Away Match Day Thread 06/04/2026 - MDT: Portsmouth v Oxford United

[SteMerritt]

 

[Blox21]

A game of this magnitude and we put in that performance

 

[Isle of Wight Yellow]

Almost every player has been poor. Spencer and Mills have been ok I guess.

But Brown, Brannagan, Long, MPH, Donley and Lankshear have been f*****g dreadful.

 

[Basham Wonderland]

Disgraceful side to side before the whistle there.

 

[BrockBuster]

Would take Brown off at half time - need a defender who can pass so Massoko please.

Would also be looking to get Ter Avest on for Long, or move Long to CB and take off Helik instead. We just look completely unable to move Portsmouth and are relying on hoofing it into the box against ten men.

 

[Toe knee]

At this moment in time , going down with a whimper..

 

[isibuko]

really impotent first half. Need a kick up the a**e now.

 

[Paul Cannell]

Let’s hope this was our bad first half.

Definitely a bad half. Maybe Pompey will get tired?

 

[Twiggy85]

I think mills can be the only one tom complain if they got taken off, everyone else has been poor .
Desperately need someone left footed on the left hand side.

 

[Followtheox1]

45 mins to save our season. I would get MPH off and stick Shemmy's pace on the left..

 

[Mr Perfect]

That was p**s poor looking clueless against 10 men. Major changes at half time if we are going to get anything out of this.

 

[OtteryYellow]

45 mins to show we deserve to be in the championship

 

[Londonroader1]

Well that was s**t. Need a 100% better Second half. Changes at half time a must.
OUFCX

 

[Royalstandard74]

Can see the ref levelling it up second half too.

 

[Chippy]

Been p*ss poor since they went down to 10. They’ve been excellent to be fair but we’ve made them look good, you’d actually think we were the team a man down.

No energy since they scored, get Shemmy on to stretch them and maybe one or two others to give us fresh legs and get on the front foot. Needs to be attack attack attack for the next 45 mins. All or nothing, go for it.

 

[battman]

Dreadful first half of football, literally no one has turned up today. Need them to get a grip at the break, play Donley in the hole and come up with a strategy of how to create chances against the Pompey low block.

 

[Isle of Wight Yellow]

Dare I say it, but this feels like a game where Romeny would be good coming on in the ten - we need someone who’s not afraid to receive the ball in a tight space centrally and make a pass. I think Bloomfield made a mistake in freezing him out. I can’t see who’s on the bench who will allow us to actually have some quality on the ball

 

[Billyox]

We are team that dont like having the majority of the ball and playing on the counter
Now we have the ball we dont know what to do with it
The only way we are getting back into this is from a cam bran long range thunderbolt
Pompy just look so comfortable sat back with the ball in front of them watching us just knocking it long

 

[Mateo Corbo's Tackle]

We are so predictable. Placheta for MPH, now.

If we can’t win this, we don’t deserve to survive.

 

[OxfordBoy]

Konak off at half time for Shemmy or Prelec, and MPH into centre mid, we need more attacking players on the pitch

 

[Ollieox96]

Pathetic half of football, fighting for survival??! Make some changes now, Lankshear off

 

[dickwalton1964]

Lankshear and Donley off for me. It’s been that bad that I think even Harris will improve us.

 

[Burglar Bill]

Need to move it quicker. Portsmouth very happy to sit in and we need to get the ball to our danger men a lot quicker.

 

[Teddydee1980]

Need Bloomfield to deliver a perfect HT now.

p**s poor first half, no threat at all. Need to be brave, bring on some players happy with the ball at their feet and can pick a lock. Prelec and Jin Woo for me.

 

[Older Shotts]

Well that was terrible. No urgency, very little attacking intent.. in a must win game that we are losing against 10 men. 45 minutes to save our season.

 

[Cass63]

That was bloody awful.

 

[DXB Yellow]

What an awful 45 minutes. 45 minutes to probably save the season. Absolutely shocking performances from several players. Brown looks like a non league player. Donley is a ghost out on the right. Spencer takes one touch and passes it back. Lanks more interested in wrestling. Several changes needed at the break

 

[Belgium Yellow]

They’ve been better in every position except for Mills.

 

[Dilla]

Got to change something straight away for the 2nd half either a couple subs or formation. Pompey dominating with 10 men is crazy.

 

[Mateo Corbo's Tackle]

Dare I say it, but this feels like a game where Romeny would be good coming on in the ten - we need someone who’s not afraid to receive the ball in a tight space centrally and make a pass. I think Bloomfield made a mistake in freezing him out. I can’t see who’s on the bench who will allow us to actually have some quality on the ball

Absolutely. And dare I say it, Krastev. Based on the fact we can’t cross today, this game will be won by creativity at 10. Of the players on the pitch, Donley can win this game for us but he’s been bloody invisible so far.

 

[Victor1986]

At this moment in time , going down with a whimper..

Unfortunately agree. We haven't got a clue and, at the moment, do not deserve anything.