Careful Jerry,you'll get accused of SLATING him by the RTG Protection Squad.

Just think it's a case of someone lacking a little bit of confidence and having not played a lot of games. He's a good player, a very good goalscorer and on ce he gets one he'll go on a run like last year. But if you want another player to slate because he missed two chances then go for it, just sh...

Kitson was brilliant today.Occasionally his flicks look poor - mainly because the intended recipient wasn't bright enough to see the possibility. Imagine him playing next to Torres and it would be superb. Rather more likely to happen in Liverpool than Reading mind! Don't forget we have money to spe...

Kitson was brilliant today.Occasionally his flicks look poor - mainly because the intended recipient wasn't bright enough to see the possibility. Imagine him playing next to Torres and it would be superb. Rather more likely to happen in Liverpool than Reading mind! Don't forget we have money to spe...

Would you sooner that we outsung the opposition and lost the game? As I have said on a number of occasions my view is that the noise of the crowd makes little or no difference to the performance on the pitch. Bloody rubbish! It is the biggest motivator for the players during the game, bar none. The...

Would you sooner that we outsung the opposition and lost the game? As I have said on a number of occasions my view is that the noise of the crowd makes little or no difference to the performance on the pitch. Bloody rubbish! It is the biggest motivator for the players during the game, bar none. The...

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Would you sooner that we outsung the opposition and lost the game? As I have said on a number of occasions my view is that the noise of the crowd makes little or no difference to the performance on the pitch. No, of course not VM But SSC and the players have always stressed the importance of the &q...

Would you sooner that we outsung the opposition and lost the game?
As I have said on a number of occasions my view is that the noise of the crowd makes little or no difference to the performance on the pitch.

Victor Meldrew Early banker for the weekend
Pompey 5/6 v West Ham.

Last minute penalty miss by Benjani.

From Coppell and Doyle's interviews it was very clear that Doyle doesn't want to play there (remember away at Chelsea last year he played on the left-wing) and Coppell knows that he doesn't want to play there. What must Doyle have thought when he put that first chance on a plate for Lita? "I wo...

After seeing one of England's strikers hardly having a kick today (partly due to the lack of service) I bet Newcastle would have liked Kitson playing alongside him today as MAYBE one day he might for England. Well played big Dave and IMHO there are no better English target central strikers around an...

With all of these team selections we have a midfield 4 of broadly non-tacklers. Unfortunately the Bikey experiment didn't work last week as (despite the clamour for his inclusion in a midfield role) he is not agile and fluid enough to play there. For no other reason than trying to keep a decent shap...

Early banker for the weekend
Pompey 5/6 v West Ham.

I wonder if Coppell and Hammond are on some sort of profitshare -that might explain why we only spent peanuts in the summer.

After yesterday's performance it looks though playing 2 in midfield to replace Sidwell doesn't work either. If only the club had offered him some decent wages rather than spending £3.5 million on 2 players plus 2 lots of wages I wonder if we would be shipping goals galore as we have this season wit...

We aren't very successful punters on here are we? I have one accumulator left on:- Liverpool 11/10 Werder Bremen 1/2 Northampton 4/6 Aldershot 4/7 West Ham 5/6 Come on you 'ammers we want Sunderland to stay in the lower reaches. Thank you very much indeed you Irons even if the win does flatter them.

It's been bad, but we are still in the Premiership, getting a few wins and are currently clear of the relegation places. The Premiership is harder this year: £450 million was spent last summer. Normally, most of this goes on useless players, but this summer even teams who have historically bought ...

We aren't very successful punters on here are we?
I have one accumulator left on:-
Liverpool 11/10
Werder Bremen 1/2
Northampton 4/6
Aldershot 4/7
West Ham 5/6
Come on you 'ammers we want Sunderland to stay in the lower reaches.

Big Sam has shown that he can handle star names in Campo,Hierro,Diouf,Okocha and Anelka so I see no reason why he couldn't bring the best out of our prima donnas. He has a reputation for long-ball football but I get the impression that with a wider choice of players available he would advocate a pas...