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There& 039;s a big dropoff after the big four, with Everton, Tottenham, Aston Villa, Newcastle and Manchester City figured to bunch together perhaps with Portsmouth, which is coming off an FA Cup triumph. Blackburn, which finished seventh, could slid....

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Richardson - was only fully fit for one game in which he took Portsmouth apart. He had a back injury the rest of the time and has looked vastly better in preseason. I expect him to have a really big impact this season.

Since the first pre-season match against Aberdeen, we ve all got better with every game. We produced a good performance in the Community Shield against Portsmouth but want to improve on it.

Ricardo Fuller was an integral part of that approach. He is a beast of a man, but in his last spell in the Premiership, with Portsmouth in 2004-05, he looked as out of his element as the Big Lebowski's Donny in a conversation about the Dude's wet rug....

Everton have average gates of 35,000, an ultra-loyal fan base, grand history, a superb manager, great production line of young talent and after three top-six finishes in the past four seasons, they are statistically the closest side to the Big Four. ....

He became the first English manager since 1995 to win the FA Cup when Portsmouth beat Cardiff 1-0 in the FA Cup final last season, knocking out Manchester United in the quarterfinals on the way.

Have a look at all the teams, look at what Harry [Redknapp] has done at Portsmouth. No one likes to play football more than him. His team are absolute giants – but they can all play.

He started just 14 games for Cardiff and came on as a substitute in the FA Cup final against Portsmouth, but the teenager will be catapulted into a different category when he faces FC Twente in this intriguing first leg.

With his side s opening game against Portsmouth at Stamford Bridge just four days away, Terry said: He realises we weren t too far away from them at the very top of their game.