Blackburn 3-0 Portsmouth

Oh dear oh dear oh dear I think I have done this before. Yes I have now to lose is one thing but to not try and lose is another, I am not happy. A few weeks ago Mum said that she would like to have a word with the players before the next game now if that threat is not enough to put them into shape then Europe is a no go.

Another Non football Saturday Again

Last week Pompey did not play and my God we get another Saturday without footie what I feel ill :)

Portsmouth 2 Man City 1

This was a good day, except the match didn’t kick of till a quarter past five! My mum came over to my house at 12:30 and we soon set of for Pompey. On route to the pub we decided to have a bite to eat, so I suggested we go to Weatherspoons in North End but as we got to the door bloody place was full, so on we went to find somewhere else to eat. The bridge Centre in North End was the place we ended up eating, egg, chips and beans was my lunch lovely, mum had cheese and onion roll oh yes and a cuppa.
So to the pub Football on one telly and Rugby on the other, so we go from one pub with no sport on the telly to another with two sports on two telly’s nice. Good atmosphere but strange to be watching other football scores come in on the telly at 3 o’clock onwards. So after our drinks we headed for the ground down dog shit ally (a lane that passes Fratton Park just watch where you tread)
So to the game 2007 has finally arrived we won a game and it was well deserved. With goals from Mendes and Kanu we finally made it past the 40 point mark be precise 41 and in seventh place. Pompey took the lead when Pedro Mendes, who later went off with a foot injury, fired in a stunner from 20 yards. It was as good as the one he scored last year against who? Oh yes Man City, his time on the pitch was cut short at the end of the first half when the England international caught the heel of Mendes and was shown a yellow card. The Pompey player writhed in agony on the pitch before he was carried off and replaced by Lauren. The second half City got one back with Corradi with a header. The game seemed to be swinging the way of City, but Pompey boss Harry Redknapp's tactical substitution that saw Andy Cole replaced by Kanu, swung the match back in the way of the home side.
The Nigerian had only been on the pitch for 10 mintes but was alert enough to latch on to Johnson's clever reverse and poke in what turned out to be the winner. I went home happy yes yes yes.

Pompeygary’s Man of the Match Johnson The best he has been for a while
Pompeygary’s Worst Man Barton Dirty Git

Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Pamarot, Campbell, Traore (Kranjcar 71), O'Neil, Davis, Pedro Mendes (Lauren 44), Taylor, Cole (Kanu 71), LuaLua.
Subs Not Used: Ashdown, Douala.
Booked: Cole, Pamarot, Kanu.
Goals: Pedro Mendes 5, Kanu 81.
Man City: Isaksson, Richards, Dunne, Distin, Jihai (Samaras 87), Barton, Ireland (Beasley 61), Dabo, Ball, Corradi, Vassell (Miller 79).
Subs Not Used: Hart, Hamann.
Booked: Dabo, Barton, Corradi.
Goals: Corradi 62.
Att: 19,344
Ref: M Dean (Wirral).

This weeks pub will be...........

The Connaught Arms beer beer beer!

Two more go

Serbia international Ognijen Koroman has returned to his homeland, joining Red Star Belgrade on loan and West Bromwich Albion have signed veteran keeper Dean Kiely from Portsmouth on an 18-month deal.

Wigan 1-0 Portsmouth

Oh dear oh dear oh dear, time to start winning again chaps! So we got beat by a team that has not won a game in nine, typical. So it's Manchester City at home on Saturday a must win to get back on track.

No England Call-Ups for Pompey

Not surprised at this nuff said.

Not Happy

As to the last artical "Points?" It upsets me that one week all is fine in planet Pompey and then the press get the knives out the other. But as they say "it's Pompey init".

POINTS ?

Portsmouth and West Ham are facing a possible points deduction after breaching Premiership rules by fielding ineligible players, according to reports.

The Daily Mail claims that a number of top-flight clubs are questioning whether the appearances of Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez for West Ham and Manuel Fernandes for Portsmouth were in violation of Premiership Rule U18.

Rule U18 states that: "No Club shall enter into a contract which enables any other party to that contract to acquire the ability materially to influence its policies or the performance of its teams."

This covers players owned by a third party, like Mascherano and Tevez, who are part owned by Kia Joorabchian, and Fernandes, who is partially owned by a private company called Global Sports Agency.

One possible breach of the rule is the widely-reported claim that if Manuel Fernandes played three consecutive games for Portsmouth, a sell-on clause in his contract would be automatically triggered.

Everton, who have taken Fernandes on loan for the remainder of the season, are one club reported to be demanding the points from their clash with Pompey earlier in the season, in which Fernandes featured.

The Premier League has insisted that they are unaware of on any breach of the rules.

"With what has been presented to us we haven't allowed anything that would transgress our rules," said a league spokesman.

But the Daily Mail claim they have come into a possession of a letter warning West Ham they risked a points deduction if they failed to produce the necessary documents for the transfers of Tevez and Mascherano in the summer.

The letter, obtained by the Mail from the Premier League, says they have contacted the 20 top-flight chairmen this week and offered them a 14 day amnesty to produce any contracts which breach rule U18 and were not disclosed when the player was registered.

West Ham released this statement on their official webiste: "West Ham United FC is fully co-operating with the FA Premier League in response to their recent letter to all Premier League clubs on player registration.

The Club is in the process of providing the relevant documentation as requested and is confident that this matter will be settled in the very near future."

I think this is nonsense but it is the bloody F.A.

Bolton sign Portsmouth's Thompson

So Pompey let one go in the tranfer window and get three in The 29-year-old joined Pompey on a free transfer from Wigan in July and made five Premiership starts with a further seven substitute appearances.

Portsmouth 0-0 Middlesbrough

Well this was a long day for me, I started work at 5.45am and at 4.15pm when I finished work I was a bit tired. So into Portsmouth I went, I took some of my dinner from the night before and ate it cold in the car when I parked up but I was still hungry so I went to the shop and got a pasty lovely. So to the pub this was a surprise the décor and atmosphere has changed, this pub was and had a more comfortable feel to it but now it seemed to be run by a bunch of older chav types and it was not the landlord as such but the bar staff and locals. Also the flat screen TV had bloody Richard and Judy on and it took one of the punters to ask them to put Sky sports on the TV another pub without sport on the box well this is England.

The game itself was much better than the last home game with Charlton, we passed much better and it looked like we could score on most of our attacks. With Portsmouth entering the game hoping to move into fifth spot and Boro looking to earn a fourth consecutive league victory, a lively clash was fully expected. With our old boy Yakubu playing he just had to score against us but he didn’t phew!. In this game both sides played well under the flood lights of an evening game the atmosphere is always better don’t know why. But the game drifted to a stalemate that neither side appeared too unhappy with, as Middlesbrough earned their first-ever Premiership point at Fratton Park. So it was another point for us and now we are on the same points as we ended last year so no relegation this year.

Pompeygary’s Man of the Match Campbell solid as a rock

Pompeygary’s Worst man Xavier how poor was he!

Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Primus, Campbell, Traore (Douala 69), O'Neil, Lauren, Pedro Mendes, Taylor, Mwaruwari (LuaLua 73), Kanu (Cole 81).
Subs Not Used: Ashdown, Hughes.

Middlesbrough: Jones, Xavier, Woodgate, Pogatetz, Taylor, Morrison (Christie 81), Boateng, Cattermole, Arca, Downing, Yakubu (Euell 90).
Subs Not Used: Turnbull, Rochemback, Davies.

Booked: Downing.

Att: 19,820

Ref: D Gallagher (Oxfordshire).