Advantages: Mandaric, close to safety, new players? Disadvantages: Leaking staff and goals, slipping down the league
...I spoke about my beloved Portsmouth there was perhaps a little bit of anger bubbling under the surface, now having moved into the new year a sense of renewed pessimism has struck. Despite our healthy points tally and continued positive performances a slump of titanic proportion approaches if care is not taken. With the loss of Harry and Jim came the distinct feeling of shame and irritation, but that was reduced by a purple patch that saw us win two ... ...he’s kissing the badge of Portsmouth claiming allegiance and now he’s cowering in Southampton no doubt eagerly awaiting the forthcoming FA cup encounter. Mandaric and Zajec seem to be floundering on replacements whilst putting price tags on our assets, which is a worrying shift away from our usual stability. Our relative inactivity in the transfer and the questions over whether there is any money left to spend has caused a major headache for most ...
stephen_logan 20.01.2005
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Advantages: A rolercoaster of a team Disadvantages: None
Portsmouth FC is without doubt the best football team in the south. Any Southampton fans better not read on cos - the truth hurts! Pompey has the biggest fan base in the south and has many loyal supporters worldwide.
The new era of football at Fratton Park is here. Milan Mandaric and his millions will enable Portsmouth get back where they belong - with the elite of British football in the premier league.
Mandaric has spent shrewdly this summer ...
crowbar2000 19.09.2000
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Advantages: Loud support, mostly winning at Huddersfield...mostly Disadvantages: Idiot fringe, mostly losing at home to Grimsby...mostly
The South Coast's sleeping giant looks like slumbering a bit longer as a pre-season that started with high hopes rapidly leaves memories of broken promises.
The new Pompey rose from the ashes of Martin Gregory's evil reign 12 months ago, saved from the brink of oblivion by the self-made multi-millionaire Milan Mandaric. The chequebook opened immediately and a number of players were signed by then manager Alan Ball, but sadly few were of quality ... ...the squad and left the chairman with no choice but to sack him just before Xmas. A number of weeks either side of the New Year passed before Tony Pulis was the uninspired choice to succeed Ball. The fans initial scepticism soon disappeared as Pulis in conjunction with player of the season Stevie Claridge got the players fit (amazing concept) and led his new charges up the table to a position of safety far earlier in the season than has been our habit ...
simonhumber 28.07.2000
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Advantages: Tremendous supporters Disadvantages: Not enough consistency
After the home defeat against Crystal Palace in midweek many Pompey fans must have feared the worse, but fortunately yesterday's 3-0 win against Barnsley and Huddersfield's defeat against Birmingham helped Pompey survive their First Division status again.
I first watched Pompey beat Newcastle 5-2 back in 1964, a game in which Ron Saunders scored a hat trick, and have enjoyed and suffered many seasons since then. Yesterday's win was absolutely vital ... ...in a similar position, needing to win the last game of the season, three times in the last five seasons.
This isn't a very impressive record cosidering the money that has been put into the club by Milan Mandaric, although Pompey have suffered something of an injury crisis for most of the season. The club have also had three different managers throughout the season, Tony Pulis, Steve Claridge and most recently, Graham Rix. I hope that the board will ...
Mikew79 07.05.2001
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Advantages: Top of Division One Disadvantages: Injuries to Key Players
...the starting line-up of the Portsmouth team which beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 last Saturday, I found myself coming across EIGHT newly-signed players out of eleven.
Hislop, Diabate, Foxe De Zeeuw, Taylor, Robinson, Merson and Pericard were all signed over the summer, and of the three other players, Todorov was only signed in March; whilst Primus and Harper are the veterans having spent two years at the club.
Is this a problem? No, provided promotion ... ...the money to sustain these players' wage demands. A good start has been made to the campaign with Pompey, on 48 points from 20 games, currently seven points ahead of closest rivals Leicester City, and 12 ahead of the chasing pack.
However, injuries are creeping up and there is a problem in the defence with key players not fully match-fit, to add to the problems we have with Paul Merson's ankle. With so many clubs struggling financially in the Football ...
magicloudz 29.11.2002
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Advantages: Style of Football, the fans, Robert Prosinecki Disadvantages: Years of struggle, away travel is usually long distance
At the time of writing, Pompey lie 13th in Division 1 and have lost their last three games, all of which could (and should?!) have been one. Sounds all too familiar doesn't it? For a side who in seven out of the last eight seasons have finished in the bottom eight of Division One, we seem to be once again on the slide...but hold on, why all the doom and gloom?
Let's try and remain optimistic. Firstly, after last years pathetic "effort" which involved ... ...best be described as uninterested, even 13th represents progress. We have currently won 9 games, one less than the whole of last season, and a figure unheard of given Pompey's struggles in recent seasons. We are backed by Mandaric's Money, rather than Martin Gregory's indifference, have world class players in Prosinecki and Kawaguchi and in the likes of O'Neil, Barrett, Zamperini, Buxton, Pitt and Crouch the most promising youngsters at the club ...
whirljack 15.12.2001
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Advantages: Great crowd with an excellent atmosphere Disadvantages: Pompey arethought of as a side fighting relegation every season
I believe that Tony Pulis is being wrongly complained about for not buying many players. Buying the first player he comes to is wrong and I think he is wise in not doing this as us pompey fans have seen what terrible affects doing this can have from alan ball. Alan Ball Was an excellent manager and without him pompey would not exist any more but when he was given the money to spend he did not use it wisely and made some poor signings which left pompey ...
pompeyfc 10.08.2000
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Advantages: good form at the moment Disadvantages: they'll slip up
Portsmouth - or Pompey as they are known to every one over the age of 35, are a very discreet team. When they lose - no one knows, when they win no - one knows except of course their fans, so what I'm saying is that they never are undre the spotlight - always away from Media attention - accept when they were contrevertially bought for a measly £1 !! by Terry Venables! What was that about? But even still, they will struggle this year like last year, ...
D1A1UK 18.11.2000
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Advantages: Good for a laugh? Disadvantages: Embarrising watching them play at times!
Come on guys, there are millions of pompey fans, or so i'm told anyway! Where are you all, its time you showed your support for the guys in blue! I know they lost the first leg of the league four nil, but a few more of you could have turned up to cheer them on. A crowd less than 3000 is a record at fratton park. A quick suggestion, why don't they sell cheap tickets to students? I reckon we could have had a full house if students were able to get ...
mlinsell 01.10.2000
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portsmouth look like they are one of the best football teams in the south of england. they have won quite a few trophies over the years as well but at the moment they are finding these hard to come by due to the lack of the quality players at the club. a mid table finish this season would probably satisfy both the fans and the management until they at least manage to sign a few more quality players that are capable of getting the club up into the ...
steveymacca 20.09.2000
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Advantages: Great atmosphere Disadvantages: Underachieving
Portsmouth are the biggest club on the south coast, but they can only look on in envy at the scum (Southampton). They have a bigger, more passionate following, and these supporters deserve better, yet they are constantly in a lower league than the scum. The chairman Milan Mandaric promised around £10million for new players but so far the biggest signing has been Nigel Quashie for around £600,000. They will never get promoted buying players like this. ... ...think nothing of spending £2-£3m on one player, Pompey have got to keep up and spend big like this. 4 or 5 players of this calibre to go alongside the talented youngsters coming through would transform Pompey from a struggling side to a side capable of gatecrashing the play-offs. Play up Pompey ...
TallPaul73 10.08.2000
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Portsmouth FC is the biggest club on the south coast, it has the proudest history, the biggest trophy cabinet and without doubt the best fans. Unfortunately we have some very bad footballers at the club!
However, things may be about to change. With Milan Mandaric's millions behind us and a reasonably shrewd manager in Tony Pulis we could be moving up in the world. A new stadium is (allegedly) on the way and with record signing Lee Mills having arrived ...
stupidgit 16.08.2000
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Advantages: Good young prospects Disadvantages: Can they realistically hold on to them?
Portsmouth are another one of the teams in the First Division who have tasted the ultimate sweet taste of success that comes from winning the top flight league in England. Back to back winners they were, in fact, in 1949 and 1950, also with 3 FA cup finals to their credit, in which they have been successful once, in 1939.
Players to watch in their squad include Lee Bradbury, talented forward, and their other main striker Lee Mills. Veteran Guy Whittingham ...
BIGHORSE 01.02.2001
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Advantages: best team in the world Disadvantages: these isnt any!
...ever seen , and its Portsmouth City.....Portsmouth city Fc, were by far the greatest city, the world has ever seen.
Sorry about that readers, got slightly carried away i think :)
Would just like to say, were NOT in division 1!!!! premier league, where we belong, cant quite say the same for Scumhampton tho, sorry to all those fans,the whole 2 of them lol.
Anyway if you want excitement, go watch a pompey game, the attacking play is great, take bergers ...
Bobbydave 06.10.2004
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Advantages: scouts are good Disadvantages: not the best team at the mow
...the skin of there teeth most team fight for the start of the season to but southampton start when they need to portsmouth should go up
there scouters are one of the best in the countryso in a couple of years watch them go up in a couple of seasons ...
mark16 05.01.2001
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