Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
The latest Pompey news, updates every day from the Pompey Sound Newsdesk.
Chapter 2: What recent match details are revealed about Pompey vs Arsenal?
Confirmation of the match details for Pompey's third-round cup tie with Arsenal were first unveiled on a fan website amusingly named Arseblog. Arsenal's FA Cup third-round tie at Championship side Portsmouth will take place on Sunday 11th January at 2pm. The match, sandwiched between a home game with Liverpool and a trip to Nottingham Forest, will be broadcast in the UK by TNT Sports.
You'd imagine, depending on the injury situation, Mikel Arteta will use the opportunity to rotate heavily, although he'll be wary of the fact that the competition, in a break from tradition, has done away with replays at this stage.
Chapter 3: How will Mikel Arteta manage player rotations for the upcoming cup tie?
Let's hope we can get the job done at Fratton Park in 90 minutes, as the quest for silverware opens up on a fourth front. Yes, that is an amusing name for a fan website, isn't it? Arseblog. Say it to yourself.
Chapter 4: What are Portsmouth's current standings and performance in the Championship?
It's quite satisfying. Arseblog. Anyway, Pompey have announced that ticket details for that game will be announced in due course. And obviously everybody can start looking forward to that game as a standalone piece of excitement from the moment the draw was made, actually. But now that it's becoming reality and we've got times and places and dates, then it can start to harden up in our mind.
Bring them on. Sports news agency Sports Mole have weighed up Pompey's chances against Blackburn.
Chapter 5: What challenges are Portsmouth facing in their upcoming match against Blackburn?
Two teams battling at the wrong end of the Championship table will face off when Portsmouth welcome Blackburn Rovers to Fratton Park on Saturday. John Massinio's side are languishing in the bottom three, while Rovers are five points clear in 20th spot in the league table.
Portsmouth are sitting two points adrift from safety after winning four, drawing five and losing ten of their 19 Championship matches this season. The South Coast club have lost each of their previous three games without scoring since beating Millwall 3-1 on November 22.
After losing to Sheffield United and Bristol City, Pompey looked set to play out a goalless draw in Tuesday's away clash with Swansea City until Liam Cullen netted a 78th-minute winner to condemn Massigno's charges to a narrow 1-0 defeat.
Portsmouth have now failed to score in eight league games this season, while they are the joint lowest scorers in the division, with just 15 goals to their name.
Chapter 6: What injuries are affecting Portsmouth's squad ahead of the match?
Pompey will look to get their campaign back on track in Saturday's meeting with Blackburn, with the hosts aiming to beat Rovers at Fratton Park for the second time in 2025, after Josh Murphy scored the decisive goal in March.
The opening goal could be crucial to Portsmouth's hopes of picking up at least a point, considering that they have lost all five league games in which they have conceded first this season.
Like their hosts Blackburn could also do with three points this weekend, having failed to win any of their previous four completed matches, although they were leading in last weekend's abandoned game against Sheffield Wednesday. After losing 1-0 to Queen's Park Rangers, Rovers have gone on to play out three consecutive draws against Wrexham, Ipswich Town and Oxford United.
Todd Cantwell came off the bench to equalise from the penalty spot in Tuesday's one-all draw with relegation rivals Oxford United at Ewood Park. While they salvaged a point, Blackburn have now gone four home games without a win since they beat Southampton 2-1 on October 25.
As a result, Valerian Ismail's side may be looking forward to heading on their travels, especially as they have dropped just two points from their previous four away assignments.
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Chapter 7: What concerns does Yakubu express about Michael Eisner's ownership?
In fact, only Coventry City and Middlesbrough have picked up more points on the road than Blackburn, who have collected 16 of their 22 points from their nine Championship away games. Portsmouth remain without Jacob Farrell, Regan Poole, Connor Ogilvie, Connor Shaughnessy, Franco Ume and Thomas Waddingham due to injury.
Andre Dizel returns from a one-match ban, but Marlon Pack is suspended after he collected his fifth yellow card of the Championship season. Zach Swanson was forced off in midweek and will have to be assessed, while Josh Knight is a doubt after being absent from the last two matchday squads.
Meanwhile Blackburn midfielder Adam Forshaw will be out for five weeks after he sustained a hamstring injury in last Saturday's abandoned match, against Sheffield Wednesday. Forshaw is joined on the sidelines by Balazs Tuff, Hayden Carter, Scott Wharton, Ryan Hedges and Augustus Cargbo.
Ismael is hopeful that midfielder Sondre Tronstad could return from an ankle injury in time for Saturday's trip to Fratton Park.
Portsmouth possible starting line-up, Schmid, Devlin, Matthews, Boart, Williams, Swift, Dezel, Lang, Chaplin, Murphy, Bishop, Blackburn, may only be four points better off than Portsmouth, but they have proven to be a strong team on the road this season, and considering that they have won three of their last four away games, we think they will do enough to take all three points from Saturday's fixture.
sports news agency SportsMole there, on Pompey's chances against Blackburn.
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Chapter 8: How does Yakubu view the future of Portsmouth FC and the need for investment?
Former Pompey striker Yakubu has been touting his verdict on Michael Eisner. Yakubu helped fire Pompey into the Premier League, so he knows what it takes. But he has serious doubts the club's current owner can do the same. The former fan favourite has poured cold water on Michael Eisner's ambitions to return the Blues to the top flight.
Jakobu, a key part of Harry Redknapp's title-winning side back in 2002-03, believes it'll take serious investment to get Pompey back to the big time. The kind of money he doesn't think Eisner and his company, Tonante are willing to spend, especially with the team currently stuck in the Championship relegation zone.
Yakubu's blunt assessment comes just after the Blues chairman sent a video message to the Portsmouth supporters' trust last month, insisting that the Premier League remains the goal no matter their current struggles.
Speaking to Sportscasting, the Nigerian striker, who left for Middlesbrough in a £7.5m deal in 2005, after scoring 36 goals in two top-flight seasons, praised the long-suffering fans. It would be nice to see them again because they are unbelievable, he said. It is a nice city it's not a big stadium, but they love football, they've been suffering, they've been suffering for over 10 years now.
So they need to work so hard. And then the investment when you try to get promoted to the Premier League, you have to invest. I don't think they have that investor who can put in that money for them to take you to the next level. But at this point they've been doing alright. And I hope that we get a chance to play in the Premier League again." A Premier League return feels a world away right now.
Pompey are 22nd in the Championship, with just one win in their last 10 games. The immediate priority is simply avoiding relegation back to League One. In his message to the fans however, Eisner seemed unfazed by that threat, keeping his sights set high. We are always asked about our ambition," he told the Trust. And we've had the same ambition we've had since 2017.
We want to get into the Premier League. We have patience. We are now in the Championship and that is our goal," he added. We do not want to be a yo-yo club, we do not want to go back down to League One, we want to go up the ladder, we want to be financially intelligent. I am always optimistic. For the last time, we are not being relegated, trust me."
No disrespect to Colby Bishop or Mackenzie Cook, but it wouldn't be a bad thing to have Yakubu in his prime in our number nine shirt right now. Not for nothing, you see something of they call him a fan favourite. He's borderline folk hero, isn't he? There was just something about the friendly menace, the speed and the power, the versatility of his striking ability.
You knew you were on to a good thing if the ball was going into the mix and he was there and thereabouts. But my point in relation to why he's being quoted at the moment is this. That's what he was good at. He's not a billionaire businessman.
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