Duncan Barkes

I'm not going to say soft.

There's no such thing as a soft Australian.

But you're not as battle-scarred and as bruised and able to... Scarred is probably the word, with the rough and tumble of the championship.

And so what would be a knock or a slight strain turns into something a little bit more serious.

However, we have had, to my knowledge...

We have had no updates on a likely return date for Thomas Waddingham or whether he is not appearing because of injury or because he's got work to do.

And of course, a large amount of that knowledge belongs to Waddingham himself.

And it would be intrusive of the club to make announcements about his well-being one way or another.

However, it's perfectly legitimate for fans and commentators to wonder.

want to know and then inevitably start to speculate but let's hope all is well with him that he turns into the asset that we bought him as and he becomes an asset to us not just as a saleable commodity but a valuable player on the pitch who starts banging him in on a regular basis

And he scored a great goal at Westport.

Great goal.

He scored a real sniffer's goal.

And he took it stylishly.

And he was doing a lot of pressing without the ball.

And he did it effectively as well.

He's no hold-up merchant yet.

But if he's watching Colby Bishop on the pitch and in training, he should be picking up one or two hints and tips.

So fingers crossed that the forgotten man of Fratton Park is pretty soon a name on everyone's lips.

And we're joined by Steve Bone, and the first thing we have to do is a couple of cartwheels, Steve, because that was three good points the last time out.