Duncan Barkes

And it could have gone anywhere, but it went to a Norwich player and boom.

So we went in at half-time, 1-0 down.

Even at half-time, it was clear to those that know their football that Pompey's man of the match was Colby Bishop.

He did not lose one single long ball.

Every single long ball that was played up to him, he won.

He got the first touch on it.

How does he do this?

The unfortunate thing, of course, is that there was nobody on the end of it to, well, a couple of times there were players on the end of it who could pick up.

But generally speaking, he's winning the headers.

Sometimes he's chesting it down.

Sometimes he's even pushing them back so far he can take it to feet.

That happened, OK, only once.

But we had a long ball to Colby Bishop.

He shoved their centre half back out of it.

And he took it to feet.

At that, the guy's a genius.

He's not knocking them in.

And we'll come on to the shortcomings of the short ball in from our wingers in a moment.

Because don't you think... I won't do it now.

Don't you think that...