Match Day Live - Fulham v Pompey

wheres utaka ?? looks a good team to be honestwuld like rocha and quincy to come on !!

Casual
Dunno.. Can only assume he's injured or something.. can't see he needs a rest !!

Glad to see Basinas is holding the key in midfield - where has he been all year?

Did someone say its on the telly?

Eastneydave
Must agree with you Dave - He can't run, but boy can he pass.. Hardly put a foot wrong on Sunday

Gandor
I'm not sure .. I'll check it out .. Unless somebody else knows..

Matt
Yeah I think so mate .. Not sure why Utaka is missing but Webber and Quincy on the bench gives us the option of speed if we need something late on....

I'm so excited!

Gandor
Thanks..

well Hermans had problems with injury the last couple of games hasn't he? so it maes sense that are only other left back plays there.... although i'm sure finnan could have done a job with borre at RB... just hope its a good game

Rubbish in my opinion Chix! I am behind the team and Grant. But I am allowed to disagree with his tactics and selection. I dont agree with Boateng being picked or Piquionne. Both have been awful recently. Playing a diamond again, all wrong......................................in my opinion!

Chix and Pompeym, there is only one manager, I am just voicing an opinion. As for just falling into line behind the sheep and saying I hope its a good game or lets hope we give a good account, I wont do it. Bad tactics, and bad selections will cost us the football club or premiership football. I pray I am wrong and you all laugh at me!! But I dont think I am. Sorry.

I got my bacon rolls (lovely) and coffee and I'm here waiting for us to win! PUP!

I'm not a sheep, sheep don't eat lovely hot bacon rolls for a start! Thanks moely, I'm gonna try!

Vecccio
I've no problem with an opinion but to come straight in and slag off the team selection .. just *****ed me off a little - I sick to the teeth of people slagging off Pompey at every turn... If I misread you I'm sorry .. but if you're like me you will know what I mean..

penton where have you put utaka???? ;-)

Chix, chill biatch! I have been Pompey fan and ticket holder for 25 years. So I know what you mean, but be real and say an opinion.

good on ya penten thats £30k off the wage bill :) (although he looked pretty good against city)

Hi Chix, I said in the predictions a 1-0 Foolham...However...I'm not saying another word...yet

And I nicked his wage packet...The drinks are on me! PUP

Whey now if thats how he spent his wages i wouldn't mind too much lol

haha they got paid earlier :P

Boateng Shoots...
Ohh .. didn't see that coming.. shame the keeper did !

I've lost the link for now. But we looked quite lively from what I saw. Hope we keep it up.

gandor go to iraqgoals.net theres 2 there. :) p.s. Piquionnes looking pretty good tonight

wow there defence is poor atm,

penton looking for excuses already!!

i'm watching on the telly we are looking good

I'm shallow...I know!

Gino
Hi ya mate

Hussler
We always have been !! (lol)

M@
Who's Hudson ?.. he was a butler last I knew..

you shh :P i mean hodgson :D

ARRR BOATENG!!!

Gino
I've managed to find a few poor links .......ohhhhhhh Boateng.. nearly scored... anyway .. via IraqGoals

Oh come on lads, We have this on a plate!

Boateng did all the hard work !!

phew..

chix we alsways used to score when we had dezuu and primas.

Leeds 1-1 on the stroke of half time.

FFS! 2yds out!...Phewwwwwwwwww

Should have been 1 down. Perhaps it's our night.

Chix...James i heard

I am right to be bloody nervous when we're defending...Aren't I?

Now watching here, more reliable http://vstreams.net/

Come on Pompey - Let's make this possession count !

I'm a veeeeeeeery nervous young man

Piqui over bar...

D'oh we should've scored

Jesus...
We surely gotta score in a mo we are all over them..

YEBDA'S HEAD !!!!

Tal Ben Haim...Tell Ben he's crap more like!!!

Shoulda been well in the lead by now.......

Bassinas is not having a good game today. Should of been if front putting the ball in the goal has been our problem. Just not clinical enough to do it

Gino
He hasn't got a name or nimber on hios shirt.. makes we wonder .. as I know the Pompey Shop have run out of most numbers and letters and I was wondering if that's anohter bill we haven't paid !

Race
From what I've seen Bassinas has looked ok .. maybe not as effective with O'Hara back in the team ..

and as i've already said Vec its got nothing to do with being isreali cause grant dropped him for the national team, but he's all we really got!!!

Leeds have equalised. Let's hope they bag a winner, dump old twitchy out the cup

Need to take a chance or three. Must get something from this game. Remember the fluke goal they got on the opening day of the season. We could do with that sort of luck!!!

"Tal ben Haim is never ever ever ever a centre half. But, oh, he is Isreali. Silly me. veccccio" You are totaly wrong.When they both were in Chelsea Ben Haim always was on bench.

won't do mate but its a good one

Gino
Not aimed at you .. I know it's 1-1 but I wanna try and watch it after this ..

please stop with the green and orange, they clash :P

Basinas has his number back! perhaps the Fulham club shop printed it over halftime....

AHHHHHH!!!!

Dindane should have scored!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!Dindane! Where's our luck?!

PUP

Avrams Grant Blue Army
Avrams Grant Blue Army

I have clearly forgotten more about football than you know. When I want your opinion, I'll ask for it. Anyway, come on Pompey!!!

Hey Stanley; How's Moscow tonight, ok? Hope it's warmer than here!

All going on at Leeds Chix 2-2. Defoe & Crouch have a fight & both are sent off!!!

Piq off - Webber on
The need for speed ..

haha i think he was joking mate XD

Penton, Utaka injured. "Did you hurt him when you tied him up"?

Watching since ht , both strikers have been shocking

Come on Pompey, score. Don't let's get mugged.

Zamora ...
phew that was close .. KAmes was rooted to the spot

fulham goal coming if not careful avram. gotta change it

Comme defending by Wilson.. Jeez Nevland was close ..

Hi guys....what's happening....all possession and no end product again..

evening all. hope all is good

just seen Gino on vstreams!

WTF

Oh FFS!!!!!!!

Mugged. What defending

KNEW IT, BELHADJ AT LEFT BACK! FFS

Frickin Bellend

Fck it.

C**t it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All out Attack
What have we got to lose now

Pompey going to pieces now.

so that was a combination of ***** ups by belhadj and ben haim... what a fecking surprise....

Come on Pompey
We deserve at least a point from this game

got to push the last ten

Vecccio
I gotta agree with you now...

Its are own fault Chix we let them back in with slack defensive play and a offside Zamora

If he is as good as his first touch, pray!

Fantastic run by Quincy shame he did ***** all with it

Race
Again.. gotta agree - Naive far too often

pentonpompey Dunno about weather in UK,but in Moscow now -5

oh god haims a muppet....

Come'on Pompey!Webber start to play!

Oh well an easy away game on Saturday!!!

Harsh on Grant, he has been hamstrung by the club, hardly got a lot to work with has he?

We didn't score with the chanes we had in the first half!!! Punished in the second!!!

3 minutes added time
OH COME ON

Oh Paul and Gino, you are like Mark Mudy. Seeing through blue specs. Avram Grant got it wrong with his inabilty tonight. I told you all the weak links and both have showed this tonight.

Gotta agree. Not all the defenders fault tonight. We have hardly set the World alight tonight up front...AGAIN!

I am so *****ed off that we let this one slip. It was our game but we did not take the reigns

Strikers fault, simple

5-4 Leeds beckford

Excuse me Vec mate, but I think that was prob one of our better performances this season. Chance after chance after chance. Granted we should've taken them, but that's not down to the tactics mate, that's down to the individual players. The tactics create the chances we broke down Fulham well, particularly at the end.

Who was ok today? James,Finnan,Boateng and O`Hara thats all.So what you expect?

Avram, off you go! Take Ben Haim, Dindane, Hughes, and Mullins with you!

I'm off for a fag..
Back in five minutes

that makes a change. losing after a game that we played ok in

I can't handle watching these ****ing matches anymore, play have decent and ALWAYS throw it away. Why take Freddy off upfront??? He's our only target up there yet we still kept lobbing it up to webber, dindane etc. Throughly p**sed off!!!!!!!

I'm really angy about our atacking line and centr.You know, even in russian championship nobody plays so poor :(

Penton, I'm sorry, you were saying about how crap awful Utaka is. Judging him next to Piq and Din, well................... u have lost the plot too.

vec i'm gonna say this once more, individual mistakes does not equal bad tactics, he played the players we have available and our tactics were spot on, we broke down fulham and should have won the game! Grant also took off basinas (the deep holding player) for quincy an attacking player, something neither of the previous managers would have done, proving he has tactic nouse!

and i think utaka had a slight injury hence why he wasn't on the bench!

I would say that we had nobody who could show a bit of skill and actually put the ball in. On this showing we won't have a hope of survival. Fulham were not playing well and we let them back in the game with a mad five minutes

Gino 4-4-2 is the answer, not diamond, not 4-5-1. James, RB Vanden Borre CB Rocha CB Wilson LB Finnan RM Quincy CM Ohara CM Boateng LM Belhadj or Ritchie ST Utaka(Piquionne) ST Dindane.

Vecccio...Since when did I say Dindane or Piccy were a better choice???? Who the heck are you to tell me i've lost the plot? Go back over every item i've posted tonight and tell me when I posted something that was not backed up by what was happening on the pitch? Vecccio, I hope most on here would think that even if they don't agree with what I am saying. At least I say with forethought and a reasoned insight!...I say it how I see it

Bad tactics , individual erors .. call it what you will but the bottom line is that we are slipping away now .. Although as I said at the top of the article I didn't initially expect anything from this game , it was there for the taking.. you can supplement poor defending if you can score goals .. Unfortuantely we can't .. Dindane, Utaka, Piq, Smith, Webber and probablky Quincy do not have what it takes week in weeks out.. and looking at our midfielders .. who of that motley crew chips in .. Boatent and Belhadj on the odd occassion.. We are not gonna stay up if we don't score .. and sadly after all those chances tonight it just makes you wonder where the goals are gonna come from.. maybe there's a 20 a season striker out there withiut a contract !


Gentle Reminder - PLEASE DON’T MENTION THE LEEDS GAME

On the bright side we're only 2 points behind where we were in the 'great escape' year' :-)

I say get rid of Grant, give Groves a go. Save the wages. Avram Grant has not got what it takes.

To beat teams, you have to get round the back of defences with quick or tricky wingers. Whats wrong with Ritchie on the wing, whats wrong with Belhadj on the wing? All crosses against Man City and Fulham came from in front of the defence. Its no good. I think the best form of defence sometimes is attack. Which we dont do.

Great manager veccccio in action :)))) Rocha - you don't even know his condition, Quincy - just stupid player.When he was in Spartak he has crazy speed,now he has nothing.Belhadj LM - no comments

Belhadj has to be played LM or not at all.

Fact is we sold one of our top scorers last week and he was a defender - it was always going to be a long shot. Like I've said before, the season is about survival as a club now, not survival in the Premiership. We just don't have the quality to stay up. Can we survive as a club and keep Avram to attract the players to rebuild next season?

i saw that too daZZA been trying to find it on the main site too cant !! on newsnow yeah

http://footballblips.dailyradar.com/article/balram-chainrai-become-s-portsmouth-s-fourth-owner-in/

If you type Balram Chainrai into google, in the searches there is a link that goes to the guardian article yet the article ain't there. Yet the summery of the search in google says 'Balram Chainrai become's Portsmouth's fourth owner in a year ... 3 Feb 2010 ... The Hong Kong businessman Chainrai has dramatically seized control of Portsmouth.' Read into it what you like but maybe pulled as the content is wrong??!

Guardian, 2/3/2010 Balram Chainrai becomes Portsmouth's fourth owner in a year • Hong Kong businessman takes over Ali al-Faraj's 90% stake • Creditor had become frustrated at missed payments by club Portsmouth's troubled season took another dramatic twist last night when Balram Chainrai seized control of the club from Ali al-Faraj, effectively making the Hong Kong businessman the fourth owner at Fratton Park this season, following Sacha Gaydamak, Sulaiman al-Fahim and Faraj. Chainrai has taken over the 90% shareholding in Portsmouth that was held by Faraj after becoming frustrated that the club had missed deadlines to repay money he was due for substantial loans he gave to them earlier this season. Chainrai had loaned at least £17m to Faraj to keep Portsmouth afloat through Portpin, the company he owns with his Israeli business partner, Levi Kushnir, and their associates. Those loans were secured against the stadium, the club's future television revenue and Faraj's 90% share. Angered by Portsmouth's failure to make repayments on the finance, despite Portpin continually extending the deadlines, Chainrai's patience ran out yesterday, and he instructed his lawyers to act. Under the terms of the loan Faraj's 90% shareholding in Portsmouth was frozen and passes to Chainrai. It is understood Faraj may have to instigate court proceedings if he wishes to challenge the move. Chainrai had expected to receive a sizeable repayment when the Premier League paid all of its 20 clubs a £7m instalment of television revenue early last month. Portsmouth's, though, was withheld by the governing body as the club's dire financial predicament meant they had been unable to pay transfer monies due to English and European clubs. A proportion of these were paid by the league using the television money. Chainrai travelled to England last month but was unable to secure the repayments. It is thought that he informed Mark Jacob, Portsmouth's executive director, and Daniel Azougy, who oversee Portsmouth in Faraj's continuing absence, of his disquiet then. Speaking to the Guardian last night Chainrai said: "Portpin have made substantial loans to Portsmouth to try and ensure the club's future. Portpin will [now] continue to work for the best interests of the club." Faraj turned to Chainrai for money after his takeover from Fahim, via his investment vehicle Falcondrone Limited, in early October. The deal bought Faraj 90%, while Fahim retained the remaining shareholding and became Portsmouth's non-*executive chairman. Faraj's takeover, though, hit almost immediate difficulties. Faraj and his associates struggled to source the finance to keep the club a going concern. They turned to Chainrai who, through Portpin, provided the loans. It is understood that Chainrai and his associates had continually sought a meeting with Faraj to discuss the issue of repayments. But Faraj, a Saudi Arabian businessman, has never visited Portsmouth since he took over and Chainrai was unable to secure face-to-face talks. Despite being Faraj's lawyer Jacob has also admitted he has never met his client. Chainrai was in London yesterday where he held a series of meetings, before overseeing the move to freeze Faraj's holding in Portsmouth. He finalised that at his central London base, before flying back to Hong Kong in the evening. Portsmouth, who lost 1-0 at Fulham last night, have endured a financially stricken season which has included failing to pay their players on time on four occasions – once under Fahim's ownership and on three occasions after Faraj took control. Yesterday the club confirmed the players had finally received their January salaries, five days after last Friday's due day. Portsmouth are also fighting a winding-up petition served on the club by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs before Christmas, which will be heard in the high court on 10 February and could send the club into administration. Portsmouth are due in court to appeal against the petition before the hearing next Wednesday. Chainrai appealed to HMRC to understand the club's financial predicament. He said: "To help Portsmouth succeed we need the support and understanding of Her Majesty's Revenue to work out a solution." Beyond Chainrai, who is said to share the concern of Portsmouth fans regarding the club's direction, Gaydamak is also owed at least £28m, of which a £9m instalment due at midnight last Sunday was missed by Faraj. Gaydamak has described himself as a soft creditor who is currently refusing to demand repayment, as that would almost certainly force Portsmouth into administration. Chainrai, too, wishes to avoid that eventuality. Last night Portsmouth declined to comment. It is understood Gaydamak was unaware of Chainrai's intervention.

cripes...hope he isn't planning to build a supermarket at the end of Frogmore road

****

That's better.

Tough luck lads thought you dererved at least a point - maybe you'll get it against the 'rags'.

As I said earlier. He has go to go!!!