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Tricky one for me; Hughes is doing a great job, keeping them near the bottom. On the other hand, i'd love to see the ungracious bastards face when the camera's shoved into his car window just after being relieved of his duties at City :)

He's got a proper touch of the 'Glen Johnsons' about him. If he moves to a lower profile club he'll come good in about 4 years i reckon

Christ!!!!! How off the boil can you get? He has been truly gash lately (highlights only, no actual live game time viewed). What's he doing at CB an'all? Looked good at RB. All i can say is...........good tbh

Never doubted him tbh...

Lennon put in 3 dangerous balls i reckon, once when he cut in and played Huddlestone through. That wasn't Rickys fault because on the Butt/Guthrie should have come across to help him out. I thought he did pretty wll against Lennon. Lennon's accelaration is incredible but after 10 yards Ricky's closing in on him or at least keeping pace. I reckon if Lennon would've switched to the left Beye would have had a harder time. Didn't understand why Butt/Guthrie didn't double up, Lennon was their most dangerous player. When Zoggy had the ball Spurs doubled up on him often. When a player is as quick as Lennon you're always going to lose him now and again.

You've got a real bee in your bonnet when it comes to Jarles! He's not great but he's OK, could get better. Importantly he cost f**k all. Everyone has players they just don't like for one reason or another and i get the impression it's Zog for you, which is fine. Is it you don't like him as a player or you don't like some of the other posters inflated opinion of him?

Yet still massively more useful than Duff, so he keeps his place for me.

that would be a help, swap him alan smith for stephen warnock Really? i bet Alan Smith's a better LB.

Kinnear seems to think Riise is.....

Then again, how many players have been given a £100+k contract at 25, and then still offered £90k aged 29? Ballack?

Where do you think we would have finished this season if Keegan had stayed? If they supported KK 100% in a reasonable fashion and got him the players he wanted in the positions he wanted, a lot higher than our aims will be this season, top 8 perhaps, maybe top 6 We're only a couple of points off that now.

If Martins doesn't play and i'd put Viduka in. I'd expect the spuds to play a bit deeper anyway. If Fatboy gets a game we should really ping the crosses in, get in wide and get some crosses in. Our centre midf will have less time then they did yesterday i reckon so spray it, let Honas and Jarles run it and cross.

It didn't make a difference yesterday because Pompey were gash and didn't fancy having a go.

Don't you mean Boris Johnson? Michael.

Right, i'm sure this is the right guy!!!!!!! This chappy looked like a great prospect at WHam, SBR enquired iirc, went to Chewsea for sill money, started well, got raped by Bolton (remember it like it was yesterday) and went seriously downhill. Can't remember what happened next but then he ended up at Portsmouth where he's looked an accomplished RB. They really missed him yesterday imo. 2 points: i) Habib is the wrong side of 30, GJ would be a good replacement, don't know if he's want to come or if MA would pay for him, shame. ii) i reckon Enrique (it's like i'm his mum or something...) would take less time to turn into a good LB. Just a bit of patience and perserverence.

He's alright taking people on and getting forward he just doesn't seem to have a clue what to do when he's in a dangerous position. If you could teach him how to cross I honestly think he'd be one of the best rb's in the league if the not the best. He's a very good player but is no Bosingwa True but if he could attack better he'd be outstanding. He never seems to get any recognition outside of toon fans. probably good otherwise someone would nick him. Well, he ain't gonna learn now! I reckon Glen Johnson might be a good option to take over from Habib. Better going forward, not as great at defending though!

I agree. Christ, i'm starting to sound like some Enrique fanboy! I just think that he's the type of player that needs some investment of coaching and experience and he'll be a good player. He's decent enough at defending already. I can't think of one REALISTIC LB in ther EPL i'd go for to replace him.

Quite hard to judge though on a set of highlights tbf, yes he had a nightmare. Although I can't say I've seen enough of him to make an honest assessment on his abilities. Tried watching a bit more recently (streams permitting). Don't fancy him at LB. We've got better already.

Neil might not have the physique any more but that's still a bit harsh on him. Reads the game well though.

Yeah, it was him. If we chop Enrique in for that i'll be seriously disappointed.

It was Neil.

My impressions: Pompey's midfield didn't like it when we put a bit of pressure on, in contrast, Butt & Guthrie were actually quite composed when their 2 midf's tried to close them down. Owen dropping deep a bit in the 1st half provided a good option, we had an eatra player in the middle which helped. It seemed to me that their defence held a deeper line than ours, i think we felt a bit more confident about dealing with a ball over the top. I think Distin & Campbell were decent enough but their FB's positioning and ball watching cost them. Their wide men did f**k all, ours got involved, Zog more so in the 2nd half. It seemed to me that the 1st goal was always going to come from a mistake, opportunism rather creativity. Couldn't understand BBC sport saying Pompey should have been 3 up by half time. Just cause you have a crack at goal doesn't mean you should've scored. I can only really think of one shot that Defoe had where i thought he should have done better but i think on the whole we handled him well, kept his opportunities to half chances. He had a decent shout for a penalty though imo, he did Bassong tbf, was good to see Ricky straight there though, if Defoe had of got past Bassong then i think Ricky would've made a tackle. Didn't like seeing Stretch toe poke the ball past Colo and then run round him either but the other 3 covered him well. That pass straight to Defoe as well, jesus... We were better than them, simple as. All this 'lucky' business is bollox. You don't lose 0-3 at home if you're the better team.

Wey Hey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Always rated Neil, proper player tbh. Stephen's a f**king donkey at LB though. They related?

Never doubted him tbh....

If anyone wants us to replace Enrique with this blerk they need to watch him actually play! F**K me!!! He was f**king shocking as a defender.... If they can get him to take the 10kg boots off it might help though.