We are teetering

[Scoular1]

We are 5 points from automatic promotion and 8 points from automatic relegation.
Losing to Cambridge could tip the balance.

[lovedeanblue]

We were utterly awful today, spineless, gutless. No tempo for long periods in the game, giving silly goals away, taking Conor off to bring the hapless Main on, that will do for a start. I could moan all night but I am going out and can't stay here much longer. However the facts show we lost and that is 2 home league games on the bounce. Lots of posters on other forums are calling for Cook's head. Not sure how we can afford that but as I have said before I can't see us going up with this Clown in charge. Oh and Daz has only seen one draw out of 5 games this season so he feels he is to blame. Feel for him and all us other Pompey fans who spend time and money watching such rubbish

[Scoular1]

Should never have got rid of Ertl.

[philphillips]

The One Word that currently sums Pompey up at the moment....inconsistency!! (I think its the same one we used last season!).

My take on this afternoon's home performance......

First Half.....loads of possession and attacking play but no end product, then all of a sudden one quick free kick, a defence that had switched off/defensive mistake and we find ourselves One Nil down.....very much against the run of Play at a point in the game when County were hanging in there defending for their lives! However full Credit to Pompey for battling back and we deservedly managed to equalise however Chaplin could and perhaps should have been registering a hat trick at that point!! (But wasn't due to some uncharacteristic finishing on his behalf!)

Half Time: At the break I felt confident that Pompey would go on to win the game based on the first half performance! (How wrong was I!).

Second Half: What the hell happened? Players went missing (most notably Roberts and Bennett), Doyle looked knackered, we looked a completely different team to the one that played so well in the first half (minus the goal return) and we struggled to put together any coherent passages of play. I would even say some players looked like they didn't want the ball or when they got it they wanted to get rid of it as quickly as possible and take no responsibility.......I sensed that County might take advantage (I don't think I was the only one) and sure enough another defensive mistake (and a possibly a wrongly timed substitution) saw County go back in front and despite some late pressure we lost the game!! I sensed the same old "shrug of shoulders" and quiet dissatisfaction (there were a few boo's) as I left the Park and wondered where, why and how it all seems to be going wrong?

Trying to stay positive....we are still in a play off position and as mentioned five points of an automatic slot so still loads to play for! Just get the feeling that Cookie needs to sort out the teams........inconsistency!! Something that he has (supposedly) been trying to do for some time now!! PUP.

[lovedeanblue]

Well said Phil. I've calmed down now, had a good evening out. Still bitterly disappointed at what went on today, County weren't that good but the record will show they won 2.1 whatever I or anyone else thinks. Over 17k in (kids for a quid helped swell the gate), how many will want to come back ? Haven't changed my mind, Cook isn't the man for us the way I see it but I can't see us changing the helmsman.....not yet.

[PompeyScarf]

What do people think is wrong with Cook? Is he so afraid of losing that as we were 1-1 at half time he decided we should try and cling on to that? If that's the case it doesn't help player confidence in their ability or help them to develop.

[chiblu]

We were utterly awful today, spineless, gutless. No tempo for long periods in the game, giving silly goals away, taking Conor off to bring the hapless Main on, that will do for a start. I could moan all night but I am going out and can't stay here much longer. However the facts show we lost and that is 2 home league games on the bounce. Lots of posters on other forums are calling for Cook's head. Not sure how we can afford that but as I have said before I can't see us going up with this Clown in charge. Oh and Daz has only seen one draw out of 5 games this season so he feels he is to blame. Feel for him and all us other Pompey fans who spend time and money watching such rubbish

Entirely agree withall of that. I notice Carl Robinson has left MK Dons this morning. Knew enough to get the Dons up AND beat Plymouth on the way! Time forthe clownto make way,

[lovedeanblue]

Well said Chi, by the way those "effing" Wasps have been back after a few years absence.

[chiblu]

They are on the way back!. By the way just got Wycombe Cup Tickets. A triumph of hope versus experience!

[philphillips]

Moving the topic on a little bit.....does anyone feel that the Pompey job is too big for Cook? I have no idea how he performed at Chesterfield but at Pompey he seems to be Mr Angry.....stubborn and if it isn't going his way tends to throw a wobbly! (Not to be confused with passion). Cook probably doesn't give a toss about individual fans opinion but in my opinion the vast majority do want him to succeed however I feel that the natives are getting restless. Personally I hope we can go on a run (I.e find some consistency) and by Christmas be in the automatic spots......if not I feel Cook might get an unwanted Christmas present.
Anyway nice to see a number of posters contributing to the forum/thread(s)......PUP