Ritchie wants to stay at Pompey!

[DiscoDazR]

Geez.......when he speaks to our local rag he wants to join us, when he speaks to the Pompey press he wants to join them! Can't keep everyone happy Matt!

2 year contract on the table for him to sign at Pompey by the look of it!

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/Ritchie39s-future-is-bright-and.6569522.jp

[Ardiles]

To be fair, there's nothing in the earlier article (below) that contradicts this.

http://www.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/news/headlines/8430834.Ritchie_hints_at_chance_of_permanent_switch/?ref=rss

His first choice is a contract at Pompey.  He's from Gosport, and Pompey play (for the moment) at a higher level.  So who can blame him?

However, if there was the offer of a permanent deal with us...he wouldn't turn it down.  I can see exactly where he's coming from.

[Barry Scott]

As Ardiles says, he's a Pompey player and supporter. I find no surprise in anything he says or not. Turn the drama down a notch I reckon.

[Rustle]

Nothing new really as you cant blame him for wanting to play for his boyhood club,He would always choose them over us if offered a contract. I hope our fans dont get on his back because of his comments today,but i guess im hoping for to much and I'm now expecting the adver board will now go into meltdown after his comments today.

It's great that he's here and would be even better if we could extend until at least the january transfer window.

[BANGKOK RED]

Nothing new really as you cant blame him for wanting to play for his boyhood club,He would always choose them over us if offered a contract. I hope our fans dont get on his back because of his comments today,but i guess im hoping for to much and I'm now expecting the adver board will now go into meltdown after his comments today.

It's great that he's here and would be even better if we could extend until at least the january transfer window.

It's not even an adver article Rustle.

[Rustle]

It's not even an adver article Rustle.

Yeah sorry i mean't once they find out to which no doubt they will. I'm talking about the people who post on that site not the adver it's self.

[leefer]

Not hungry enough for me......get loan players here who want to prove there worth like Ward.....not players who are already on a juicy contract....hope he does well for us but got my doubts.

[Rich Pullen]

If he has a good month(s) here he can sign a five year deal at Pompey for all I care.

He's here and he wants to play - let's not nit pick.

[leefer]

Agreed....................but he wont.

[Rich Pullen]

Agreed....................but he wont.

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[leefer]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/islandblogging//blogs/005163/images/wicked_witch_o_da_westb.jpg

Actually this is my Septic Peg impresion Rich...........police were not impressed.

[DV]

Not hungry enough for me......get loan players here who want to prove there worth like Ward.....not players who are already on a juicy contract....hope he does well for us but got my doubts.

Didnt Danny Ward sign a new contract before he came here on loan?
Didnt Simon Ferry sign a new contract before he came here on loan?

[jb]

Not hungry enough for me......get loan players here who want to prove there worth like Ward.....not players who are already on a juicy contract....hope he does well for us but got my doubts.

To be fair I doubt it will be a juicy contract

[leefer]

To be fair I doubt it will be a juicy contract

Well he aint keen to get away...so it will be fairly juicy.

[herthab]

It doesn't bother me one little bit that that he'd rather stay at Pompey, I'm sure if the question had been asked to Ward last season he would have said exactly the same about his parent club.

All I care about is how he performs while he's here and if he keeps his performances on the level he achieved against Torquay, he'll do for me (Tommy).