21-01-2024, 09:24 AM
(20-01-2024, 09:54 PM)wjd Wrote: Pompey were dreadful today. They just about hung on to a one goal lead through the second half against the team bottom of the league. Think for a moment just how bad that really is! I think only Pack, Norris, Lane and Kamara merited a score above 5 out of 10. We know the players are better than that so what on earth is wrong? Bishop looks a fraction of the player he was a couple of months ago and thats true of a few others too. I believe Rafferty and Ogilvie will be in next week and we really need them. We need to get that ball playing centre half signed, whether it's Edmundsen or someone else and we desperately need to get a deal for Myles Pert-Harris done. He can play and at 6ft 2 ins will give us a more physical presence that Lowery who worked hard today but was often outmuscled.
We weren’t great (although we did play some classy stuff in the first half) but that is ignoring that Fleetwood were a lot better than their league position would suggest. As has been pointed out elsewhere, they had players back that weren’t there before Christmas and a new manager. We’ve faced similar situations with Cheltenham and Rovers. Orient certainly didn’t play at a level you’d expect from seeing their league position. No games are easy and our recent record bears that out.
We did win and we won with a very much changed formation, due to further injury.
Onwards and upwards
Pompey, top of the league…………still!!!