Duncan Barkes

Now, all I'm saying, the only reason I'm mentioning that is because I don't want that result to me, just for me, to be a combined Christmas and birthday present.

I want a second present on or around Christmas Day.

Well, it was a good result, wasn't it?

And it was a good performance.

The first 20 minutes, we looked like what John Massino has described as the good team that we're capable of being.

Or is the word decent?

Decent, I think, is the exact word he may have used.

But he pointed out that when we're not on song, then we're not a decent side.

And I think that is a very good analysis of the Pompey that we have at the moment.

Capable of being a good side, a decent side.

And giving a team like Blackburn, who let's always remember, were the third most successful away team in the entire championship.

They were away specialists.

And they had their captain back.

who was a very capable player, if extremely annoying, but a very good footballer.

So they had every right to expect that they would get something from us.

And when they scored, there was almost a sense of, well, of course, we're going to beat this lot.

That was why nobody went to celebrate with the goal scorer, did you notice?

But anyway, they scored and our heads dropped a little.

And I believe there was some booing at half-time.

Shame on those so-called supporters.