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Good performance, all that is missing is a goal. Been impressed so far.

Ramirez running the show so far..

Looking forward to the new manager. Adkins was tactically out of his depth. Welcome Mauricio.

That.

As someone who moaned and *****ed for 55 minutes or so of that match. I will eat humble pie and say what a comeback!! and what a difference having your best players on the pitch makes..

Chaplow coming on and not Ramirez .. WTF???

FFS Get Guly off. He is not Premiership quality in any way,shape or form.

This.

Mickey Mouse defending there again. This is going to be a rout.

Davis has been utter gash, as has Guly to be fair.

Some shocking defending there. Architects of our downfall once more..

Who is Nabil Hassan?

#pompey high court case has been adjourned until 31st January, there'll be no hearing now tomorrow

And Boruc was awesome...

Much needed win. However showed our lack of options again 2nd half with us reduced to hanging on once again in the last 20 minutes. We have been poor in the last 20 minutes for weeks now and its something we need to change.

What a truly shocking bunch of subs..

If we don't win this one, then serious questions need to be asked of Adkins. A few brave souls here have dared to raise doubts over the last few weeks and have been shot down. Typical Adkins this week " Beware of Villa they will be like a wounded Animal after the Bradford result" Well correct me if I am wrong, but didn't we lose our last home game 5-1, so shouldn't we also be looking for reaction? Doubt it though as its only a cup game so didn't matter.. HYPOCRISY.

So its Saturday and surprise, surprise we haven't signed a centre half. Lose against Villa today and this lack of dynamic action will be totally unacceptable. The Transfer window is now 12 days old and the relegation timebomb is ticking ever closer...

1. Attracting players to the club. Di Matteo is a champions league winning manager, Adkins is a championship runner up. 2. Working with Cortese. The fact Di Matteo is Italian has to be an advantage here. 3. Tactical decisions- Adkins has had some baffling decisions this season and the Gazzaniga experiment is one we haven't recovered from. Also Adkins has suffered from negativity when making substitutions to a crippling effect in recent weeks, He seems happier settling for a draw, rather than showing some balls and going for a win. The decision to bring on Richardson and Fox at Stoke, whilst we were winning against 10 men baffled me. Also there has been similar incidents all season, when I for one have been WTF with some of Adkins decisions.

I would be more than happy with Di Matteo if the rumours are to be believed.

Great news. Shaw is a real talent.

As I have stated on here previously, this expensively assembled squad should be doing better than being out of the relegation places on only goal difference. If we lose against a woeful Villa team on Saturday, then Adkins has to leave. No more excuses. If we are to have a new manager in place, it has to be this month, so they can still use whats left of the transfer window.

I too think it's time for us to pursue other options now. Rickie has been a fantastic servant, but there is no time for sentimentality in the modern game. We need a younger, quicker model and time will tell whether that is Rodriguez, Mayuka or A.N. Other..

The four points that Gazzaniga cost us against Norwich and Swansea will be the nail that slams shut our relegation coffin I am afraid. They were points we couldn't afford to drop,but drop them we did. Adkins inability to sort out the goalkeeping situation last summer will be our death knell which will lead to our eventual demise.

At the end of the day Alpine is entitled to his opinion as everyone else here is entitled to theirs. Just because a few of us don't think everything is rosy in the S.F.C garden, doesn't mean we should be banned for daring to express that fact.