Pardon the cheap poke. But other than his less than appealing image and physical appearance, Avram Grant is a pretty good coach. I mean, come on... he didn't do that badly at Chelsea picking up the pieces left behind by the self proclaimed Special One Jose Mourinho.
So I was actually glad that Avram is heading back to the BPL again, and in fact is picking up again what was his first job as director of football at Portsmouth. Little is known about the new powers sitting at Portsmouth, but the oil rich billionaires that took over Man City and went on a shopping spree have raised expectations for the Pompey fans, knowing that they belong now to the same category (or maybe its just what they are led to believe).
Avram Grant is warming the seat for a while... the classic case of if Paul Hart screws up, Avram takes over immediately. But in any case, Portsmouth looks like they are in for a dogfight. They don't have good enough players to escape the relegation battle this season. Their strikers are firing blanks most of the matches and they have little creativity in the team since losing Krancjar. Without goals, you don't win matches.
Unless in January, a mini miracle is performed on the transfer market, Portsmouth will slug it out with the very poor Hull City, the less than convincing Birmingham, the toothless Wolves and just maybe the lacklustre West Ham. I won't count Burnley out yet even if they are winning at home.
We shall see if Avram and his gang of merry men will be able to turn Portsmouth's slow start around and park themselves firmly in the Premier League or be "toad"away to the lower divisions... as in towed away.... toad... towed.... get it get it ?!?! *roll eyes*
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