No Rompy v. Pompey #
Ian Symes - October 20, 2008 @ 3:27 pm
Well, that was a poor game. Us and Pompey are at about the same level at the moment - let’s not forget that if they hadn’t have given up on the league as soon as they got to Wembley last season, they’d probably have finished above us. Pretty soon, they’ll go into decline and we’ll continue to improve, but at the moment we should look at it as progress against a side we haven’t beaten at home since O’Leary’s days, and an improvement on last season’s result.
But I’m not happy with the performance in a game that was there for the taking. Here’s why.
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Good news, everyone! #
Ian Symes - August 29, 2008 @ 1:10 pm
1) We’re through to the first round proper of the UEFA Cup. It was a pretty rubbish second leg, but then we were hardly going to go out all guns blazing three days before the Liverpool game. It started off pretty well, but when FH scored, we just thought “sod it” and switched off the pace. On the plus side, Craig Gardner and Wayne Routledge both did very well, and it was good to see Nathan Delfouneso making an appearance. And it could be worse - we could be Man City.
2) We have been drawn against Litex Lovech of Bulgaria in the first round. My limited research reveals that last season they finished fourth in the league and won the Bulgarian Cup. Obviously, we can’t take anything for granted (John Gregory, take note) but they shouldn’t present us with too much trouble, especially considering we’re away the first leg.
3) WE HAVE SIGNED JAMES MILNER! GET THE FUCK IN! I love Milner. You may recall I included him in my dream team a couple of months ago, where I talked about how “we’d love to have him back”. Well, now we have. He’s been around for so long that it’s easy to forget that he’s still only 22. I can’t wait to see him slot into the team. Milner, Reo-Coker, Barry and Young across the middle, with Sidwell, Petrov, Gardner, Routledge and Osbourne in reserve. Villa with strength in depth? Whatever next?