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Fraser rolls the ball back to the keeper. Our shooting is awful

Jander must be confused by these English refs. Every time he goes near an opponent they get a free kick 😂

Build up is better. Shooting is still poor.

Did Charles just cripple Downs? 🤦

Oooh, Downs with a good chance and wide. Nice pass from azaz

Stills face then, it's just dawned on him that he needed to sign a keeper

Hull score, Bazunu must do better

Looking much more positive today imo. Conditions aren't helping, but we're the better team so far. Fellows seems to drift left a lot more than I expected

Nearly ripped Charles' shorts of him 😂

Midfield looks better today, more forward passing.

Some good hold up play by Downs 😱😱

Stephens struggling already, good tackle but he got hurt

It must be that spray on hair that's washed away in the rain

The stadium announcer needs to stop yelling

Dibling and Alcarez came on in a double sub for Everton.

Nah, big striker today, so it'll be balls in behind 😂

Wasn't Downes supposed to be ill? He's on the bench. It gives the whole "long term illness" theory a bit of credibility.

Loads of strikers to chuck on after 70 mins 🔥🔥🔥

Downs? I'm surprised. The rest is as expected. Big game for Downs, let's see what he can do with some service.

Are you in a tunnel perhaps?

Bazuna says hello

https://www.sportscasting.com/uk/news/championship-sack-race-odds-2025-2026/ 2nd place, with odds of 4/1 seems quite a suprise. Championship Sack Race Odds 2025/26 Season: Full list Paulo Pezzolano (Watford) 3/1 Will Still (Southampton) 4/1 Sergej Jakirović (Hull City) 6/1 Henrik Pedersen (Sheffield Wednesday) 15/2 Gary Rowett (Oxford United) 10/1 Valérien Ismaël (Blackburn Rovers) 10/1 Martí Cifuentes (Leicester City) 14/1 Nathan Jones (Charlton Athletic) 14/1 Phil Parkinson (Wrexham) 14/1 Alex Neil (Millwall) 16/1 Kieran McKenna (Ipswich Town) 16/1 Paul Heckingbottom (Preston North End) 16/1 Chris Davies (Birmingham City) 20/1 Liam Manning (Norwich City) 22/1 Alan Sheehan (Swansea City) 25/1 Julien Stéphan (Queens Park Rangers) 25/1 Ryan Mason (West Bromwich Albion) 25/1 Frank Lampard (Coventry City) 28/1 John Eustace (Derby County) 28/1 John Mousinho (Portsmouth) 33/1 Mark Robins (Stoke City) 40/1 Gerhard Struber (Bristol City) 50/1 Rob Edwards (Middlesbrough) 50/1

You're probably right, but that means there's no room for Azaz and I can't see him being left out.

Pompey set the blueprint to completely shut us down. When our defenders have the ball, mark Downes and Charles tightly. That means THB or Stephens will pass out to the full backs, who will just hit it long for Archer and we lose possession. It was pretty clear, especially the first half. Any other team in the league will be doing the same.

Even with the shift to four at the back, the midfield seems quite weak. Jander looked good when he came on, so maybe he will help out there. The long balls to Archer in the first half were a strange tactic, he seems to have beefed up a bit over the summer. A couple of times he put the centre back on his backside. A bit of a nothing game in the end.