He turned down Portsmouth to be at home with his family (presumably in or near Eastleigh)? that's not much of a commute, particularly for a footballer.
Tuesday night. Hove?
Well, the official Met Office site at Shoreham shows the temp to be -2.3C at 10pm and -2.1C at 11pm.
However, on the Metoffice WOW site here...
The risk I can see is IF we don't manage to get a striker in, come the end of the season, if we don't go up, it will be used as a stick to hit the club with, as it will be seen as a massive contributory factor.