Duncan Barkes

Oh, what?

Two changes from your last starting line-up.

What was the thinking there?

Oh, shut up.

I want to ask John Massino this, and it's the only question I'll ask him this season, because I don't bother him, right?

He's got a job to do, and I want him to do it well.

And I don't want him to do interviews endlessly, answering pointless questions.

I want him to manage our club as well as he possibly can.

And that means it is the subject of his total and utter devotion.

But I would ask him this.

Against Hull...

What's he going on about, Boyd, now, against Hull?

What's that got to do with anything?

Against Hull, we're at home.

And after the toss, the teams had to turn round, which meant that Pompey were kicking towards the Fratton end.

Disappointment.

There's always a slight groan goes up around the ground when they discover that Pompey are going to be kicking towards the Fratton end in the first half, and therefore towards the Milton end, which is 50% opposition, and Hull were very noisy, quite noisy, well done them.

Okay, but what it always means is that Pompey have kickoff.

Not that that makes any difference.

Hardly anybody's ever scored direct from a kickoff.