Duncan Barkes

No.

Bit of a trivia question for you, but it opens up a can of worms, a talking point, and I'd love to get your thoughts on it.

When was the last time there was somebody in the stands at Fratton Park from Real Madrid watching a player in the blue shirt?

That's what I was thinking.

What do you think, to what extent, should I say, because I think it's a fact, it does exist.

To what extent is the need to be a global brand high in the minds of the big clubs when it comes to acquiring players?

If you want to crack the Asian market, say, China...

They don't seem to be producing any Premier League quality players at the moment.

But certainly the likes of Korea and Vietnam, and Japan, really good players are coming through.

And it helps raise their profile in an important market.

I've got to get your thoughts about the latest that we know on the January transfer window.

We've been buying players from abroad, such as Australia, Austria, Hungary, and borrowing players from English clubs.

Do you think that's going to continue?

Or since there is a spoken need, by John Massino says, to have possibly six loan players on our books at the end of January, do you think we might expand our loan activities to international players?

Thank you.

It's a full-time job just reading the entire dossier.

Excellent.

Just to round things off with your excellent predictions, the Football News Agency, calling themselves the 72, their experts have all done their predictions, and we're carrying it on Pompey Sound, and they're all saying we're going to lose to Derby.

Excellent.

As ever, Steve, thank you so much indeed for everything.