Duncan Barkes

I don't know.

I'm still confused about the format that's being proposed, but an extra four or five games at the end of a long season.

So there's that to consider, I think.

But I think John Massino is right.

It's exciting.

They do something similar in Scotland.

In their top tier, I think the top six sides go into the top half, I think, of the Scottish Division One, effectively.

The top half are involved in the championship playoffs and all of the bottom half of the league are involved in relegation playoffs.

which it must be extremely nail-biting for all concerned.

But, as John Massino says, it adds further excitement to the game and we like the game to be exciting.

As Pompey fans, our thoughts about Callum Lang will recede fairly quickly.

They always do when players leave.

But at the moment, they're not galloping over the horizon, partly because he hasn't made his debut yet for Preston.

And when he does, if it is Watford, then we'll have to hope that he doesn't score a hat-trick and we'll feel disappointed.

beleaguered by the fact that we are £2 million better off as a club but we still aren't scoring enough goals whereas he can and does.

That said, it must have been a nightmare for him.

He's clearly an emotional man.

His talk about how he plays better if his family...

are around him, watching him play.

And we now know that he kept his home in Liverpool.