Frattons revolving exit door set to spin

The Times has a list of the players most likely to be part of the January clearout. Although it is alot of players, it is achievable as many of them are on loan.
I wouldnt shed any tears if they ALL went back in January.
It would be better to have a settled squad, rather than this revolving door thats spinning out of control. However the summer batch of signings have not been successful, and are definitely not up to the quality of the players they replaced, so Im happy to cut our losses.
And it will involve losses - the time and expense of identifying and attracting those players wouldnt have been negligable. The transfer policy of bargain basement foreign players without Prem experience has failed miserably, has wasted time, effort and money, and I do hope Milan will now change tactic.

A nice Christmas Present?????

Noticed this Play Up Pompey number plate on Ebay, available for auction for 8 days. If I didnt already have a PFC number plate I might be tempted, but if someone wants to buy me another car with it on for Christmas....

Its just like old times

The return of Harry has had a great effect on performances, but has also bought about another effect which follows him: the press speculating about our every move - possible new signings, a new coach (Jamie or Bond this week), and just about anything else they can think up, usually making 2 plus 2 equal 5.
So instead of that rubbish read this fantastic Fratton Faithful look ahead to the Christmas fixtures of our relegation rivals.

Pompey 1 WBA 0

The result was everything and so we have to be delighted that we achieved the win that was so desperately needed. Anything less would have had catastrophic consequences on our hopes for avoiding relegation, and the Independent focuses on these positives.
If we are to stay in the Premier league some feel that perhaps we need to look a bit classier against this sort of opposition, a point made by The Observer. But relegation 6 pointers are all about desire, not pretty football, and its encouraging that we out-battled the opposition; this WBA fan agrees.

The massive result aside, it was so pleasing to see Todorov hit the back of the net. Toddy was on such a crest of a wave in our promotion season scoring a hatrick in the final game. Since then he's endured 2 and a half seasons of injury and rehab, so the match winning goal, the first since his recent reintroduction to the side, was a special moment and richly deserved.

Match Preview - Pompey vrs West Brom

In the last match before Christmas Pompey are home to fellow strugglers West Brom, who by not fault of their own will find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. If the Baggies had visited us earlier in the season they would have stood every chance of leaving with the 3 points, but on Saturday they will be nothing but sacrificial lambs to the slaughter. The importance of a Pompey win is such that any other result is uncontemplatable. A revived Harry Redknapp-lead Portsmouth fighting and battling for every ball, backed by a fervent Fratton Park crowd, will expect to steamroller this unspectacular West Brom side.
West Brom have plenty of party spoilers in their midst including ex-Pompey striker Kamara, who is hitting form and will be out to prove a point (why oh why did we let him go). Infact such is the competition for a place in the side, particularly upfront, whoever starts for WBA will be desperate to do well to keep his place, a philosophy Harry Redknapp employed to Pompeys great advantage during his last stay.

BBC Stats

Welcome to the Hall of Shame - Uriah Rennie

Congratulations on your induction into the Heaven's Light Our Guide Hall of Shame Uriah Rennie. Awarded for total incompetence during the Spurs match culminating in an incorrect penalty decision that lost us the match.
Kevin Keegan reminisces getting wound up over his lack of common sense and OLeary recalled a performance Rennie should be embarrassed of. Walsall laugh as they remember his inconsistency. Liverpools Alonso fondly recalls the ‘strange’ time they first met and West Ham recall a 'headline winning' performance.
Ruud Gullit reminds us of Uriahs wincing mistakes that make him such a favourite in Newcastle. This Wolves fan was banned for running on the pitch to remonstrate with Rennie, and manager Dave Jones remembers an unacceptable level of performance from him.
This Palace fan recalls more bad decisions in favour of Tottenham by Uriah, though a Spurs fans remembers the time they sang ‘Rennie is a c**t’ in recognition of his great talent.Thanks for the memories Rennie.

Pompey
Portsmouth FC
Uriah Rennie

Cheats

Thickjawed Neanderthal man lookalike Martin Jol chose not to see what everyone else saw in this weeks match against Spurs: a display of total incompetence by referee Uriah Rennie. Gary O Neil's claims that Jol paid a visit to Uriah Rennies dressing room at half time has met with a predictable reaction from the Dutch caveman. LuaLua has also made comments that ‘the ref was playing for the other team’.Pompey TeamTalks report includes a statement of denial from the Professional Game Match Officials Ltd.