Jamie O’Hara, Kevin Prince Boateng, and…Aruna Dindane
Just thought I’d contrast those three names with yesterday’s trio! I’m not saying they are world beaters or even top half Premier League regulars, but I’d say they give us a fighting chance, and that’s all Portsmouth fans have wanted for the past few weeks. Michael Brown and Tommy Smith now look better signings than [...]
Tommy Smith, Mike Williamson, and…Michael Brown
These are the transfer targets Portsmouth fans now seemingly have to endure. I say endure because whilst I obviously have nothing against these players personally (except Michael Brown, but more of this later), they are clearly not Premier League quality players. This is all the more unbelievable given that our long awaited takeover went through just yesterday. I [...]
McCann and Shittu for Portsmouth?
I’m sorry, I don’t care if this has been used a million times before, but the name just about sums it up doesn’t it? Portsmouth’s latest targets are uninspiring to say the least. Ironically, Shittu is the one that makes more sense to me, but that doesn’t mean I rate him at all!
OK, so we [...]
Portsmouth 0 Fulham 1
The goal pretty much said it all at the moment. Portsmouth were toothless up front and rarely looked threatening and central midfield was packed with destroyers with all the creativity of training cones (albeit with inadequate support from the more skilful wide players), but the defence actually looked solid. A 0-0 draw would have been a [...]
Portsmouth v Fulham – Premier League 2008/09
Despite some dramatic twists regarding the takeover at the Portsmouth Radio Solent fans’ forum on Thursday night, I want to concentrate on the football at last, as the Premier League season gets underway at Fratton Park today.
Fulham obviously had a good season last time out and will probably set up much the same way this [...]
Portsmouth Squad Gradually Strengthening
Now, let’s be honest. It’s all relative. I mean we’re strengthening from where we were two weeks rather than a year ago! But at last Portsmouth Football Club seems to be moving in the right direction, albeit slowly.
Without going over old ground, the squad we boasted a year to two years ago wasn’t sustainable, as we now know. But, providing [...]
Portsmouth A Bleeding Victim of the Credit Crunch
I’ve called it the credit crunch because although it is now a full blown recession, it was started by the banks and the banks remain at the heart of it. Portsmouth Football Club know this only too well.
It may be that the agonising, continuous, and extremely damaging delays in this takeover process are being caused not by [...]
Portsmouth Takeover Officially Becomes A Car Crash
I spent quite a lot of time this summer blogging about Portsmouth’s bright new future. With a prospective owner from the Middle East who wasn’t short of a few bob, but who also preached a long term, sensible vision, things looked promising. Today, I take back every single word. Forget it all. This takeover has [...]
Portsmouth – First Division Champions 2002/03
As it appears Portsmouth fans will not end up with the takeover we all wanted, I feel the need to lighten the mood!
We still have weeks of off the pitch events ahead of us, even after the takeover is fully completed, so I thought I’d concentrate on the football side of things. The Premier League is undoubdedly the place to [...]
Portsmouth Takeover – Due Diligence (almost!) Completed
It ’s been (and still is!) a bit like pulling teeth, but it looks like Dr Al Fahim’s (he deserves to be a Doctor if this goes through) due diligence on Portsmouth Football Club is all but complete. Just thought I’d post a few words today on how I see the situation at the moment.
Unbelievably, [...]