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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19843145 Nominees for African Player of the Year: Abdelaziz Barrada - Getafe (Spain) and Morocco Adel Taarabt - Queens Park Rangers (England) and Morocco Alain Sibiri Traore - Lorient (France) and Burkina Faso Alexander Song - Barcelona (Spain) and Cameroon Andre 'Dede' Ayew - Marseille (France) and Ghana Arouna Kone - Wigan (England) and Ivory Coast Aymen Abdennour - Toulouse (France) and Tunisia Bakaye Traore - AC Milan (Italy) and Mali Cheick Tiote - Newcastle United (England) and Ivory Coast Christopher Katongo - Henan Construction (China) and Zambia Demba Ba - Newcastle United (England) and Senegal Didier Drogba - Shanghai Shenhua (China) and Ivory Coast Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu - Udinese (Italy) and Ghana Emmanuel Mayuka - Southampton (England) and Zambia Foxi Kethevoama - FC Astana (Kazakhstan) and Central African Republic Gervinho - Arsenal (England) and Ivory Coast Hilaire Momi - Le Mans (France) and Central African Republic John Obi Mikel - Chelsea (England) and Nigeria John Utaka - Montpellier (France) and Nigeria Kwadwo Asamoah - Juventus (Italy) and Ghana Moussa Sow - Fenerbahce (Turkey) and Senegal Nicolas N'koulou - Marseille (France) and Cameroon Pa**** Demba Cisse - Newcastle United (England) and Senegal Pape Moussa Konate - FC Krasnodar (Russia) and Senegal Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - St Etienne (France) and Gabon Rainford Kalaba - TP Mazembe (DR Congo) and Zambia Seydou Doumbia - CSKA Moscow (Russia) and Ivory Coast Seydou Keita - Dalian Aerbin (China) and Mali Sofiane Feghouli - Valencia (Spain) and Algeria Stoppila Sunzu - TP Mazembe (DR Congo) and Zambia Victor Moses - Chelsea (England) and Nigeria Yaya Toure - Manchester City (England) and Ivory Coast Younes Belhanda - Montpellier (France) and Morocco Youssef Msakni - Esperance (Tunisia) and Tunisia Disappointed not to see Kanu in there...

Tacit confirmation (as if any was needed) from the News that Pompey are fielding a player that (on paper) is too good for League One... "Buzsaky confessed he’s still a way from full fitness and needs time to get to the level needed where he can wreak havoc." http://m.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/buzsaky-that-s-not-good-enough-1-4350022

I assume the agenda item goes something like "Let's talk about Pompey for 5 minutes and defer any decision making until the next meeting in 6 weeks time"

@solentsport: GOAL #Pompey 1-3 Wycombe. Morgan extends the lead again scoring off the rebound of a missed penalty.

Of course, we all know what this means....another post match moan from Appy about how uncompetitive his squad is and how unfair everything is. Bless.

It was both.

Couldn't agree more...

Oops... @solentsport: GOAL #Pompey 0-2 Wycombe. Dean Morgan doubles the lead inside ten minutes.

@solentsport: GOAL #pompey 0-1 Wycombe.Grant stuns Fratton Park with a goal after 13 seconds!

I'd see a doctor about that raw nerve if I were you.

Just when we thought the plot couldn't get any thicker....

Portsmouth In April 2007 Johnson was called upon to resign by the MPs for the city of Portsmouth after claiming in a column for GQ that the city was "one of the most depressed towns in Southern England, a place that is arguably too full of drugs, obesity, underachievement and Labour MPs"

Maybe Boris should go for President of the USA if he doesn't get a chance at PM (he was born in New York so qualifies)

Why haven't we heard from Birch for several weeks? Are the rumours about him being sidelined true?

Reading between the lines at the time, I'm inclined to believe there was more 'intrigue' to the Barclays decision than we saw on the surface. The mysterious migration of a certain Barclays account manager to work for the administrator for example....

Whoa there pardner....I don't see that as "cheating" because Barclays changed the rules half way through the game.... We were servicing our debt quite satisfactorily (e.g. offloading high wage earners due to our financial difficulties....spot the difference...?) until Barclays reduced the overdraft facility by £1m which in turn triggered a c.£4,000 cheque to bounce.... It's a bit like someone raising the high-jump bar an extra foot whilst the competitor is running up and then having a pop at him for failing to clear the height. If anything we didn't "cheat" enough to increase our chances of survival in the Premier League...

When you continue to improve your squad knowing that your club is in dire financial straits whilst not paying taxes, local businesses and charities.

1979 - 1992

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http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2012/10/09/boris-johnson-speech-in-full

Can't do any worse than a lot of the 'straight men' we've had over the last 50 years....surely?

"The prime minister and I danced Gangnam style the other day," Boris Johnson says, adding that Koreans watch the rapper's video on TVs with "aerials made in London". "Every single chocolate Hob Nob in the world is made in London," the mayor proclaims.

Another splendid speech at the Tory party conference just now. Any man that can get "badger hair shaving brushes" into a political speech is a genius. He actually toned down the buffoon 'act' today. If this man isn't prime mininster sometime over the next 10 years I shall weep into my porridge.

Sky Sports on the same hymn sheet.... http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11700/8151642/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Whilst I acknowledge it's likely to be guess work, "up to 6 weeks" sounds better than "at least 6 weeks"

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