rallyboy

Let's just hope that Nortei Nortey goes out with Nathan Dyer in pompey one night. Those headlines will write themselves.

Federici instead of Kelvin?? Really? The sensible debate ends right there, nestled in the corner of Bournemouth's gaping and unattended goal.

we have a keeper problem, we need to get a reliable one in like other clubs do. Someone like Guzan or Boruc, maybe even Federici, he's looks good the last couple of times I've seen him.

If I had to guess I would say the fading away in the second half had to be connected to international duty. Individual errors, sloppiness, tiredness, we were Team Jetlag. Mane played like he'd just walked back from Algeria with a fridge on his back. When the summer meltdown returns and everyone wants our players, let's just dig out the video of Leicester at home and see how keen they are then.

Was that photo taken on a ScooterCam?

That's odd, I heard that he was signing for Palace two months ago as part of our annual meltdown firesale. I guess the tabloids must have made that up.

The team shouldn't be his problem for at least one game. His response to the fine surely must trigger the stadium ban? And as for putting a microphone under his nose when he's pressured, it's his job. He is contractually obliged to do interviews, for which TV pays big money. If he cannot do them professionally he should get a job that he can cope with.

While I think they should have dropped your Dad a line, I'd just call it inefficient generosity. If they were fatally corporate he wouldn't have seen a penny back and would have been pointed towards the terms and conditions. I wish him well, hopefully Dave Merrington and big Adam's excited tones will keep him in touch with the action.

A legal requirement??! With a history of presenting false accounts to the High Court, lying to the FA, non-existent owners, money-laundering and pension embezzlement - good luck introducing legal requirements as an idea down there!

I suspect Wales' rugby team will also be distracted by having such a big game stealing their limelight on the same day as their little gig, it'll need a strong League Two ref to handle the massivest sporting occasion of the day. As an aside, I asked a Man Utd fan this week if he knew which club claimed on official sales literature to have the best atmosphere in world football... After about fifty guesses covering anything from Scotland to Brazil and even Germany he didn't get the answer - but he did laugh out loud and released some wee when I told him.

Seems like a good plan, what could possibly go wrong? How long before one of Portsea island's leading financial experts pops up with a theory that we are so far in debt that the club is likely to go pop at any moment? Now where did I put that pamphlet on how to explain the difference between servicing debt and insolvent trading to people who don't want to hear it and who can't grasp simple economics....

£25m? Is that the deposit? You can have Shane Long for that.

What a great night for Davis! What a great week for him!! Excellent.

Nah, they're just deluded.

Mero, occasionally grounded, but still capable of the odd Ho moment. Meanwhile in the news today.... The Trust are now exploring the option of a golden share, which could be used to veto any potential sale should the group fall below a 10 per cent ownership stake in Pompey. Have they finally realised that they need external funding to progress or are they just worried about erosion of shareholding? I'm not sure any potential buyers will be too impressed with a 10% shareholder demanding that they jump through hoops. The eternal problem - they want to own it, but want someone else to fund it.

So is his defence, a rape took place while he was also having sex with her, but he had been given the okay before she passed out, whereas his mate, who he allowed to join in, hadn't been granted permission? If that's the case, maybe he can walk free with his reputation intact.

I don't know yet how good he is, but he certainly looks good enough to have kept Brendan Rodgers in work for a while longer had he been a bit sharper in the transfer window. How come we keep digging up gems that other clubs miss? Or do we work with players on strengths and weaknesses better than other clubs do? Either way it works for me.

They do seem to be establishing a culture of booing...which is a bit out of order when it's 0-0. Perhaps they are starting to realise that they are about as special as Mourinho - your own self-congratulatory hype only carries you so far. It may one day dawn on them that the real heroes of world football are fans of struggling clubs like Sunderland and Newcastle who pay top dollar to watch sh!te, but turn up in numbers for ALL games, not just when they are playing Southampton.

And what was the ref's excuse for missing the VVD shirt pull? If he didn't notice he did have two dudes with flags - and the 4th official could have given that one from the car park. Jose is right, we need more honesty from officials blah blah rant etc.

I thought it was a great bit of satire at first....sadly I think it's just people thinking out loud, and making ruthless but valid electioneering points that you don't want people to hear. I think I'd be more upset if I was a hardworking family who is now being targeted for cuts in a U-turn from the manifesto message. It seems the turkeys voted for Christmas.

as do car accidents.

Did anyone else happen to notice the difference between the fortunes of pompey and Saints this weekend? One might suggest that it demonstrates the gulf between us quite nicely. We could only muster a handful of supporters for the trip to London, who all booed the team before leaving early - whereas the mighty pompey packed the park with owners of the club and battled their way against the odds to a valuable point against the Galacticos of champions-elect Yeovil. And they've got a book out. #jealous

That keeps them joint top. If you take into account their pluckiness, passion and the two league titles just after the Crimean War.

Oh, I hadn't considered that.

I would imagine that an insurance claim could be Plan A for funding a new ground. They won't do it any other way. I seem to recall that Redknapp's useless rundown seafront building suffered a terrible fire that led to new apartments. Not quite as many as he hoped, but the profit must have helped him get over the shock of the fire.