Portsmouth Post Match Thoughts

[CAMiller]

Where's Monty by the way?

https://boards.footymad.net/showthre...0#post39865580

[ragingpup]

https://boards.footymad.net/showthre...0#post39865580

Tended to agree with gm on this when he said

"He has started his own thread and you have bitten"

If not, get well soon Monts

[caytonmiller]

Still didn't get a pint out of brin. 😒

[Ronners]

Agree with a couple of posts above that pompey looked very good in the first half until we scored and again at the start of the second half. And yes, when they scored I feared the worst. Id like to agree that we were then rattled and swatted them away but looked more to me like we got lucky with their keeper making the mistake but brilliant improv from the big man. But great to see us build on that momentum and floor them. We've played just as well this season many times, but on this occasion we took the chances. What a brilliant 5 or so minutes!

Hoping the first half was mixture of us trying to find flow again after the break and pompey being very strong with pressing and passing and that we can keep the confidence up. We've got some great players at this level, let's enjoy them whilst they are here.

As someone said above, how did Rochdale keep Basil for so long and how the hell did we get him. Thank god we did, he's immense! When on song, don't think anyone can beat our mid three

Admittedly we got lucky with their keeper dropping the ball raging, but they also got lucky with their leveller when Barlaser, who played really well btw, had a blonde moment and instead of knocking a simple ball back for viktor to clear, made a suicidal decision in totally the wrong areas, to try and trick their player but around 4 seconds after losing the ball it was in the back of our net, yes a brilliant finish, but we had started the 2nd half on the front foot and fine lines in games change them, fortunately their keepers clanger gave us the momentum back. UTM

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Admittedly we got lucky with their keeper dropping the ball raging, but they also got lucky with their leveller when Barlaser, who played really well btw, had a blonde moment and instead of knocking a simple ball back for viktor to clear, made a suicidal decision in totally the wrong areas, to try and trick their player but around 4 seconds after losing the ball it was in the back of our net, yes a brilliant finish, but we had started the 2nd half on the front foot and fine lines in games change them, fortunately their keepers clanger gave us the momentum back. UTM

There is an alternative view on this. If we have shots on target then it increases the chance of a keeper mistake or a lucky deflection or even an own goal. Passing crab like across the park might give us a high possession rate but overall it's ineffective.

Yes it might mean a bit of moaning from the fans if the ball ends up in row Z but I'm happy to see them having a pop on goal rather than wimping out and passing it to a team mate who is probably in no better position to score.

[MillerBill]

I am convinced there is no other team in this league with a better midfield than ours and the youngsters are improving all the time as they get used to playing with each other.Wiles has been tremendous this season and I'm sure by playing alongside equally gifted players like Rathbone and Barlaser,we have been able to see Ben's skills come to light.Smudge is really enjoying the chances we are making and with Miller and Ogbene there is no shortage of opportunities to score.We have got to seriously look at extending the contracts of all these players by offering better terms NOW.

[ragingpup]

Wow....watershed moment, I love you Pup, whether u have a Female part or not

I have a female part...

[gm_gm]

I have a female part...

Which one ?

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Which one ?

He's not called King Cnut for nothing

[ragingpup]

He's not called King Cnut for nothing

Ow! So hurtful. Be-atch.