Danbert

The echo says Fonte may feature on Sunday

I think basically they've yet to accept that they're doomed to be a small time club in perpetuity and that their players would probably struggle to beat Saints U23s. Corporate Ho, (I know you're reading): this is your level, no more Maradona, no more underwater casinos, no more potty-shaped megadromes; just honest slog against Fleetwood if you're lucky.

Go boil your head, honestly, what harm does it do. I'm sure you have an amazingly interesting life too, seeing as you spend a proportion of it posting on here.

They're the largest fan-owned club in England, Wikipedia says so:

So, cards on the table time people. Who thinks that they'll get promoted this season? For the first time since this thread was started, I actually incline to that opinion.

Nice - thanks for that

Arnautovic is to sign a new Stoke deal according to The Daily Heil. I can't understand how he's turning down a massive club like Everton, especially given how they were the first to install undersoil dugouts, or whatever it was.

I really hope we can keep Dusan, he's the most skillful player I've seen in a Saints shirt since Le Tiss. It would be a sad loss :-(

Just thinking... They raised a reported £750,000 from selling Alan Webster. That's a heck of a lot of money for a League 2 club. They don't really seem to have spent any of it though, and are now even looking to move on the deadwood before doing obvious things like signing a keeper. Could it be that that £750,000 is going to disappear into the black hole that was last season's failed promotion push?

I think it's been reported that West Ham were also sniffing around, and I get the feeling they're less careful with their money. The article also mentions that he's had other offers.

So true. My God there are some unrealistic and ungrateful types on here. There isn't a better run club, and a lot of that is down to Les.

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/mcinnes-pompey-exits-needed-1-7470843 These three have been transfer listed since the end of last season, and obviously, there have been no takers who are prepared to match their current deals, and, strangely, they're not interested in moving. Under such circumstances, a normal club would just suck it up, or loan them out. But at Pompey, villains get hung out to dry (I'm sure we all remember the fully justified hate campaign directed at those unethical anti-Pompey players a few years back who wanted to actually receive a small portion of the money owing to them and didn't care about the passionate support and glorious history).

To be sure... a heroic 2-0 victory against Bohemians. It's not even really an Irish tour though, yet alone a European one, as, after one friendly and a testimonial that was a bit of a joke, they're on their way back to the sceptic isle.

Happy birthday ART :-)

The player’s agent Soren Lerby has confirmed the move to Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet: “Yes, I can confirm that Pierre switches to Southampton.”

Possibly the worst article Neil Allen has ever written: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/pompey-diary-amorous-couples-and-lost-not-found-1-7468996

Sounds plausible that we're about to sign this guy, given the recent Echo article http://readwestham.com/2016/07/09/southampton-set-land-pied/?

So it was what, a kickabout? I can appreciate the need to ease yourself into preseason and all that, but still... they really don't come across as tip top professional, even for League 2.

http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/sport/palace/14602592.Revealed__Striker___s_agent_flies_to_England_amid_Southampton_and_Palace_links/

I don't get this. Why is milking your fans for every penny, ****ing up big time and wasting the cash generated on dross and spending a fourth season in League 2 as a consequence a source of pride? http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/catlin-s-pompey-budget-pride-1-7463569

Yet another who's joined because of the braying passionatest: "I can’t wait to play in front of such large and passionate crowds at Fratton Park – that was a big draw for me signing here." http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/fratton-factor-the-main-attraction-1-7461828

Historically, a proffesional sportsman, as opposed to an amateur, is simply one who receives a salary. I suppose in our day and age it's best defined as someone who receives their principal income through playing sport. It was a big thing in cricket until the sixties: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_status_in_first-class_cricket

To be fair to the bloke, he's had two seasons as a pro footballer both of them spent in in non-league football. During one of those seasons, he never got off the bench. He seems staggered that Pompey have signed him, it's almost as if he can't believe his luck. Compared to what he's used to, Fratton Park must feel like a huge step up.

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/685651/Leicester-Southampton-West-Ham-Ahmed-Musa-Agent-Transfer-News-Rumours-Gossip

Yep: "If you want to keep a team together you have to invest a little bit, even though you don’t want to." http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/milan-lalkovic-pompey-ambition-too-strong-to-resist-1-7453652?