Saints 2-2 Pompey - Reactions

[de-fence]

Do not give a f**k about promotion or beating Reading. Twice this season we've had one of the best ever chances to get our revenge and smash those c***s once and for all. Not enough from us today. Hopefully it'll stop people on here taking the p**s out of West Ham's football; how many times did we hoof it today?

 

If you mean that then what a sad, pathetic football fan you are. That it means more to you to enjoy the misery of your team's rivals than the success of your team. Get a grip.

[Gingeletiss]

So many of you need to ****ing man-up.

 

Yes it was a sickener but to hear some of you give up on promotion is pitiful. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Adkins is a keen fan of the psychology of coaching and I trust him to get things sorted but I don't think he can come out an sort you guys out. We have Palace next. They are there for the taking and a perfect antidote or this match just as we were the perfect antidote for Pompey (we just lost, they have nothing to lose by not going out to win, etc.).

 

A win next game and everything looks different believe me. We had a bunch of pussy fans on here last year who didn't think we could complete our run and get promotion. Learn your lesson. We can do it. We aren't chasing the pack. We are still leading. With Adkins firing them up to deliver a top response I have every faith in a 2-0 win. Then perhaps some of you will do us all a favour and grow some balls!

 

If you can't keep faith when top of the league with 5 games to go then you really don't deserve to support a team of potential champions. Harsh but fair. They can pick themselves up but we all do too. Now let's draw the ****ing blue line, trust Nigel to get his squad in the right head space, trust our team of would-be champions to want to avenge the result and get on with heading for the red tape and promotion as champions.

 

^This^

[Norm]

If you mean that then what a sad, pathetic football fan you are. That it means more to you to enjoy the misery of your team's rivals than the success of your team. Get a grip.

 

Sadly, he will not be alone in thinking the same. To many, beating Pompey means everything.

[mack rill]

St Fairies full to the rafters, Electric atmosphere all sides of the ground baying for blood, revenge,N bragging rites,90 odd Min's of no quarters given football, 4 classy goals, 350 odd posts on a reaction thread,,,,,These derby games ain't up to much, Are they?

 

Few bed wetters crowing (top should beat bottom) Wrong, we are only there because of a 10 point deduction, plus all logic goes out the window on derby games,

The big loss is thats the last of these games for a good few seasons,

 

When you get promoted back to the Prem com May (well you feckin should be) You need to get rid of Adkins, Not good enuff.

 

ps You don't need our GK we are more shocked than you that he saved them shots,

[scotty]

Sadly, he will not be alone in thinking the same. To many, beating Pompey means everything.

 

I have to admit that while a win over the skates would have been fantastic, I was far more interested in the three points.

[Legod Third Coming]

St Fairies full to the rafters, Electric atmosphere all sides of the ground baying for blood, revenge,N bragging rites,90 odd Min's of no quarters given football, 4 classy goals, 350 odd posts on a reaction thread,,,,,These derby games ain't up to much, Are they?

 

Few bed wetters crowing (top should beat bottom) Wrong, we are only there because of a 10 point deduction, plus all logic goes out the window on derby games,

The big loss is thats the last of these games for a good few seasons,

 

When you get promoted back to the Prem com May (well you feckin should be) You need to get rid of Adkins, Not good enuff.

 

ps You don't need our GK we are more shocked than you that he saved them shots,

 

Get rid of Adkins? Up until then I thought you were one who'd managed to avoid in-breeding...

He's as good a manager as Rodgers and Lambert and they're doing ok.

[manji]

St Fairies full to the rafters, Electric atmosphere all sides of the ground baying for blood, revenge,N bragging rites,90 odd Min's of no quarters given football, 4 classy goals, 350 odd posts on a reaction thread,,,,,These derby games ain't up to much, Are they?

 

Few bed wetters crowing (top should beat bottom) Wrong, we are only there because of a 10 point deduction, plus all logic goes out the window on derby games,

The big loss is thats the last of these games for a good few seasons,

 

When you get promoted back to the Prem com May (well you feckin should be) You need to get rid of Adkins, Not good enuff.

 

ps You don't need our GK we are more shocked than you that he saved them shots,

Excellent post ! Youve cheered me up this morning. Even I went went into bed-wetter mode yesterday evening. I dont get the Adkins comment though.

[Norm]

Agree with manji. Good post from m r from down the road but his comment re NA is wrong. He is not faultless but will get better when we get to the Prem. Still learning.

[Legod Third Coming]

Just watched the highlights on iPlayer, and it clarified a few things you don't see on the day...

 

1. The refere is keeping Grecian 2000 in business or was wearing the worst blended syrup I have ever seen.

 

2. We had more chances than anybody gives us credit on this thread. Personally, I don't think we had a bad game - nowhere near it.

 

3. If there is a chance in the box, I hope it falls to Sharp EVERY time.

 

4. Jamie Ashdown take a bow son. How you saved the header and the volley is beyond me.

 

5. Maguire and Norris, do the same. Wonder strikes. World class finishing.

 

6. Rocha. I hope he plays here again so someone can give him a nice knee high tackle when the ref is concentrating somewhere else. World class CyouNT!

 

7. De Ridder, why didn't he shoot??!!

[dune]

Agree with manji. Good post from m r from down the road but his comment re NA is wrong. He is not faultless but will get better when we get to the Prem. Still learning.

 

If, If we get to the Prem.

[Saints Warrior]

Watched the game again on football show and Saints created enough chances to win it. PFC keeper kept them in it with 4 good saves. It was a great atmospher so dont know why some say it was most silent Derby game. I was in the North Stand for our 1-0 win in the 80s and it matches that one. We do let in long range shots because w are NOT a defensive side but rather a possesion side/back off side so opponents always have a good chance to blast one in

 

Reflecting on the game it is 1 more point towards promotion and if we keep getting points then should get top 2.

[ALWAYS_SFC]

No going to bother to comment onthe game as i suspect (without yet looking) it will be a real mixed bag of posts covering all moods.

 

But will say this

 

The utter,utter,utter d1ckheads who ran on the pitch should be ashamed...cretins each and every one of you

 

The jump on to Morgan`s knee by that pr1ck Varney....filthy skate bastard..straight red ref...you blind fool

 

Roll on Monday at Palace

[Tamesaint]

So many of you need to ****ing man-up.

 

Yes it was a sickener but to hear some of you give up on promotion is pitiful. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Adkins is a keen fan of the psychology of coaching and I trust him to get things sorted but I don't think he can come out an sort you guys out. We have Palace next. They are there for the taking and a perfect antidote or this match just as we were the perfect antidote for Pompey (we just lost, they have nothing to lose by not going out to win, etc.).

 

A win next game and everything looks different believe me. We had a bunch of pussy fans on here last year who didn't think we could complete our run and get promotion. Learn your lesson. We can do it. We aren't chasing the pack. We are still leading. With Adkins firing them up to deliver a top response I have every faith in a 2-0 win. Then perhaps some of you will do us all a favour and grow some balls!

 

If you can't keep faith when top of the league with 5 games to go then you really don't deserve to support a team of potential champions. Harsh but fair. They can pick themselves up but we all do too. Now let's draw the ****ing blue line, trust Nigel to get his squad in the right head space, trust our team of would-be champions to want to avenge the result and get on with heading for the red tape and promotion as champions.

 

Too bl88dy right.

 

The bed wetters on here defy belief.

[Graffito]

St Fairies full to the rafters, Electric atmosphere all sides of the ground baying for blood, revenge,N bragging rites,90 odd Min's of no quarters given football, 4 classy goals, 350 odd posts on a reaction thread,,,,,These derby games ain't up to much, Are they?

 

Few bed wetters crowing (top should beat bottom) Wrong, we are only there because of a 10 point deduction, plus all logic goes out the window on derby games,

The big loss is thats the last of these games for a good few seasons,

 

When you get promoted back to the Prem com May (well you feckin should be) You need to get rid of Adkins, Not good enuff.

 

That's cracker. Made my morning that has. Who should we go for? Appleton might be available when you are relegated back to L1 (well you feckin should be).

[Legod Third Coming]

Confession - I actually have time for Appleton. The guy gives credible, intelligent interviews against a backdrop of a working in a lunatic asylum.

[S-Clarke]

Confession - I actually have time for Appleton. The guy gives credible, intelligent interviews against a backdrop of a working in a lunatic asylum.

 

He's one of the better skate managers in recent years, f'sure.

[Graffito]

Confession - I actually have time for Appleton. The guy gives credible, intelligent interviews against a backdrop of a working in a lunatic asylum.

 

Of course he does. I recognise that. Just making a point about the absurd comment that the Manager that may get us back to back promotions should be sacked.

[Legod Third Coming]

Of course he does. I recognise that. Just making a point about the absurd comment that the Manager that may get us back to back promotions should be sacked.

 

Oh yeah, I know. Wasn't aimed at your comment, just that your use of his name reminded me.

Would I swap him for Adkins? Sure, if you gave me a frontal labotamy first - which is the normal qualification for being a Pompey fan

[Webby]

I've just watched the football league highlights after originally watching a video stream of the game yesterday which is almost impossible to watch. Anyway, first up, the tackle that led to Morgan going off deserved a booking. The Pompey player went over the top and studded Morgan's knee. He got away with it though.

 

Secondly, I don't feel Guly was at fault for the first goal. He had tracked back but he was in a different position to the attacker. Cork was 5 yards away and only had to close him down but didn't react quickly enough. Guly is made the scapegoat fair too often on here.

 

Lastly, Harding was disgraceful. He was nearest to Norris when the ball came into the box for their 2nd goal. All he had to do was run 10 yards and he'd have been there to head it away. Terrible defending.

 

It seems to me that what we need to do is learn how to concentrate for every second of every minute of the game. We are switching off too easily.

 

If we go up, Hammond is not good enough. He's pedestrian at best and just doesn't offer anything special IMO. We need a high energy midfielder. Harding, who I also think has been unfairly slated, is also not good enough for the prem.

 

I'd like to see us be more prepared to shoot at goal. Not from distance but just when we get a sniff. Lallana and De Ridder Both had chances to shoot but made the wrong decision. You can't win the raffle if you don't buy a ticket. I beleive Lallana tried to win a penalty and I don't like to see that myself.

[S-Clarke]

I've just watched the football league highlights after originally watching a video stream of the game yesterday which is almost impossible to watch. Anyway, first up, the tackle that led to Morgan going off deserved a booking. The Pompey player went over the top and studded Morgan's knee. He got away with it though.

 

Secondly, I don't feel Guly was at fault for the first goal. He had tracked back but he was in a different position to the attacker. Cork was 5 yards away and only had to close him down but didn't react quickly enough. Guly is made the scapegoat fair too often on here.

 

Lastly, Harding was disgraceful. He was nearest to Norris when the ball came into the box for their 2nd goal. All he had to do was run 10 yards and he'd have been there to head it away. Terrible defending.

 

It seems to me that what we need to do is learn how to concentrate for every second of every minute of the game. We are switching off too easily.

 

If we go up, Hammond is not good enough. He's pedestrian at best and just doesn't offer anything special IMO. We need a high energy midfielder. Harding, who I also think has been unfairly slated, is also not good enough for the prem.

 

I'd like to see us be more prepared to shoot at goal. Not from distance but just when we get a sniff. Lallana and De Ridder Both had chances to shoot but made the wrong decision. You can't win the raffle if you don't buy a ticket. I beleive Lallana tried to win a penalty and I don't like to see that myself.

 

People quite often mis-read Hammonds role, he's not in the team to do anything special. He's in there to be tenacious, keep the shape and lead the midfield. I felt he put in alot of effort yesterday and was very tenacious in his play, along with Cork. The problem is that they're both quite similar and neither of them got their foot on the ball like they can, we just missed Morgan's composure.

 

I don't think Hammond will be a regular in the premiership, but he'll still be a squad player for us and would still do a job.

[Webby]

People quite often mis-read Hammonds role, he's not in the team to do anything special. He's in there to be tenacious, keep the shape and lead the midfield. I felt he put in alot of effort yesterday and was very tenacious in his play, along with Cork. The problem is that they're both quite similar and neither of them got their foot on the ball like they can, we just missed Morgan's composure.

 

I don't think Hammond will be a regular in the premiership, but he'll still be a squad player for us and would still do a job.

Well I agree that they're quite similar. In fact, I feel that Hammond, cork, and Morgan are all too similar. I posted this when we were playing all three in midfield. However, out of the three I feel that Hammond is the weakest. Cork offers more energy and Morgan offers more creativity.

[Linvoy's Afro]

I haven't posted on here in about three years but off the back of the derby it seems as good a time as ever;

 

I thought a draw was a fair result on the balance of play, though clearly you had much better chances than us and were it not for the fact that Ashdown inexplicably started pulling out wonder saves (he's usually garbage) you would've won comfortably. We could've had a couple more as well though (Maguire should've buried that chance at the start of the second half) but overall, as Appleton said, we would've been gutted to have come away with nothing.

 

Attacking-wise, from your point of view, obviously there was a dangerous mixture of us being utterly rubbish at defending set pieces and you being rather handy at them which meant pretty much every corner or free kick nearly resulted in a goal. To my untrained eye though you only seemed to have two attacking tactics built on the same principle - knock in long to Lambert to flick on, or knock it long and try and run in behind us. Unfortunately for us it nearly worked every time hence our reliance on panicky last second deflections/shirt tugging/bundles.

 

Regarding people's comments about Adkins and Appleton, Adkins is clearly a decent manager though an unbearably smug tw*t. Though I suppose if you're a one-time physiotherapist who has managed to become a successful manager, you're entitled to be pleased with yourself. I wish he'd stop saying 'football club' so much though. Regarding Appleton, I was ready to mock him mercilessly (especially when we went 1-0 down after about twenty seconds in his first game in charge) but he's actually turned out to be half-decent, considering what he's had to work with, and unlike Cotterill before him isn't a whiney excuse making wurzel, which helps. From his point of view he can't lose either since if we go down it's not his fault and if we stay up he's a hero.

 

I've read elsewhere people commenting on the poor atmosphere; whilst in general (in the second half especially) it was pretty quiet, the three or four minutes after you went 2-1 up were incredibly loud and, given how I was sat about two feet from the home fans, horrendously unpleasant. Particularly after mocking them for the fact Sharp's goal was offside and then, er, it wasn't (rightly, of course).

 

Bottom line - you'll still go up, we'll still go down, but at least we still somehow keep managing to come up with comical and inventive ways for you not to beat us.

[Thedelldays]

just watched the highlights

 

we had plenty chances to win

ashdown pulled off some brilliant saves.

kelvin did not have to really

they scored to brilliant goals and other than the chances at the start of the 2nd half, that was about it

rocha is a dirty ****

lallana had a good game....created many and forced the keeper to makes great saves

should have shot instead of going round the keeper

you have to hand it to macguire...unreal really..sometimes, you just can't do anything to stop em

sharp is a fox in the box

 

 

Im sorry, I can't say that we never played well...create like that against palace and we will win

[Legod Third Coming]

just watched the highlights

 

we had plenty chances to win

ashdown pulled off some brilliant saves.

kelvin did not have to really

they scored to brilliant goals and other than the chances at the start of the 2nd half, that was about it

rocha is a dirty ****

lallana had a good game....created many and forced the keeper to makes great saves

should have shot instead of going round the keeper

you have to hand it to macguire...unreal really..sometimes, you just can't do anything to stop em

sharp is a fox in the box

 

 

Im sorry, I can't say that we never played well...create like that against palace and we will win

 

You saw it as I saw it. Sometimes on the day, you're too emotional and involved to really analyse the game.

[Chez]

St Fairies full to the rafters, Electric atmosphere all sides of the ground baying for blood, revenge,N bragging rites,90 odd Min's of no quarters given football, 4 classy goals, 350 odd posts on a reaction thread,,,,,These derby games ain't up to much, Are they?

 

Few bed wetters crowing (top should beat bottom) Wrong, we are only there because of a 10 point deduction, plus all logic goes out the window on derby games,

The big loss is thats the last of these games for a good few seasons,

 

When you get promoted back to the Prem com May (well you feckin should be) You need to get rid of Adkins, Not good enuff.

 

ps You don't need our GK we are more shocked than you that he saved them shots,

classy post when so you have such an easy opportunity to tease.

[Chez]

I haven't posted on here in about three years but off the back of the derby it seems as good a time as ever;

 

I thought a draw was a fair result on the balance of play, though clearly you had much better chances than us and were it not for the fact that Ashdown inexplicably started pulling out wonder saves (he's usually garbage) you would've won comfortably. We could've had a couple more as well though (Maguire should've buried that chance at the start of the second half) but overall, as Appleton said, we would've been gutted to have come away with nothing.

 

Attacking-wise, from your point of view, obviously there was a dangerous mixture of us being utterly rubbish at defending set pieces and you being rather handy at them which meant pretty much every corner or free kick nearly resulted in a goal. To my untrained eye though you only seemed to have two attacking tactics built on the same principle - knock in long to Lambert to flick on, or knock it long and try and run in behind us. Unfortunately for us it nearly worked every time hence our reliance on panicky last second deflections/shirt tugging/bundles.

 

Regarding people's comments about Adkins and Appleton, Adkins is clearly a decent manager though an unbearably smug tw*t. Though I suppose if you're a one-time physiotherapist who has managed to become a successful manager, you're entitled to be pleased with yourself. I wish he'd stop saying 'football club' so much though. Regarding Appleton, I was ready to mock him mercilessly (especially when we went 1-0 down after about twenty seconds in his first game in charge) but he's actually turned out to be half-decent, considering what he's had to work with, and unlike Cotterill before him isn't a whiney excuse making wurzel, which helps. From his point of view he can't lose either since if we go down it's not his fault and if we stay up he's a hero.

 

I've read elsewhere people commenting on the poor atmosphere; whilst in general (in the second half especially) it was pretty quiet, the three or four minutes after you went 2-1 up were incredibly loud and, given how I was sat about two feet from the home fans, horrendously unpleasant. Particularly after mocking them for the fact Sharp's goal was offside and then, er, it wasn't (rightly, of course).

 

Bottom line - you'll still go up, we'll still go down, but at least we still somehow keep managing to come up with comical and inventive ways for you not to beat us.

another good post.

 

I agree fully with your comments about Appleton. He comes across very well indeed in post match interviews. Smug is a good word for Adkins too. I can't stand his post match interviews, but its a small price to pay for such a successful manager.

 

You're right about our tactics too, we have gone long recently because teams push so high up the pitch preventing us playing out from the back. I hate it, but today we were far more effective when we went long than when we tried to build from the back.

 

Any thoughts on the bubble?

[Nadia Sllim]

I haven't posted on here in about three years but off the back of the derby it seems as good a time as ever;

 

I thought a draw was a fair result on the balance of play, though clearly you had much better chances than us and were it not for the fact that Ashdown inexplicably started pulling out wonder saves (he's usually garbage) you would've won comfortably. We could've had a couple more as well though (Maguire should've buried that chance at the start of the second half) but overall, as Appleton said, we would've been gutted to have come away with nothing.

 

Attacking-wise, from your point of view, obviously there was a dangerous mixture of us being utterly rubbish at defending set pieces and you being rather handy at them which meant pretty much every corner or free kick nearly resulted in a goal. To my untrained eye though you only seemed to have two attacking tactics built on the same principle - knock in long to Lambert to flick on, or knock it long and try and run in behind us. Unfortunately for us it nearly worked every time hence our reliance on panicky last second deflections/shirt tugging/bundles.

 

Regarding people's comments about Adkins and Appleton, Adkins is clearly a decent manager though an unbearably smug tw*t. Though I suppose if you're a one-time physiotherapist who has managed to become a successful manager, you're entitled to be pleased with yourself. I wish he'd stop saying 'football club' so much though. Regarding Appleton, I was ready to mock him mercilessly (especially when we went 1-0 down after about twenty seconds in his first game in charge) but he's actually turned out to be half-decent, considering what he's had to work with, and unlike Cotterill before him isn't a whiney excuse making wurzel, which helps. From his point of view he can't lose either since if we go down it's not his fault and if we stay up he's a hero.

 

I've read elsewhere people commenting on the poor atmosphere; whilst in general (in the second half especially) it was pretty quiet, the three or four minutes after you went 2-1 up were incredibly loud and, given how I was sat about two feet from the home fans, horrendously unpleasant. Particularly after mocking them for the fact Sharp's goal was offside and then, er, it wasn't (rightly, of course).

 

Bottom line - you'll still go up, we'll still go down, but at least we still somehow keep managing to come up with comical and inventive ways for you not to beat us.

 

Please post from the Blue Square in another 3.5 years ;-)

[Spudders]

I haven't posted on here in about three years but off the back of the derby it seems as good a time as ever;

 

I thought a draw was a fair result on the balance of play, though clearly you had much better chances than us and were it not for the fact that Ashdown inexplicably started pulling out wonder saves (he's usually garbage) you would've won comfortably. We could've had a couple more as well though (Maguire should've buried that chance at the start of the second half) but overall, as Appleton said, we would've been gutted to have come away with nothing.

 

Attacking-wise, from your point of view, obviously there was a dangerous mixture of us being utterly rubbish at defending set pieces and you being rather handy at them which meant pretty much every corner or free kick nearly resulted in a goal. To my untrained eye though you only seemed to have two attacking tactics built on the same principle - knock in long to Lambert to flick on, or knock it long and try and run in behind us. Unfortunately for us it nearly worked every time hence our reliance on panicky last second deflections/shirt tugging/bundles.

 

Regarding people's comments about Adkins and Appleton, Adkins is clearly a decent manager though an unbearably smug tw*t. Though I suppose if you're a one-time physiotherapist who has managed to become a successful manager, you're entitled to be pleased with yourself. I wish he'd stop saying 'football club' so much though. Regarding Appleton, I was ready to mock him mercilessly (especially when we went 1-0 down after about twenty seconds in his first game in charge) but he's actually turned out to be half-decent, considering what he's had to work with, and unlike Cotterill before him isn't a whiney excuse making wurzel, which helps. From his point of view he can't lose either since if we go down it's not his fault and if we stay up he's a hero.

 

I've read elsewhere people commenting on the poor atmosphere; whilst in general (in the second half especially) it was pretty quiet, the three or four minutes after you went 2-1 up were incredibly loud and, given how I was sat about two feet from the home fans, horrendously unpleasant. Particularly after mocking them for the fact Sharp's goal was offside and then, er, it wasn't (rightly, of course).

 

Bottom line - you'll still go up, we'll still go down, but at least we still somehow keep managing to come up with comical and inventive ways for you not to beat us.

 

Welcome back LA, good to see you back on here, don't leave it another three years before posting again

[sadoldgit]

I can see why some peope are getting worried. Reading a very strong at the moment and WHU have strength in depth. We have been riding our luck for a while now. Lucky 3 points at Leeds and two late penalties at Millwall but we were dreadfull against Blackpool and if we have to face Blackpool or Leeds in the play offs it will be very tough.Whilst it is in our hands at the moment I do think a lot rides on the WHU results as to us going up automictally or not right now. A great shame after such a long season most of which we have ben leaders, but the fcat is that teams have worked us out and we don't have that many options in our draw now that Lallana and Guly's goals have dried up. We are also weak at the back when teams go at us as Blackpool proved. Overall it has been an awesome season but, hand on heart, the second half not as convicing as the first.

[Charlie Wayman]

All of a sudden the last 5 games look hard.

 

Indeed they do. Doubt Reading will be the decider, more likely if we don't turn up at Selhurst we'll have to settle for play-offs which nobody fancies as quality rarely gets rewarded there.

 

"Why always us?" - been asking myself that for 50 years!

[Professor]

One more point towards promotion, well worth having so no need to be depressed. It does make the game against Palace more important though, as 3 games without a win would not be good at this stage. If anyone could have blocked the shot for the second PFC goal it was Harding but he should not have been on the pitch IMHO - I felt it was a mistake to disrupt the side by changing an attacker for a defender with such little time to go and Harding can't be blamed for not reacting faster when he'd had only seconds to settle in and the rest of the defence the same to accommodate him. I'm convinced if Adkins had not made the sub and if the orders had been to go for possession football, we would have won the game.

[ThreeSixty]

but at least we still somehow keep managing to come up with comical and inventive ways for you not to beat us.

 

 

I remember at the end of the game thinking "I'm glad we might never have to play these ****s again" fed up with you lot!

[MatthewStiles]

Definition of irony: people squealing on here about players losing their bottle...

 

Afraid, I have to agree a bit here. There was a guy behind me ranting on about "we're so sh*t, we should be playing this sh*t off the park" after about 50 minutes. You wouldn't want someone like that on the pitch would you? The challenge for Saints fan is are we going to be like Liverpool's when they won the Champions League or like West Ham's the last couple of months? I'll go for the former. In the main, we have great fans but we can go a bit quiet when things don't go our way.

[Thedelldays]

 

I remember at the end of the game thinking "I'm glad we might never have to play these ****s again" fed up with you lot!

indeed....people around me on the foot bridge were just saying "why can't we just fuking beat this lot"

[Charlie Wayman]

I can see why some peope are getting worried. Reading a very strong at the moment and WHU have strength in depth. We have been riding our luck for a while now. Lucky 3 points at Leeds and two late penalties at Millwall but we were dreadfull against Blackpool and if we have to face Blackpool or Leeds in the play offs it will be very tough.Whilst it is in our hands at the moment I do think a lot rides on the WHU results as to us going up automictally or not right now. A great shame after such a long season most of which we have ben leaders, but the fcat is that teams have worked us out and we don't have that many options in our draw now that Lallana and Guly's goals have dried up. We are also weak at the back when teams go at us as Blackpool proved. Overall it has been an awesome season but, hand on heart, the second half not as convicing as the first.

 

Nobody can disagree with you but you'll get all the usual one-celled loonies throwing all their frustrated venom and brown stuff at you. It's been obvious for weeks now for whatever reasons that we've lost our rhythm and cutting edge whilst at the same time as Reading have discovered theirs. They'll win this league for sure now. West Ham are playing mor elike us, up one minute down the next. If Morgan is out for the season than this is going to be tough, very tough indeed.

 

Nor can we fancy ourselves much in the grind and slog of the play-offs with Brum, Blackpool and Middlesboro to contend with as well as that load of Pansies from along the South Coast.

[Thedelldays]

on about 89 mins, I (for a split second) hoped they survived going bust as the whole build up, the day etc was what it was all about

then on about 95 mins, I remembered how much a despise that lot

[Charlie Wayman]

If anyone could have blocked the shot for the second PFC goal it was Harding but he should not have been on the pitch IMHO - I felt it was a mistake to disrupt the side by changing an attacker for a defender with such little time to go and Harding can't be blamed for not reacting faster when he'd had only seconds to settle in and the rest of the defence the same to accommodate him. I'm convinced if Adkins had not made the sub and if the orders had been to go for possession football, we would have won the game.

 

That's what we were all saying as we trudged our way from the stadium. "Why fiddle about then" when what we had to do was hold the ball up and generally amke a nuisance of ourselves and Smart was doing that all day. Poor Harding... probably had long since switched off in his head at that stage and was just worrying about who might take him on for next year...

[Linvoy's Afro]

Any thoughts on the bubble?

Personally I was delighted when, bleary eyed outside Fratton at 10 yesterday morning, I discovered I was on the same coach as John Westwood.

[Thedelldays]

Personally I was delighted when' date=' bleary eyed outside Fratton at 10 yesterday morning, I discovered I was on the same coach as John Westwood.[/quote']

HAHA

was he quiet or was he full of "do do, do do, do do do do do, pompey"

[Linvoy's Afro]

HAHA

was he quiet or was he full of "do do, do do, do do do do do, pompey"

What you see is what you get. For the whole tedious journey. Fortunately him and his coterie of giggling nerds were so conspicuous that our coach got bricked on the way out of town, perhaps unsurprisingly/deservedly.

[dubai_phil]

just watched the highlights

 

we had plenty chances to win

ashdown pulled off some brilliant saves.

kelvin did not have to really

they scored to brilliant goals and other than the chances at the start of the 2nd half, that was about it

rocha is a dirty ****

lallana had a good game....created many and forced the keeper to makes great saves

should have shot instead of going round the keeper

you have to hand it to macguire...unreal really..sometimes, you just can't do anything to stop em

sharp is a fox in the box

 

 

Im sorry, I can't say that we never played well...create like that against palace and we will win

 

And that is how it looked on telly in the pub TBH.

 

Only thing I'd add is that if Morgan has had stitches for stud marks in his leg then they should have been down to 10 men from early in the game (perm any one from about 3). But Morgan was so up that he could also have got himself sent off.

 

I'd bet Eric's annual supply of OSH that ANY nPc players in training were to try and hit 100 footballs in the same way from the same positions they'd only get one or two on target let alone screaming into the net.

 

Blue Line. Emotions back in check. HUGE job for the 5,000+ fans to do tomorrow - get on with it

[Tom & Gerry]

If we go up that game will be the Classic final derby.

If we don't it will be the nightmare that haunts us forever.

[MatthewStiles]

The two strikes from Pompey were fantastic. Perhaps, they could have been closed down quicker but I don't think you can fault Davis. Also, Lallana I thought played very well, had some great strikes on goal. The one-on-one I would like to see again. Looked like a dive but was there no contact from their keeper on him? SDR was very disappointing, in hindsight would have preferred Guly to stay on.

[saintds]

The big loss is thats the last of these games for a good few seasons,

 

You need to get rid of Adkins, Not good enough

[mack rill]

indeed....people around me on the foot bridge were just saying "why can't we just fuking beat this lot"

 

And thats why TDD i say (not having the derby games for a good few years is such a loss) Still hopefully one day we will get to do it all again.

[rallyboy]

just seen the Football League Show and the whole lot was worse than I thought.

 

Varney did Morgan a treat - a proper professional attempted leg break.

Most people would have hurdled that challenge as the ball was already lost, but he intentionally went in with both feet together.

 

Then Rocha put his elbow into Lallana, before deserving a straight red by trying to incite a riot.

Then he raises an arm at an opponent to commit a 3rd red card offence.

By the time he has repeated Sharp's booking offence, he was up to about his 4th potential red card of the afternoon.

 

If it wasn't for the fact that he has the first touch of Fred West and is possibly the worst fullback in European history, I'd have wanted him off the pitch - he's more dangerous in his own box than he is in the opponents' one.

 

In defence of his kick into the crowd, he did it again at the Itchen but I think that one was meant to be a pass.

 

 

 

I thought at the time the officials had a shocker but they were outrageously inept.

 

And nice to see some sensible pompey fans on here - 2 out of 3,000 is a better ratio than I thought.

[Crab Lungs]

just seen the Football League Show and the whole lot was worse than I thought.

 

Varney did Morgan a treat - a proper professional attempted leg break.

Most people would have hurdled that challenge as the ball was already lost, but he intentionally went in with both feet together.

 

Then Rocha put his elbow into Lallana, before deserving a straight red by trying to incite a riot.

Then he raises an arm at an opponent to commit a 3rd red card offence.

By the time he has repeated Sharp's booking offence, he was up to about his 4th potential red card of the afternoon.

 

If it wasn't for the fact that he has the first touch of Fred West and is possibly the worst fullback in European history, I'd have wanted him off the pitch - he's more dangerous in his own box than he is in the opponents' one.

 

In defence of his kick into the crowd, he did it again at the Itchen but I think that one was meant to be a pass.

 

 

 

I thought at the time the officials had a shocker but they were outrageously inept.

 

And nice to see some sensible pompey fans on here - 2 out of 3,000 is a better ratio than I thought.

 

Yup, just watched it too... makes it even more sickening that we drew, especially with the chances we had. I watched a lot of what that tw4t Westwood was doing during the game... making bizarre "gay" hand gestures with his tongue out and punching his own head... bizarre man.

[Chez]

In defence of his kick into the crowd, he did it again at the Itchen but I think that one was meant to be a pass.

 

and there's me thinking he sliced de Ridders cross into the Chapel. Not at all. He intended it all the time. He was going for all four stands.

[jawillwill]

Personally I was delighted when' date=' bleary eyed outside Fratton at 10 yesterday morning, I discovered I was on the same coach as John Westwood.[/quote']

 

He seems a bit racist in this video against the Polish. I think we should all report him.

P.s LA your pink t-shirt is lovely.

[Thedelldays]

 

dear god...what a strange human being...