benjii

Do you not think teachers should aspire to be role models? Maybe challenge their pupils' attitudes? I'm not blaming the teachers, it's an easy career to get into and is reasonably well paid for the level of ability required, so no doubt some couldn't care less. That's a systemic failure, not necessarily their own.

Correct.

No team in League One is too strong to get beaten by us. Doing well right now or not, they are still guaranteed to be a team of hard-working but limited professional footballers full of nondiscript players who you will never have heard of/only hear of again the next time we play them. If we play well and take our chances we will beat them. If we don't we might not, but it will be nothing to do with their strength as a team.

Who is Nick Halling?

pmsl

It's when people say things like this that their opinions become instantly without value.

After they played for time on the final day of the season thinking they were safe !

Frankly, Pompey's manager is the least of their problems.

I've no idea what point you're trying to make but, look... if they've any sense whatsoever they will look at this match and draw wide-sweeping conclusions from the late goal they conceded.

I'm sure once Papa and Holmes/Mills are fully fit we will improve our creativity. Look, we will not finish near the bottom. That is obvious. We will not finish in the play-offs; nevermind, we will go up next year. I'm just so glad that the people in charge of the club have a bit more perspective than many of the people on here. Shame we didn't win today but an away point is never the end of the world and we are now getting into the zone where we should be the dominant team in virtually every match - if you'd asked most fans if that was likely before the season started with a back 4 of Molyneux/Mills - Lancashire/Thomas - Perry - James, I think most would have taken it. Pardew is doing a good job. The board are doing a good job. We are moving in the right direction.

There were several worse teams than us when we got relegated. They have got 0 points from home games against Fulham, Bolton and Everton. That is very poor. They haven't played any of the top 3 yet, home or away. They aren't that awful but they will run out of time pretty quickly. If Wolves beat them next week they are 90% likely to go down IMO.

What? You really do post some weird things.

Crikey - I haven't read the whole thread... are some people actually saying that? I listened to the whole match and we did create loads of pressure.

What nonsense.

Undoubtedly Carlisle need to recruit a new sports psychologist.

Great post!

100 years is nothing up there. The hills have eyes.

To give Leitch his dues, he is much more informative than Dave Merrington who, nice bloke aside, says virtually nothing of interest. Ever.

Given that Rasiak is a very good Champsionship level goalscorer playing for a good Championship team, I suggest getting used to Rasiak scoring.

He certainly has a voice for the written media.

Sounded like they played pretty well second half. I think Nugent would have put a couple of those chances away

TBH, I think we should be looking to dominate the game and James offers us more than Perry on the ball. If their left winger is big and strong then we may wish Thomas was playing though. Anyone know anything about Carlisle's left winger?!

Eh? Do you mean right?

in the Premier League? Just wondering.

I have a feeling Mellis could have a good game today actually. Don't know why - just do!