big game, probably our best chance of three points for a month or so
interesting to see how pompey do without a manager. atm it looks like tadams was a bit unfortunate, their performances havent been too bad, generally they've just lost by the odd mistake here and there. either they drift further into self pity and we wallop them, or a weight is lifted from their shoulders and they rediscover last seasons form, in which case a draw would be a decent result.
got to be big phil up front with belly on the right, despite elano's heroics midweek, you can't drop ireland, his quick reactions in the most important area on the pitch, and unfailing ability to instantly pick out the runs of our strikers are our biggest assets.