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If we're not signing a keeper I can only assume that Boruc is intended to be number 1 and would have been playing for a couple of months if it wasn't for the bottle incident.

****ing ridiculous.

Wouldn't be the end of the world IF Fonte and Yoshida stay injury free until February.

Yeah I thought it worked well because a lot of Arsenal's build-up play comes through their deep lying Central midfielder (seemed to rotate who played this role between Wilshere and Arteta) who practically played between their two centre-backs. Therefore it made sense that, seeing as Morgan is the better defensive midfielder of the two, he should carry on playing that role, albeit further up the pitch. That's how I saw it anyway.

Let's not forget Villa also have a League Cup semi-final next Tuesday so our players are likely to be fresher than theirs regardless.

I bet more Pompey fans watched our game yesterday than their own.

That's because he never gets free kicks for them!

Maybe it's 3 at the back!

Indeed. Wouldn't it be great if Boruc had a really solid game.

Though his brother is here.

Doesn't mean he's a natural winger. And if it's a choice of having either Rodriguez or Ramirez in their best position, surely we would rather Ramirez was?

See MLT has tweeted a photo of him on the pitch at SMS. Must be the co-commentator.

Yup. Just look at Fulham's goal- a howler from Davis but it all came from Ramirez not tracking his man and leaving Shaw against 2.

Ramirez is not a natural winger.

Not convinced on Butland as an immediate fix. Astori sounds good though.

They'll finish above Reading.

Or, as in this case, pay off some of the debt looming over them or their players' overdue wages.

Would be nice if we could sign someone to unveil at the Arsenal game!

Cork is surprisingly good in the air.

Just need to keep this up then!

It's all physiological. Adkins wears a track suit during the week and a suit during the game so that the players have a 'big occasion' mentality on a match day and see him as the man who's in charge. Pulis wears a track suit on a match day to remind his players that he expects them to play as if they're in a mass brawl in Iceland car park on dole day.

He's better at right back then he is at left back that's for sure.

2 points from 2 away games is not bad. If you'd offered it to me after Sunderland I'd have taken it. If we can get something against Arsenal this will look like a very good point.

Skate.

Make that 7-3