Duncan Barkes

when I should be turning up for training, I'll be at 25,000 feet.

And he literally did a runner, so the myth goes.

And he changed careers and he became a very successful diplomat.

Oh, did he?

Right.

That's one way to leave a club.

Well, yeah, I mean, he was obviously somebody who was quite capable of being slippery and...

I'm going to say deceitful, slightly deceitful, so that's probably a requisite credential if you're going to work at the embassy.

Well, the player was supposed to give the letter to Harry, chickened out, and he waited until Harry was out on the training ground and he crept into Harry's office and he put the letter on Harry's pile of clothes.

Yes, he didn't want to be blamed for it, absolutely.

Yeah.

Yes.

Now then, back to matters in hand.

Quite a few people are getting a squeaky bum, as Alex Ferguson put it, if you remember.

Are you nervous?

Even a little bit?

Yes.

but with Yang I think because Yang has scored a few goals and we've seen some moments from him people are a little bit concerned about does that leave us even weaker in wide areas well I was going to ask you that was the next thing on the list is we've seen a little bit more of Harvey Blair what are your thoughts on him now that we've had a fairly good look at him

We love your predictions, partly because they're interesting.

Most so-called experts, pundits, commentators, what have you, ex-players in particular, notorious for this, always end up saying, I think it's going to be a very tight game, but I think Pompey can shade it.