Pompey vs Saints - Sunday 1200

[Fabrice29]

4 minutes ago, Adman said:

You talk so much shit you either know fuck all about football, are a Sports Republic employee or a skate. No saints fan would ever be content with less than 3 points against them.

Maybe it’s all 3. 

Or maybe I'm not content? 

[LuckyNumber7]

Let's be honest, most people on here have been saying for months that our team of soft arses were going to wilt and embarrass us in this game, but they didn't. Far from a brilliant performance but they did compete and get stuck in, like others have said I really liked Downes' performance and he looked like he was enjoying it. I think they realised how much this meant and we can't question their effort.

I like the look of Peretz, so much more commanding than Baz. He'll make the odd clanger I think but he inspires a lot more confidence, he's a proper 'keeper.

Overall I'm frustrated not to have won after looking in control, but the main thing is we didn't lose. They barely created anything and only scored with a handball. It could have been a lot worse.

[rooney]

Armstrong squandered two good chances otherwise we would have won.

[Totton Saint]

from the ridiculous to the sublime i.e. from messing about at the back to now hoofing long upfield with low chance of Sts getting on the end of them.

 

[Give it to Ron]

Fair play to the team really battled- don’t agree about Peretz some great punches first half but as usual players get better when not playing for us!

Bree and Wellington excellent again and tough game against Bishop and THB and Stephens competed well I thought. 
Azaz really put in a shift and Armstrong should have done far better.

That point may not be enough for them one of their games in hand is Ipswich:-) 

Edited 7 hours ago by Give it to Ron

[Saint86]

10 minutes ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

Yep, VAR would have probably disallowed that.

Probably? It's a blatant hand ball goal.

[Totton Saint]

1 minute ago, rooney said:

Armstrong squandered two good chances otherwise we would have won.

 You are expecting too much.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Just now, LuckyNumber7 said:

Overall I'm frustrated not to have won after looking in control, but the main thing is we didn't lose. They barely created anything and only scored with a handball. It could have been a lot worse.

They looked like a League one or two club playing a higher league team in the FA Cup. Absolute no quality at all. All they had was a hoof up the field. Shame we got dragged down to their level in the end.

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

Scienz-eattie.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Just now, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

Scienz-eattie.

Hope that's not how he got injured

[Harry_SFC]

1 minute ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

They looked like a League one or two club playing a higher league team in the FA Cup. Absolute no quality at all. All they had was a hoof up the field. Shame we got dragged down to their level in the end.

Not sure we got dragged down. We've looked like a league one team for weeks. 

[pimpin4rizeal]

Referee was definitely letting a lot go and it was turning into a pretty vicious match with rash tackles flying in everywhere at 1-0 up I guess you just want to see it out and not end up with players out injured. Not a tonda fan at all but don’t think he did much wrong today tbh without the freak equaliser there wasn’t much to moan about 

[AlexLaw76]

Jack Stephens was good today

[saintant]

Our passing and movement is just not good enough. We don't come short into the space to receive the ball, we don't get between the lines and our passing is so sloppy even when under little pressure. Clearly the drills on the training ground are not making things better. It really frustrates that we are so static and play with such a lack of intelligence. We need a bloody good coach brought in to explain how simple this game can be because we make everything look so difficult.

[hypochondriac]

5 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Jack Stephens was good today

He was. Credit where credit is due I think he will be better in a back four.

[Harry_SFC]

1 minute ago, hypochondriac said:

He was. Credit where credit is due I think he will be better in a back four.

THB is also better in a four. Always has been. Baffling how we wasted so much time playing with 3 CB's. 

[beatlesaint]

4 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Jack Stephens was good today

Yes he was. Very pleased the way they battled and dug in.

Charles needs to come in as a starter, he’s class.

I think we looked more secure as a back four and Bree was very good.

Didnt think that Matsuki experiment worked, apart from that great flick leading to the Armstrong chance he gave the ball, or fouls away a fair bit.

Fair result in the end really although once we got in front we were in control so it was disappointing not to hold on although another 10 mins and we might have lost.

[pimpin4rizeal]

Bree and wellington look really solid and big upgrades at fullback. with Charles coming back into the reckoning and azaz and fellows now being freed up I to play their proper positions I think we could see another run of good form 

[Teamsaint1]

1 minute ago, hypochondriac said:

He was. Credit where credit is due I think he will be better in a back four.

To be at the top end of the Championship you really don’t need a team of international superstars. But you do need a bit of class somewhere in the team, some team spirit, some players desperate for a shot at the big time ( money) , good organisation, a proper plan, some experience etc etc. 
No reason at all that JS can’t be part of the mix. He was last time when we got a hell of a lot more points, albeit with a better squad. 

[AlexLaw76]

4 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

He was. Credit where credit is due I think he will be better in a back four.

It’s not about formations 😉

[tdmickey3]

2 minutes ago, pimpin4rizeal said:

Bree and wellington look really solid and big upgrades at fullback. with Charles coming back into the reckoning and azaz and fellows now being freed up I to play their proper positions I think we could see another run of good form 

Starting when?

[tdmickey3]

12 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Jack Stephens was good today

 

19 minutes ago, Totton Saint said:

 You are expecting too much.

What was the XG

[Turkish]

3 minutes ago, tdmickey3 said:

 

What was the XG

Who gives a fuck

[pimpin4rizeal]

5 minutes ago, tdmickey3 said:

Starting when?

With all the doom and gloom of late 4 points from those two games is a start, charles is a big player for us .. providing tonda doesn’t mess around with the back four I think the team will start to look good 

Edited 7 hours ago by pimpin4rizeal

[tdmickey3]

48 minutes ago, Fabrice29 said:

Missed at least one huge chance and conceded a goal that with VAR would have been ruled out. Managers fault though, am I right?

Yep for squandering thee use of our superior squad

[tdmickey3]

1 minute ago, Turkish said:

Who gives a fuck

Not me, I was taking the piss.

Bet SR will be on it though 

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

Back four again worked well. THB and Stephens very solid and Bree was excellent. In fact, I remember him with much blonder hair and not so tall. Was that really Bree playing?

In the end, disappointed we didn't get all three points from being 1-0 up because that play off place has more or less slipped away.

Scienza is becoming a legend. He was getting it in the neck from those morons all the first half, so great to see his celebration.

[Toussaint]

10 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Who gives a fuck

You will at the end of the season when the points are recalculated based on Xg.

That is what happens isn’t it?

[Dr Who?]

Thank god that is over with until at least August. 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

1 minute ago, Dr Who? said:

Thank god that is over with until at least August. 

They should go down to be fair.  They are absolute dog shit. Unfortuntely, the home form will see them stay up most likely.

[rallyboy]

From where we were a few weeks ago I'll have your arm off for 1-1.

But, it should have been better, as should this whole squad.

Putting a positive spin on it, they blew their best two chances of beating us in years.

 

[Hawkswood]

29 minutes ago, pimpin4rizeal said:

Bree and wellington look really solid and big upgrades at fullback. with Charles coming back into the reckoning and azaz and fellows now being freed up I to play their proper positions I think we could see another run of good form 

Was thinking/ hoping the same

[Adman]

1 hour ago, Fabrice29 said:

Really? We'd just scored on the break, we were hardly in a flow or in control were we? It was a VAR decision and a missed 1 on 1 away from a perfect away performance. Didn't do anything stupid, stood up to the physicality, atmosphere and game the home side wanted to play and created the best chances in the game. Bringing on 2 players the fans were pissed off about not starting and another who is probably our best player when up and running is hardly the disaster people think it is.

Yep. Really shouts not content. Skate.

[Nordic Saint]

It's frustrating that there was no VAR to disallow their handball goal but that's still 5 games and 16 years undefeated against them.

[trousers]

46 minutes ago, OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint said:

Scienza is becoming a legend. He was getting it in the neck from those morons all the first half, so great to see his celebration.

Do we now get to call this "Leo Scienza Day" and celebrate it with an open top bus parade every year... In the same way they get to pleasure themselves over a meaningless draw with their "David Norris Day" wankfest..?

Edited 6 hours ago by trousers

[madge]

Thought Pompey were good considering they had so many players out. The problem is for me is that we’re not good enough to beat them.  We gave Pompey a huge physiological advantage by not starting fellows. Tonda is not good enough. Nowhere near good enough. 

[Midfield_General]

Did anyone see what happened with Welington for him to have claret pouring out of his nose? Looked like something off the ball and Sky didn’t show any replays

[Swaythling Saint]

1 hour ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Jack Stephens was good today

For all his faults, he is exactly the kind of player you need in the derby 

[Football Special]

Fair play to our players, can't fault the effort and we matched them in a battle, feels like the Skates allow their fans to get away with so much that we'd never have at St Mary's, deranged screaming from the front row at any Saints player touching distance, fantastic celebration from Leo to give it back to them

 

[trousers]

5 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Fair play to our players, can't fault the effort and we matched them in a battle, feels like the Skates allow their fans to get away with so much that we'd never have at St Mary's, deranged screaming from the front row at any Saints player touching distance, fantastic celebration from Leo to give it back to them

 

Assume they keep jars of amoeba in the stadium vaults to ensure the average match day attendance IQ doesn't fall too low?

[Jack]

16 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Fair play to our players, can't fault the effort and we matched them in a battle, feels like the Skates allow their fans to get away with so much that we'd never have at St Mary's, deranged screaming from the front row at any Saints player touching distance, fantastic celebration from Leo to give it back to them

 

Neanderthal 

[Zorba]

1 hour ago, Saint86 said:

Probably? It's a blatant hand ball goal.

Hand of cod?

[Baz Fl]

Bree did well but shouldn’t that cause questions to be asked about who sent him out on loan only for him to walk straight back into our starting 11.

[die Mannyschaft]

Happy with draw, should have won but we cant defend corners and misses one on one keepers is ridiculous must be 12 this season. 

Overall battled much better than expected, great goal.

Saints won the chucked seats about 7-1

[die Mannyschaft]

57 minutes ago, Nordic Saint said:

It's frustrating that there was no VAR to disallow their handball goal but that's still 5 games and 16 years undefeated against them.

Why cant Saints bundle in goals from corners.

[Midfield_General]

18 minutes ago, Zorba said:

Hand of cod?

Superb

[die Mannyschaft]

1 hour ago, OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint said:

Back four again worked well. THB and Stephens very solid and Bree was excellent. In fact, I remember him with much blonder hair and not so tall. Was that really Bree playing?

In the end, disappointed we didn't get all three points from being 1-0 up because that play off place has more or less slipped away.

Scienza is becoming a legend. He was getting it in the neck from those morons all the first half, so great to see his celebration.

THB and Stephens very solid and Bree

good performance by them 

[Roo1976]

1 hour ago, Harry_SFC said:

THB is also better in a four. Always has been. Baffling how we wasted so much time playing with 3 CB's. 

......and we probably will again ,next game maybe? but they seemed more in tune with one another. Seems strange our subs didnt make too much of an impact on what remained of the game sadly.   Azaz? at times like today apart from the pass to set up the goal, IMO offered another wasted lazy performance,maybe the Boro fans were glad to see the back of him?

[Costa del Solent]

50p for whoever creates a video of Leo running along the Pompey fans in slow motion to ‘My Heart Will Go On’ by Celine Dion. 

[LGTL]

Feels like we’ve completely wasted both these games, but still haven’t lost either. We’re streets ahead of them, just haven’t had a proper manager in either game.