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Post by Sir Trevor on Jul 29, 2023 18:46:47 GMT
Next weekend the real season starts.
How have Pompey managed in pre-season?
They have played 7 fixtures and been very competitive.
06/07/23 Portsmouth 1 - 0 Europa.
Scorer was: BISHOP (pen).
11/07/23 Bognor Regis Town 1 - 1 Portsmouth.
Scorer was : MORRELL (pen).
14/07/23 Gosport Borough 1 - 3 Portsmouth.
Scorers were: MORRELL , JEWITT-WHITE and OJO.
15/07/23 Havant & Waterlooville 0 - 1 Portsmouth.
Scorer was: OJO.
22/07/23 Portsmouth 9 - 1 Crawley Town.
Scorers were: SWANSON, BISHOP, SCULLEY, (2), LOWERY, YENGI, (3) and SAYDEE.
This was two 60 minutes encounters. Pompey won Game One 2-1 and Game Two 7-0.
Crawley Town made eleven changes in the second 60 minutes
25/07/23 AFC Wimbledon 1 - 0 Portsmouth.
29/07/23 Portsmouth 0 - 1 BCFC 82.
Five players made their Fratton Park debut today.
Portsmouth have made a hatful of signings this Summer.
Hopefully, the "second sense" understanding demonstrated in cohesive teams may not yet be established.
One day, some day, maybe this day............ Saturday 5th August 2023.
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Post by Topper Gas on Jul 30, 2023 7:18:16 GMT
The two recent results, losing to Wimbledon and City at home, are nothing to get excited about, assuming we can take our pre-season form into the game and, if he starts, our new goalie doesn't let us down we could well get a result.
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Post by rememberhalifax on Jul 30, 2023 7:39:46 GMT
Watching us yesterday v Spirites i admit to being concerned over the number of time we conceded possession in our defensive 1/3 erd, playing fellow defenders into trouble by playing out from the back, getting caught in possession etc. Every one was guilty including the G/K and i sincerely hope that come kick off we will be better exponents of this way of playing else.........!(sure Pompey will have noticed to!) I am all for it but as in crickets Bazball there are times when a more traditional approach to the game is the best option, i would like to think that players were under instruction to pass their way out of trouble what ever the situation was yesterday as the consequence's of mistakes would not particularly matter , but come kick off those instructions will be amended to 'when safe to do so' and if in doubt ..............., this of course is MHO.
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Post by Topper Gas on Jul 30, 2023 8:39:55 GMT
It didn't seem to be an issue against better Championship opposition? Although not sure Wilson and Connolly are that great for playing across the back line.
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Post by rememberhalifax on Jul 30, 2023 8:52:18 GMT
It didn't seem to be an issue against better Championship opposition? Although not sure Wilson and Connolly are that great for playing across the back line. Could it be that the Championship clubs did not put themselves about with quite the same intensity that 'underdogs' Spirites did ? |
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Post by phillistine on Jul 30, 2023 9:09:32 GMT
The difference between Swansea and yesterday was that the Goalie played his natural game against the Swans and looked comfortable - as did Crama. Yesterday they were starting with this idea of playing across the back and drawing the strikers in and obviously it takes getting used to particularly when you have never played with most of your team mates before. This means ignoring natural instinct and trying to learn new behaviour which causes hesitation and errors will occur. Cox was still messing around with the ball when common sense should be to whack it clear. Yesterday was a friendly and so it was a time to experiment but next week i am sure that they will be more pragmatic - certainly with Wilson giving them guidance. His reading of the game and anticipation was so evident yesterday and the youngsters around him will surely benefit from that
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Post by Topper Gas on Jul 30, 2023 9:10:12 GMT
It didn't seem to be an issue against better Championship opposition? Although not sure Wilson and Connolly are that great for playing across the back line. Could it be that the Championship clubs did not put themselves about with quite the same intensity that 'underdogs' Spirites did ? Possibly I can recall Sincs totally stopping Swindon virtually single handed when they tried it at the Mem. |
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Post by socrates on Jul 30, 2023 9:12:09 GMT
It didn't seem to be an issue against better Championship opposition? Although not sure Wilson and Connolly are that great for playing across the back line. Could it be that the Championship clubs did not put themselves about with quite the same intensity that 'underdogs' Spirites did ? I also think that teams in a competitive league 1 game are much more likely to press and get stuck in than the friendly sides we’ve been playing lately. One things for sure if I was Pompey manager I’d be telling my players to press at the front push pressure on the rovers defence as they’re trying to play out. Hopefully we’ll mix it up bevause trying to play tika taka constantly wont get us much past mid table this season regardless of how good our squad is in my opinion. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Jul 30, 2023 9:16:02 GMT
The difference between Swansea and yesterday was that the Goalie played his natural game against the Swans and looked comfortable - as did Crama. Yesterday they were starting with this idea of playing across the back and drawing the strikers in and obviously it takes getting used to particularly when you have never played with most of your team mates before. This means ignoring natural instinct and trying to learn new behaviour which causes hesitation and errors will occur. Cox was still messing around with the ball when common sense should be to whack it clear. Yesterday was a friendly and so it was a time to experiment but next week i am sure that they will be more pragmatic - certainly with Wilson giving them guidance. His reading of the game and anticipation was so evident yesterday and the youngsters around him will surely benefit from that Cox has spent most of his time at a Premiership club surely he can cope with that style of play? |
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Post by phillistine on Jul 30, 2023 9:21:46 GMT
The difference between Swansea and yesterday was that the Goalie played his natural game against the Swans and looked comfortable - as did Crama. Yesterday they were starting with this idea of playing across the back and drawing the strikers in and obviously it takes getting used to particularly when you have never played with most of your team mates before. This means ignoring natural instinct and trying to learn new behaviour which causes hesitation and errors will occur. Cox was still messing around with the ball when common sense should be to whack it clear. Yesterday was a friendly and so it was a time to experiment but next week i am sure that they will be more pragmatic - certainly with Wilson giving them guidance. His reading of the game and anticipation was so evident yesterday and the youngsters around him will surely benefit from that Cox has spent most of his time at a Premiership club surely he can cope with that style of play? I am sure that he can but it still takes time to adjust to a new club and new team mates. Did you notice how often he passed the ball to Crama and vica versa yesterday - even when it was not the obvious ball. its because they know each other and can anticipate their rection/ moves . In the first few minutes we had a few scares when there were misplaced back passes or hesitation due to not knowing each others games |
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Post by Topper Gas on Jul 30, 2023 11:19:28 GMT
Cox has spent most of his time at a Premiership club surely he can cope with that style of play? I am sure that he can but it still takes time to adjust to a new club and new team mates. Did you notice how often he passed the ball to Crama and vica versa yesterday - even when it was not the obvious ball. its because they know each other and can anticipate their rection/ moves . In the first few minutes we had a few scares when there were misplaced back passes or hesitation due to not knowing each others games Which is something different than you suggested in your previous post? I wonder if any other L1 club is going down this route, which seems to be reverting back to Garnerball, when JB firmly kicked that into touch when he took over. |
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Post by wallywalters on Jul 30, 2023 11:31:33 GMT
More importantly where's everyone drinking pre match. The good companion?
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Post by phillistine on Jul 30, 2023 11:58:11 GMT
I am sure that he can but it still takes time to adjust to a new club and new team mates. Did you notice how often he passed the ball to Crama and vica versa yesterday - even when it was not the obvious ball. its because they know each other and can anticipate their rection/ moves . In the first few minutes we had a few scares when there were misplaced back passes or hesitation due to not knowing each others games Which is something different than you suggested in your previous post? I wonder if any other L1 club is going down this route, which seems to be reverting back to Garnerball, when JB firmly kicked that into touch when he took over. i don't think that its different - although maybe i did not express myself very well. i was trying to say that i do believe that he has the ability to play the way that JB wants them to play - even though at the moment he is still getting to grips with it. |
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Post by Dirt Dogg on Jul 30, 2023 12:13:12 GMT
More importantly where's everyone drinking pre match. The good companion? I remember going there a few years back and it taking ages to get a drink, my group are going to try somewhere else, maybe in the centre of Portsmouth before getting the train back to Fratton. |
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Post by pirate on Jul 30, 2023 13:04:17 GMT
I am sure that he can but it still takes time to adjust to a new club and new team mates. Did you notice how often he passed the ball to Crama and vica versa yesterday - even when it was not the obvious ball. its because they know each other and can anticipate their rection/ moves . In the first few minutes we had a few scares when there were misplaced back passes or hesitation due to not knowing each others games Which is something different than you suggested in your previous post? I wonder if any other L1 club is going down this route, which seems to be reverting back to Garnerball, when JB firmly kicked that into touch when he took over. Oxford United. Manningball.  |
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Post by dutchgas61 on Jul 30, 2023 18:43:21 GMT
not sure what condision portsmouth pitch is ,but looking at weather forecast for nwxt week its going to rain heavily ever day next week ,including sat,if game is still on its also going to be very windy .
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Post by orgasmic on Jul 30, 2023 19:40:38 GMT
Could it be that the Championship clubs did not put themselves about with quite the same intensity that 'underdogs' Spirites did ? Possibly I can recall Sincs totally stopping Swindon virtually single handed when they tried it at the Mem. He was immense that game! |
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Post by Topper Gas on Jul 30, 2023 20:28:36 GMT
not sure what condision portsmouth pitch is ,but looking at weather forecast for nwxt week its going to rain heavily ever day next week ,including sat,if game is still on its also going to be very windy . The forecast for Portsmouth is only light rain showers all week and blustery winds on Saturday? Which sounds like perfect conditions for the pitch if not the fans/players. |
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Post by yattongas on Jul 30, 2023 21:29:21 GMT
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Post by dudelebowski on Jul 30, 2023 22:19:56 GMT
Doubt they’ll ever mention how often we have to play away from home on opening weekend. 2022 & 2015 are the only times I can recall us getting a home fixture? |
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