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http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/portsmouth-football-club-statement-3635900.aspx

Poor first half but we were the better side in the second half. Wouldn't have been an unfair result if we'd snuck a point. I'm sure most of us would have taken 2 wins and a narrow defeat from our last 3 premier league games (all away from home) Hope Gabbi's injury isn't too bad. Concerned about Boufal's attitude when he came on. I suspect he would thrive if in the starting 11 for a prolonged period of time but that's not going to happen if he keeps cutting off his nose to spite his face. So, we sit in the top half of the table with 2 games in hand. A decent season, all things considered, is still on the cards.

Wanyama should have had a second yellow there

Popped out shopping to Gunwharf Quays I would imagine

Yes! Game on

This'll get a fair few bites too.

He does understand. He's aiming for bites, and he gets them.

We've never really rotated players for Premier League games this season. I did some number crunching a month or so ago and worked out that during our busiest period (i.e. September to January) our Premier League starting 11 only changed by something like 1.8 players (on average) from game to game.

I suspect its more do do with giving as much game time and experience to Stephens, and to stick with a winning starting 11 during a period where we don't need to rotate, rather than Caceres's fitness per se.

#THFC: Lloris ©, Walker, Dier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies, Wanyama, Dembele, Dele, Eriksen, Son. Subs: Vorm, Trippier, Wimmer, Onomah, Sissoko, Winks, Janssen.

Probably nothing significant in this, and it may have been posted before, but for the nutjob records I note that Mark Catlin was made a director of Portsmouth Community Football Club a couple of months ago. Not sure why he would only recently have become a director. Anyway, as you were gentlemen (and ladies). https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07940335/filing-history

Congratulations to the journos at today's pre-match press conference (live broadcast section) for no-one asking when VvD is expected to be back in training. Bravo (yes, I know it might come out in the embargoed section but I'm still gonna be a bit grumpy about it in the meantime )

Local rag covering tinpot 5 year old football club in clutching at straws shocker

Thanks Alex. You're far too kind, although I do feel a bit bad about having to take some of yours

Ha! This

Please accept my humble apologies Alex. You're right, I should have given your repeating of John Cross's tweet much more credence. Any chance of unblocking me now?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-39293513

That thought did occur to me! (where's MLG when you need him? #cantbearsedtocheckmyself)

Under 21 squad....

I think what he's saying is that the 1,367,764 people who voted 'leave' in NI and Scotland is greater than the 1,269,501 votes that 'leave' won by overall, thus (technically) the 'leave' voters of Scotland and NI *could* have prevented 'leave' winning overall if they had voted to remain. (Yes, and the same could be said about other voting 'blocks' around the UK too...)

Enough said