What a difference!

Great turnaround, everyone should enjoy it why sit pretty

It has been excellent to have been talked about as a decent team although the BBC and others have a long way to go in this respect. Great to be on the national news re the stadium and to have the Herzog guy design it is such a coup the Council will be only fools and Arrses to turn it down - what a feather in the City's cap that would be - and I could see it from Ryde! As for the end of this season, looking at the fixtures, beating Everton I think is crucial. Otherwise we finish 9th. OK but mildly disappointing. No, hugely disappointing. Ah, well.

I don't think we actually appreciate how good it has been this season, due to the high expectations that kicked in so early in the season. We got used to being a top 6 side from the off. The Jan/Feb blip quickly took the edge of that & despite some great results since we could find ourselves a bit short of the top 6/7. That in turn has brought some disappointment. I wonder where we will be in 12 months time?

i agree with Et-Tu_Pompey....1st lets put the stadium into perspective here. There are massive infrastructure issues, the planning application rests on 20% of the attendance arriving by boat and the devlopment partners have dropped out of as many projects as they have completed, the locals are bound to lodge blocking applications and then there is the small fact of the club also needing to raise an additional £100+mill of the £360 miilion required to start the development. as there is no access to Gaydamak senior monies this money must depend on increased income from TV and Europe. But as we all know Sasha looked at pompey first as a property devlopment opportunity and PFC as the vehicle to do it so he may well succeed Good luck i say. 2nd A great club needs great attitude and the issue for me here is Storrie, his personality has frequently derailed sure deals including that of D'Alessandro and the clubs proffesionalism off the field for which he is responsible is continually called in to question, so we have still some way to go in that department. 3rd the team, Harry has got to think big and as rabbi pointed out 451 for a must win away game is not it. We need buys not loans, some dont have that loyalty, some cant play when you need them most, D'Allessandro did and should not have been let go/ driven out, Muntari needs to be bought, as does a Yak and a Dejan replacement. Harry needs to be tough with those who dont/cant perform even if they are his mates/captain. The reason i am slightly dissappointed with this season is because it is a season of might have beens, we know that there was no team that have occupied 6th or relegation places that we couldnt/ beat or shouldnt beat with a bit of effort and tactical nouse. Whilst i do not fear relegation and havent since i met the team at mancs airport following the wigan game I am concerned that we are able to replicate the same progress next season. Now i have put the world to rights i am off to a game against some mob called liverpool

I see no reason to be dissapointed in anything this season, those of us who are honest would've been happy with a top half place before the season started. When we were top 6 we were punching above our weight. If we had a stronger squad then i would've been disappointed with the way performances dropped during January and February, even if we finish 10th this season it will have been a fantastic season, we've now shown the likes of Obafemi Martins that Pompey is a good place to come to. Looking forward to some quality signings in the summer and an even better season next year.

Tremendous season especially at home, I'm really proud of our efforts and it'll be a huge bonus to get in the UEFA Cup if we beat Everton and Arsenal - the great thing about this year is that we only had about 4 really bad performances all season.

I don't think the players got overly comfortable or particularly lazy i think that their form dipped to below their normal levels which was made to look worse by the fact that they had been performing way above their normal levels.

erm, watford, sheffield, fulham, charlton to name but four what should have been easy wins, then you tell me how many games we gave a way in the last 10 minutes. the league doesnt lie, look where theyare now and tell me if you were satisfied with our results against these teams.

What a difference indeed, it's hard to believe that with the same players on the whole we've transformed into a top 10, probably top 8, good chance of top 7 maybe even as high as 5th in a year...

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No worries Pompeyrug, however one or two certain individuals have a problem understanding irony, so the main article that followed my previous comment has now been removed. Some people obviously missed out on the humour gene when they were being handed out - it was a play on words and at no time did the article or its heading ever mention Pompey were making a new signing. The heading actually reflected that as soon as anyone joins this site, a new signing would have been made. But it was far too clever for a couple, pity they have nothing better to complain about though.