rallyboy

Never trust a defender with a beard who wears gloves in May. I wonder what Jim Steele thought about the gloves!

The Sun having a pop at us? Perhaps they could have used that space to apologise for the horrific and damaging lies they published 27 years ago but still haven't withdrawn. And why is the nasty FL making poor plucky pompey take part in the play offs?? They've been joint top since August - anyone in those sell out 18,000 crowds will tell you that.

it must be quite an unusual season for winning away but losing at home against a few clubs too.

Yeah well I know that there was once a shoemaking strike in Daventry but all the tradesmen from Northampton went and beat up the women pickets, broke the strike - and they murdered kittens with their little shoe hammers. They are all scabs, and they were all members of the Cobblers Union of Northampton Traders Society and that's true.

That alleged spat just highlights how their business model is terminally flawed. They need outside investment, but they want to hang onto their 48% majority share. The Trust have three members on the seven man board and a minority shareholding so giving away more of the club will make no difference, they'll still all pretend that fans have 'shares'. The few need to decide what they want - to continue pretending they own something and get to enjoy more nights like last night, or to take some investment and get to compete with bigger clubs like Fleetwood, Chesterfield and Bury. Personally I think they will decide to continue pretending stuff - like we own our club, and League Two is real football, not like the nasty Championship etc.

Hold the lead against Plymouth, beat mighty York City, win the game in hand = 2nd place and automatic promotion. Lose to Wycombe and Wimbledon and the whole season goes down the fatty pipe.

Wow. A win for Wycombe and pompey could actually work their way out of the play-offs in the next few weeks.

Mr G sums it up - how can a referee be some inconsistent in the same game? The Leicester West Ham was a prime example - he had no consistency at all. I just think that so many games are now being decided by referees that they need some help. A twenty second delay while they decide whether a defender got the ball or not is time worth spending if it means a red card/penalty decision is correct. Games and seasons are changed by these moments and millions of pounds hang on them, we should do our best to get them right. Some of the player behaviour is disgraceful, pushing and shoving refs - with less frustration boiling over from dodgy decisions that could be massively reduced. And if you have dived with no contact you are more likely to get up and say nothing than rush up in the ref's face knowing it's about to go up on the big screen.

I didn't think I'd see pompey on MotD2 ever again so it was a pleasant surprise to see them get a brief mention last night. For those that missed it, the credits were dedicated to relegated teams who are out there somewhere and who have never returned. The Bradfords, Barnsleys and Swindons of this world - plus smaller clubs.

Just win. Nothing else. The end.

Presumably because FIFA and the FA were going to finance the Maradona Harbourdome until the underwater casino, Saab dealership and Mr Clive consortium stepped in and stopped them hosting World Cup games. I see another 18,400 sell-out saw them consolidate their position as joint leaders, or should that be joint champions now?

One minute ago they could go into the automatic slots just by winning their game in hand... Two quick Plymouth goals and that dream is now over!

Ball to hand! Accidental.

I'm staggered to discover he's a fan of anyone, I thought he'd never seen the sport before they sent him out to referee our Liverpool game. From his decision-making I presumed he was just a competition winner who had been given the chance to jog around the pitch with the players.

Pension him off - with Motson. What a brilliant save! No Motty, it was straight at him, you could have kept that one out. But he got the ball! He hit the bloke two-footed at knee height and the ball just happened to be nearby - it's not 1968. No keeper in the world would save that! Yes they would, it was two yards inside the post. He's only just offside. Yes, that's called being offside. He wanted it more! No, he judged the cross better and had the technical skill to connect with it cleanly. It was a late flag. No, he wasn't offside until he challenged for the ball. With time on their hands you'd think they could keep up with rule changes and the way the game has evolved. #dinosaurs

1p in the pound of the square root of f*ck all.

The same number that considered they had just experienced the best atmosphere in world football.

Where's Brendan Rodgers when you need him.

So to sum up, Le Tissier was a useless and lonely individual who craved affection and couldn't trap a bag of cement - but had be played in front of their toothless cross-eyed crowds of 8,000 they could have turned him into a decent player?... And why are we having this debate? Have they run out of stuff to talk about down there?

Now Carlton Palmer, he was a player! I'll never forget the day I saw him clear a corner - it was incredible.

Xavi? What does he know! Mick Quinn was better than Le Tissier, and faster. Fact.

Come and meet the bus? Presumably the guys who didn't get paid were less keen on a reunion. And to throw a dash of historical accuracy in, the very worthy Pompey Pals battalions included men recruited from as far afield as Liphook and Warsash, so rather than hogging it on Portsea they could take that exhibition around the county, perhaps on the most famousest bus?

Well done justice system, did a cracking job there. He's free to happily continue spouting his 1972 hatred in the face of anyone else who looks different.

Presumably a tacky skate, scouring the south coast for a team smaller than them?

Good work. At least the more intelligent skate now has somewhere that has actually looked beyond the welcome, analysed the accounts, and is offering a realistic picture of where they really are. If they don't go up I can't wait for the next lot of accounts. #carcrash