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Kings Speech - Glad I waited till it came on TV. Awful film and I was left with no emotional empathy with any of the characters.

Surely this would be a better question on the Newcastle forum and concerning Faustino Asprilla? If we'd won a title without MLT we would have had much, much better players who surely would have brought as good memories. redundant question really - we had MLT and no one is complaining.

TBF I have no inside info on why it fell down in the summer but there does seem to be extenuating circumstances. I agree though that the fact we were so open about the bid, and Adkins links to the player makes it an easy link this January but also believable as well. Personally I think it's a good move - Sharp will help our ball retention up front for a start. People can praise Guly as much as they like but I think an orthodox striker would be a bit cuter at keeping the ball and giving Lambert a bit more of a chance (and I'm not knocking Guly). Of course the other thing is that Sharp can score from half chances. We're still making chances but we need to put more away and from what I've seen Sharp could do that. Could he cut it in the prem? Who knows but I wouldn't rule it out.

Well I've been told the Sharp transfer is a done deal as well, source is tenous I guess - friend of someone who works at the training ground. They were also correct on Chappy being out for another four weeks. Could of course be wrong but thought I'd pass it on. FWIW I'd have preferred Maynard but I really think Sharp has something to offer as well and that it would be a good deal for us.

Just watched Black Swan and have to say what a seriously bad film that is. Honestly can't see what the hype was about - it's just a very, very bad film.

The first English speaking class at Fratton starts promisingly until Greg Halford gets distracted and spots his sister in an alluring shellsuit......

Pompey fans still think Matt Le Tiss was rubbish and we had exactly the same debate - he only scores pens, his shots are deflected etc, etc. Fact is RL is worth more to us than their squad combined twice over and if they can't see it then I don't really care.

Cheers, to be honest we're probably singing from the same hymn sheet here. I'd never slag the guy off because he has done well for us and not in his natural position either so fair play to him. As I mentioned you could say the same about Morgan as well. Both of them have put a shift in when the odds were against them so, in my case at least, it's no criticism when I think we need additions to the squad. Hopefully we look back in May and thank Guly for his part in a promotion campaign but if he were to carry on in that starting striker role I think we may regret it.

Notoriously difficult quoting stats because they really don't tell the whole story. Far more telling would be goals to shots ratio or even how many shots on target. Then of course you have to consider the respective teams they play in. Ultimately though it comes down to individual judgement and I'm by no means saying Guly is a bad player but I don't think he's a natural striker either. To be honest looking at the goalscorer list shows how good Sharp is - he's missed a fair number of games and plays for a team at the bottom of the table. So what you've shown is that there are affordable players out there that would do a better job. Ta.

Totally agree about "Into the darkest corner and if you liked that then you'll love "Before I go to sleep". I enjoyed 11.22.63. As you say, has echoes of previous books but in a good way. I certainly liked it far more than "Under the dome"

I think the thing we need to remember is that Guly isn't really a striker and neither is he right mid either - he does a job to a greater or lesser extent but he's filling in because we've needed him to do so. Probably his best position is at the tip of a diamond but we've got better players than him if we play that formation and I'm not really a fan of it either. His first touch just isn't good enough most of the time to play up front on a consistent basis and for a bloke his size he really should be better in the air than he is. What's amazing to me is that we're top goalscorers, top of the league and yet for much of that we've had a makeshift striker. My hope is that in January that if/when we get a proper striker in that it shows us a different dimension and far more clinical than we've been recently. I think Ricky in particular will benefit as well. To be fair you can also say the same of Morgan - he really shouldn't be playing right mid but he's doing a job and there's no one else (if NA doesn't rate SDR) that can do it. So there's a few positives there - Chappy coming back, a new striker and a conventional right winger/ right mid player sees us looking quite strong again. For striker I'd prefer Maynard because he has pace as well as goals but Sharp wouldn't be too bad either. Forest's McGugan is a good shout out wide but the good thing is that there are enough players out there that should be realistic targets for us that will improve us.

Or to be fair eye teeth either, though they do have extra digits......

Yeah, that's where I'm going but seeing as I won't get into town till 10 I think the best I can hope for is a very swift pint. More important is where are we all going after the game? I plan on several too many, bus home and bbc iplayer to watch the whole thing again. In the unlikely event we lose....... I don't even want to think about that.

Steady on weirdo!

I can't believe we haven't been linked with a left back yet. OK we've got Fox, Harding, Dickson and Luke Shaw coming through with Hooiveld and Seaborne possibly being able to cover but what happens if they form a little clique hire a minibus for a night out and get involved in an accident? That's all our potential left backs out - we need to sign a new anti-social one ASAP IMO.

Oh for christ's sake, I've got the posh kids on my bus. Holbury 'till I die Langley!

bus 23 - me and saint mikey

Surely a sterile area should cover all of pompey? That way the city could die just like the club......

Nope, frankly I haven't seen him play well since the Derby game. For every good save in a game he's also made a howler. He's nervous, a liability and not good. Sorry if that offends you but I really don't rate him. Of course it's all about opinions but iwould you play him again based on that performance? Why? KD isn't the world's greatest keeper but he never has a defence as nervous in front of him as we saw today.

As always it comes down to a question of judgement, SDR and Jos have ability but prone to mistakes as are most players. Bart has more tendency towards being weak mentally, being prone to mistakes and generally not being up to the job than he has ability. He may be great on the training pitch but when has he shown that in the first team? To sum up it's just sentimentality that justifies Bart and it's undeserved sentimentality.

Ho ho, the sarcasm is scathing but you're right in one thing - he won't get better and won't gain confidence by playing either. He played like a muppet today and it wasn't just one mistake and it hasn't just been one game either. Six years and since the Derby game not one decent performance. You can't polish a turd.

To be honest that's a better plan than playing Bart again.

As much as I hate criticising players Bart was simply awful for us today, and cost us 3 points. What I thought was good was that we didn't get on his back - that was the only plus point. I can't see any way back for him though - we're not a charity and on that performance he's not a goalkeeper.

I have to be honest and say from an economic point of view that the Euro never convinced me because it tried to unite sovereign states that were just too diverse. The latest treaty only seeks to bond even closer a diverse Europe that economically struggles to find a good fit. I guess I'm happy we didn't sign the treaty but I'm not going to jump for joy either.

I guess the only interesting one I had was when I had, and was responsible for, 50k worth of consultants on site in a 2 week period and left 2 days after they started. To be fair it was an exercise in spending money on stuff we didn't need and I was being made to be a fall guy so I had no qualms about dropping my employer in the sh*t. I had a nice little disagreement about my notice period which I won, and I took what I was entitled to. Thankfully I ended up with a far better and well paid job. Other than that I've left every other job on good terms.