Under Graham, Ricks struggled to get a bit of game time under him, but then Harry Redknapp came in March 2002, maybe brought a new lease of life about your Pompey career?

Yeah, well, it's interesting because under Rixey, I...

Because under Claridge I was injured and then Rixey came in and I was still struggling with hernia operations and stuff like that.

And that was a little bit to do with how I trained in pre-season under Pulis.

My body broke and I was trying to recover.

And then when Harry came, he came before the end of the season.

And he brought in a couple of players, Eddie Howe being one of them.

Because it was way over our heads.