Portsmouth vs BWFC Match Thread...

We did have two briefly. Since deleted.

Even when we were flying high in the prem under Big Sam, we never seemed to get any joy at 2 grounds as far as i remember. Craven Cottage and Fratton Park. So do i expect us to get our first win of the season. Sadly not.

But Im half expexting us to announce a new defender last minute, chicksen style and we may see Daryl Murphy which would bode well.

Would predict a 3-1 defeat. So long as we continue to play well i will be happy.

At a loss as to where everyone is. Can only imagine Whites and Chip bonded so well they booked a Thomas Cook holiday together and invited everyone else..bar me and you Wots.

Sounds pretty evens. Not much happening but another solid defensive display. When you think that one of the games Hill has had was against Oxford who banged 13 goals in 2 and a half games since and then 2 of the 3 biggest clubs in the league.

Strange that Phil was so defensive but seldom kept a clean sheet. Hill seems attack minded but look solid and struggle to score. Odd.

First twenty minutes blacked out on i follow, so just had the GMR commentary. They said Buckley missed a good chance on 7 mins, so, presumably, we could have been ahead early on.

Having said that Bolton finished the half by far the stronger of the two teams, the defence looked solid, Bridcutt was running our midfield, Murphy looked useful and, especially in the later minutes, Verlinden started to cause them bother. Buckley wafted about to little effect and, again, Crawford was a mixed bag. Half time their fans were clearly unhappy and Pompey looked very nervous.

God knows what Hill put in our half time tea - sleeping pills presumably - cos we simply never came out of the dressing room. The defence started to wobble and panic, Bridcutt made more errors as he tried to take on even more responsibility, Verlinden and Murphy faded, Lowe looked his more normal lumpen self and Crawford and Buckley added little. Dreadful defending from Emmanuel caused chaos in our defence and a trip ensued. If it was Zouma again, let’s hope Hill goes easy on him. This time, it wasn’t his fault. The post reprieved us but shortly afterwards Emmanuel was outjumped at the back post for a soft, looping headed goal. Game over.

A worrying trend is really now showing itself. We play well for 45 minutes when we can get on the front foot. However, our toothlessness means we never exploit our advantage and, eventually, doubts creep in and we sag back on a defence that simply has too many errors in it. It’s early days, but I wonder if Hill is a bit Parkyish in his reluctance to use subs. Emmanuel was struggling long before the goal, Verlinden seems to tire and fade badly and I wonder about the sense of leaving Murphy on for 90 minutes. He really wasn’t in the game at all second half.

All in all, we desperately need reinforcements in the form of those injured returning to fitness. Hill has a massive job to maintain morale in these circumstances. I wish him the best of luck.

Me too with that flipping Aldi add chip, every time I logged on, up it popped, no matter how much I tried to prevent it. In the end I succumbed and now expect a £200 voucher to appear, plus I’ve had to pay £2.50 for a Euromilluons ticket I didn’t want. Mind you, if I get lucky I might change my mind!!

Disappointed with today again. I know we are a developing team but we need to start scoring and winning if we are going to have any chance of staying up and it’s not that we aren’t creating chances. We are very weak up front though and it’s important we get O’Grady back fit ASAP. It’s understandable that we struggle later in the game because we’re behind other teams on fitness but we aren’t capitalising on our first half performances which is costing us. I still believe we can stay up and it’s amazing what a couple of wins can do, so let’s hope we get those this week.

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Agreed Chip however under an embargo with all thats gone we will really struggle to get that quality.

The worst thing is that had the takeover been done without the silly games then we may have been able to have most of what you asked for. A solid centre back in Wheats, an attack minded combative midfielder in Connell and Vela.

Also a dynamic ball player in Oz and hardly a goal machine but an international striker who can lead a line in Magennis. Shame.