Duncan Barkes

And he found himself with his back to goal about halfway inside the half that Pompey were defending.

And the ball was running a little bit loose.

And in the championship, normally, three opponents would be up his, I'm going to say, backside.

But they weren't.

He looked around him and there was nobody chasing him down.

He had a chance to go and get the ball, turn around, look up and decide what to do with it.

Because that's the sort of thing that happens in the Premier League.

It doesn't happen that much in the Championship.

So they gifted us that.

And you know what?

Considering most of them think that they should be in the Premier League,

Those Southampton players weren't very impressive.

They weren't very good.

Their defence was wobbly.

We bossed their midfield easily.

Their attacking force was stylish, but ineffective.

Because we had Connor Ogilvie, I mean, just to name one name.

And so we were the better side.

Throughout the first half, the second half, for some reason, and no one will ever know why, and John Messina will wonder why, but doesn't know why, we started the second half a bit lackadaisical, good word.

Or at least they came out and they had an idea.