Firstly good win today, good teams find a way of winning, though 1 shot on target v a newly promoted team is slightly concerning but some games will be like that. Pleased for Dane to score, well done. Excellent travelling support at Vale today, 1700 ish I believe. Pleased for the fans.
The Cowleys have built a good team spirit it seems and deserve credit. They could be legends here if promotion is achieved.
Port Vale didn't really do much all afternoon and it was a fairly comfortable afternoon for Pompey against a below average league one side. Pompey controlled much of the game and if Pompey want promotion, they should be winning away especially against newly promoted teams. Port Vale will have enough to survive this season though, no question.
Top of the league at this stage is a very good effort.
Our next 6 league games:
Peterborough home
Barnsley away
Burton away
Plymouth home
Bolton home
Ipswich away
If we can maintain a top 6 place after that run in, that would be a good effort. Perhaps stay in touch with the top 2, within 3 or 4 points. The next 2 against relegated sides from the championship.
I'm still convinced this team is a good league one side, above average, challenging for the playoffs, but not in the ' very good ' league one side category challenging the top 2 come May. I think we will be exposed against the better teams over the course of the season.
Still, an excellent start. We will certainly lose our unbeaten start in the next 6 but that's football.
Quietly confident that this team may be able to achieve a playoff position this season.
Promotion for a club of our size always has to be the ambition but there are other big clubs in this league too so of course it will be tough.
Getting 9 points from the next 6 games would be an excellent effort.
It's good to see the whole club together again pushing in the right direction.
Play up pompey.
The Cowleys have built a good team spirit it seems and deserve credit. They could be legends here if promotion is achieved.
Port Vale didn't really do much all afternoon and it was a fairly comfortable afternoon for Pompey against a below average league one side. Pompey controlled much of the game and if Pompey want promotion, they should be winning away especially against newly promoted teams. Port Vale will have enough to survive this season though, no question.
Top of the league at this stage is a very good effort.
Our next 6 league games:
Peterborough home
Barnsley away
Burton away
Plymouth home
Bolton home
Ipswich away
If we can maintain a top 6 place after that run in, that would be a good effort. Perhaps stay in touch with the top 2, within 3 or 4 points. The next 2 against relegated sides from the championship.
I'm still convinced this team is a good league one side, above average, challenging for the playoffs, but not in the ' very good ' league one side category challenging the top 2 come May. I think we will be exposed against the better teams over the course of the season.
Still, an excellent start. We will certainly lose our unbeaten start in the next 6 but that's football.
Quietly confident that this team may be able to achieve a playoff position this season.
Promotion for a club of our size always has to be the ambition but there are other big clubs in this league too so of course it will be tough.
Getting 9 points from the next 6 games would be an excellent effort.
It's good to see the whole club together again pushing in the right direction.
Play up pompey.