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It seems almost inevitable that they will sell, will be interesting to see the divide in the fan base particularly if the mickey mouse club doesn't work out and the club needs to be rescued again. If I was a pompey fan I'd be voting against this chap doesn't seem to have the financial muscle and commitment necessary to bail them out of the mess they are in so will almost certainly leave them high and dry in a couple of years.

Still think he shouldn't even be on the bench at the minute he is clearly not seen as a long term option I'd much rather see an academy lad on the bench just in case we need a defender in these nothing games.

Without the cross club analysis it lacks any real meaning or context ie are we any better than average or is the quality of the academy a myth supported by a couple of excellent graduates?

Love all the talk of swap deals, how often to these ever actually happen? If VVD goes this summer it will be for a shed load of cash and we will then take a couple of punts on up and coming players from abroad.

Love how the article lists him as former Everton and Southampton striker I'd say he is probably better remembered as the former Southampton and Sheffield Utd striker but obviously the mail couldn't let the 'big club' reference down lol

aren't they always massive for us now! I'd love a nice quiet summer without the comings and goings and endless melt downs on here a nice summer of silly rumours like when we were going to sign beirhoff would do me fine.

I think his future will be decided in the next month or so if he plays and plays well we will almost certainly offer him a longer contract that hopefully he will accept.

If he's not already been booked it would certainly have been a card I don't think many referees who realised a player was on a booking would produce the card in these circumstances as it makes them look totally stupid!

in my memory it's Pahars but Brouc and Manollo are also great shouts for the instant impact on team fortunes.

I don't think we can really comment after the appalling way we sacked a manager after back to back promotions and we weren't about to be relegated!

There wood have to be a break clause for players that didn't make it so they weren't stuck for 2-3 years because they played 5 minutes in a league cup game and that would just be abused you can't trap a player they stay when they want to and go when they want to. Shaw should just be used of an example to them during contract discussions that a big money move doesn't guarantee playing success!

Seems a bit pointless and juvenile to me so befits the average footy fan well.

Anyone would think you can prove white is black with statistics!

I'm staggered it's not in the club shop as a cup final special surely a guaranteed money spinner? If we win and they don't make it available it will be ridiculous froma commercial perspective!

Now I always remember Jamie putting in a decent shift for us and being disappointed when he hung his boots up, he'd have been great for us in the championship. Everyone has a different perspective let's hope his impact is more Chris perry than Callum davenport!

A 6 game legend stick him on the banner!

We were terrible that day, we could have played for a year and not scored! Would really like Wednesday to come up so I have a local game for the first time in a while!

All gone suspiciously quiet from our resident itk posters!

He's a funny one all of half a dozen appearances yet everyone has fond memories of him.

I seem to remeber him saying he was staying and then Liverpool came in and obviously he had to go, it was certainly a move he would have been mad to turn down. Seriously good player for us and I'm sure would have been a legend had we stayed up. Those were seriously dark days season 1 was our best chance to bounce back and our summer business was ridiculous 90k and some bang average freebies and loans.

Indeed let's hope it's just the looks and he doesn't turn out to be a total idiot! Looks like this one is done would be a bit embarrassing if we can't get him a work permit he could have done the decent thing and pick up an Italian passport during his spell over there, they used to be really easy to come by!

We've never paid anyone 100k a week and certainly not that pair!

Does seem a tad dull must have been a slow news day, it's not like he was ****ed up and doing 90 round a housing estate!

He can probably train as long as we are not paying him to do so otherwise he would be working illegally no harm in him having a kick about with his 'mates' at a purpose made top calss facility for professional footballers. Really can't see the work permit being an issue given some of the rubbish that gets through.

Don't think Les has dropped the ball here, Gallagher seemed to be going backwards until this loan to Blackburn got him firing again, people would have been quick to criticise if he'd signed a new lucrative long term contract last year. Not sure we will hang out for the development fee as it is such a lottery a bad season next year could see us get peanuts in compensation.