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Once again, a narrow defeat, this time to Watford. Once again, errors see soft goals conceded, opportunities not taken. The same old frustrations. To me, Lankshear looked leggy even in the first half, so could not be as effective as usual up front. Yet it was well into the second half before he was ...

No idea why commentaries of live broadcasts are not available, but my guess is that it is not down to the BBC, but to whichever broadcaster pays the most and controls rights access. Whatever the reality, it once again sees supporters being treated abysmally. Despite having my travel plans disrupted,...

You raise an important question, AC. The challenge with keeping this going is limited numbers of engaged readers and contributors. The alternative is not to keep going...but what does that mean? Shutting the whole kit and kaboodle down would mean simply archiving what is here (I assume), but not add...

What on earth was I expecting? I say every year at this time that my pre-season optimism usually lasts 45 minutes. But as Oxblogger's always excellent piece makes clear, opening games of the season really tell us nothing. The one statistic from last season I still cannot quite comprehend is that had...

Saturday was my wife's birthday so did not even bother asking for a pass. Missed the atmosphere but watching from afar it was a crazy match to end an amazing season. Given the downs in form as well as the ups under GR, I am staggered that had the season started when he joined we would have been in t...

What a performance from the team, fans, everybody that was against Sunderland. Appropriately, a Championship performance to confirm staying in the Championship. They really put out a strong team, but the way we went at them from the very start set the tone. Even when the intensity dropped towards th...

I still wonder during most matches where our goals will come from, other than corners, free kicks, and now long throws. That said, that is three 1-0 victories recently achieved via long throws and a strong defence. We did create more from open play against Wednesday than other matches recently - alb...

A couple of weeks on and I find myself irritated by how my concerns are still present. After the lack of ambition against a Derby side that could only offer physical combat as a solution to what we were offering, the lack of any sort of quality again Pompey was so depressing that for the first time ...

...or just Professor Yellow? Following Oxford never guarantees a smooth ride. Things are looking a lot better than they were, but nothing can be taken for granted. I guess the question is, can the wheels come off under GR as quickly as he put them on. Other teams are picking up, but the more there a...

And whatever the actual fee paid for the new striker, it seems likely that our record incoming transfer fee has been utterly smashed. Quite a commitment. Now just waiting to see if Negru goes into our 25-man squad, or heads out on loan to a League 1 side. I meant to say previously, as you have, I do...

Our first season in the 2nd division in a quarter of a century, performances up and down, results up and down, a loved manager sacked - and not a hint of a sniff of a suggestion of a comment. Are we pulling the plug on this forum? It appears to be in a deep coma. Just wondering.

One of the staging posts in judging performance is usually given as 10 games. Looking at your posts, Slappy, I get the distinct feeling that such is the financial gulf between teams in this division, 10 games is too soon. Pompey's opening fixtures have been really difficult. We have had a mixed bag ...

Many thanks. I was just about to start a thread about this! Actually I shall be getting to more games this season, because I am about to cease full-time employment via a MARS/sort-of-voluntary-redundancy scheme. This will give me the time and energy to get to midweek home games and more away games. ...

Really? 36 hours and no posting? Listening to some of the Bolton fans on the tube heading towards Wembley, I just kept thinking about one thing - that we were above Bolton in the 4-game, 6, 8, and 10 game form tables at the end of the season. Then I heard the stats about how few goals we had concede...

The winners curse?
https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/2 ... p-demands/