'Portsmouth FC: FA Cup and Asia Cup Champions 07/08'

[MonkeyKnuckle]

Seeing as almost every other team has their own thread I thought it was time Pompey did as well.

What a season so far, fifth in the league, five straight away wins, unbeaten in 8.

To top it off a new Premier League record in the 7-4 match.


Last game highlights


And Benjani is actually scoring, no need to bring back Mornar now.

C'mon where are the other Pompey fans?

[thfccambs]

Great start for Pompey,Harry seems to be doing a great job there.Can never understand why a top team (no offence) hasn't snapped him up?

I would love to see him in the England job,he seems to take your average/older players and gets the best out of them.

Play up Pompey.

[Pezerinno]

I think he has said he wouldn't want the England job; just signed a new contract anyway and would imagine he would retire after Portsmouth and maybe buy Bournemouth FC. I think we have a chance of Europe this year although there are numerous clubs fighting for those two spots (I assume normal top 4). I'll be happy with top ten finish.

[overkill]

Would like to see Harry get some silverware at Pompey tbh. It's about time someone got the FA cup off the big four and Harry's got the team, and the nous to do it.

[thfccambs]

Originally Posted by Nick25

I think he has said he wouldn't want the England job; just signed a new contract anyway and would imagine he would retire after Portsmouth and maybe buy Bournemouth FC. I think we have a chance of Europe this year although there are numerous clubs fighting for those two spots (I assume normal top 4). I'll be happy with top ten finish.

Think he'd jump at the chance to manage England.Think he'd do a bloody good job also.I know he's just signed a new contract but what does that mean now days?

[city fan]

Yeah, great start from Pompey. Hope it doesn't continue on Sunday

Got some good players there now. When I've seen highlights that Utaka always seems to play well.

Easily a top 10 finish this year for you boys.

[overkill]

Originally Posted by city fan

Yeah, great start from Pompey. Hope it doesn't continue on Sunday

Got some good players there now. When I've seen highlights that Utaka always seems to play well.

Easily a top 10 finish this year for you boys.

No offence CF, but this is what worries me, both about clubs and fans. If I was a pompey fan right now, I'd want to see them go for the Cup, get a bit of silverware on the mantlepiece, and have something to look back on for Harrys hard work. Sod getting into the poxy CL, or, even worse, the UEFA cup. They are full (as recent results by Utd, Spurs, Arsenal and Liverpool have shown) with dross teams, playing crap football.

At the same time the lack of ambition is frightening among many PL clubs! Oh, let's hope for a top half finish in the PL! Big sodding deal! Who's going to look back on that in twenty years time and say 'God that was a vintage year - we finished 7th in the PL'..........

Again, not having a go at you CF, but the lack of any will to achieve anything bar a 'good leauge place' is a mentality I just cannot grasp.

And I hope I never do.

[thfccambs]

Originally Posted by overkill

Sod getting into the poxy CL, or, even worse, the UEFA cup. They are full (as recent results by Utd, Spurs, Arsenal and Liverpool have shown) with dross teams, playing crap football.

You can only beat the teams that are put in front of you mate.
See you mention the teams with really European history.

Agree though, i would/are also be looking to a good cup run maybe a final to show the good work the manager has done.
I've been saying for ages the CL is a complete joke,the only reason i want Spurs in Europe is i can have a little trip abroad.I'd love a good FA cup win though.sure most team would.

[city fan]

Originally Posted by overkill

No offence CF, but this is what worries me, both about clubs and fans. If I was a pompey fan right now, I'd want to see them go for the Cup, get a bit of silverware on the mantlepiece, and have something to look back on for Harrys hard work. Sod getting into the poxy CL, or, even worse, the UEFA cup. They are full (as recent results by Utd, Spurs, Arsenal and Liverpool have shown) with dross teams, playing crap football.

At the same time the lack of ambition is frightening among many PL clubs! Oh, let's hope for a top half finish in the PL! Big sodding deal! Who's going to look back on that in twenty years time and say 'God that was a vintage year - we finished 7th in the PL'..........

Again, not having a go at you CF, but the lack of any will to achieve anything bar a 'good leauge place' is a mentality I just cannot grasp.

And I hope I never do.

Non taken. I was merely saying they should finish at least 10th. They may well get into Europe, which for Pompey would be a good result. I don't think they've won anything since the 50's.

Discounting the top four places you've 2 places for a UEFA place, so to get one of those two would be a great success, as would a cup win, but there's only 2 of those two, and they're out of one.

I don't think its lack of ambition by clubs its just realism. At the end of the day over a long season, no one can really compete with the "big four", unfortunate as it is.

[overkill]

Originally Posted by city fan

Non taken. I was merely saying they should finish at least 10th. They may well get into Europe, which for Pompey would be a good result. I don't think they've won anything since the 50's.

Discounting the top four places you've 2 places for a UEFA place, so to get one of those two would be a great success, as would a cup win, but there's only 2 of those two, and they're out of one.

I don't think its lack of ambition by clubs its just realism. At the end of the day over a long season, no one can really compete with the "big four", unfortunate as it is.

Nope, sorry. When you see clubs outside the big four putting out 'B' teams in the cups that just doesn't ring true. If anything the cups represent their best chance of winning things. Yet, in the last six or seven years, year in year out, they play a full strength side in some poxy PL game against say, Middlesbrough, and then play, say, someone top six in the cup and send out five reserves. They also tend to play a full strength side against the top four too..........

Lack of ambition there I'm afraid. Pure and simple.

[city fan]

Originally Posted by overkill

Nope, sorry. When you see clubs outside the big four putting out 'B' teams in the cups that just doesn't ring true. If anything the cups represent their best chance of winning things. Yet, in the last six or seven years, year in year out, they play a full strength side in some poxy PL game against say, Middlesbrough, and then play, say, someone top six in the cup and send out five reserves. They also tend to play a full strength side against the top four too..........

Lack of ambition there I'm afraid. Pure and simple.

Depends where they are in the league I suppose. If someone like Bolton are scrapping for survial have a midweek cup game and then a 6 point relegation battle at the weekend, they will no doubt "save" their big players for the weekend.

That's the way it is. You can call it lack of ambition, and that lack of ambition has been caused by the money pumped into the game in the PL a team can lose £40m if it drops out

In a perverse way the money in the PL has scared clubs from actually trying to win anything. I think we need to see some £40m prizes for the League and FA cups. That'd solve the problem.

[rio1981]

Good old 'arry - still miss him, it was always an adventure with him in charge. He signed some proper duffers (how much of that was related to him actually wanting to sign those players is debatable) but un-earthed some real gems too.

And with him at the helm with Tony Carr looking after the youngsters at West Ham we saw our most healthy youth team and progression onto the senior squad (Rio, Lampard, Carrick, Cole, and eventually Johnson). He also brought us Paolo Di Canio

I often refer to Pompey in jest, normally after my team takes another pasting I'll turn round to the Mrs (like she cares about football!) and say "that's it, I'm off to support a decent team like Portsmouth or Dagenham & Redbridge"

Got a lot of time for Pompey in general, I like the fact that the ground is a proper English football ground (not a "stadia") but it looks as though a move is on the cards at some point as well? That would be a big disappointment for me but understandable given the current capacity there...

[MonkeyKnuckle]

Originally Posted by city fan

Non taken. I was merely saying they should finish at least 10th. They may well get into Europe, which for Pompey would be a good result. I don't think they've won anything since the 50's.

I think you are forgetting the Asia Trophy.

[Pezerinno]

Hunts I'm only going on what Harry has said to the press in that he wouldn't want the pressure of the England job but I agree contracts don't really mean much at all anymore.

Overkill if you've had a couple of relegation battles in previous sessions then a goal of top ten finish is ambition; you have to be realistic - who jumps from near relegation to winning the league.

Rio I'm a bit worried about the new ground in regards to atmosphere as well however a new stadium is needed if we want to progress.

[city fan]

Originally Posted by MonkeyKnuckle86

I think you are forgetting the Asia Trophy.

I did spot that . Thought is wasn't worthy of a mention