Duncan Barkes

and therefore it has to be taken and it was taken and it was nodded out and one of our players whacked it in and conor chapman did something that i've only ever seen on film because i've never been to a bullfight he did something i've only ever seen on film bullfighters do which is to sort of stand up proud hands out of the way in the case of bullfighters they're holding swords but he wasn't

and the bull kind of just glances their hips their pelvic region and that's what he did whether he was trying to apply a finishing touch or whether he was trying to get out of the way of the ball no one will ever know except him but he shot a glance over his shoulder towards

The lino and the goal stood and off he went.

And I think he got so exuberant about life.

And everything that after the game, I think he was yellow carded for some kind of dispute.

A dispute.

With one of the Middlesbrough.

Because it kicked off a little bit after the game.

Sadly, the cameras didn't linger on it.

You know, you're supposed to disapprove of that kind of thing going on.

But look.

we know these guys are paid quite a lot of money, but we also, we want them to care.

We want them to stand up for themselves, stand up for us.

And that's what happened immediately after the game.

And I dare say there'll be minor recriminations on that.

But, uh, so what John Messina got in pretty quickly and told the Pompey players to back off, go away, leave it alone.

He's not, he's not worth it.

That one.

Um,

So we spent the entire game, most of the game, as the game went on, more and more, we devoted ourselves to having 11 men behind the ball.