Pamplemousse

Three of them rhyme with 'Pompey' so the Northam will have no issues in chanting about how those players hate them.

Claude got the tactics right against Liverpool. Four games, two wins and zero goals scored. But yes, it would be nice to pick up a win here and there in the league against the big teams (Everton doesn't count as a 'big' team)

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/ex-stoke-keeper-trains-with-pompey-1-8033030 Harry Isted training with them. Surprisingly, the article mentions our 7-0 thrashing of their youth team.

Here's Aston Villa kits - another UA team I think the away kit but with red and white instead of claret and blue would've looked smart on us.

I agree with all of this.

With the takeover still not complete, I do hope there are no cash flow issues. That really would be a shame.

Chaplin wasn't in the squad apparently. They're surely not going to sell their star player

What gets me is the hypocrisy. There is absolutely no way that people will complain if we end up with 10 more points but finish in the bottom half. No way whatsoever...

Presumably he's on decent wages so perhaps he'll just run down his contract and take the money.

Crikey, half the threads in this forum will be stickies by the end of the day. Who else is going to be announced?!

Work permit issues. Wouldn't be able to get one here yet.

Long I agree with. Austin was our top scorer last season and was injured for most of it! So I'm not sure I concur with your assessment.

Xavi Tamarit has a Twitter account, and is indeed following the Saints account. https://twitter.com/XTamarit/following

Do we even need a striker? I know J Rod is going, but surely Gabbiadini, Long and Austin (and perhaps Gallagher) will be enough for the season?

Nope, I said it was the right decision. Try again pal

I get your point, but it is a league, and after the end of it, we finished 8th. I hope we a) are a lot closer to the top 4 (or even in it, as I have predicted... (come on Heisenberg, quote me) ) and b) win more games. I'd still argue though that the final position is more important because of the prize money involved. We received more money than our mid-table rivals, which could be significant.

He was a terrible leader. The government of Nazi Germany was utterly, utterly chaotic. And he got too big for his boots, thought he could take on the might of Russia in addition to fighting in Western Europe and consequently lost the war. Anyhow the point is this - charisma does not necessarily equal success. The same people on Twitter who had written off Puel in December have now swung in the complete opposite direction over one interview.

He had his chance here last season and blew it. We've seen the best of him. I can't say I'll miss his classless relatives mouthing off on Twitter.

We could play beautiful, sexy football all season long, the fact of the matter is, if we don't improve on 8th, that will be a massive failure.

Twitter going hysterical over Pellegrino's charisma, and is therefore 10 times the manager Puel is. Hitler was charismatic too. That makes him the greatest leader the world has ever seen then... Let's judge him on results.

He was dreadful towards the end of the season.

Remember everyone, Tony Adams is going to be the assistant. AR-10 said so, so it must be true...

Lol, only 9th-11th?! People were practically in tears for finishing only 8th, can't wait for the meltdown if we finish lower.

So were the skates.