rallyboy

A fantastic crowd for League Two, it shows they are a huge club... Though there were more at SMS today for a pointless friendly - and that little reality check will hurt.

That is the funniest addition to the media template that I've seen in ages! Nice to see the old favourites are still there though - passion, sell-outs, sleepy giant, massive wage increase etc.

I was offered that ludicrous myth the other week so it is now a fact on Portsea. Tis written in stone, it cannot be denied...

That could possibly be the worstest walkout in history! You won't be able to tell if three people have gone to the loo or marched out defiantly against the authorities.

It says much about them when visitors feel the need to bring their own tablecloth.

It is a division devoid of quality - you look around at the other clubs and wonder how pompey have managed to stay there as long as they have while ******ing money down the drain. Fair play to them. For Cook to take the resources available to him and create the results he has, makes him quite special.

Yeah, silly me.

I've assumed they will get promoted for the last three years, it makes it so much funnier when they don't. When they probably rip up the division this season we'll have to put up with the return of the likes of the Ho, and my neighbour who has now been hiding across the road for six years. No doubt they will be on the way back to the Premier League and we'll have to write from history the hilarious home defeats, the non-sell-outs and the booing, it'll be branded the bestest promotion ever - but at least we'll get the new treat of them struggling in League One. Every cloud... Are they still pretending they are fan-owned?

I've just had a pompey fan laughing at me because they've sold more season tickets than we have. And it's that type of portsmyth that keeps this thread ticking along.

That boy band isn't going to be troubling the charts anytime soon.

and after the bonding fry-up they could then be filmed by local news, jogging along the foreshore pretending to prepare for a giant-killing cup tie in 1972. It would be like real football.

If I was looking to win promotion I would put out the strongest team and attempt to destroy the opposition in these friendlies - for at least the first half. What are they going to learn from tinkering about and losing at Sutton?

dial up pompey, pompey dial up!

There is a difference between a professional football club and a football club that happens to be professional. Evidence suggests they are the latter.

I blame the TV people. They keep showing games with crowds in them, and sometime soon one of the faithful is going to put two and two together and realise that their own atmosphere, against Cheltenham or Crawley, doesn't actually compare that well to proper big boy football.

How many owners get their names sung at every home game?! Top man.

Match news - The south's pluckiest gave mighty Sligo Rovers a bloody nose! It was always going to be tough. Cook's battling troops ran their opponents ragged. He was pleased. 'I was pleased' he said. Despite conceding three late goals they hammered them 3-3. There were a lot of positives to take from the win. The travelling faithful were passionate. A new player was staggered by the support. It leaves pompey equal top in the Fantasy Friendly League. It's the first step towards winning the title. Again. Another new player looked promising. Cook was pleased a bit more. 'If anything we are too fit' he added, smiling. But his eyes looked sad.

Grab me an Explorer map of The Solent area while you are there, ta.

They are going places - Crawley, Hartlepool, Cheltenham...

They offered me a two-year deal while other clubs offered a one-year deal said their new 33 year old... #stillspending

They were back at the club's elite sporting centre of excellence yesterday - well, they were running around Wicor Mill at Portchester, hopping between the virtual dog turds.

pompey in talks with various potential battling plucky recruits.....Messi steps down from international football....coincidence? News that would make the most dry-mouthed slack-jawed yokel drool.

It’s the best football I’ve seen in years. I think we’ll definitely go up next season. What?

Getting a result at Fratton Park in front of a big, passionate crowd is still a massive coup for many clubs. Yeah, pompey being one of them.

You beat the Echo!