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A multi-award winning national sports journalist. We all have our secrets, I just haven’t got to you yet

United Kingdom
Joined July 2009
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AWOL owners and a squad of players beset by injury and lacking in quality. Anyone else at #Pompey fed up with this💩 every season? Another relegation battle. How exciting 🤣 #Championship #Relegation #PUP #Owners
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Yet another season of crippling injuries at #Pompey It’s bad enough our squad isn’t good enough without contending with a crippling injury list. Why this isn’t being addressed is beyond me #Injuries #Football #Championship #Facilities
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For those suffering from amnesia or still in a coma, lets put #Pompey financial situation into perspective. Only two #Championship clubs have spent less than us, @LincolnCity_FC and @OfficialBWFC We have the 3rd lowest wage bill and a sub standard squad. Go figure #Relegation
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Let’s face it there is no optimism to be had under the Eisner’s ownership model at #Pompey Our playing budget is embarrassing and recruitment nothing short of scandalous. Mousinho tried hard to leave in the summer and at this rate he’s one bad game away from his P45 #PUP
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Three defeats in the opening four games for #Pompey and to think some supporters actually thought we would be challenging for promotion. We’ve signed an utter pile of 💩 consistent with a side battling relegation for another season #Pompey #Relegation #Football
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I am deeply saddened by the passing of Kevin Keegan. During my early days in journalism I was incredibly fortunate to meet and interview Kevin on numerous occasions. He was a true gentleman with an infectious smile. My thoughts are with his family and close friends #LFC #NUFC
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Anyone sympathising with @SouthamptonFC players should watch the example set by their captain, Taylor Harwood-Bellis after defeating @Boro in the play-off semi-final, second leg. Now that’s karma #Championship #Cheats #Pompey
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John Mousinho to @BristolCity highlights redundant ownership of the club by the Eisner’s @eric_eisner is solely responsible for his departure. JM was told there would be no increase in the playing budget and players would be sold including Devlin and Murphy. #Pompey #Crisis
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The irony of survival celebrations showcase the lack of commitment from owners at #Pompey who need to sell to make this club competitive. Failing that expect more of the same next season when once again, survival will be the only objective. #PUP #Pompey #Survival #Owners
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As #Pompey face a crunch game against #Oufc today our absent owners have probably taken refuge in a bunker. Let’s face it this mess is their fault entirely and regardless of our fate unless they sell up nothing will change. #Battle #Relegation #Owners #Sell #Pompey
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God help #Pompey @NorwichCityFC today. We need divine intervention to get anything from this game. God help us because the 💩 owners can’t #Pompey #Relegation #Owners #Sell
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You have plenty of 💩 to say normally so come on where are you now? Absent owners, a deluded CEO and a club in complete free fall due to owners who can’t be arsed to give us a fighting chance of survival. You’re an embarrassment to #Pompey
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When the pro Eisner brigade go on about a debt free club maybe they should read this 💩 from @Michael_Eisner #Pompey have been suffocated by these owners who can’t be arsed to give us a fighting chance of survival. It’s time they sell up and fu*k off #Owners #Out #Relegation
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What 💩 show performance was that from #Pompey Losing 6-1 shows we have absolutely no fight in us at all and relegation is looming. Embarrassing doesn’t do this justice. As for the owners, they are a disgrace. This is on them. Pathetic. But hey, we are debt free #PUP #Relegation
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At least you got a bridge. Let’s hope it collapses when you walk over it. Your shameless running of #Pompey can’t be overstated. You are solely responsible for getting this club relegated. So stick your debt free narrative up your backside Eric. #PUP #Relegation #Owners #Out
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The most deluded man in football issuing another ridiculous statement following the home defeat by #Swansea So the future is bright under owners who can’t be arsed to invest in the #Pompey squad and are solely responsible for yet another relegation battle? #Clown #Pompey #Owners
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An injury list that’s longer than an A&E waiting room, a striker who has scored one goal in 27 league matches and recruitment Poundland would be embarrassed with. Where has it all gone wrong at #Pompey #Owners #Relegation #PUP
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#Pompey v #itfc has been called off for a second time due to a waterlogged pitch. And I thought this was one area the Eisner’s actually invested in. Obviously not. Good window for them though. Sell your star player for £2m and bring in a couple of loans. Pathetic #PUP #Off
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To put the Eisner’s investment in #Pompey into perspective see below. Let’s hope they sell #Pompey to someone who actually has an interest in the club and wants to see them progress. #Pompey #Owners #Sell #Relegation
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Can someone with a reasonably active brain explain to me why we have owners at #Pompey who would rather see us get relegated than invest to give us a fighting chance to survive? Isn’t it time this lot fu*k off and sell to someone with a modicum of ambition? #PUP #Sell #Owners
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