Big Geordie

Are they f*** man A dodgy penalty and a ball that might not have even crossed the line. We might be s*** but it doesn't make them great. You must be listening to a different game than me, then!

Anderson tearing into some of the fringe players who have come into the team. Pen was dodgy, but WBA worth their two goal lead.

Kadar given a yellow. Game over lads. Concentrating on the league it is then. Don't be surprised if we manage to fuck that up as well though.

Christ - pen to WBA after a foul by Kadar. Minimal contact apparently, and given by the linesman.

Midfield struggling according to John Anderson. WBA passing their way through us with ease yet again.

I f***ing won't. Me and you then!

Be interesting to see how much we want this now. Still if we do lose, most on here will be pleased no doubt.

Olsson scores for them. Poor marking again.

Carroll with a headed chance - should have done better apparently.

Howay the lads!

Happy enough with the line up. Suspect WBA being unchanged will still be a bit too much for us. Gonna go with a 1-1 draw though, as it's the result not many want.

Andy Awford on Total Sport reckons he hasn't played for Pompey because of the 3 clubs rule. Having already played for Watford this season, if he'd also played for Pompey they wouldn't be able to sell him until the summer. Obviously been looking to ship him back out as soon as he'd signed.

Radio Newcastle reckon that we've confirmed that we've agreed a deal with Portsmouth, though we are having talks with the player.

Defensive cover then, if true. I know very little about the lad. I wonder if it's a signing that will provide cover if we don't get promoted? If that happens, Coloccini and Taylor will be sold.....

Agreed about looking a bit pacier up top with Lovenkrands in. However, midfield is the problem and it's been that way for years. Hughton obviously banking on the experience of Smith and Nolan to get us up and whilst Nolan has got goals, he just goes missing in games far too often. When will it be addressed? Christ knows. When we have an owner who will spend cash and a manager who isn't content to be a patsy.

Have to agree - Shola was poor tonight and still looks short of match fitness.

Fair result for me and got to give us a bit of credit for coming from behind (ooh-er Missus!) twice. On the down side though, the lack of pace we have especially in middle of midfield is a major worry, as is Nolan doing his usual disappearing act. We got over-ran at times which happens against sides who have a bit of pace and nous about them. Dorrans looks a good player and made them tick. We need to sort this blip out and I get the impression that some players are coasting at the moment. A kick up the arse is needed, methinks!

I'm chuffed with that side - Guthrie is still wasted down the right however. Massive respect to Peter Lovenkrands for playing tonight - real courage after what must have been an awful weekend for him.

Bent makes it 7-2.

Lampard - 7-1!

This. Should never have been allowed to play for us again after that - was a terrible way to treat SBR, the club and the fans.

Wondered who the 'Get your tits out' chants were aimed at. Not good, but that's charvas for you.

Forgot to say there was a good effort from the young'uns in the Gallowgate Corner tonight, with plenty of singing and joviality. Also a couple of older looking lads chucked out, with one having to be 'helped' be 3/4 officers. Also some mad youngsters who stood for most of the first half with their tops off. They'll learn the hard way!

Pedro - 15000ish was mentioned earlier in the thread. I thought about 20k, but there were lots of empty seats. Why? I wonder if many fans just aren't arsed about the FA Cup this year and have perhaps picked that up from Hughton? Either way - I enjoyed it, though we never had to shift out of 2nd. Enrique and Jonas linked up well down the left. Pancrate looks a flash in the pan and not good enough to be here any length of time. Krul had nout to do, so he must have been freezing his tits off.

Congrats PP. With regards to the email, it's poorly worded and will have doubtlessly done more harm to the trust than good. The trust need to reorganize their PR if they want to maintain some of the credibility that they have gained over the last couple of months. In their defence though, the organization is still young and mistakes will be made. They will need to learn from them though. Can they achieve their aims? I'm not sure because should we gain promotion, Ashley will up what he wants and the trust just won't have the clout. That's not to say they can't get a piece of the action in the future though. That remains to be seen. I also look forward to seeing the accounts and the subsequent analysis of them.