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Hi guys, For some reason Vital Pompey popped into my head today and thought I'd stick my head in & say Hi. I see Corny is still around occasionally and Matt, which is great to see. Does anyone else still check in on here? Hope everyone is well, and know that I'm still watching the Blues, but...

Hi guys, Been a long time since I was on here, but the Macca news made me want to come back & say hi. Absolutely gutted to hear that Macca has passed away so young. I just listened to the FA Cup Quarter Final extract where Macca poked the ball in after "Clanger Crossley" dropped the cross...

Just a quick note to say how proud I was of the effort on & off the field last night. The boys did really well. For a team off the boil in L1 we created a bucket of chances. The difference is that Prem teams clinically make their chances count. The crowd outsinging that lot even until the...

Coming straight after my 3rd play-off disappointment (Leicester, Plymouth & now Sunderland) it is easy to feel a bit gloomy. Asking 'where did it all go wrong?' However, I'd like to add a little positivity to the discussion. 1. At the outset of the season a spot in the play-offs would have...

So, I have just driven 300 miles for the first leg of the semi final. You forget how tiring that is when you haven’t done it for a while. Getting freshened up & going to eat at the hotel & then head to the ground. Everyone in my group is cautiously optimistic - mainly because Sunderland are on...

Sad to hear that Jon Gittens has passed away. An incredibly solid defender for us & he was part of the various team posters that adorned my bedroom walls as a lad. RIP Jon Gittens

I saw an email from Vital Football over the weekend & it made me think of this old forum. I used to spend so much time on here talking & arguing football, probably too much tbh! So I thought I'd take a look & see how everyone was doing. Where has everyone gone?! No responses to anything...

Pompey's recent form has been more akin to a mid-table side than one aiming for promotion to a higher division. This has seen ambitions for automatic promotion become more of a distant hope, and instead eyes have turned towards nailing down one of the play-off places. Checking the scores of...

We have 13 games to go. We are now 11 points behind 3rd, albeit with a game in hand, so maybe 8 points behind with 12 to play. We are 1 point ahead of the teams in 8th & 9th (the two places outside of the play-offs. Our form is poor by our standards, but we still have quality players who, on...

When results start going against us, there are often calls for the board to be changed. To me this is utter nonsense & I'll explain why I think that... To me the board are like the foundation or the building of a company. It is there for the long-term & you really shouldn't notice it. For me...

On Tuesday Pompey visit Exeter, another fan-owned club. However, it can be argued that being fan-owned is the only thing that matches as the clubs as Exeter are a totally different size of club altogether. If size of club was all it took, then we would clearly wipe the floor with Exeter every...

There is a lot of football left in this League Two season. On Saturday Pompey finally found a way to record a valuable win, something too rare of late. A truly dominant performance. Meanwhile other teams (except for Northampton who seem on another planet right now) around us are dropping...

I have decided to track whether the game I have just seen was 'Value For Money' (VFM) & worth the £13 it cost as part of my season ticket. When we lose we can easily think all is crap & has been for ages, and vice-versa for a win. Bristol Rovers - Good VFM - lots of good footer.

A lot has been said about recent form. One thing is sure, despite not being far from victory in most of the recent games (Orient excepted) we aren't putting enough points on the board right now. Talk of the season being over is premature. We didn't win some 'must wins' but there is still plenty...

There seems to be a lot of unhappiness around, despite a pretty decent season in my opinion. Well, certainly our best season in a long while. THE CASE FOR A GOOD SEASON: A L2 side built from scratch in the summer had a good showing in the League Cup, taking a Championship scalp. Another scalp...

I have read so many remarks recently that this game or another is a 'must win'. A 'must win' is only ever a reality in the last handful of games of a season, when only a win keeps promotion (or more recently 'not relegation'!) hopes alive. We went into the Morecambe game 7 points off of the...

I see we're seemingly giving up on Lavery. I don't quite get Sheffield Wednesday's reluctance, but I have no information about the goings on. So we seem to be calling for a re-rack & going after Steve Davies (OK, not Steve Davis, but couldn't resist!) of Bradford. His record sounds great...

Track back to January 1991 & a young PompeyTim & his mates were in the South Stand Lower Family Section for his 11th birthday party. And what a party? 2nd Division Pompey were rampant & tore 3rd Division Bournemouth apart 5-1. Fast forward 25 years to 2016 & the picture has changed somewhat...

Cook has built a decent side from scratch this season. In just 26 league games he has built a side that has twice knocked out Championship opposition in the cups & are on the edges of automatic promotion. However, football doesn't allow time. Cook himself stated 'promotion' this season so...

Oxford are seen by some as the most talented team in L2 & strangely a lot of bookies still have them as favourites for the L2 title. Pompey have found themselves 11 points behind the leaders, albeit with games in hand. It is getting towards the stage where games like this have to be won to keep...