Steve Bone

But sometimes I just get so infuriated by things.

And it's all about opinions, isn't it?

And I'm sure those people that said, yes, they would accept an offer for Lang, we should cash in, I'm sure they would stand by that if they came on here today and you asked them about it, I'm sure they would.

I get that.

But I just think people have got short memories.

People have forgotten what he did for us during the promotion season and last season.

He was a key man in that revival last season when Bishop came back and him and Murphy and Richie then as well, of course, but they were all playing a part in it.

And people seem to think it's easy to replace a

A good player?

Well, I'm not sure it is.

And actually, if anything has shown that over the last couple of years, Pompey has shown that.

It's been hard to buy players for an affordable price that can come into a championship team and make an impression and do well.

We've had a few that have tried and failed.

We've had a few successes as well, I get that.

But, you know, you sell Lang and then what?

Who's going to suddenly come in the door five minutes later and be a like-for-like replacement?

I don't see that happening.

So, yeah, that's my view on Lang.

Others will disagree, but I hope he is back in the team soon, back fit soon.

And it sounds like he's not far off fitness at all, which is great.