Recent content by Blue Walter

Hi Chaps, I hope you don't mind me poking my Pompey supporters nose into your conversation. I am sure Oxford United supporters are disappointed not to going up tp the Championship, just as we are at Pompey. It might seem a little irksome that a little club like Wycombe has done what the so...

Commiserations chaps. That doesn't help I know but for me supporting Pompey there really does seem to be more downs than ups and that is probably true for most supporters of clubs other than those in the top half of the Premiership. However I do think the great thing about football is that small...

Thank you for your comments Victor. I agree that Kenny Jackett is a very experienced manager and he has been very successful too. But if you speak to supporters of clubs he has managed there is a common theme on their description of his style of play which is boring. I would like to see him go...

There is no rivalry with Bournemouth, in fact up to recent years we saw them as our little cousin from along the coast and wished them well. Southampton is, of course, a much different case. So if Eddie Howe was to become available there aren't too many clubs that wouldn't want him as their...

A good example of team spirit but it did have its ugly side. No one liked playing Wimbledon because of the style they played and all the thuggery that went with it. Not the nicest football to watch for the purist but that long ball game was certainly exciting for all the goal mouth incident...

I am not sure what you mean about 'Santa'. Was it the game at Fratton Park where Santa (I beleive it was the real Santa) ran on to the pitch and caused a stoppage with us losing 1-0 and then we scored two goals in time added on for the Santa stoppage? I would argue the best atmosphere was when...

A good manager, in my view, makes the best of what he has available to him at the time and gets the best out of them and gets success. The modern day manager, like Mr Jackett, has a predetermined style of play and gets players in to suit that way. His way is tight defensively with a dependance...

Yes I agree, that is my point. The higher up the leagues you go you find the smaller clubs have a 'siege mentality' where there is a much closer team spirit. In League 2 it is a much more of an even playing field whereby most of the clubs are what you could describe as small. In League 1 there...

Both teams have played much better than in these two play off games, no doubting that. If you manage to get past Wycombe you deserve your crack at the Championship. Just as any team steps up a division Oxford will have to bring in players, which is something I think Wycombe will find hard to do...

Yes you correct about Pompey underachieving which is something we have been doing for years. We can attract good players to the club and we do have good players at the club already. It is the manager who sticks to this rigid style of play. We spent over £3 million on forwards yet we play with...

I wasn't saying whether it was right or wrong concerning the referees being influenced by the crowd but I do believe it happens, but I do agree that it shouldn't happen. Very often in a reverse way where we see referees show that they are not 'homers' and not going to be swayed by a passionate &...

Sorry chaps but I really did not want my comment to come across as sour grapes and it was simply my honest opinion. I agree it is quite true to say that you can't judge the standard of League 1 on these two games and, of course, in empty stadiums. When Oxford played at Fratton Park I was quite...

Disappointed Pompey fan here. First of all well done Oxford United & good luck against Wycombe. I suppose the two games we have just had were never going to be football classics because of all the tension involved but they were certainly not a good advert for League 1. I think that with the...