Pompey thread

ps. A great turn out today by supporters of both teams.
Well done to the 1,000 Pompey fans for making the long journey from the south coast.:jimbo:
 Well done too to the 2,500 local fans for coming and nearly filling our part of the ground.:jimbo:
T'was brilliant to have no room to move in the Clayton End!
Accrington did look truly 'Rural' on a beautiful autumn day with great views across to The Coppice and Great Hameldon Hill.:rose8:
ON STANLEY ON
 
What a privilege it was to attend today's game.
Perfect autumn weather, a near capacity crowd & a chance to go toe-to-toe with the league leaders.
Pompey arrived accompanied by their vast army of fans determined to maintain their unbeaten run.
So dominant were they in the first 25 minutes a Halloween Horror Show looked on the cards.
Stanley were all at sea but thanks mainly to Ripley & the post - 'A Nightmare on Kenilworth Rd' - Part 2, was avoided.
Any other team failing to convert a penalty, followed by conceding a goal, would probably have folded.
But Stanley aren't any other team & within 2 minutes Ihiekwe, who IMHO was immense today, levelled.
Stanley finally got their passing game together second half & enjoyed a real purple patch.
By the end of the game, it was Pompey who were on the ropes & lucky to return home with a point.
As Harold Macmillan once famously said; 'People of Accrington! You've never had it so good!'
 
Watched the highlights on "Quest" last night, was quite a few penalties awarded in league 1 yesterday, "ALL" were MISSED, which was a real shock musta been 5 or 6 of em, what really pleased me about it was Hylton missed one also.:D
 
cashman said:
Watched the highlights on "Quest" last night, was quite a few penalties awarded in league 1 yesterday, "ALL" were MISSED, which was a real shock musta been 5 or 6 of em, what really pleased me about it was Hylton missed one also.:D
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I watched the Quest coverage this morning and have changed my mind about our 'Soft' penalty award. It looked much more like a 'nailed on' penalty from that camera angle than from where I was in the Clayton end:mosher:

Just loved Hylton's arrogant 'FAILURE' to convert his penalty though!:dummy:
 
AccyMad said:
Cracker of a game, yes Portsmouth came out of the traps faster but we stuck at it & ground out a result despite at times some nasty, peevish tactics from some of the opposition players trying to rile our lads.
So happy to see Pierro get his chance (nothing against Jordan before 28 jumps down my throat) :) but he did really well & will possibly get another chance next week with Sean getting his 5th yellow today.
Overall, well played lads - 4 points from those last 3 difficult games is a good tally imho :)
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Missed my first game so couldn’t possibly comment. Mind you I could create my own report by reading social media and watching 60 seconds of highlights.
 
Lord Didsbury said:
Revived Red - yeah, I comment on football I have seen and idiotic and needlessly inflammatory posts on social media I have read.
Is that ok?
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Sadly you lay yourself open to critical comments if you comment on football that you haven't seen as though you had in fact seen it.
 
Lord Didsbury was not commenting on football he hadn't seen.

He was talking about the social media furore around a non-footballing incident that occurred at a game he didn't see first hand.

I don't agree with him but he's allowed his opinion without being snipped at.
 
think saturdays game was one of the best i,ve witnessed at the wham. anyone turning up for the first time will be back i,m sure. for once never a dull moment and the football on offer was first class. its not all about winning 5 nil against poor opposition its as much about entertainment which every one in the ground had on saturday. rarely go to a game where all 22 players had good games with no passengers being carried.
 
ferret man said:
Have the powers that be brought in new ref rules that seemed to be used in this game where what was given as a foul in the 2nd half were not deemed as fouls in the first.
(them on top first half, us 2nd half) ?
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Forgot to say that I thought the Ref and his side kicks were a comedy act but with a name like Steve Martin what should we expect.
 
ferret man said:
Forgot to say that I thought the Ref and his side kicks were a comedy act but with a name like Steve Martin what should we expect.
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Glad that others, (Cashy too), are thinking similar to me about the referee on Saturday! Beginning to wonder if it was just me who thought that he was poor!:eek:
 
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