Pompey held as Redknapp rues rash Robert

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Robert, on loan for the season from Newcastle, is not noted for his ferocious tackling yet the winger managed to pick up two yellow cards for badly-timed challenges against Matthew Etherington and then Paul Konchesky.

That means he is suspended for the Highbury clash but Redknapp was satisfied his man had merely been trying to show the commitment the newly-returned manager demands of a squad he regards as woefully thin in many departments.