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Whether hooped socks really go with hooped shirt and blue shorts...? QPR's Hoops (Given that many - if not most - other Championship clubs already have their team photos up on their websites, presumably QPR will soon have their team photo posted.)


Ex-QPR loan, Ben Sahar, Profiled
Haaretz/By Neil Allen and Uzi Dann - Slow down, Ben, you move too fast
Ben Sahar really wants to make it in the Premier League. Click to continue reading...

Picture from the Independent via Getty Images.

2 games, 0 points. No goals scored and five goals allowed.

What those numbers don't tell you are the two opponents in question. At Stamford Bridge against Chelsea and then host to Manchester United.

When Portsmouth saw their early season schedule, they had to be a little concerned.

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This season Portsmouth have shifted formation from the the 4-3-3 cum 4-5-1 system largely used last season to a greater emphasis on a 4-4-2 shape. To this end, manager Harry Redknapp has signed midfielder Diarra as well as Nigeria striker John Utaka, who is likely to compete for a midfield spot (Crouch and Defoe having secured the striking roles). Click to continue reading...

Just like Manchester City and Everton, Portsmouth is coming off their best season in England's top division in years, and I'm not sure there'd be much argument from the South Coast side's supporters by saying it was the best season in club history. Portsmouth wound up in 8th place, their highest-ever finish in the Premiership (though not in the old First Division). Click to continue reading...

Peter Crouch scored twice (and somehow no photos moved on the wire of the former Liverpool striker) and John Utaka, Kanu and Ben Sahar added goals as Pompey routed the Nigerian champions. Click to continue reading...

The English Premier League is a unique league where each season brings one surprise package. Last season Portsmouth had a chance at that glory but the African Cup of Nations hampered the second half of their season. This year, however, Harry Redknapp's team is looking primed and ready to take the Premiership by storm. Click to continue reading...

Portsmouth are moving fast in the January transfer market. So much so that they are looking towards mainland Europe to compensate for a plethora of players who have left for the African Cup of Nations this month. Sky Sports has reported that Pompey have signed Swiss youngster Danijel Subotic from Swiss club Basel for an undisclosed [. Click to continue reading...

Pompey's current African Cup contingent [Nigeria's Kanu and John Utaka, Ghana's Sulley Muntari and Senegal's Papa Bouba Diop] are so far pencilled in to miss the Fratton Park clashes with Derby on January 19 and Chelsea on February 2.They could also miss trips to Manchester United (January 30) and Bolton (February 9), as well as a potential FA Cup fourth-round tie on January 26. Click to continue reading...

As the weeks go by, it gets tougher and tougher to find a diamond in the rough, the key things to look for are opponents, whether or not the player is playing at home, if they are due for a big match, and if they haven't played a lot recently be appear to be getting a rare chance to shine. With that in mind, here's who stands out to me. Per usual Yahoo! Click to continue reading...