Where do pompey go from here, was a shock to get up this morning to see the news that Harry Redknapp has again jumped ship, this time to struggling Spurs. I see in the betting that some of the names being mentioned are Tony Adams (2/1 FAV) and Sam Allardyce alongside previous Fratton Park Director of Football Avram Grant. The chances of Tony Adams going with Redknapp to White Hart Lane look to be very slim for obvious reasons, as for Joe Jordan who knows. Surely the key to Pompey having a successful season (which now is surely midtable stability) must be continuity, meaning sticking with Adams and Jordan if possible and maybe bringing in some experienced help alongside them.
Repknapp meanwhile - knowing all to well the situation with Portsmouth's finances having already admitted that the club were trying to off-load a couple of players in the summer transfer window - will surely be back to test their resolve with a bid for a couple of big name players in the january transfer window. The likes of Diarra and possibly Crouch or Defoe would surely jump at the chance to work with Redknapp again - he seems popular amongst players in general - should the chance arise for them.
Pompey at best have had a stuttering shaky start to the season and could well have done without this at this moment in time, the squad looks small and struggling to cope with the demands of playing Premier League and UEFA cup in what seems like almost back-to-back games and coupled with the propect of losing some of their bigger names in the january transfer window you have to wonder what the future has in store for them.
Right now where i a pompey fan i would gladly take a season of mid-table mediocrity.
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Saturday, 25 October 2008
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The sky live game at 12.45 today is Sunderland V Newcastle and historically these games are hard to call.
Sunderland seem to be consolidating themselves as a midtable team under Roy Keane accumilating enough points as they go along to retain premiership survival, where as you don't know what to expect from Newcastle.
Sunderland seem to be a win one lose one mid table team who are usually stronger at home but with Newcastle for the majority of the season they have been totally useless but over past couple of games have shown some fight and signs of improvement, therefore i wouldn't like to call a winner in this game as i believe it will be close and could go either way.
My view is that it will be one of those games that could be 2-1 either way or even 2-2, i definately expect goals in this fixture, therefore my bet free for this game will be for over 2.5 goals.
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Sunderland seem to be a win one lose one mid table team who are usually stronger at home but with Newcastle for the majority of the season they have been totally useless but over past couple of games have shown some fight and signs of improvement, therefore i wouldn't like to call a winner in this game as i believe it will be close and could go either way.
My view is that it will be one of those games that could be 2-1 either way or even 2-2, i definately expect goals in this fixture, therefore my bet free for this game will be for over 2.5 goals.
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Monday, 20 October 2008
Mature Murray improving every day.
How refreshing to see Andy Murray's great form continuing, could it be an improving attitude and dedication to his game that has caused this second half of seasons excellent run? For me it was great to see that after his thrashing by Roger Federer in last months USA open final that instead of whinging about being tired following his two day exertions against Rafael Nadal in his semi he simply just said "That I've got a lot of improving to do if I want to win one of these tournaments", no excuss making just an honest appraisal of where his game was at and that he was simply outplayed by the better man. A great attitude for which he should be applauded, a recognition that he needed to go and train even harder, i don't remember seeing one newspaper article giving him any credit for this.
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Again this week in the aftermath of his win in the Madrid Masters during which he beat Federer again, when asked about closing the gap on the top three he distanced himself from them claiming he's not fit to be mentioned in the same breath as them, another sign of the growing maturity and positive attitude that he still has to work even harder to get on in the game. He went on further to say "I'm still a long way behind them," with Murray these days there dosen't seem to be any satisfaction with being the Worlds number four, no thinking about how well he's done to get here, there seems to be a determination to be better and to catch and pass the top three, i can only applaud him for showing this great attitude to bettering himself and look forward to the day he wins a Grand Slam and tops the world rankings. I think it is about time the press gave credit where credits due.
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Again this week in the aftermath of his win in the Madrid Masters during which he beat Federer again, when asked about closing the gap on the top three he distanced himself from them claiming he's not fit to be mentioned in the same breath as them, another sign of the growing maturity and positive attitude that he still has to work even harder to get on in the game. He went on further to say "I'm still a long way behind them," with Murray these days there dosen't seem to be any satisfaction with being the Worlds number four, no thinking about how well he's done to get here, there seems to be a determination to be better and to catch and pass the top three, i can only applaud him for showing this great attitude to bettering himself and look forward to the day he wins a Grand Slam and tops the world rankings. I think it is about time the press gave credit where credits due.
Thursday, 9 October 2008
Surprise Surprise Stanford T20 gets go-ahead
Am i only person that is thinking the publicity of the recent court case about the T20 match between the West Indies and England is a hassle that Allen Stanford wanted? Maybe i'm a cynic but there is an old saying that any publicity is good publicity. Is Allen Stanford a multi-billionaire really that naive to try to push out Digicel's name from the match and get away with it or was it all an elaborate scheme to generate yet more publicity for the upcoming fixture and more importantly brand Alan Stanford!
This is the man who landed his helicopter on the nursery ground and then announced to the world that test cricket bored him, it didn't take to long for the truth to emerge that the game is merely a vehicle to promote his own name and brand and to turn him into a world wide brand name. I can't help thinking this is just the latest scheme in the bigger overall plan that he is using cricket for.
Cricket should put the games interest in front of the pound signs in it's eyes, it's all well and good the ECB taking the money to keep the big names happy and away from the IPL, buts whats to stop them doing both further down the line. In my view cricket should be wary of Stanford, as i said above he openly admits to finding test cricket boring and from this assumption i have to believe he dosen't have the best interests of cricket at heart, after all test cricket is the pinicle of the game and shouldn't be allowed to be undermined by anyone no matter how much money they are prepared to throw at it.
This is the man who landed his helicopter on the nursery ground and then announced to the world that test cricket bored him, it didn't take to long for the truth to emerge that the game is merely a vehicle to promote his own name and brand and to turn him into a world wide brand name. I can't help thinking this is just the latest scheme in the bigger overall plan that he is using cricket for.
Cricket should put the games interest in front of the pound signs in it's eyes, it's all well and good the ECB taking the money to keep the big names happy and away from the IPL, buts whats to stop them doing both further down the line. In my view cricket should be wary of Stanford, as i said above he openly admits to finding test cricket boring and from this assumption i have to believe he dosen't have the best interests of cricket at heart, after all test cricket is the pinicle of the game and shouldn't be allowed to be undermined by anyone no matter how much money they are prepared to throw at it.
Sunday, 14 September 2008
Newcastle Madness
Unreal, yet again Kevin Keegan is back as the favourite to be next Newcastle manager with the bookies. No more than a few hours after club owner Mike Ashley confirmed his wish to sell the club Keegans odds have now been trimed to 2/1 with the bookies, he is currently trading at just over 2/1 on betfair. When will the madness that is Newcastle United end? If keegan where to return surely it would signal the end of Dennis Wise and mean the club having to stump up the cash to pay up his contract, there seems to be no end to the wastefulness of premier league clubs these days, money just seems to be easy come easy go. If Keegan does come back the clubs potential new owners might not rate him and might want to bring in a top class manager with a proven track record, this will then mean having to pay out another contract.
The fans have made their point and it appears they have been listened too this time, it seems to me though that Ashley badly underestimated the fans power and the status of Keegan. He brought him back to seek popularity with the supporters and then effectively forced him back out the door, there seems to be no logic behind any of the decisions taken at Newcastle at the moment.
I for one won't be backing anyone in this market as with the recent track record of Newcastle you wouldn't put it past them to make Gordon Brown the next manager and i just don't believe that the market offers any real value.
The fans have made their point and it appears they have been listened too this time, it seems to me though that Ashley badly underestimated the fans power and the status of Keegan. He brought him back to seek popularity with the supporters and then effectively forced him back out the door, there seems to be no logic behind any of the decisions taken at Newcastle at the moment.
I for one won't be backing anyone in this market as with the recent track record of Newcastle you wouldn't put it past them to make Gordon Brown the next manager and i just don't believe that the market offers any real value.
Tuesday, 26 August 2008
Englands Cricket Selectors
How remarkable is Englands change in fortunes in the cricket, i know it's only four ODI's and one test match but never the less it's still great to see a winning team at last. Not just the winning though but the manner of them, there seems to be a new energy and vibe about the whole team that hasn't been there for the last two to three years, also a much better balance to the whole team, which brings me to my main point of issue which is the selectors.
I know people will say that it's easy with hindsight but surely the art of being a selector involves a certain element of prediction, which is where i believe that the selectors got it badly wrong at the start of the South Africa Test series. Aside from the continued charmed life the batsmen have had for the last ten to fifteen test matches which is another story altogether (Pietersen excluded obviously) the decision to leave Flintoff out of the 1st Test was clearly the wrong one, looking at his fitness is the last three Tests show what great shape he has got himself in & some of the batsmen who faced him in the county match before the 1st Test stated at the time he was definitely ready to play, what difference could he have made in that South African 2nd innings where they lost only three wickets in two days?
Then we come to the Harmison debate, whatever your feelings whether you think he's had enough chances already or not, it's obvious that the side is better with him in it. It was pointless waiting til the last test of the whole summer to bring him back when the series was already gone, yet again i don't see this as being wise with hindsight but a selection failure, during the T20 spell midway through the county season all the reports where that his bowling was back somewhere near it's best and yet the selectors waited til the last test to bring him in. It was obvious after the 1st Test that the bowling wasn't going to get 20 south african wickets very easily and so it proved, he should have been brought back for the 2nd test or if not then definately the 3rd to give him the chance to influence the outcome of the series.
In my view the South Africans will depart these shores greatful to the selectors for not picking Flintoff for the 1st Test and leaving it til it was to late to bring Harmison back into the fold. He had served his sentence and done the hard labour at Durham and i can't help but think if we had picked our best team it would have been a different outcome to the series. Broad, Anderson, Sidebottom and Panesar are good honest bowlers but as a unit i believe that they lack that extra bit of firepower to get 20 wickets against the top class sides, it's ok playing the likes of New Zealand and the West Indies as you know somewhere along the line they will get themselves out.
So if we want to compete with the Aussies next summer my message to the selectors is "In future try picking our best team"
I know people will say that it's easy with hindsight but surely the art of being a selector involves a certain element of prediction, which is where i believe that the selectors got it badly wrong at the start of the South Africa Test series. Aside from the continued charmed life the batsmen have had for the last ten to fifteen test matches which is another story altogether (Pietersen excluded obviously) the decision to leave Flintoff out of the 1st Test was clearly the wrong one, looking at his fitness is the last three Tests show what great shape he has got himself in & some of the batsmen who faced him in the county match before the 1st Test stated at the time he was definitely ready to play, what difference could he have made in that South African 2nd innings where they lost only three wickets in two days?
Then we come to the Harmison debate, whatever your feelings whether you think he's had enough chances already or not, it's obvious that the side is better with him in it. It was pointless waiting til the last test of the whole summer to bring him back when the series was already gone, yet again i don't see this as being wise with hindsight but a selection failure, during the T20 spell midway through the county season all the reports where that his bowling was back somewhere near it's best and yet the selectors waited til the last test to bring him in. It was obvious after the 1st Test that the bowling wasn't going to get 20 south african wickets very easily and so it proved, he should have been brought back for the 2nd test or if not then definately the 3rd to give him the chance to influence the outcome of the series.
In my view the South Africans will depart these shores greatful to the selectors for not picking Flintoff for the 1st Test and leaving it til it was to late to bring Harmison back into the fold. He had served his sentence and done the hard labour at Durham and i can't help but think if we had picked our best team it would have been a different outcome to the series. Broad, Anderson, Sidebottom and Panesar are good honest bowlers but as a unit i believe that they lack that extra bit of firepower to get 20 wickets against the top class sides, it's ok playing the likes of New Zealand and the West Indies as you know somewhere along the line they will get themselves out.
So if we want to compete with the Aussies next summer my message to the selectors is "In future try picking our best team"
Tuesday, 1 January 2008
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