Pompey vs Saints - Sunday 1200

[Turkish]

24 minutes ago, Chez said:

Must have been a sale on at Sports Direct.

[Zorba]

42 minutes ago, Chez said:

His mother and his sister are very proud. She said so.

[hypochondriac]

45 minutes ago, Chez said:

Cheers for that. I now feel physically unwell.

[hypochondriac]

3 hours ago, rallyboy said:

Is it fair to say that all the pre-match pompey hype about how our players would freeze, petrified in the pressure cauldron of world-beating Fortress Fratton was the opposite of what happened?

Several players who haven't landed a proper tackle in months found the beast within - rather than intimidating, all the spitting and abuse just fired them up so we showed way more commitment than we have in some recent sorry defeats.

My fear was a pathetic no-show, it was nice to see some fight.

Agree with that. Shame we didn't win but you can't accuse the players of not putting the effort in which hasn't been the case in a number of games this year.

[Maggie May]

I’ve watched the highlights and we were better than them all over the park. If Armstrong puts those chances away, it’s a rout.  Let them have their moment.

[LuckyNumber7]

4 hours ago, EssEffCee said:

The thing is while it's always worse against us that stand is always a problem in any big game they play.

The media never mention it though so they get away with it and therefore it'll continue.

Yes, remember the Luke O'Nien incident against Sunderland in the playoffs a few years ago. Bunch of inbred neanderthals.

1 hour ago, Appy said:

None of the Skates’ “chants” have any words do they? 
 

Just noises and saying “Portsmouth”

"Ner ner ner ner ner Portsmuff"!

Bestest in the world...

[Whitey Grandad]

4 hours ago, EssEffCee said:

Agree with this massively. For all the people loving the Downes tackle I thought it was a daft thing to do at that point in the game.

It was the only part of the game where we looked to have a semblance of control and were knocking the ball around relatively comfortably having just taken the lead.

All of a sudden that happened plus a couple of other incidents with us getting involved in pushing and shoving and it gave both their players and crowd a huge boost and changed the momentum.

Yep. "Quieten the crowd"

[davefizzy14]

We deserved to win that yesterday. We could have been at least two up at half time. Leo's goal and celebration were class 😊 I thought Peretz and the back four of Bree, Stephens, THB and Welington were excellent. Really solid, as were both Downes and Jander. Really committed. Leo, Arma, Azaz and Matsuki all worked really hard. Everyone gave it their all. COYR 😊

Edited 7 hours ago by davefizzy14

[trousers]

17 minutes ago, davefizzy14 said:

We deserved to win that yesterday. We could have been at least two up at half time. Leo's goal and celebration were class 😊 I thought Peretz and the back four of Bree, Stephens, THB and Welington were excellent. Really solid, as were both Downes and Jander. Really committed. Leo, Arma, Azaz and Matsuki all worked really hard. Everyone gave it their all. COYR 😊

And, no doubt, Eckert will reward them with an unchanged side next match...

[Patrick Bateman]

I just noticed in the handbags "melee" with Flynn, that Peretz jogged all the way from his goal to have a look, gave Flynn a well done pat on the head and jogged back 😂

Peretz might end up being a cult hero too. 

[The Wyvern]

5 hours ago, EssEffCee said:

Agree with this massively. For all the people loving the Downes tackle I thought it was a daft thing to do at that point in the game.

It was the only part of the game where we looked to have a semblance of control and were knocking the ball around relatively comfortably having just taken the lead.

All of a sudden that happened plus a couple of other incidents with us getting involved in pushing and shoving and it gave both their players and crowd a huge boost and changed the momentum.

I noticed this at the time as well, just when we should be killing the game, quietening everything down Downes decided to the complete opposite and gave them momentum.  Didn't need it at all.  We battled well, but to show we really played well under pressure we should have not let the occasion get to us and shown calm heads when needed.  We just constantly dropped down to their level. 

[Turkish]

6 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said:

I just noticed in the handbags "melee" with Flynn, that Peretz jogged all the way from his goal to have a look, gave Flynn a well done pat on the head and jogged back 😂

Peretz might end up being a cult hero too. 

i like him a lot, he seems a bit nuts which is always good with a goalkeeper

[The Wyvern]

18 hours ago, Football Special said:

I think solution is quite straightforward if we play there next season they should have to close first two or three rows of the side stand as they clearly can't control themselves spitting at the facking scummers 

I'm amazed they get away with it.  No stewarding or police checks, free to do whatever they want.  Our support trying anything like that at St Marys would be slung out.

Similar approach to the two pitch invaders that came on.  Once the stewards woke up, ours was clattered to the ground, theirs had an arm to their shoulder and guided off. 

I know its a cliche and we're obviously all biased, but they really are a weird bunch down there, a properly odd bunch of people with a chip on their shoulder they will never, ever shake. 

[The Wyvern]

5 hours ago, rallyboy said:

Is it fair to say that all the pre-match pompey hype about how our players would freeze, petrified in the pressure cauldron of world-beating Fortress Fratton was the opposite of what happened?

Several players who haven't landed a proper tackle in months found the beast within - rather than intimidating, all the spitting and abuse just fired them up so we showed way more commitment than we have in some recent sorry defeats.

My fear was a pathetic no-show, it was nice to see some fight.

I am glad we didn't fold and we definitely matched them in the physical battle throughout the game, but I do think we let the occasion and atmosphere get to us.   Needed more calm heads to let our quality show, put our foot on the ball and get our passing going, slow the game down at the right time, not charge around or fly into tackles that weren't needed. 

Anyway, a good learning curve for a lot of the players and hopefully brings the squad together a bit.

Think we'll get to do it all again next season, so hopefully a few lessons learnt our side. 

[kitch]

3 hours ago, Appy said:

None of the Skates’ “chants” have any words do they? 
 

Just noises and saying “Portsmouth”

They're pushing it with 'Blue Army'. Three syllables in that one!

[tdmickey3]

19 hours ago, Football Special said:

 

Has the zombie apocalypse started  

[Chez]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

i like him a lot, he seems a bit nuts which is always good with a goalkeeper

Boruc vibes, right? 

I think he has to do a little more at corners, which we have had a few issues with, but he seems pretty decisive - there were quite a few punches yesterday for example. Not easy for keepers with such congested boxes these days. 

I like the save he made yesterday deep into the second half when he went for cross and prevent it reaching the striker. I think the Blackmore said "brave". it possibly was, but I like the fact he wasn't passive.

Edited 5 hours ago by Chez

[swedish dave]

The only person who knew how to handle things in that game ....was the referee. 

He knew what sort of a match it was going to be, and ignored almost every foul, and had

seemingly had left his red card in the ref's room.

When he finally booked a couple of players late on in the game, it was merely a token gesture

after having ignored many that were far worse earlier in the game. 

 

Given that there was no VAR to disallow their goal (for handball) we would have got all 3 points

but the game might have ended with only 9 a side, as some of the tackles were quite brutal.

Late on Jay Robinson went down under a 2 footed tackle from behind and it was ignored.

Thank goodness that is all over for the season. 

Edited 4 hours ago by swedish dave

[VectisSaint]

13 minutes ago, swedish dave said:

The only person who knew how to handle things in that game ....was the referee. 

He knew what sort of a match it was going to be, and ignored almost every foul, and had

seemingly had left his red card in the ref's room.

When he finally booked a couple of players late on in the game, it was merely a token gesture

after having ignored many that were far worse earlier in the game. 

 

Given that there was no VAR to disallow their goal (for handball) we would have got all 3 points

but the game might have ended with only 9 a side, as some of the tackles were quite brutal.

Late on Jay Robinson went down under a 2 footed tackle from behind and it was ignored.

Thank goodness that is all over for the season. 

Loads of people bigging up Downes, but his 'tackle' that lead to the melee should have been a straight red.

[Appy]

2 minutes ago, VectisSaint said:

Loads of people bigging up Downes, but his 'tackle' that lead to the melee should have been a straight red.

It was funny though, so that cancels that out. 

[Saint Fan CaM]

38 minutes ago, swedish dave said:

The only person who knew how to handle things in that game ....was the referee. 

I’m afraid I disagree with this - given we have far more cultured players like Scienza and Fellows in our team, Pimpley’s brutish tactics coupled with the Refs bottling cards meant our side got the worst of it. The Ref is there to protect players from injury as best possible and I don’t think he came away with much credit. The Lino’s were just as bad - probably scared shitless being so close to so many inbred smelly fuckers spitting out fishy phlegm with every expletive.

[LGTL]

As much as I enjoyed the Downes tackle, I agree it was probably the wrong thing to do at that point of the game. It turned it into a scrappy, aggressive mess which was only ever going to help the far more shit team. 

I’ve also just seen that Armstrong chance again. Fuck me, the entire side of the goal was absolutely wide open. It’s a far worse miss than I even realised in the ground. 

As is always the lasting impression, Portsmouth is a fucking weird, horrible place inhabited by pond life. A nuclear bomb would do the whole country a favour. 

[Chez]

58 minutes ago, VectisSaint said:

Loads of people bigging up Downes, but his 'tackle' that lead to the melee should have been a straight red.

It was late and blatant - he had no intention of winning the ball (which is far from uncommon for Downes...and sometimes very much needed, although not on this occasion). Not sure late or blatant are terms used in the laws of the game. In fact, here they are for a red card:

 

SERIOUS FOUL PLAY

A tackle or challenge that endangers the safety of an opponent or uses excessive force or brutality must be sanctioned as serious foul play.

Any player who lunges at an opponent in challenging for the ball from the front, from the side or from behind using one or both legs, with excessive force or endangers the safety of an opponent is guilty of serious foul play.

VIOLENT CONDUCT

Violent conduct is when a player uses or attempts to use excessive force or brutality against an opponent when not challenging for the ball, or against a team-mate, team official, match official, spectator or any other person, regardless of whether contact is made.

In addition, a player who, when not challenging for the ball, deliberately strikes an opponent or any other person on the head or face with the hand or arm, is guilty of violent conduct unless the force used was negligible.

[Chez]

45 minutes ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

I’m afraid I disagree with this - given we have far more cultured players like Scienza and Fellows in our team, Pimpley’s brutish tactics coupled with the Refs bottling cards meant our side got the worst of it. The Ref is there to protect players from injury as best possible and I don’t think he came away with much credit. 

You might be right, but I still quite liked seeing a game with a bit of physicality to it. Our little extra quality was still given the opportunity to shine through, AAs lovely first touch to create his chance for example, but sadly it didn't extend to his finishing. 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

11 minutes ago, Chez said:

AAs lovely first touch to create his chance for example, but sadly it didn't extend to his finishing. 

Extending to his finishing is a constant theme for Armstrong. 

[lambtiss]

16 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

Extending to his finishing is a constant theme for Armstrong. 

I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that he should have at least another 4 or 5 goals this season. 

[die Mannyschaft]

3 hours ago, VectisSaint said:

Loads of people bigging up Downes, but his 'tackle' that lead to the melee should have been a straight red.

We have all said Saints have had no passion, don't get stuck in, weak useless in previous games especially Pompey home. But I was happy with a few players getting stuck in and showing Pompey players what thier up against. Don't think anyone objected in block L. 

[die Mannyschaft]

8 hours ago, Turkish said:

Must have been a sale on at Sports Direct.

Only S, M in stock no XL5

[RedArmy]

2 hours ago, LGTL said:

 

I’ve also just seen that Armstrong chance again. Fuck me, the entire side of the goal was absolutely wide open. It’s a far worse miss than I even realised in the ground. 

 

You’d back him to take it early and go across the keeper 9 times out of 10. 
He’s scored that goal countless times. 

[Lord Duckhunter]

Fucking hell, we’ve got some fannies supporting us. The ref was excellent, nothing wrong with a few robust tackles and a bit of needle. It’s a man’s game for gods sake. Wish more referees were like it, players might stop rolling around like big girls, if there were.