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The Victory Lounge, Fratton Park

Pre-match press conference starting shortly

Even if Hall was close to being accurate with his "200,000 different supporters" media love-in claim, how would he know anyway? Unless he has access to the club's "recent" ticket purchase history I can't see how he would be able to come up with an accurate estimate of unique visitors vs repeat visitors....

Can't some of the millions of pounds that every Pompey matchday generates for local businesses be channelled to help fund places like this? http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/funding-needed-to-keep-portsmouth-centre-open-and-running-1-4519526 You've got places like this being denied local authority funding at the same time that the council pledged a couple of million to help out a "decrepit" football club.... Talking of which...whatever happened to the council's pledge to loan the PDT the money? Given they are now the only bid on the table surely the loan criteria is now satisfied?

Textbook first line of defence from someone posting "undercover"....

This....give him a round of applause at the beginning and he'll give Lallana a penalty

4th official at the West Ham game (I think)

Oh yes you will

What time is the pre-match press conference today? 14:00?

In one breath he says he's giving £1000 so his kids have a club to support and in the next breath says its more important than putting food on the table.... Surely the kids need to be fed first...? Talking of his kids...

#pompeymedialovein

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You know you'll get crucified for not posting their name....?

@solentsport: #Pompey's New Year's Day game at Swindon will now kick off at 2pm on police advice

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@solentsport: Mark Clattenburg's first game back as referee will be #Saintsfc v Norwich next Wednesday evening

Was about time someone started a match build up thread...

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They're not very good at this undercover malarkey are they? Here's hoping for their sake that they're better at running a football club than pretending to be Saints fans...

Now he's gone.... QPR FC ‏@OfficialQPR Queens Park Rangers Football Club has today (Friday) terminated the contract of manager Mark Hughes with immediate effect. #QPR

Man Utd supporting Vaccines frontman Justin Young tongue-in-cheekly predicts 6-0 Saints.... Sounds like he's a closet Saints fan to me... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20447186 edit: ah, apologies, just seen someone mention this earlier in the thread

Lawro predicts 2-1 to Saints... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20443753