If you have had your share of glory and are sick of the­ "BIG" 4 get behind HULL great to see another­ outsider coming to the fore.............

United,­ Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, we are sick of you!

The problem for Portsmouth is not Harry Redknapp­ leaving but their financial situation. Redknapp was­ able to spend many tens of millions of pounds on­ players, some of them expensive flops, and wages. No­ wonder the club has been transformed over the last few­ years, no Pompey manager in the past ever had any money­ to work with but Redknapp, with customary arrogance,­ likes to take all the plaudits. Now Tony Adams may be­ faced with losing top players because the club need the­ money and he will probably get the negative criticism­ if the club declines somewhat while Harry will take the­ credit for the few 'glory years'. Harry is­ shrewd if nothing else.

What do you expert moaning critics think of­ Redknap's purchase of the none played Nugent?

What do you expert moaning critics think of­ Redknap's purchase of the none played Nugent?

Pompey is up for sale, and will be bought by some­ billionaire before long. He will want his own man as­ manager - so Harry and Tony Adams would be out. I­ think Harry knew that and it is one of the reasons he­ left. Gaydamak has lost a fortune in the recent slump,­ and Pompey are £35m(?) in the red. Go figure....

Losing Harry is a blow but not a devastation. I am­ sure Tony Adams and Joe Jordan will do their best for­ the club. There is no questioning Harry's ability­ but his eye for the "main chance" is always­ evident. What has really annoyed me about the comments­ on this article are the mindless morons that seem to­ think it's funny to attack Tony Adam's ancient­ drinking problems - get a life, people!

I don't like Harry Redknapp. I'm not a Pompey­ supporter or a Spurs supporter, but it doesn't­ change my view of the man. He is a crooked self­ important Delboy of a man. His record with honesty and­ integrity have never been the best, so it came as no­ surprise when he turned tail and ran a few days before­ accepting the freedom of the city at Portsmouth. He­ never turned Newcastle down, as he says he did, because­ he was never offered the job. He went for the interview­ though. That must tell you something.

Good luck to­ Pompey. I hope Tony Adams does well. I hope he does­ better than Harry.

Tony Adams portsmouth manager

cool,my friend adam is like that you go my friends name­ in it adam

you ant be a pompey fan, HARRY won you boys the FA cup­ and saved you from relegation two seasons ago, when­ everyone wrote you off. if it werent for him, you­ would have ended up like Leeds United, in massive debt,­ and no rich owner that is backing you now.

hate fans­ like you, just appreiciate him for what he did, same­ with Westham fans

I don't think Pompey had any choice really but to­ name Adams as manager, Harry goes off to Spurs and­ because of Adams' Arsenal connection he was never­ going to follow him, so what do you do ? bring in a new­ manager from elsewhere who brings in his own staff and­ inefect, Adams & Jordan would most probably have­ been up the road.

I've read a lot of the comments­ and agree that Adams has got to get it right early on i­ think he'll do ok up until christmas but the big­ question thereafter is can he hang onto the players­ Harry took to Portsmouth ? come January i expect a few­ managers to be knocking on Pompey's door and first­ in the queue will be Mr Redknapp.

It will be­ interesting.

brap999 you narrow minded fool, give the guy a chance­ and since when does he talk AKA David Brent style???

As a Pompey fan I was all for a complete change in­ management structure after Harry left us again.­ Harry's success has stretched our clubs finances to­ beyond what we can justify; anyone who want's to­ talk about shrewd business need only look at the £15­ million we invested on Utaka and Nugent. He has bulked­ out our squad with distinctly average players on high­ wages, who are complimented by a backbone of quality.­ Our chances ended when we lost Muntari, not Harry, his­ tactics are erratic and relied solely on the opposition­ being unable to test our ageing back line - you need­ look no further than the Man City, Chelsea and Braga­ matches for examples where this backfired­ spectacularly.

There's no doubt Adams deserves his­ chance, and hopefully he can implement a few new ideas­ particularly for our defense, which has been at 6's­ and 7's all season. There's no doubt that there­ are a lot of players at the club who played for Harry­ only, but frankly they are more than welcome to have­ him - after all it was Harry who slapped the­ over-inflated prices on their heads, so now if he wants­ 'em he's going to have to pay. If they want­ Johnson, we'll take Hutton, if they want Diarra,­ we'll have Huddleston, Defoe, Be... forget it,­ we'll keep Defoe!

We may be up the creak, but its­ not the first time and it wont be the last. Pompey is­ all about the club; players and managers come and go,­ some more memorable than others, but whatever happens­ we support Portsmouth regardless of their successes and­ failures. Harry is no more important in my eyes than­ Terry Fenwick or Alan Perrin; the only way he could­ have changed that is by honouring his contract, but it­ was never going to happen, just as it won't with­ Tottenham. Good luck to Tony Adams and que sara sara,­ it's going to be an interesting old season after­ all!

Alan Curbishley there before Easter !

I THINK THAT ADAMS AND JORDAN CAN BE A GOOD COMBINATION­ FOR PORTSMOUTH,THEY KNOW THE PLAYERS AT THE CLUB AND­ WHERE THE WEAKNESS MAY BE,FOR EXAMPLE RIGHT MIDFIELD,WE­ HAVE NEVER REPLACED STONE.THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS­ TO SORT OUT THE FINANCIAL POSITION,OUR WAGE BILL IS TOO­ HIGH AND THIS IS BECAUSE HR ONLY BROUGHT EXPERIENCED­ PLAYERS ON HIGH WAGES TO THE CLUB,WE NEED MORE PLAYERS­ LIKE LINVOY AND HUGHESY AT THE CLUB,THEY HAVE NEVER LET­ US DOWN.
HR WILL SOON SORT SPURS ,THEY HAVE SOME GOOD­ PLAYERS,KEEPER LOOKS SUSPECT ,LETS HOPE ITS NOT GOODBYE­ TO JAMES IN JANUARY-THIS COULD BE A BLESSING IN­ DISGUISE FOR POMPEY.

So I got an 'invalid comment' for stating that­ this was all opinion (i.e. nobody can say definitively­ who's right or wrong about how Adams will actually­ do)? Ridiculous, Yahoo.

Good luck to Adams.
Yes,he's messed-up in the­ past;(haven't we all?),but he's held his hands­ up,taken the flak & got his life back­ together.
I'm no Pompey fan,but after that­ disloyal,corrupt chancer Benttwat packed his bags for­ the bright lights,they deserve some stability &­ continuety.

Wrong "Slivatree", Tony Adams has been @­ Pompey 4 four years or so, and has done a pretty good­ job, at least with the defenders and midfielders. With­ Him and Joe Jordan together - who has done an excellent­ job 4 Pompey too -they'll be alright, at least­ 'til end of Season or if they decide to go for a­ new man like Avram "Rant" or Alan­ Curbishley.

Pompey Tone.