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Cheers Ralph... although you're probably better off putting your justfication case to the SFC board rather than posting it on here....

Reading that, I'm gonna stick my neck out and predict us avoiding another 9-0 drubbing this season

https://www.premierleague.com/news/1752553 Good to see a game on Boxing Day (28th December) this year, in addition to the day after Christmas Day....

Thinking out loud, aren't all players in Ralph's system pretty much "box to box" players? For example, I've lost count of the number of time Ings is back in his own box clearing the ball off the line or putting in a last gasp block. As such, I don't think we need a 'specialist' box to box player per se, do we...?

Yup, absolutely. With Romeu and JWP now established as our 1st choice pairing in CM, we're not looking for a Hojbjerg 'replacement' to fill a berth in the default starting 11 per se. We're looking for a squad player. Let's not block the path of promising players that are already in our midst by signing an average squad filler. Yes, Jankewitz is obviously inexperienced, but he's not exactly a 'boy' any more (20th birthday next year) and he needs to gain said first team experience sooner rather than later IMO. (And not forgetting that Ralph seems to really rate him)

Pretty sure Jankewitz ticks those boxes

We already have a 'replacement'....

So, all that waiting and all we get is a photoshopped picture...?

Just staying for 2 years then...

Who?

MC? (Sorry, my brain has stopped working due to the heat!)

cheers for the update Steve 👍

Lots of talk about who is going to replace Hojbjerg in the squad. Harrison Reed...? Maybe... Weston McKinnie...? Looking doubtful... Maybe the answer is right under our nose...? I keep hearing how promising this Jankewitz lad is so could this be his breakthrough year...? If he's as good as people say he is, why would we want to block his path by buying in a Hojbjerg replacement? It's not as if he's a "boy" any more... He's 19 this year and is already over a year older than Obefemi was when he made his PL debut (for example). Yes, I hear the cries of "you can't expect an inexperienced youngster to jump straight into the shoes of an experienced pro"... I get that.... but if we look at our top 3 form in the post-lockdown portion of the season, our 1st choice CM pairing was JWP and Romeu. We actually played better without Hojbjerg. So, it could be said that we're not actually looking for a 'starting 11' replacement for Hojbjerg. To my mind, if this Jankewitz fella is the bees knees, then he needs to start getting first team exposure sooner rather than later.... edit: just read that article in the post above.... would appear Ralph is on the same wavelength..... ""I think he's the next young guy for us, this is our way"

Dyke

Johnnie

Would be fairly muted I'd imagine.... neither raptuous or hostile, hero nor villain.... very decent player for us and is leaving under relatively amicable circumstances but nowhere near club legend status.

How do we know they weren't "asian/middle eastern looking" people from the EU....?

Charity? How about Pompey in the Community....? https://pompeyitc.co.uk/

Pompey are toast....?

Textbo.... Nah, can't be arsed...

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