OldNick

Taking note of your user name i suspect you are not a youngster and so Im surprised that you dont see what Guly brings to the team. I like Barnard for his commitment and endeavor but is he really that a potent goalscorer for us?

I vote Deppo the King of the site. Without a doubt the most entertaining member on here, and he should awarded an immunity card of ever being banned. Iam currently the most successful 'Forum team manager' and so I dont require any other awards. I will accept the award of being 'the most annoyingly right poster' due to my stance of 'Pompey will get away with it' Even i hate myself for being correct on that one, and give myself 100 lashes a night in punishment

I agree about the racist thing being wrong,but your assessment of Fuller is not correct in my mind. Fuller got the wrath of the fans for 2 main reasons 1. being ex pompey 2. for costing only 90k (a bargain). He was never made to feel welcome. The timing was bad for him as we were all frustrated in us selling all the stars and only spending 90k. I bet if we could get a player as good as him for 90k now we would not scoff like some did then

Kicking to the northam 2nd half has been something i have banged on about for a few years. I understand that winning is not just down to what end we kick to, but if you ever want to relive the games we have collapsed in your mind, each and every time is when the oposition has been kicking to their fans second half. From memory the classic Leeds 3-0 up lost 4-3 Relegation season Everton, Boro, Villa Im sure there are many others fans will recall. I know Im getting on and recall the late 60's /70's 80's but in those days it was always that Man u would kick to the Stretford, Liverpool the Kop and even us to the Milton second half. If it gained us 1 extra point over a season then we shoudl do it.Im sure the stats would show our win percentage kicking to the Northam 2nd half would be far better.

you forgot DMG. Saying that it is not down to colour, but a mixture of ignorance, arrogance, a belief that we should have better players than we have, and not recognising that you dont have to run around like a headless chicken everytime you are 20 yards from the ball. The common theme with those listed is the accusation that they dont have good body language.lol. MLT looked uninterested and didnt run his ******** off, he just came alive when he got on the ball. I understand why fans like to see players running and chasing aka Barnard, but if you care to watch Guly did a lot of that yesterday (in all games), it is just unfortunate he doesn't interact with the crowd when they give him praise. He is like Ballotelli (Spl ?)and rarely looks happy.

what about the other 20%?

in the 2nd half he took the defence away to leave hammond a free run and shot, that was one of the many good things he did. I was in the Northam end, but his header did not look as easy at some think it was, he was to the left of the goal and not in the middle, and whilst he made a hash of it, it was not an easy chance from where I was.

All credible thoughts. They also look a decent side and had the players who could cause us problems. NA must have changed something for us to improve. IMO it was RL's superb goal, but no doubt the tacticians on here will tell us what NA did to change the flow.

I think you will find he is a fair representation of football fans, especially if you listen to some of the stuff in the Northam that gets shouted at times.

i agree but i do not believe that Ox is in the same class as bale and never will be. The first time i saw Bale play I was enthused by him, Ox did not make me feel the same. He is obviously a talent, but is it his pace or his overall play that sets him apart?

It was not about this game but I was not enamored about him all along. i always back the club and so support NA and hope he turns the club around. It looked like the Brentford game all over again. I didn't expect them to roll over and let us win easily, but it was alarming how easily they cut us to pieces and how many chances they created early on. We were a shambles. That changed and we deserved our win

when did the clubs last have a say if a player stays? Tevez is the exception, but he can hardly expect to raise his wages above what Man c can offer unlike Ox at Saints. His dad has to make a big call whether he wants his son to develop here or move on to big money now. I would be surprised if Ox is still here in a year as a Saints player (perhaps as a loan back) NC IMO has little control over him staying if OX is determined to leave. Our only hope is that he is bright enough to see what happens if you leave too early.

after the first 15 minutes i was concerned that we were going to be well beaten. They had movement and were sharp. At that stage i was wondering whether NA was really a good choice. We seemed to be lacking, then RL's wonderful goal and it was a different team. All of a sudden we were stronger quicker and the whle team turned in a very good performance. After the Brentford game i commented that i thought we missed Harding, and whilst he was not MotM he gave us a bit more than what we have had recently down that side. Ox's pace and trickery caused them lots of problems and our forwards and midfielders were positive. Also we kicked to the Northam second half, and yet again it was a positive result! That is a change in our decision making as they kicked off and so i assume we chose ends and so a conscious decision to change.

Guly is a very good footballer. He caused them lots of problems and set up at least one goal. The way fans drool over AL and then slate Guly is remarkable. AL's misses ,could easily could have cost us the game, but he is not questioned. All the body language stuff is a nonsense as well. It seems if you run around like a headless chicken but do nothing in doing so , you are a star, but if you come alive when you need to, you are not interested. Late in the second half the ball was knocked down the line and the defender looked comfortable to go and clear it, but Guly sprinted to the ball and so nearly pick-pocketed the player and was unlucky that the ball just went over for a throw. I agree that Guly should be in midfield and have stated before he could be our Vierra (not as good of course), he is powerful and has pace. Barnard may well not be at the club due to off field problems, Connely cannot last the game and so Iam very happy to have Guly to call upon.

i don't get Harry Hill

why do people think this is about China , South Korea or any other region. IMO it will be about the moment their leader is about to pop his clogs. He is a despot who wants to go down in history forever. To do that is to push the button at the last moment and get his place alongside Hitler/ Pol Pot /Stalin The moment of his death is when we need to worry

well all those who thought Cable was the messiah have got egg on their faces. His reputation was built on him saying about the borrowing not beig sustainable. Well there are a lot of people who were warning the same, so his reputation was always built on sand. His judgment must be questioned, as he said such things to those reporters. As for Milliband saying that he would have sacked him Lol, how many Labour cabinet members got into scrapes and then still kept their jobs or were re-instated???? he was not PM or leader then but he was still part of the government and i dont recall him resigning in principle.

of course the big clubs haven't any brains and will pay 3 times his worth Lol. At present they would be buying potential, and whilst he has a great deal of pace and seems to have a footballing brain, he is not ripping teams apart and quite frankly he looked out of his depth in the brighton game. i am allc for developing talent but if it means sacrificing a young player to get some more experienced players in who can get us promotion then do it. I also do not believe that we will not spend much in Jan as we seem to be running on income earned not a nice wedge of money given to us by the Liebherr family.

Lol, and then watch the prices soar once the high street is gone. You wont be able to view the items except by a photo. Lots more internet scams and the poor naive fools will lose more money as they try to save a few quid.

If we could sell him for 3m with add ons, then use that to buy 3 decent experienced players to get us out of this league then do it. These young stars with the transfer talk always prove to be a distraction/unsettling, to the team/club/fans

I agree that this helped push house prices up. That was going to happen anyway as demand outstripped supply. What is wrong in people wishing to get a better home environment? Surely the betterment pushes us on to work harder and so achieve. If we could move back to Britain at the time and experienced the state we were in and then it could be accepted it was 'the time and place'. We were on a downward spiral and the voters in the main realised that something had to be done. Look at the companies that were destroyed due to the unions being too strong.The balance had to be adjusted, i have no pleasure seeing people going through hardship and the agony of unemployment, but that pain helped us regain some national pride and set the base for the following 20+ years of wealth. Margaret Thatcher had the balls to grasp the nettle, and if she had not, i dont think you would have had to worry about house prices. we were finished as a nation.

well it seems to me that the FL have already closed their eyes to the way that Pompey have strengthened their squad by getting loans in. They saw them send players out on loan to make way for big waged players to come in. I agree the FL do not have the money that the PL have to play with, but they will do their utmost 9under the guise of the football family. lol) to help them. As the Championship will be harmed if a club was liquidated, they dont care so much about the Chesters of the world.

have we not a couple of those?

did we ever find out who Leftback is?

For me has has shown endeavor and determination.His biggest problem is the language barrier. i still think he could be a powerful central midfielder in the Vierra mould.