The Kraken

Probably just remember where we were 3 years ago and smile.

Well that was quite the rant!! But I hope you've calmed down a bit since, you sounded as if you were quite worked up (which is strange, as all I did was ask you a fairly reasonable question and you responded with an abusive outburst like that). Scotland are currently struggling 2-1 at the moment, bless them. But then Australia would probably get relegated from League 2, or something.

And another one for the "look where we were 3 years ago" irrelevant brigade.

I don't mind so much the people who want to see the best of things, and lets be fair there's still some time until the transfer window shuts. That said, Nigel Adkins specifically stated that we were short of up to 6 players (2 x GK, 2 x CB, 1 x RM, 1 x LB/LM). he also stated he wanted to bring them in before the season started. For whatever reason, that hasn't happened and therefore its fully justified to question why. Its those that try desperately to ignore that fact that I fail to comprehend. we haven't achieved what the manager wanted us to achieve, plain and simple.

I've always been sensible, a shining light of rationality.

Chill out? Everyone else in this thread seems fairly calm and rational. 2 years ago has nothing to do with it, Nigel Adkins has stated he wants to bring in a number of players before the season kicked off and it hasn't happened. When is this "look where we were 2 years ago" nonsense going to stop? Its completely irrelevant now.

Our record of loan signings really isn't very good when viewed in total. I had hoped we would avoid the last minute desperation scenario we had with the Hooiveld gamble.

Not sure if I could possibly say we've made excellent signings so far. We have a reserve keeper (when we arguably need a replacement first choice). We have a £7M striker who is being played out of position at left wing, supposedly because we've changed our main way of playing to only one up front. We have a Cm with previous seasons well rated in the PL but who has spent 4 years playing less than competitive football in Scotland. And finally a very good right back, the pick of the bunch IMO. We're still missing up to 5 new players for which the manager himself stated he would be looking to fill. Our signings have been good so; in terms of the overall transfer policy we're possibly only halfway there (if that), and with a few days until the start of the season that really isn't good at all.

There are also many people within this thread who agreed with the concern that we hadn't (still haven't) signed players in key area, particularly CB and RM. So I'm not sure where the "told you so" approach comes from.

This. There is a massive gap in what the Trust can afford to pay the football creditors and what Tricky Trev has agreed. The Trust allowed for £2M to players, and £1.75M to other clubs. Add in PKF's fees (£1.85M at the last count) and you're just under £6M. Portpin are claiming that PKF's agreements with the players and clubs, plus their own fees, are now at £12M. The Football League will not grant a golden share unless all of those footballing debts are paid. And Trev has ensured that those payments are covered by the Parachute payments, so the players and clubs will get paid direct if the club implodes, so they are guaranteed. The trust either have to stump up an extra £6M or forget it.

You thought it was bad for Pompey? According to the BBC, John Gorman is playing for Plymouth.

Christ, can you imagine how uptight this forum would be if Matt Le God got the gig? Infractions for getting facts and statistics wrong, use of sarcasm banned as he doesn't understand it, the same for humour, and bannings issued for non-agreement with the Cortese Champions League Action Plan. It would be utterly horrendous.

You're forgetting that this is a concept that is completely alien to Portsmouth Football Club.

If only dune were here to share his ITK info about our impending top class signing......

I would like to nominate Turkish and CB Fry. I feel they will bring balance and order to the forum.

And you too. Good one.

This is Pompey we're talking about, what do you think the likelihood of that is?

What rallyboy said.

What a very odd attention-seeking thread, in particular this post. Well done, you got noticed.

Harsh but fair.

Go on then, count me in, I've got some spare time on my hands.

He should be able to play it on his own though. He holds the ball up fantastically well, and his awareness is top notch. The problem as I've seen it so far is not from RL, but that support players such as Puncheon, Lallana and Rodriguez (or whoever the wide players have been) are far too slow to get forward and support him. 4-5-1 is supposed to turn into 4-3-3 very quickly, and then back again to regain defensive shape. We simply haven't got the hang of that yet, with the wide players and Lallana often being 20 or 30 yeards away from RL when he's surrounded by players. I don't care if you've got Didier Drogba in that situation, its not going to work from an attacking point of view if the wide players aren't able to recognise when they should commit forwards.

It saddens me to think of some of the rampaging orgies that will soon be kicking off in the athletes village.

The bloke in the lightbulbs was one of the main baddies in The Running Man, right?

To be fair, Brazil's efforts are a bit better than our red bus abomination in Beijing.