And Its Smith

My worry is that the midfield looks fragile and Flint is playing

Moore

El Abd

Flint

Williams

Wag staff

Pack

Reid

W Elliott

Jet

Baldock

Cunningham

Four of the bench I'd have in the team!

Why isn't he playing Maloney at RWB??

Have to assume he doesn't trust him

Last game was the first one where it didn't seem that Cotterill knew what he was doing. A bit worried.

Hopefully we can nick a draw. Lines up any second now.....

Baldock will end up with 20-25 goals this season and some on here will moan it isn't enough.

It's like Man Utd fans moaning that Andy Cole should have scored more than 35 goals a season!

Some opinions aren't valid.

We have 5 one Dayers we are better at that??!!!

I love cricket more than football but even I can barely care about these one dayers.  The England team have performed disgracefully I agree with Michael Vaughan that they gave up today.

The only reason I will be watching the one dayer highlights is to see how the likes of Danny Briggs performs. 

I cannot understand the selection. Surely if they watch Borthwick and Rankin in the nets then they can see they aren't good enough.

I would hope that in the summer the team will be as follows and the pitches will be good to bat on

May as well try to build for the future now. No idea about captaincy though as Cook doesn't seem to have a clue. Maybe Broad, maybe Bell. Nobody crying for it.

Cook

Compton

Bell

Root

Ballance

Taylor

Buttler

Stokes

Rashid

Broad

Anderson

Glos Rd closed by police huge Pompey following laying into the gas

I didn't see that. Just a lot of police surrounding Portsmouth fans with dogs and horses

So i see everyone has thrown the towel in after 15 mins, well done chaps.  3/4 of the game left. COYRS!

Who gives a flying **** what anyone on here thinks or does? Makes no impact.

I'm beginning to think the players aren't good enough......

Mods, can you move this to the non football forum please.

Just a joke. Calm down.

Former. Options on bench. Wynter travelled but not even on bench

Holloway for me,ok he was gas,but that was only becouse he was a shite player,if he was nay good he would have played elseware,..hes a good manager and thats what i want at the gate

What are you on about? He certainly wasn't shite! A scumbag yes but not shite. Played op flight football for ducks sake

Let's look at his jobs:

Bristol Rovers - play offs, mid table, sacked. FAIL

QPR - relegated, promoted, mid table, sacked. EVENS

Plymouth - quit to go to Leicester and later admitted to being dishonest - FAIL

Leicester - relegated, sacked - FAIL

Blackpool - promoted, relegated, play offs, left. - SUCCESS

Crystal Palace - promoted, left. EVENS

To qualify the last one, he signed so many players in the summer and made a right mess of things and then resigned as he couldn't handle it. Hardly an overall success.

So, one success out of six.

Amazing that some fans want this man at our club.

If he was appointed the most effective way to protest would be to never attend a game and that is what I would do.

My next game would be the first after he is sacked. I'd rather have Pulis or Coppell back.

Pietersen is SA as far as I'm concerned, the accent slightly gives it away. Only moved here out of convenience due to disagreeing with quotas, apparently. Not sure about Prior, was he born in SA ?

Both have English parents so are 50% English.

Would rather him in the team than 'our' South Africans

Which ones?

KP is half English, half South African. Prior is the same.

Trott is our only full South African

We've scored 400+ just eight times in our last 48 innings. Has to be a serious worry if it happens in next innings too.

Worried about Trott who seems to have no confidence and real struggle against short ball.

Carberry played well but looked scared when Johnson changed to around the wicket.

Prior should not be immune from being dropped. Not scored a run for a long time.

I hate not losing in five games. SOD out

What ever happened to those people who wore T- shirts with : Football, Kids, Wife. ( In that order ) . And meant it! That's what I want to know !!

Nobody has ever meant that!

Jacki

Yesssssssss

If we lose then bye bye Sean I think.