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Could he be the answer?

Greg Halford is hoping for a Pompey return. The former Blues defender revealed his agent has made contact with boss Kenny Jackett following the season-ending injury to Jack Whatmough.

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I don't see it happening, tbh, Kenny's said that he doesn't want to use the free agent market - there's a reason those players are free agents.

I think the Snooze are making more out of it than there is - a quick exchange of tweets between Halford and a couple of fans, and suddenly it's "Woo, Halford's coming back." I expect Kenny's had enquiries from the agent of every free centre back in the league.

The bench CB will be Matt Casey, who looked very comfortable against a decent Peterborough side, and Thompson and Hawkins are cover there too. No need to spend the money on Halford (who couldn't earn himself a contract at WBA, remember).

Stranger things have happened. He's obviously keen, as his latest tweet would suggest: "Feeling the love right now". At 34 would be probably just be keen to play again and therefore take a hit on his wages, and he was very happy when here.

I agree with SB. The offer has to be that Halford will sign for next to nothing to train, play a bit and hope to earn a contract (somewhere) for next season. The alternative is the end of his career at any sort of decent level, so worth a go on Halford's part.

The question is whether Jackett would prefer to take the risk on Matt Casey as reserve, with Walkes and Thompson in real emergencies. I would go this route as I think we get more out of it long term, but we would be totally reliant on Matt Clarke staying fit (which we might be in any case).

Tough call. Are we prepared to play nearly half a season with only two specialist centre backs plus Matt Casey.

One possible option might be to get Halford down here for a week to see how fit and sharp he is, and then decide.

Uncle Kenny has said no.

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/foot ... -1-8801398

Locky_McLockface wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 1:53 pm Uncle Kenny has said no.

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/foot ... -1-8801398

...and in Kenny we trust

Matt Casey has gone on loan to Basingstoke which must suggest that Kenny is bringing in another Centre-Back with more experience.....Linvoy?

PakefieldBlue wrote: ↑Fri Feb 08, 2019 10:27 pm Matt Casey has gone on loan to Basingstoke which must suggest that Kenny is bringing in another Centre-Back with more experience.....Linvoy?

My take is that if we suffer an injury to either Clarke or Burgess mid-game, then we have Thompson, Hawkins & Naylor that can all cover, and we then recall Casey from the loan.