Over a decade outside the championship which is ridiculous for a club of Pompeys size and history. Another sellout of 18,000 plus today and yet our amazing support won't be rewarded with promotion yet again.
We are 4th now but everyone with any football knowledge can see how this season will play out for us.
Promotion by any means is a success, not just getting into top 6. Failure to achieve promotion automatically or via the playoffs will mean another disastrous season.
Here's why we won't get promotion:
1) The management are not tactically good enough, and often play players out of position. Why is Swanson not starting with Rafferty out for example?
I like the Cowleys but they have brought in too many loan players and our bench isn't very good either. Their job is to achieve promotion, and to be honest they may scrape us into the playoffs but they aren't tactically good enough to guide us through them.
The owners must take responsibility too for not backing the Cowleys enough. There's no loyalty in football, so if someone offered the Cowleys more money elsewhere they'd be off. I still maintain we should have got an experienced manager to get us out this division.
2) The defence and keeper are not very good. To achieve any success, you need a solid backline and good keeper. Neither inspire confidence, infact they will cost us many points over the season. Especially against against the top 6 or so teams. I cannot for the life of me understand why we didn't sign better centre backs in the summer and a decent keeper. It's actually ridiculous we are persisting with these defenders.
3) We can't handle big games. Does anyone think that Sheff Wed or Ipswich would have failed to beat Fleetwood today? I don't. Our record against the top 3 has achieved 2 points this season and we were second best in all 3 games. Perfect opportunity to bounce back today after losing last week and we blew it. We may scrape into the playoffs, but this team will fold in the playoffs.
This is not kneejerk. We often start well but we can see how this season is going to play out. We will fail in the playoffs, if we reach them of course.
We are 4th now but everyone with any football knowledge can see how this season will play out for us.
Promotion by any means is a success, not just getting into top 6. Failure to achieve promotion automatically or via the playoffs will mean another disastrous season.
Here's why we won't get promotion:
1) The management are not tactically good enough, and often play players out of position. Why is Swanson not starting with Rafferty out for example?
I like the Cowleys but they have brought in too many loan players and our bench isn't very good either. Their job is to achieve promotion, and to be honest they may scrape us into the playoffs but they aren't tactically good enough to guide us through them.
The owners must take responsibility too for not backing the Cowleys enough. There's no loyalty in football, so if someone offered the Cowleys more money elsewhere they'd be off. I still maintain we should have got an experienced manager to get us out this division.
2) The defence and keeper are not very good. To achieve any success, you need a solid backline and good keeper. Neither inspire confidence, infact they will cost us many points over the season. Especially against against the top 6 or so teams. I cannot for the life of me understand why we didn't sign better centre backs in the summer and a decent keeper. It's actually ridiculous we are persisting with these defenders.
3) We can't handle big games. Does anyone think that Sheff Wed or Ipswich would have failed to beat Fleetwood today? I don't. Our record against the top 3 has achieved 2 points this season and we were second best in all 3 games. Perfect opportunity to bounce back today after losing last week and we blew it. We may scrape into the playoffs, but this team will fold in the playoffs.
This is not kneejerk. We often start well but we can see how this season is going to play out. We will fail in the playoffs, if we reach them of course.