Back Southampton to sink Pompey in tie of the round

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Portsmouth have lost four of their last five away games without scoring, they haven’t won on the road since early October and to make matters worse, they have a dismal record at the home of their nearest and dearest.

Their last five trips to The Dell/St Mary’s, two of which occurred in the FA Cup, have all ended in defeat and the aggregate score in those games is an uninspiring 12-2 to the League One side.

Southampton boss Alan Pardew’s most unique strength as a manager is his ability to manufacture an electric atmosphere, not that he needs to do much

Posted: February 12th, 2010 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment

Roy Hodgson will regain hero status against Pompey tonight

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It’s largely gone unnoticed but Fulham are currently enduring their worst Premier League losing streak since February 2002, having been beaten in each of their last five games.

There are mitigating circumstances – four of the matches have come away from home, opponents have included Chelsea, Spurs and Villa, and they’ve had bad luck with injuries – but they need to turn things around quickly, with

Posted: February 3rd, 2010 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment

Birmingham will make it 15 not out against Pompey

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Despite going 14 matches unbeaten, Birmingham can be backed at 7/4 on Betfair to win away to hapless Pompey, who have lost seven of their ten home league games this season.

Alex McLeish’s men have picked up 11 points from their last five league away days, with impressive draws at Liverpool and Everton and triumphs at

Posted: January 15th, 2010 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment

Portsmouth flop is expected to take the Southampton job

Tony Adams is Sky Bet’s 8/11 favourite to be named Saints’ boss

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After months of bad news, things seemed to be looking up for Southampton last week: the club were saved from going instinct and star player Kelvin Davis spurned West Ham’s advances to stay at St Mary’s.

However, any Saints fans who were getting their hopes up about a brighter future will have been disappointed to hear that after much talk of Gordon Strachan - the man who took them to the 2003 FA Cup Final - returning, Tony Adams is Sky Bet’s 8/11 favourite for the job.

Adams spent three-and-a-half months in charge of Portsmouth last season before being sacked and the last man to take charge of Southampton shortly after leaving Pompey - Harry Redknapp - got them relegated and deserted

Posted: July 13th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | 1 Comment

There’s more chance of Angelina Jolie becoming US President than…

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chickendinner were pretty shocked to find Paddy Power offering odds of just 20/1 that Angelina Jolie becoming US President before she dies. That means that the Irish bookies believe there is more chance of that happening than:

» Padraig Harrington retaining the USPGA Championship (28/1)

» Portsmouth finishing bottom of the Premier League (22/1)

» Bayern Munich or Juventus winning the Champions League (22/1)

» Robin van Persie or Carlos Tevez winning the PFA Player of the Year (22/1, 25/1)

» Madonna adopting her next child from England (33/1)

Posted: July 9th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment

The opening day fixtures make good reading for Arsenal, Chelsea and Wolves

Six Premier League fixture-list related trends and statistics

1. The last five newly-promoted teams to kick their season off at home all avoided defeat, which is good news for Wolves who open against West Ham.

2. However, the last four to start away from home have all lost. That doesn’t bode well for Birmingham and Burnley, who start at Man United and Stoke.

3. Chelsea have won their opening game in each of the last seven seasons and this year they kick-off their campaign at home to Hull.

Posted: June 17th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment