Play up Wednesday….. Pompey Match Thread

[LiamOwl]

Bannan having a right spell 

[MAL]

We are no good, just strolling around and playing keep ball and passback.

[MAL]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssss

[Teddy Nickelarse]

What a fookin goal 

[wollowl]

SMITHHHHHHHHHHY

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SMITHHHHHHHHHHY

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SMITHHHHHHHHHHY

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SMITHHHHHHHHHHY

[Andyben]

what a **** ing goal

[Andyben]

Shea Charles is so good, he makes Bannan look like Barry Bannan 

[MAL]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssssss

What a win

[pook]

Get in! 

[cheat]

1 hour ago, cheat said:

Absolute wank

Sorry Wednesday. 

Much better second half, and a well deserved three points.

[mkowl]

Only play when we are 1 down !

So much better in the 2nd half by playing with tempo, a bit of quality, more control in midfield being the key building block to victory 

And a cracking goal to win it 

[mkowl]

4 points off the play offs 😃

[Skamp]

Special mention to the travelling fans. What a noise they made on the south coast for a televised Friday night game.

[mkowl]

Just now, mkowl said:

4 points off the play offs 😃

Sounds a lot better than 1 point off the relegation spot innit 

[DirtyOwl]

Really good second half, Bannan had a really good 30 min or so. 

Smith all around game seems to have improved, the link up, pressing and not to mention the absolute rocket he’s just scored. 

Pompeys press were quite good to be fair to them as well. 

[Theman]

Barry is immense 👍

[bradowl]

Terrific win that, looked unlikely at half time. 

[KrolMong]

Massive massive credit to Rohl for deciding to go Sturrock for 15 mins and ale housing Pompey to then allow us to get a foothold to play. Diagonals aimed at Smith and Valery and Bannan, Windass and Charles pick up the seconds, it created pressure and Pompey fell apart with and without the ball.

Lovely goal from Windass, worldie from Smith. And a whole raft of very good second half displays. Iorfa, Bernard, Smith, Bannan, Charles all very good. At times, Bannan and Charles outstanding - those two pivot off each other so well.

Good win, good second half display and more to come too.

[mkowl]

Just now, Skamp said:

Special mention to the travelling fans. What a noise they made on the south coast for a televised Friday night game.

But if we play a more aggressive attacking style the fans will also respond to it, win win really.

Key is trying to bring that into the home games.

I understand why he wants Musaba and /or Gassama in the starting 11, but it seems to make our attacking disjointed.

The goals came from proper inter play between strikers, not individual effort

[Harry Lime]

Sibonesque that goal from Smith. Marvellous strike.I thought it was him, come back to us for a moment. 

[Bob Petrie]

Another goal that started with Beedle. 

sky seemed to gloss over the fact that Smith got flattened on halfway in the build up. Picked himself up and got on the end of it. 
Probably too knackered to do owt else but swing at it. 

[Skamp]

Meanwhile in a parallel universe

[Jim]

3 minutes ago, Bob Petrie said:

Another goal that started with Beedle. 

sky seemed to gloss over the fact that Smith got flattened on halfway in the build up. Picked himself up and got on the end of it. 
Probably too knackered to do owt else but swing at it. 

When Windass picks up Smith's pass, Smith is five yards inside our half, on his arse sliding the wrong way. 4 seconds later Roberto Carlos is wearing Michael Smith pyjamas. 

Beautiful 😁

[mkowl]

13 minutes ago, Skamp said:

Meanwhile in a parallel universe

I hope the humble pie is served cold with cream 10 day past its sell by date.

 

[mkowl]

22 minutes ago, Bob Petrie said:

Another goal that started with Beedle. 

sky seemed to gloss over the fact that Smith got flattened on halfway in the build up. Picked himself up and got on the end of it. 
Probably too knackered to do owt else but swing at it. 

I mean I do get frustrated at times where we fanny around at the back, inviting pressure and it seems to set the tone for the tempo. 

Glad that at 2 - 1 up there was maybe 2 passes before Beadle got it up the pitch. The key here is balance but mix it up as well. 

It is old school perhaps but you are a hell of a lot more dangerous playing football from 20 yards inside their half not from 20 yards the other way. But we got the control by having more composed footballers in J Lowe and Valery as options in the wide middle areas.

[owl71]

52 minutes ago, Skamp said:

Special mention to the travelling fans. What a noise they made on the south coast for a televised Friday night game.

Thanks.  We try.  😊

[owl71]

Complete chalk and cheese performance.  Jamal Lowe seemed to make a difference, we certainly got a lot of joy down that flank.  Iorfa did well.  Bannan more himself after a couple of quiet ones.  
 

Anyway 15 points.  We only had 16 at Christmas last season.  🤣

[TheExile]

Feared for us at half time not just because of the game itself and our lack of any attacking pattern but the general effect of losing at the bottom of the league (even though it’s not an easy place to go).

 

That second half really restored the faith and shows what a good manager we have. He can really change games. A nice start to the weekend 

[Theman]

I think we are looking at a minimum 60 points this season 👍

[dilts]

Just got back, proverbial game of two halves, so much better when we played with pace, but they are poor.

Top notch support, great noise.

So this season, 2 matches 2 wins, think i need to see them more often......if only S6 wasn't 200 miles away 😄

 

[Lee]

A great win that

From one down too, they may be poor and the table says so but if they'd won the table looks different.

The championship is simply a war of attrition and we are in the bottom end of the mix.

BUT things can change quickly.

We WILL finish top half or perhaps better, it's work in progress.

So good to score a couple, that gets all the strikers in the squad on their toes

UTO

[TheExile]

What was really noticeable about them, despite being at home, was just how they deflated once it started going against them. You could see the belief had gone for a good ten mins after each goal. 

[HoylandOwl]

 

[mkowl]

Certainly better waking up with a win. I may ask the eldest as he never appeared for the 2nd half - I think he may have peaked early alcohol wise - so he may think we lost !

[HoylandOwl]

While some may suggest a game of two halves, I don’t think it’s as violent a swing as that. I thought we were the better side in both halves, albeit less so in the first half.

The injury to Famewo disjointed us a little, it seemed to. As prior to that, we were the better side, but like has been the case needed a goal. We’d been patient, maybe too much so and when it doesn’t click when we go forward, frustration feels like it starts to set in. 

Iorfa did well when he came on; I’m not saying he was the reason for going behind, we went behind after Musaba was so wasteful with the ball just inside our half, with a lazy looking pass inside which led to them breaking to get that FK, which Pol cleared then the corner. 

DR’s changes ahead of the 2nd half clearly had an impact, as we seemed to set our stall early. The first goal was well worked, and that spell around the first goal and leading into the 2nd from Bannan was as good as we’ve seen from him in a while. He just controlled the game with the ball. They couldn’t get the ball from us. And when they did eventually have it, they lost it, quickly, with our press absolutely squeezing the life out of them. 

That second goal was the just desserts for Smith, he worked so hard, the knockdown for the chance in the first half for Palmer, of course the setup for the leveller was quality. Then that finish. Wow. Absolute perfection. But props to him for the role he played in the build up too, holding off his man and keeping the ball moving to Windass beyond halfway. 

Pompey aren’t good, at all. They look so fragile, and reminded me a bit of us pre DR. But, that’s not our worry. 

A second successive, 2-1 win from behind on the road, deserved too. And is that now just one loss in 8? And into the top half….  Forward steps. A lot to be pleased about. 

[mkowl]

The key is playing in a way that can get Bannan and Charles doing their work in the opposition half, not taking it 10 yards outside our own area. It's way more dangerous attacking wise but if it does break down it's further from our goal.

The post match interviews when asked about the HT transition  it was about imposing control to play the football you want to play. The age old requirement of football. 

Our issue is that we run before we can walk, so we try and utilise players like Gassama and Musaba for their attacking skills but it all becomes disjointed as we can't get them into the game. 

It is not an easy solution, but the more solid midfield enabled us to get into position to be attack minded

[mkowl]

4 minutes ago, HoylandOwl said:

While some may suggest a game of two halves, I don’t think it’s as violent a swing as that. I thought we were the better side in both halves, albeit less so in the first half.

The injury to Famewo disjointed us a little, it seemed to. As prior to that, we were the better side, but like has been the case needed a goal. We’d been patient, maybe too much so and when it doesn’t click when we go forward, frustration feels like it starts to set in. 

Iorfa did well when he came on; I’m not saying he was the reason for going behind, we went behind after Musaba was so wasteful with the ball just inside our half, with a lazy looking pass inside which led to them breaking to get that FK, which Pol cleared then the corner. 

DR’s changes ahead of the 2nd half clearly had an impact, as we seemed to set our stall early. The first goal was well worked, and that spell around the first goal and leading into the 2nd from Bannan was as good as we’ve seen from him in a while. He just controlled the game with the ball. They couldn’t get the ball from us. And when they did eventually have it, they lost it, quickly, with our press absolutely squeezing the life out of them. 

That second goal was the just desserts for Smith, he worked so hard, the knockdown for the chance in the first half for Palmer, of course the setup for the leveller was quality. Then that finish. Wow. Absolute perfection. But props to him for the role he played in the build up too, holding off his man and keeping the ball moving to Windass beyond halfway. 

Pompey aren’t good, at all. They look so fragile, and reminded me a bit of us pre DR. But, that’s not our worry. 

A second successive, 2-1 win from behind on the road, deserved too. And is that now just one loss in 8? And into the top half….  Forward steps. A lot to be pleased about. 

Goes back to my point, Musaba is a decent player IF we are in control of the game. With him starting or indeed Gassama or both and it's not blaming them, we seem to not get that control that would then get the best out of them. Chicken n egg

As we showed, you don't need just attacking type players to be attacking

[Andyben]

I wouldn't be upset with a front 3 of Lowe, Smith Windass.

[KrolMong]

4 minutes ago, Andyben said:

I wouldn't be upset with a front 3 of Lowe, Smith Windass.

I think in certain games, that very much works. Lowe and Windass can play as proper wide forwards, they’ve done it a lot. Gassama, Musaba and Kobacki are wingers.

[Reesh]

12 hours ago, Theman said:

Barry is immense 👍

Glad you used your post match time on the coach to post on here Mrs Bannan.

[holmesfield_owl]

Had a tenner at half time, skybet boosted us to 8/1 to win 2-1 so was an extra pleasant evening 

[HoylandOwl]

8 hours ago, mkowl said:

Goes back to my point, Musaba is a decent player IF we are in control of the game. With him starting or indeed Gassama or both and it's not blaming them, we seem to not get that control that would then get the best out of them. Chicken n egg

As we showed, you don't need just attacking type players to be attacking

I’d argue Musaba needs to learn when to try the tricky tricky stuff, and when to pass. He’s got so much ability, that’s not in doubt. But his decision making is.

[Chelters]

21 minutes ago, HoylandOwl said:

I’d argue Musaba needs to learn when to try the tricky tricky stuff, and when to pass. He’s got so much ability, that’s not in doubt. But his decision making is.

Musaba is absolutely maddening. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a player who gets 50:50 decisions wrong 95% of the time.

Appreciate he’s still got loads of time to improve but so far this season he’s gone a bit backwards. Absolutely cannot play him against a high pressing team as he puts us under pressure constantly by losing possession in our own half. 

[mkowl]

53 minutes ago, HoylandOwl said:

I’d argue Musaba needs to learn when to try the tricky tricky stuff, and when to pass. He’s got so much ability, that’s not in doubt. But his decision making is.

The difference between a reasonable player and a good player is not your feet but between your ears. So that is decision making in one regard, but the level of confidence in another

Daft we saw with Smith in the first half when he had time to think he took too long. His goal no time to dwell and hit it.

 

 

[Tylluan]

You could say that Musaba isn't suited to Championship football but would have no problem doing a job in Europe where he'd have more time.

If he moved to the right club in Holland then he'd probably be in the Dutch squad by the next Euros 

[KrolMong]

44 minutes ago, Tylluan said:

You could say that Musaba isn't suited to Championship football but would have no problem doing a job in Europe where he'd have more time.

If he moved to the right club in Holland then he'd probably be in the Dutch squad by the next Euros 

You know what Ty. I think Musaba and Gassama are both capable of being very good players in England. But oddly, for not the same reasons.

Musaba, great distance ball carrier. Very quick. Decent finisher. Gassama, a pocket player, gets himself past people in tight spaces. Works very very hard.

Both want to commit people.

Weaknesses for both. They want to spin on a first touch everywhere. Reactionary defensive nouse.

I like both, but I like Musaba as the out away from home. I like Gassama in a team that has a lot of ball. You can’t play both.

[Harry Lime]

1 hour ago, KrolMong said:

You can’t play both.

I said this weeks ago. Against the right teams we can play one of them. They should never be in the same starting line up ever. They run up blind alleys and give the ball away too easily and they offer nothing in getting the ball back. At times, against the right sides we can give one a run out and maybe substitute one for the other but make no mistake, against one of the better sides they are hopeless. 

Great to watch them score the odd goal, it just doesn't happen often enough.

Oh, anyone wondering, I'd be more than happy to be proved wrong, I will always support whoever turns out for us and I sincerely hope either of the two lads make me eat my words. Problem is, I'm not wrong.