Chapter 1: What are the latest updates on Pompey transfers?
The latest Pompey news. Updates every day from the Pompey Sound Newsdesk. A quick rundown on the current transfer stories involving Pompey. John Massinio today confirmed they're prioritising bringing a new striker to Pompey. We've had Tom Waddingham injured and too much strain on Matt Kirk and Colby. We didn't expect Matt to play as much as he has so soon.
With Callum Lang out as well and looking at the injuries you can see why we're looking there. Then there's the lack of goals we've scored.
we get into the final third really well but aren't doing enough with it when we have enough attacking players at our disposal that will change possibly we'd sign a 10 but goal scoring attackers in that area aren't easy to find that's the trade-off if you want to buy a guaranteed goal scorer at the level they cost a huge amount and there's not many of them available or you could take a risk abroad there's quite a few permutations what we're keen to do is get a couple of pieces of the puzzle in place and go from there
Meanwhile Birmingham's head coach reckons his former winger Kishi Anderson would be a steal for a club like Pompey. He says with Kishi I said to him in the first sort of two weeks of pre-season because I trained the players, that I noticed in maybe the fifth session that he was a reliable winger.
Chapter 2: Why is Pompey prioritizing a new striker?
I started thinking that it was no coincidence that when the games really mattered last year he played, and the managers played him. I thought that was quite interesting and then the more I watched him I thought he works he presses he defends, and then he can take it forward, with that quality.
They're the kind of wingers I want, I don't want wingers who are good going forward and they don't run backwards, I hate those wingers. So Keshi fitted into that really well and I think he's grown in confidence he knows I trust him he's popped up with a lot of goals and assists. I think goal contributions per 90 minutes he's in the top three this season he's had a great year.
Elsewhere we understand Pompey tested the waters with a bid for the 6ft 4in striker Nesta Elfigue, matching what's believed to be his £1m valuation, but the Ligue 2 side wasn't willing to let the Frenchman go. It now seems the club will look at other options this January, with concerns over how long it would take Elfie Gueye to adapt to the Championship.
Pompey have had their eye on the 25-year-old for months, and he was high on their striker shortlist for this window. Talk of a deal heated up in recent days, especially when the in-form forward was left out of his team's weekend defeat to Red Star. Usually a sure sign a transfer is close.
For now though, it looks like a move to Fratton Park is off the table, and Elfie Gueye will be staying in the French Alps.
It sounds as though the Birmingham manager, Chris Davies, isn't it, is trying to help Kishi Anderson move on. They've had to let him go six months ahead of his contract actually expiring because they want to make room for some of the... Quite expensive acquisitions that are coming in at Birmingham. A glowing recommendation on Kishi and his abilities.
Although I noticed that Davis also praised himself for spotting what turns out to be, in his opinion, well, he would say this, wouldn't he? Because he's the guy who directed it, turning Kishi into an attacking winger who also gets back and presses and plays the whole game. and we certainly would enjoy having a winger, provided he can do the main job.
which is beat men, get the assist in and score some goals. Providing he can do that, then anything else is icing on the cake. But getting back and covering territory is something that Pompey cherish in our wide midfield players or wingers, call them what you will. So that's Kishi Anderson.
Nesta Elfige, still not sure how to pronounce it, probably doesn't matter because he probably isn't coming to us. Shame. The story is that Pompey did table a bid for him, but his club wanted in excess of what Pompey bid. And that must happen all the time in football during transfer windows. We'll offer you this. No, we won't take that. We want this. So that one may not be dead.
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Chapter 3: How is Kishi Anderson viewed as a potential signing for Pompey?
A fact Massigno acknowledges. After a proposed switch to Central Coast Mariners fell through earlier this month, Pompey remained keen to find another club for Farrell. For Jacob's sake we're trying to get him games just not at the minute, Massigno said. He was very, very close to coming on at the weekend at Sheffield Wednesday.
If we're in a different position in 10 days' time and we think that's the right thing to do, then a loan might be a consideration. If we have the numbers in the building and we're happy in that left-back position, then we'll look at it. Even if he stayed, I think Faz would progress with us, but I also think he would progress by getting games elsewhere.
The biggest thing for him is fitness, he just hasn't been fit for the best part of 18 months. That's been the biggest stumbling block and, ultimately, when you've been out for that long, you just want to get back to playing games. Suddenly, Pompey have a wealth of options at left-back.
Connor Ogilvie's return to fitness, Zach Swanson's impressive performances as a stand-in, and Farrell's own comeback, means the Blues finally have choices in the position. Ogilvie was immediately restored as first choice following his two-month injury lay-off, starting in Saturday's 1-0 win at Sheffield Wednesday.
Meanwhile the right-footed Swanson had been a regular in the role during Ogilvie's absence, even dropping back into the spot from midfield when the former Gillingham man went off in the second half at Hillsborough.
While it's encouraging to see Farrell training regularly again after an injury-ravaged spell since his arrival from Central Coast Mariners, he has remained an unused substitute in the three matches since his return. This essentially leaves him as Pompey's third-choice left-back.
It's a stark contrast to the end of December, when injuries to both Ogilvy and Farrell forced Massigno to use right-back Swanson and Jordan Williams to plug the gap.
So just thinking about Jacob Farrell, we can actually widen the conversation and wonder whether John Massino might from time to time think there's some kind of curse at Fratton for him with players arriving and then immediately being unavailable through injury. Look at Ibane Bowat who arrived from Fulham and the first time he kicked a ball on the training ground on day one, he's out for a year.
What? ! Franco Ume. We knew that he wasn't going to be fit to play at the start of the season, having got him here in the summer for a fee. But they were singing Silent Night in the High Street before he actually turned out and looked all right. And where is he now? Getting treatment. Kozhanovsky just started to look as though he'd found his feet out for the rest of the season. And Farrell.
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Chapter 4: What happened with Nesta Elfige's potential transfer to Pompey?
Pompey will put up a fight but Watford have been good at bouncing back all year and I expect them to do so again. Prediction, Watford 2 Portsmouth 0, James Ray says. Watford will be determined to get back on track after their loss at the weekend. The Hornets had been in inspired form prior but should be confident of returning to winning ways.
Portsmouth just about got the job done against Sheffield Wednesday and will be determined to build on that result. I don't have much faith in that happening though, as they're still really lacking in the final third. In playoff chases Watford, Pompey are facing a side far more capable of punishing them, I think that will show in a fairly routine home win in this one.
Prediction, Watford, 2 Portsmouth 0.
Yeah, those two predictions are pretty much in line with what Steve Bone is saying, and the bookies kind of agree. At least Betfair does. The favourite correct score is 1-0 to Watford at 7.4 and the next favourite is 2-0 to Watford at 9.2 which is quite tight. 2-1 is joint second favourite with us getting a consolation goal but going down 2-1 that's also 9.2.
And if it's a bad day at the office for us, 3-0 is 17s. And any other home win is quite short at 11.5. So it's very much a case of let's suck it and see it tomorrow or today if you're listening on Wednesday versus Watford.
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