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James Beattie anyone?

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  1. Singing Blue 3

    Singing Blue 3 Well-Known Member

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    A free agent and now training with Bournemouth where he still has a house nearby. The 33 year old striker may be a bit long in the tooth but could he provide the technique,ability and experience we may be able to utilise at Championship level for Pompey?

    He may well be an ex scummer, but I am reminded that we also took the legendary Alan McLoughlin from them ,who proved a great success for many seasons at Fratton Park and of course we also took on Micky Channon in his twilight years.

    What are your views fellow fans, or is it a non starter?
     
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  2. devonFRATTONiser

    devonFRATTONiser Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    If he's available on a free then why not (so long as he's fit)?
     
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  3. Pompey_London

    Pompey_London Well-Known Member

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    Anyone's better than Kitson !! Also, his fitness levels and work rate may be better than Benjani's<ok>
     
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  4. Wooperts_duck

    Wooperts_duck Well-Known Member Staff Member

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    No thanks - he is probably more obese than Lambert ! <laugh> <whistle>
     
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  5. Medro

    Medro Well-Known Member

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    Goals galore. Snap him up
     
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  6. Otto Flayshow

    Otto Flayshow Well-Known Member

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    There's no need to pretend any more, Medro. We've already paid him off.

    He's an old carthorse. Don't touch him with a bargepole.
     
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  7. pompeymeowth

    pompeymeowth Prepare for trouble x Staff Member

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    Can't believe he's only 33 tbh, he's obviously enjoyed the trappings.
     
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  8. colin5164

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    The fat scummer hates us, we don't want him and he doesn't want us.
     
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  9. Channonfodder

    Channonfodder Rebel without a clue.....

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    So I'll put you down as a maybe then, Colin.... <laugh>
     
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  10. AdamBanana20

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    Beattie is not good now.
     
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  11. Saint Possum

    Saint Possum Well-Known Member

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    All though a fantastic player for us he is unfortunately well past his sell by date........ But that means he would be not good for you guys. ;)
     
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  12. RickieLambertsGoldenBoot

    RickieLambertsGoldenBoot Well-Known Member

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    He wouldn't join Portsmouth.

    He has always massively over-celebrated when scoring against them so it obviously means a lot to him.
     
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  13. Medro

    Medro Well-Known Member

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    Wave money at any footballer and their allegiances soon go out the window.
     
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  14. RedStripe

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    Not just an allegiance to SFC; he has remained close to the city, keeping a house in Chilworth, continuing his charity work in Southampton - he'll never go to Pompey.................and he hates skates.
     
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  15. Wooperts_duck

    Wooperts_duck Well-Known Member Staff Member

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    Fair comment RedStripe..............and skates despise him as well...........so that makes us quits <laugh>
     
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  16. Slumming it in Croydon

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    Didn't he have a disagreement with a Pompey fan in a Manchester curry house a couple of years ago and came off worse.
     
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  17. Wooperts_duck

    Wooperts_duck Well-Known Member Staff Member

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    Shame the footage isn't available on YouTube <ok>
     
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  18. frattonfunkdaddy

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    Trying to put into words how I felt about this .

    Then I read Colin's post <laugh> That'll do for me <ok>.....oh and the Fodder's reply!
     
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  19. I am the Hermanator

    I am the Hermanator Active Member

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    Kinda like Matt Taylor for us. Whenever we scored he would also go to wind you lot up. Good times.

    Don't know if there is any truth in this but at the carling cup match which (grumbled voice) you won, did Matt Taylor have proper a go a Redknapp for crossing the border? I wouldn't know cos I wasn't at that match. Just something I heard and it being one of the reasons he was sold. And obviously to pay for Arry's croatian fetish
     
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  20. frattonfunkdaddy

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    So the story goes Hermanator. You can quite believe it too. Just a shame for Matt (and us) that 'arry tends to hold his grudges...
     
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