Portsmouth away!
 

Hi guys,

I'm a Luton fan at Portsmouth Uni and am planning on sitting/standing with your fans tonight rather than watching the Champions League!

Just wondered who the players to watch out for are? How many of your fans will make the long trip down, 50-100?

Have been to Fratton Park twice already this year, if Portsmouth aren't leading by half time the fans turn against them very quickly!

Thanks,
Matt

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Matt,
Hope to see you in the away end. As to numbers, it's a matter of quality not quantity. Following Stanley is an exclusive past-time.

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will be hard tonight, pompey are determined to put a win on the board after their heavy defeat on saturday.
Beattie may want to consider frustrating pompey for the first 60mins and go for it in the last half hour.

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Portsmouth really aren't a strong side. They lack so much confidence and the crowd can be brilliant if they get an early goal, but get frustrated really easily!

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A message to anyone going to the game - Stay Away from this place............

Tiger King in Portsmouth: Britain's filthiest takeaway | Mail Online

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Free meals on me for all Pompey fans,message for meal be there in 1.5 hrs!!!

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And players?

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About 60 away fans,just slightly outnumbered!!!

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Half Time 0-0 so far so good.

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1-0 Pompey :eek:

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:(

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Lost that un 1-0.:(

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82nd minute before the first sub?!?!?

Not good enough for me.

Looking at the league table is not good reading again :(

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Oh dear ........

Well the highlight was undoubtedly Peter Marsden picking up the tab for everything bought from the away end snack bar at half time - feel a little guilty as it was only a 15 minute walk from home for me, but thanks Peter ......

The lowlight was the defence switching off completely after a Pompey comedy corner and letting someone run 20 yds on the ball before finishing into the corner from the edge of the box.

Plan A was launch it down the middle to Paul Mullin, but unfortunately he left a while back. There was no Plan B. The only threat came from Mingola and Liddle trying pretty combinations down the left, but 90% of the time there was no final ball in.

Other people will doubtless have more detailed and perceptive analysis to offer.

13000 Pompey crowd in good voice once they were winning. We needed the drum!!

On Stanley On - let's put this one behind us.

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Can't disagree with any of that, Chimer. First half thought Stanley were the better team but, other than a long range Naismith curler, with little end product. The defence were pretty solid and, for 45 minutes Mr Beattie's plan to "quieten" the crowd was working and you could sense Pompey's frustration. But their early goal in the second half was the undoing of that tactic. Thought Mr Bettenelli had it covered but it was a well taken shot. Stanley were then not able to get back into the game to any meaningful degree. Mr Murphy had a chance with a header and we all thought Mr Naismith had salvaged a point at the death, but it was inches wide and into the side netting. All the players looked to be having trouble keeping their feet but, unfortunately, Stanley just didn't do enough to get anything out of the game. Great support from the Pompey fans, and many thanks to Peter Marsden, if it was he who paid for the half time coffee.
The battle for survival continues on Saturday.

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Concur with reports of Chimer & Exile. One drop in concentration for the goal and lack of penetration in final third limited us to the two chances mentioned. Was hoping JB would have given their defence summat different to cope with half way thru second half but then again I only made my school's under 16s so what do I know ! Impressed with Nicky Hunt tonight in particular.
Thankyou Mr Chairman for my halftime hot choccie & kit-kat.

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Agree with most of the last 3 posts,but am surprised nothing has been said about the ref....... A total chicken bellied slime ball, I need to see it again but in normal time it looked like a horror tackle on Peter Murphy absolutely no attempt to play the ball and appeared like a deliberate attempt to cripple him.....nothing but a red card and an extended ban.....it wouldn't surprise me to hear there were a few afters in the tunnel...The ref took an age to make the decision then bottled it and produced a yellow...and he was that quick I never even saw him pocket the big brown envelope.....RESPECT to Peter Marsden who footed the bill at half time for all the away fans at the snack bar.Not many other results went our way but things aren't desperate as yet....roll on Saturday and the company of our recent birthday boy ......

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Seems like JB's reluctance to change the dynamic sufficiently early after we go behind is possibly becoming a problem. He constantly tells us how much faith he has in the squad but doesn't act on it.
"Rob Russell:
Gray, McCarten and Bowerman all at once, take Liddle, Hunt and Joyce off - Rourkes Drift gentlemen"
Nothing to lose at 1-0 down, eh Macca?

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The generosity of Portsmouth fans knows no bounds....over 13000 the 50/50 half time draw...£5k....£3k....£1k.... No a laughable £134 and a fiver of that was mine....

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Kevin Keegan had nowt on me Mr Raine.

I often think we can learn from history, and history tells us that football is played with five up top :D

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and to prove that theory is best, just take a look at nearly every club's record score ... years ago when they played five upfront.

lessons gentlemen

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That is summat i cannot understand.:confused:We are told we got a good squad,yet reluctance to sub early enough when behind is really beating the crap outa me,:confused:

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Liddle and Mingoia were quite tricky down the left with their bobbing and weaving so I was very surprised when Hadfield wasn't brought on,I think he would have had a field day against that defence.......Webber was also badly missed.....I don't often criticise JB but I was screaming for a sub,and in all honesty Naismith should have buried his chance.the main point is the ref totally bottled it and they should have been down to ten men in 28 mins it made Wilson's red card against Bury laughable.

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Agree, Chubster, about Mingoia and Liddle, although the former was a bit slow to make the telling through ball / cross on a few occasions. I also wish he (and others) would play much wider when not on the ball. Whenever Stanley have the ball in the left or right corner in their half, our 'wide men' (sic) always look like they've been told to mark the opposing full backs in the middle of the pitch, instead of getting as far away from the defender as possible, into space, on the 'wing'. Having a wide receiver often means the long forward pass needn't be 100% accurate or it pulls their defensive back line across the pitch, opening up gaps.
I thought Liddle did well and was surprised he was taken off and even more surprised Molyneux went to left back to replace him, although he had been marked out much of the game up to that point and was getting increasingly frustrated at not being able to get a shot in.
One thing we must disagree on was the ref. He was no better/worse than most league 2 officials, but he didn't lose the match for Stanley. The foul on Murphy looked bad (as did Wilson's) but, from where I saw it, I don't think there was any malicious intent. The ball was in the air and it was a clumsy attempt that caught Murphy square on the shin, which is why shinpads continue to be worn.
Stanley remain the third worst for shots on target and the second worst for shots off target in League 2 (see link below).
The Football League | Stats | Club Shooting
In the Premeir League players may only need one chance to turn a game but, in League 2, I suspect on average it requires a lot more opportunities for one of them to be turned into a goal. Playing for a one-nil win is OK but even that will need the team to generate more efforts on goal than last night.
The fight goes on...