Thank god i dont do match reports anymore

Hi Steve, in fairness to both teams there was a very strong swirling wind that made passes/crosses/shoots etc very difficult to judge with any kind of degree of accuracy.

It's always the same in those kind of conditions and I have experienced many games the same over the years. 

I’m pretty crestfallen really and losing a bit of interest.

Now, I note the new directive on JB, but when we had him appointed I thought - this is different . It’s someone high profile who might have some contacts higher up. A bit unique.

Now we are back to “vanilla L1 manager” and unless we have a big budget, we aren’t going anywhere. Back to percentage football it looks like and the tedium this promotes. Boring post match interviews, we are back to being any other club and most likely will have 2 years of “wait until the next window” until we appoint another boring L1 manager with an average budget and average performance.

DC had a bit about him and wasn’t afraid to rock the boat, this was the last manager to make me feel like we had any chance of something different.

I’m going to always support the manager, MT gets the backing but it’s like going from Hollywood back to Christmas panto in terms of excitement. Has to be said, even Neil Warnock or someone like that might have roused a bit of enthusiasm.

I’ll always be a gashead and I’ll always go when I can and I’ll always be behind every single person at the club while they’re in charge as I’m loyal to the end, but I haven’t been this uninspired for a long time.

Forget this season too, we’re brought in a percentage manager with a load of cultured footballers so yet another “rebuilding” job until about 2025. Yawn.

As always far too much pessimism and fatalism on here after a bit of a sticky patch. A few wins and you’ll all have smiles on your faces again. 😀👍

Hi SteveK,hope you are keeping well,always looked forward to your match day reports,when you stopped it was a huge loss to this forum,all the very best to you.

it does now feel like we just rejoined the pack of midtable teams that hope to have a good season every few years. Personally enjoyed something different for a few years that set it apart from the previous 40 years of same old supporting this club

It’s been a bit stale all season really. Pompey was almost a great start. Barnsley were played off the park but got a draw and Wigan were thumped. But, I’ve personally witnessed the Lincoln, Wycombe, Stevenage, orient and then Cheltenham games under 3 different managers and there was nothing what so ever to inspire me. Some real awful spells of football, although we do seem to defend our box well. So we need a shake up, I don’t think this is a quality footballing squad that will struggle to dig in and go long etc. I think they need guidance and a fixed plan that they can all buy in to and then we can start to pick up points. Two wins out of the next 3 for example will have us doing cartwheels so we have to hope and support, it’s all we can do.

Metaphorically speaking of course. Forward roll?

The owners said they had invested plenty and expected an 8th place finish.
That will still be the target for MT.
The board certainly wont be happy writing this season off.

They’re living in dreamland if they seriously expect a top 8 finish.

Not only do we have a new manager with a squad of players that aren’t his and it seems don’t necessarily fit the style of football he wants to play, but we’ve also lost 4/5 key members of staff and have zero recruitment setup at the club with just three weeks until the next transfer window.

I agreed with the decision to part ways with the poundland Andrew Tate we previously had in charge, but there’s no doubting that we’re a bit of a mess currently.