James

We were guaranteed a couple of weeks ago did you all miss it?

was this the signing where Pardew thanked himself for making it happen?

Allardyce will inevitably compare the Ashley/PIF takeovers at next weeks presser and mention what he could have done with Saudi funds

We currently have the same GD as Man Utd, Liverpool, Spurs and Chelsea combined

Signed pro terms, not unexpected

Souness retires

Yeah, there are more than 7 teams that can finish above us but fixtures mean that we can finish no lower than 7tH

Top 7 and Europe now guaranteed

He’s been really professional to effectively lose his guaranteed starter place in the team and make a significant contribution from the bench.

popular in Portsmouth as a player too

Don’t understand how shoving a player on the floor injured is not a red card offence. 5th goal disallowed an unbelievably poor decision, good thing nothing we do will be decided on GD this season

getting prepared for this to be a frequent occurrence next season

Pope starts

I think you have to add Willock and Schar to that list both players we knew could be good on their day but are now delivering consistently high quality performances.

Fucking hell I’ve been made to go out with my 2 week old for some stupid footprint shit and I’ve missed all this!

This isn’t something to throw Shola under the bus for, there were a lot of reasons for why this loan should have worked, and I sincerely doubt Shola could have done this without Ashworth’s approval. Very simply this hasn’t worked out due to human factors outside of the club’s control.

Ramsey and Watkins are really good

I find it confusing with too many blonde players, is it confusing us too?

Subs getting subbed is going to happen more and more with 5 substitutes as managers may need to switch from a defensive to an offensive strategy and then back again

Having seen it I personally thought he was being really respectful towards Isak.

see post above

I just had a baby boy (for real)

Hopefully Howe is the Ferguson of the group

Just realised the game isn’t in 30 mins!

he probably doesn’t have the physical conditioning so more at risk than the others