Football Focus

[ratty]

Re Redknapp - some due dilligence findings from the various recent Pompey takeovers also revealled that he was on huge commission on player sales from Pompey -bearing in mind we have sold over ?100m in players in the last year he must have had a good whack.

Tax evasion charge however ALLEGEDLY relates to signing of Papa Diop from Fulham, apparently some money ALLEGEDLY found it's way to Harry's cayman islands account (likewise Mandaric and Storrie) ALLEGEDLY!!!

[ratty]

Re Hart. Thoroughtly decent bloke shoddilly treated by Pompey and now QPR. One of footballs good guys and deserves better!

BTW just bumped into some 'Wall in Lewisham this morning and as I am sporting my colours today I took a little bit of mouth from them, however they assured me that they would, in their words "Do the Scummers" this weekend!

Nice lads, one was a coppper!

[matthew123]

Chelsea v Sunderland, 2-0

Everton v Man City, 2-4

Man Utd v Burnley, 1-1

Portsmouth v Birmingham, 1-1

Stoke v Liverpool, 0-4

Tottenham v Hull, 3-0

Wolverhampton v Wigan, 2-0

Aston Villa v West Ham, 2-2

Blackburn v Fulham, 2-1

Bolton v Arsenal, 2-3

[mockney piers]

Very generous on the hammers there Matthew.

Appreciated and all, and I'm sure you have your reasons as you are certainly very analytical, but really?

[Atila Reincarnate]

matthew123 Wrote:

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> Stoke v Liverpool, 0-4

Just a tad overly optimistic methinks, even old boy Lawro has this down as a home win. Given that you will be without Gerrard, Benayoun, and Torres, I tend to agree with him.

[kpc]

And you can still get 11/4 on Stoke win if you hurry - yesterday it was 4/1.

[Ladygooner]

Chelsea v Sunderland, 1-1

Everton v Man City, 2-1

Man Utd v Burnley, 2-1

Portsmouth v Birmingham, 1-2

Stoke v Liverpool, 2-1

Tottenham v Hull, 2-2

Wolverhampton v Wigan, 0-0

Aston Villa v West Ham, 4-2

Blackburn v Fulham, 2-3

Bolton v Arsenal,1-2

[matthew123]

Villa are a bit up and down at the moment and I think that will continue - they had a good result midweek so now I expect the come down as West Ham put up a bit of resistance and have a go. Minimum of 1 point for the Hammers.

Without the out of form G&T I am expecting Liverpool to play as a team tomorrow - likes of Ngog, Lucas and Babel to be the heroes. Minimum 3 points.

[kpc]

matthew123 Wrote:

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> Minimum 3

> points.

Can't fault your optimism

[benjaminty]

What's the maximum?

kpc Wrote:

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> matthew123 Wrote:

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> > Minimum 3

> > points.

>

> Can't fault your optimism

[benjaminty]

Sorry but Liverpool at the Britannia stadium - I just don't see it

[matthew123]

Haha. minimum as in a 1 goal win.

[Atila Reincarnate]

Breaking news on BBC website Inter Milan poised to make bid for Gerrard. I wouldn't blame him if he went, he needs a new challenge.

[Sandperson]

Cough up Hammers.

[matthew123]

breaking news... hahaha... that's been flying around since the last speculation was exhausted... don't believe everything you read in the papers atila

The entire team looks like it needs a new challenge.. and the best way to do that is not by selling scapegoats. I hope Babel holds his ground and not lets himself be bullied out of the Club (Rafa has reacted to Torres and Gerrard being injured to dropping Babel from squad tomorrow) the way Keane was dumped 12 months ago.

[????]

Don't want to carry on the rivalry too much but Millwall are allowed to break up 'scores of seats' in the visitors section and not get any fine?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

In criminal law, provocation is a possible defense by excuse or exculpation alleging a sudden or temporary loss of control as a response to another's provocative conduct sufficient to justify an acquittal, a mitigated sentence or a conviction for a lesser charge.

Dear old Wikki.

[????]

The Law is an ass

[ruffers]

This is interesting http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/da100b36-021e-11df-8b56-00144feabdc0.html

Managers make no difference, the team who pays the highest wages wins the league.

Come on City!

[ratty]

Pompey Vs Brum game called off - waterlogged pitch, and with all our half decent players at the ACN! What luck! Can put me hosepipe down now!

[kpc]

There was an inevitability about this after the snow clearing followed by the rain. Shame decision couldn't have been made a bit earlier as a fair number of Blues fans already on way south.

[ratty]

I guess they made it as early as possible. Announced at 10am. Certainly looked likely with the snow melting. Certainly suits Pompey though with so many players absent, and playing extra time Tuesday night. Gonna be a pile up of fixtures in coming months.

Reckon we might get a point from the rearranged game, which we would not have got today.

[Keef]

Forget Rafa and owners, players need to step up for the pool!

[ruffers]

To be fair today they looked bothered, more so than for a while I thought.

[kpc]

ratty Wrote:

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> I guess they made it as early as possible.

> Announced at 10am. Certainly looked likely with

> the snow melting. Certainly suits Pompey though

> with so many players absent, and playing extra

> time Tuesday night. Gonna be a pile up of fixtures

> in coming months.

>

> Reckon we might get a point from the rearranged

> game, which we would not have got today.

When I posted didn't realise how much rain there had been until I stuck my head out of door a bit later. Most fans I know travel independently so were en route when game was called off. It means I can buy a ticket off a mate who can't do Birmingham-Portsmouth journey midweek and see us get our rightful three points!