Zero chance of top 2. We aren't good enough for top 2, that's clear. This team will be exposed against the leagues better sides. Ive said the defence is the problem from day one. It's not good enough. We conceed too many goals against good sides and don't win enough against top 6 sides.
Against the top 3 sides so far this season (plymouth, Ipswich, sheff wed) we have got 2 points from a possible 9, with 8 goals conceeded in those 3 games. That's bad.
Unfortunately this team is not good enough for automatic promotion and can't beat really good sides.
At least expectations have been adjusted after the last two games. We know what this team can do and can't do.
Playoffs is now the aim, and is very achievable. Unfortunately even if or when we make the playoffs, this team just isn't good enough in big games and will be exposed against very good sides. Its not kneejerk, the evidence shows this.
My prediction for this season:
A top 6 finish. Followed by the usual semi final playoff defeat. Another season in this dreadful league. Are we ever going to make it back to the Championship?
(01-10-2022, 07:37 PM)BlueArmy Wrote: [ -> ]Zero chance of top 2. We aren't good enough for top 2, that's clear. This team will be exposed against the leagues better sides. Ive said the defence is the problem from day one. It's not good enough. We conceed too many goals against good sides and don't win enough against top 6 sides.
Against the top 3 sides so far this season (plymouth, Ipswich, sheff wed) we have got 2 points from a possible 9, with 8 goals conceeded in those 3 games. That's bad.
Unfortunately this team is not good enough for automatic promotion and can't beat really good sides.
At least expectations have been adjusted after the last two games. We know what this team can do and can't do.
Playoffs is now the aim, and is very achievable. Unfortunately even if or when we make the playoffs, this team just isn't good enough in big games and will be exposed against very good sides. Its not kneejerk, the evidence shows this.
My prediction for this season:
A top 6 finish. Followed by the usual semi final playoff defeat. Another season in this dreadful league. Are we ever going to make it back to the Championship?
I know you get a bit confused at times and post on the wrong forums, all that kind of stuff, but now you're rambling on about 'play-offs'? There's no premier relegation play-offs ? You lost yet again today (to Everton this time) and you're looking like fodder. See you next year.
(01-10-2022, 07:37 PM)BlueArmy Wrote: [ -> ]Zero chance of top 2. We aren't good enough for top 2, that's clear. This team will be exposed against the leagues better sides. Ive said the defence is the problem from day one. It's not good enough. We conceed too many goals against good sides and don't win enough against top 6 sides.
Against the top 3 sides so far this season (plymouth, Ipswich, sheff wed) we have got 2 points from a possible 9, with 8 goals conceeded in those 3 games. That's bad.
Unfortunately this team is not good enough for automatic promotion and can't beat really good sides.
At least expectations have been adjusted after the last two games. We know what this team can do and can't do.
Playoffs is now the aim, and is very achievable. Unfortunately even if or when we make the playoffs, this team just isn't good enough in big games and will be exposed against very good sides. Its not kneejerk, the evidence shows this.
My prediction for this season:
A top 6 finish. Followed by the usual semi final playoff defeat. Another season in this dreadful league. Are we ever going to make it back to the Championship?
I thought we were going the season undefeated?!
Have you no shame ?
You have gone from predicting a relegation fight, while others were hopeful of play-offs or better to predicting lower mid table while others were hopeful or play-offs or better to agreeing with everyone else that the play-offs are perfectly possible without the slightest hint of apology or admissison that you were wrong. As wrong as it was possible to be.
But to follow your logic we have played Ipswich, Sheff Wed, Plymouth & Peterborough of the fancied teams and only one of them has beaten us, or looked any better than us, and that was with us having a weakened team. So top 2 cannot be zero chance, it must be at least 25% chance. The bookies still have us at about 38%.Whatever the right answer of our chances are it is certainly not zero.
Deepblue, we were outplayed today and Plymouth and Wednesday were the better teams v us too in my opinion. We got 2 points out of 9 available with 8 goals conceeded. And by the way Peterborough won't finish in the top 6.
We will beat many of the teams outside of the top 6, home and away, but we will struggle against the better sides.
This team does have a soft underbelly. The defence isn't good enough.
I'm very confident we will finish between 3rd and 6th, because we will beat a lot of the poorer sides. But even the playoffs, I'm certain this team will be exposed. Why? Because it happens regularly against good sides. You have to look at that evidence.
The fact remains, and it's undeniable, that this team is constantly exposed against the better sides in this league.
Our defence will cost us promotion. They'll do OK against poor to average teams, but against the best they will be found out, time and time again, this season in the playoffs.
(01-10-2022, 08:02 PM)DeepBlue Wrote: [ -> ]Have you no shame ?
You have gone from predicting a relegation fight, while others were hopeful of play-offs or better to predicting lower mid table while others were hopeful or play-offs or better to agreeing with everyone else that the play-offs are perfectly possible without the slightest hint of apology or admissison that you were wrong. As wrong as it was possible to be.
But to follow your logic we have played Ipswich, Sheff Wed, Plymouth & Peterborough of the fancied teams and only one of them has beaten us, or looked any better than us, and that was with us having a weakened team. So top 2 cannot be zero chance, it must be at least 25% chance. The bookies still have us at about 38%.Whatever the right answer of our chances are it is certainly not zero.
To be fair you aren’t one for admitting you’re wrong either.
(01-10-2022, 08:20 PM)BlueArmy Wrote: [ -> ]Deepblue, we were outplayed today and Plymouth and Wednesday were the better teams v us too in my opinion. We got 2 points out of 9 available with 8 goals conceeded. And by the way Peterborough won't finish in the top 6.
We will beat many of the teams outside of the top 6, home and away, but we will struggle against the better sides.
This team does have a soft underbelly. The defence isn't good enough.
I'm very confident we will finish between 3rd and 6th, because we will beat a lot of the poorer sides. But even the playoffs, I'm certain this team will be exposed. Why? Because it happens regularly against good sides. You have to look at that evidence.
The fact remains, and it's undeniable, that this team is constantly exposed against the better sides in this league.
Our defence will cost us promotion. They'll do OK against poor to average teams, but against the best they will be found out, time and time again, this season in the playoffs.
It’s 1st October and we’ve lost 1 game. I truly wish you would fuck off.
(01-10-2022, 08:25 PM)Pompeyg100 Wrote: [ -> ] (01-10-2022, 08:20 PM)BlueArmy Wrote: [ -> ]Deepblue, we were outplayed today and Plymouth and Wednesday were the better teams v us too in my opinion. We got 2 points out of 9 available with 8 goals conceeded. And by the way Peterborough won't finish in the top 6.
We will beat many of the teams outside of the top 6, home and away, but we will struggle against the better sides.
This team does have a soft underbelly. The defence isn't good enough.
I'm very confident we will finish between 3rd and 6th, because we will beat a lot of the poorer sides. But even the playoffs, I'm certain this team will be exposed. Why? Because it happens regularly against good sides. You have to look at that evidence.
The fact remains, and it's undeniable, that this team is constantly exposed against the better sides in this league.
Our defence will cost us promotion. They'll do OK against poor to average teams, but against the best they will be found out, time and time again, this season in the playoffs.
It’s 1st October and we’ve lost 1 game. I truly wish you would fuck off.
I'm not moaning that we lost, as we were going to at some point.
My point is that this team is constantly exposed against the top end sides in this league and we can't handle big games.
Ultimately our defence will cost us promotion as I have said for a long time now.
What really surprises me is how BlueArmy can be so convinced we have a crap defence since he only gets a limited view of the action from those one pound cheaper, restricted view seats.
(01-10-2022, 08:27 PM)BlueArmy Wrote: [ -> ] (01-10-2022, 08:25 PM)Pompeyg100 Wrote: [ -> ] (01-10-2022, 08:20 PM)BlueArmy Wrote: [ -> ]Deepblue, we were outplayed today and Plymouth and Wednesday were the better teams v us too in my opinion. We got 2 points out of 9 available with 8 goals conceeded. And by the way Peterborough won't finish in the top 6.
We will beat many of the teams outside of the top 6, home and away, but we will struggle against the better sides.
This team does have a soft underbelly. The defence isn't good enough.
I'm very confident we will finish between 3rd and 6th, because we will beat a lot of the poorer sides. But even the playoffs, I'm certain this team will be exposed. Why? Because it happens regularly against good sides. You have to look at that evidence.
The fact remains, and it's undeniable, that this team is constantly exposed against the better sides in this league.
Our defence will cost us promotion. They'll do OK against poor to average teams, but against the best they will be found out, time and time again, this season in the playoffs.
It’s 1st October and we’ve lost 1 game. I truly wish you would fuck off.
I'm not moaning that we lost, as we were going to at some point.
My point is that this team is constantly exposed against the top end sides in this league and we can't handle big games.
Ultimately our defence will cost us promotion as I have said for a long time now.
Can’t handle big games?! What big games?! We came back from behind twice! We wouldn’t have done that if we couldn’t handle games, we’d have gone 3 down.
We were always going to lose at some point?! You said 3 days ago we were going to go the whole season unbeaten!! Fuck off.
We have got the 2 hardest fixtures out of the way now. Sheffield Weds Away and Ipswich away.
We should have beaten Plymouth, Plymouth beat Ipswich, Ipswich beat us. That's pretty normal in football. We have a great chance of top 2 and have some half decent fixtures for the rest of October.
Not having Rafferty is a big loss though.
Playing a left back at right back and a centre back at left back we have conceded 5 goals in the last 2 games. Whatever happed to playing square pegs in square holes? Meanwhile specialist right back Zack Swanson twiddles his thumbs on the bench. Also Raggett is no Matt Clarke, seeing him charge out from defence with the ball at his feet and all the grace of a newborn giraffe was something to behold. Something I’d rather he doesn’t attempt again
(01-10-2022, 08:02 PM)DeepBlue Wrote: [ -> ]Have you no shame ?
You have gone from predicting a relegation fight, while others were hopeful of play-offs or better to predicting lower mid table while others were hopeful or play-offs or better to agreeing with everyone else that the play-offs are perfectly possible without the slightest hint of apology or admissison that you were wrong. As wrong as it was possible to be.
But to follow your logic we have played Ipswich, Sheff Wed, Plymouth & Peterborough of the fancied teams and only one of them has beaten us, or looked any better than us, and that was with us having a weakened team. So top 2 cannot be zero chance, it must be at least 25% chance. The bookies still have us at about 38%.Whatever the right answer of our chances are it is certainly not zero.
2-1 Betfair exchange is currently the best price to be promoted, which also includes via the playoffs.
Best price to win the league 10-1
You gotta feel sorry for this bedsit living son of a Derby road whore,mental illness is no joke
That 10-1 will come in when Plymouth and Ipswich do their usual. There's some scalping to be done on that price.
(02-10-2022, 05:41 PM)scumslayer Wrote: [ -> ]That 10-1 will come in when Plymouth and Ipswich do their usual. There's some scalping to be done on that price.
Talking of 10-1, Sky are offering an opposite 1-10 on Man City beating the OP's lot next week. I only logged in to bet the usual 9-0, but they're only showing up to 8-0?? Don't Sky realise who they're dealing with?
(01-10-2022, 09:35 PM)dsmg Wrote: [ -> ]No point in answering
Exactly. Why are you all taking the bait?
(01-10-2022, 07:37 PM)BlueArmy Wrote: [ -> ]Zero chance of top 2. We aren't good enough for top 2, that's clear. This team will be exposed against the leagues better sides. Ive said the defence is the problem from day one. It's not good enough. We conceed too many goals against good sides and don't win enough against top 6 sides.
Against the top 3 sides so far this season (plymouth, Ipswich, sheff wed) we have got 2 points from a possible 9, with 8 goals conceeded in those 3 games. That's bad.
Unfortunately this team is not good enough for automatic promotion and can't beat really good sides.
At least expectations have been adjusted after the last two games. We know what this team can do and can't do.
Playoffs is now the aim, and is very achievable. Unfortunately even if or when we make the playoffs, this team just isn't good enough in big games and will be exposed against very good sides. Its not kneejerk, the evidence shows this.
My prediction for this season:
A top 6 finish. Followed by the usual semi final playoff defeat. Another season in this dreadful league. Are we ever going to make it back to the Championship?
This season the playoffs is the least we should hope for.We may need to carefully recruit again in January but I'm optimistic where as in January this year I was not.
Happy with BAs assessment as he is invariably wrong about pretty much everything so bodes well for Pompey's season. PUP
(02-10-2022, 05:54 PM)66zoolane Wrote: [ -> ] (02-10-2022, 05:41 PM)scumslayer Wrote: [ -> ]That 10-1 will come in when Plymouth and Ipswich do their usual. There's some scalping to be done on that price.
Talking of 10-1, Sky are offering an opposite 1-10 on Man City beating the OP's lot next week. I only logged in to bet the usual 9-0, but they're only showing up to 8-0?? Don't Sky realise who they're dealing with?
Paddy Power are offering 200/1 for 9-0.