what you have written !!

Individually, I don't think that we are even close to the top level BUT with a strong team ethic, confidence, motivation and application (all of the qualities that Nigel constantly harps on about!) I reckon that we can just about hold our own in the league ! I'd love to see Rickie ram the words of his birth city brethren down their throats and teach them that zillions spent on brutes like Andy Carroll is not the only way to create a winning formula !!

It would seem that we now have bigger fish to fry !

Both my son and now my grandson started at 5, never had any problems apart from constant questions starting with the word 'why' ? ie. when Billy Sharp missed a golden chance in the Wolves match, I stated that it would have been easier to score than to miss, my grandson then innocently said "so why didn't he ?" Sometimes you just don't have an answer !

The supreme irony of course is that we played a 17 year old against the league champions (also another on the bench!) and just to rub it in, he's a Pompey lad ! Appy is certainly acting strangely because only last week when they lost to Plymouth he was extolling the virtues of his young bravehearts who were to be the future of the club! All of a sudden they are excluded, only to be replaced by a bunch of mercenaries who are only there for some sort of payday or because nobody else will take them ! I really hope this recurring strategy come back to haunt them yet again !!

I suppose that it is all about opinions but I honestly don't believe that you watched the same match as me !!

My main point on the OP was not specifically about today's match, it is more that he is not afraid to compromise on big decisions regardless of name or reputation ! TBF I agree that J Rod looks out of place on the wing !

To be fair to Kelvin he did save a penalty and I reckon that although he may have been at fault for the Tevez goal (near post!) but he was blameless for the other 2 !

I was a bit worried looking at him in the tunnel, he seemed totally awestruck when staring up at Vincent Kompany ! Not sure what qualities he will bring to the role long term (does he shout instructions etc..?) but he certainly is Saints through and through !