Duncan Barkes

I absolutely loathe some of the Namby Pamby nicknames that the clubs have got.

You know, in the Premier League, you've got your Gunners and you've got your Spurs and you've got your Red Devils.

And I know you've got your Black Cats and your Bees.

And we've got Tigers and Lions in the Championship, Millwall and Hull.

But all this talk about Ingleson, you see, I'm constantly hearing about the Owls and the Rams and...

And then you've got the canaries and the robins and the hornets and the swans.

I mean, there are times when it's less like the fifth best league in the world and more like the second best children's petting zoo in Littlehampton.

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It does, and I thought that John Massino looked a little bit more relaxed than normal because it wasn't a normal three-pointer.

There was something else about it.

You're quite right.

Penny's just dropped with me that when he scored that goal, the equaliser, he ran down your way, didn't he?

Ran up to you almost.

Did you know it was him who'd scored?

Did you know it was him who'd scored?

No, I didn't.

Does a club like Pompey allow or choose to allow the adrenaline, the rush of blood and confidence that you ought to be able to take from a performance like that into the next two, three or hopefully even more games?