Hi Quantum of Stowmarket, thank you for your post and a greater insight into your Club. I don't think we will be able to match your feat of two successful promotions, it would be a nice thought but unrealistic. I think our aim would be initially to stay in the Championship and become established the...

They haven't spent crazy money by championship standards. They posted losses of £18 millon the season they got out of league one though. They posted losses of 12 million the year before plus much like our own owners an increase in shares (equity) of 14 million So as they had no real expenditure on ...

We have been linked to this lad a fair bit dating back to last summer. https://twitter.com/SportsPeteO/status/1785706990209028267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1785706990209028267%7Ctwgr%5E3c652fa804a5592d744b64ff376acf0374b4ae00%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdcfcfa...

I can understand the rivalry and the sheer tribalism that come to the surface in derby games, I know that from personal experience. What I don't understand is the violent nonsense that accompanies it, or the want to inflict physical harm on people just because they support another team. Most people ...

Obviously the investment by the Ipswich owners has paid off. Mckenna has done a brilliant job, but they have spent big. Their team was at least two years in the making which meant they were the class act of League One last season. Last season they looked like a good Championship side then and they h...

Having the set up we have at Portsmouth seems to be the right approach where no-one has overall control, like in the Ferguson era at United or even Redknapp at Pompey. I wasn't aware that it was like that under Redknapp. But it makes sense to me that you have someone with overall responsibility for...

This last summer wasn't funded by sales, although the article shows that seven clubs had bigger budgets. It would be interesting to see who those clubs were and how they fared. At best they yielded 5 less points than us! I have managed to work out that they got less than us but, nevertheless, I wou...

Yes, this is a really interesting article covering the philosophy of how the Eisner's approach business. The article is not particularly news to us as it was how the Eisner's explained how they would approach ownership of our club on the outset. However, it does graphically lay out just what they ha...

I am intrigued by the club not taking up the options on both Morrell & Swanson. I would assume that not taking the options up make both players free agents as it stands. This means we run the risk of losing them if they get a better offer. I wonder whether the club want to tie them down to a lo...

I am intrigued by the club not taking up the options on both Morrell & Swanson. I would assume that not taking the options up make both players free agents as it stands. This means we run the risk of losing them if they get a better offer. I wonder whether the club want to tie them down to a lon...

This is the stage where loyalty and good will goes out the window to a certain degree. Clubs that get promoted will generally need to upgrade their playing staff. Some players that were celebrating with supporters will now be told that they are no longer required. Looking at Jam's list shows that qu...

BlueinPLtwenty wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 6:08 am

Blue Walter wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:17 am

Absolutely agree with this. My first flush of success was in 1963 with the old Third Division Championship. That particular success turned me from a Portsmouth spectator into a Portsmouth fan.

Do you mean 1962 or 1983?

It was 1962, I do beg your pardon.

I don't disagree with you Mr 55 and I did realise your parenting comment was tongue in cheek. Both my other granddaughters come with me to Fratton Park when they can and love the experience. Their father is an Aston Villa fan but, although he was born in Gosport, his family for generations came from...

I know we have lost support to Southampton in my area because Saints were a Premiership team because 'we were cack'. Be great if we could turn that around I put that down to poor parenting and any such parents should be made to take a education course at 1500 every alternate Saturday at Fratton Par...

The Portsmouth catchment area should surely in theory put us either in mid Premiership or a regular place in the Championship play offs. But in reality there are many examples of population size not being correlated to a particular league. How on earth are Bradford in League2 or say, Burnley (not f...