Vargas On His Pompey 'Challenge'

if vargas is anything like solano i will be a very happy supporter. i will have time for any player but as he practically unheard of i will keep my sceptical eyes wide open on vargas. i chuckle that we are (yet again) showing a player the delights (or not) of our capital city and not showing our "amazing" facilities! hehe. at least we are getting a squad sorted.

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This is a risky signing to say the least. An unknown Peruvian who has played with a minor Argentinean club? Just who does the scouting at Pompey these days? be honest and ask yourself, how many times have you heard of this player or the club he plays for, Colon? I wouldn't think there will be many of you out there who have. I do hope I am proved wrong on this one. Why don't we ever go to Sweden, Denmark, or Norway to sign players? Nearly all speak English, a pre requisite for Harry not so long ago, and settle in much quicker and are generally more adapted to the English game. The Vargas signing sounds an exciting move given the lack of activity Pompey have generated in the transfer market recently. But with our only other recent South American signing about to become a Scummer, surely we could do slightly better. I'm not sure that the money that was rumoured to be available for transfers is actually there. Either that or Redknapp seems incapable of selling the club to potential new players, or dealing with agents who aren't called Willie McKay. Given the state of the stadium, and training facilities, isn't it time Pompey sorted them out once and for all. Why don't we sign a few English players. We've been linked with David Nugent, but what was stopping us signing the likes of Cameron Jerome or Andy Johnson? There must be plenty of good home grown talent who would move to Fratton. Given that Jermaine defoe isn't likely to be moving south just yet, why don't we get a bit more realistic when it comes to transfers.

russellm good to know I'm not alone. Regarding Scandinavians, I would prefer to pay an English speaking player more than a non fluent one for obvious reasons. I wonder if Vargas speaks anything other than Spanish? I would point out that Redknapp might have blooded a few young kids in the first team at West Ham who went on to better things but he wasn't really responsible for their development as he likes to claim. If he is that good at spotting youngsters where are Pompey's? Richard Duffy? Vincent Pericard? our captain Gary O'Neil flourished under Perrin. he'd have been a Cardiff player if Redknapp had stayed. For a successful long term youth policy on the south coast, look twenty miles west of portsmouth. The fact that the most of the successful Pompey u-15 Schools side from a few years ago was on Scums books says it all really. Pompey are only developing an academy this year because they have to under premiership rules. It's going to take a few years to produce results. By which time Pompey could be out of the premiership. As much as I love our ground, it is a disgrace. Lets face it you wouldn't pay good money to go to a cinema with no roof, awful toilets, and inedible food. Only in football as they say.....

Stirling effort keeping him up in London until we've got him!

Perhaps Pompey's money is still tied up with the impending, potential signing of Fernandes (10M) who , until a further medical, will or won't become a Pompey player. This will then free up additional funds. But in all honesty we are not exactly setting the world on fire in the marketplace. Action is needed sooner than later or we will be starting with Todorov and Benjani up front....translating to Pompey 0 in the opener against Blackburn !!