Duncan Barkes

And he has it very nicely cut, doesn't he, the dear boy?

Massino looked the part as well.

And he looked more relaxed than I've seen him for some time on the touchline, even though we ended up being given a little bit of a run around.

But I think, and I'm sure you agree with me,

We don't need to spend too much time on the Pompeo conceding too many goals from set pieces, especially corners.

Why?

Well, because they were actually better than us in every department.

They were more athletic than us.

They were quicker than us.

Their feet were quicker than us.

Their thinking was quicker than us.

They were stitching together little tiny triangles of movements.

They knew where everybody was.

They knew how to pass it to them.

There were very few balls from them that turned into 50-50s for us, whereas a lot of our short passes turned into 50-50s, which they won more often than 50-50.

They're a very, very good side.

They are the best side at the moment by some distance in the best league in the world, which goes on getting better and better.

So it's possible that the Premier League is now better than it's ever been.

And there's one side that is not head and shoulders, but significantly better than everybody else in that league.

And it's the team who visited Fratton Park this afternoon.