Speaking of dreams, a relegation battle can have some wierd psychological effects on people. Pompey fans have told tales this season of not being able to sleep, constantly thinking of the maths with the up and coming games of that season with the football having an effect on work and maybe even family matters. I was the same, and being the wierdo that I am I even started having dreams about the end of the season scenarios.
For example: The day after we had lost to Charlton, a result that still knarks me even now I went to bed that night and I had images of Sean Davis and Andres D'Alessandro kicking the ball against the locker room wall as the commentator screams "And Birmingham City have survived by virtue of goal difference after Portsmouth let in a late equaliser against Liverpool!" and then the nightmare cuts to scenes of Pompey fans slumped in depression with tears coming out of their eyes.
You think that one was bizzare? I had another dream a few days later about the upcoming "must win" clash against Sunderland at home. In this dream I couldn't make the game so had to get the result from the internet. The final score:
Pompey 24 Sunderland 16
Well at least that result gave our goal difference a boost...
I'm now just happy that the first premonition turned out to be completely false, saying that if my dreams came true I'd be a multi-millionaire star striker for Portsmouth with loads of famous girlfriends among other things! But these sort of things are proof that relegation battles can seriously drive you mad.
I don't truly think Premiership survival will have hit home for me until I see next seasons fixture list so I can immediately look for Liverpool and goad my family about it without having to worry about the words "Hull (H)" or even worse the possibility of "Colchester (A)" printed on the 06/07 schedule.
It's going to be an interesting next few weeks with the speculation over Harry and Milan along with players staying or going but for now I am enjoying relaxing now that relegation is no longer on the mind.