Duncan Barkes

So he gets a lot of ball.

But when he gets that ball, we've got two wingers out wide.

We've got a number 10 who's too deep.

He's on his own.

He's on his own.

And it might sound old-fashioned, but having two men, at least for those long clearances, side by side so that they can work together, I think is... I know it's a little bit historic.

You used to have playing 4-2-4 and there were four up front, so you would have two.

A big one and a little one, it used to be.

But there's something to be said for it.

If our number 10 can get in close to Colby Bishop when he's about to receive the ball...

long from Schmidt because he will win it more than half the time and he's able to look up before he flicks the ball on to see where it needs to go it's just a small piece of a passage of play that I think we could get a little bit better

Each week on Steve Bone's piece on Pompey Sound, the final question to him is his prediction for the upcoming game.

And being about the only expert who said that Pompey were going to beat Charlton, then obviously we have to listen carefully to what he has to say.

And if we miss it on Pompey Sound, we can always listen to his excellent weekly podcast.

So, Millwall.

Pompey for 40 years, probably with greater perception and accuracy and attention to detail than any other Pompey fan.

He also has great powers of recollection and he's able to combine all that experience, bring it together and give us predictions which, frankly, beat...

well, just about anybody we know.

So there it is.

We ain't going to do too bad against Millwall if we come out with the same attitude that we've had starting games the last two or three matches.