13-01-2024, 10:12 AM
Time is a healer.
There is also something to be said for romancing the memory of performances over goals scored.
Ryan Taylor, Michael Smith, John Marquis are an archetype of front men who do all the track and field bits, fail to put the ball in the back of the net anywhere near enough during their stay at Pompey, and point and pout at the other blue shirts on the pitch in the process.
Pompey strikers need to be able to start and finish their own work. Very few seasons has that not been the case.
There is also something to be said for romancing the memory of performances over goals scored.
Ryan Taylor, Michael Smith, John Marquis are an archetype of front men who do all the track and field bits, fail to put the ball in the back of the net anywhere near enough during their stay at Pompey, and point and pout at the other blue shirts on the pitch in the process.
Pompey strikers need to be able to start and finish their own work. Very few seasons has that not been the case.