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Wow. Now thereโs a porky if Iโve ever seen it. I think everybody came away from Portsmouth full of positives about how weโd played. Even the most cynical were only disappointed to see us lose having played so well. Today I expect everybody to be delighted with the result but we played shite bar a couple of short spells which is massively disappointing after supposedly turning a corner last week. Itโs ok to discuss both.Exactly this, last week no one cared we played well because we lost and thatโs all that mattered
Yes Murphy gets alot of plaudits a few more Dale's and Harris .Murphy doesn't get stuck in like these 2Dale was excellent..what an acquisition for the club. For me reminiscent of the late great Dave Sloan on the right (for those old enough to remember him!)
You seem really unhappy that we won today.Wake up everyone, Buckingham is out of his depth, totally clueless.
Do you seriously think I don't want us to win?You seem really unhappy that we won today.
I would suggest you go and sulk with @Wandering Yellow after todays win.
And stck him at right back.Can we sign Cheltenham's keeper at the end of the season please.
Yes. You spent all game moaning about the performance and were very quick to post when we conceded. Since the end the of the game, not a peep out of you.Do you seriously think I don't want us to win?
Yes that take down and pass forward when he was 20 yards out was fantastic. I hope they stay up they battle well.And stck him at right back.
There must be some intermittent internet issues across Oxfordshire today. Some people are able to post within seconds of Cheltenham scoring but disappeared in the hour since we got the winner!!
Last week these same posters were saying that now was the time for results, the performance doesn't matter. But today we have post after post moaning about the performance. It wasn't great in the second half, but we were in control for most of it, and they only created two chances, one which they scored from. We had several good chances, with the keeper making some good saves, defenders making vital blocks and a couple where we wasted good positions. And then even when we conceded, the players didn't give up like some on here, they fought for the win.
It might have been scrappy, but so what? 9 more games like that and I'll be very happy! We're fighting for promotion and that means winning ugly at times. Portsmouth have been doing that all season.
Before the game there were 5 maybe 6 teams fighting for 6th place. We gained points on Stevenage, Blackpool, Leyton Orient and Northampton. Lincoln matched our points. So we are in a stronger position than before kick off on 4 of the 5 teams around us. That's a good thing!
And we continue to see glimpses of the Des Buckingham style. Our two out and out wingers were again excellent for big parts of that game. Murphy and Dale were unplayable at times and were both kicked and pulled on and off the ball numerous times with no protection. A good referee would have seen Cheltenham down to 9 or 10 and we would have created so much more with defenders knowing that they can't foul them.
But however you look at it, today was a good day with 3 much needed points. Same again Tuesday please.
Yeah, we should sign him and Crewe's Westwood (even though he's 39) too. Then we'd just need a Northwood.Can we sign Cheltenham's keeper at the end of the season please.
If you actually think I don't want the football club I love to win, you're mistaken.Yes. You spent all game moaning about the performance and were very quick to post when we conceded. Since the end the of the game, not a peep out of you.
Maybe because we play again Tuesday?Wow. Now thereโs a porky if Iโve ever seen it. I think everybody came away from Portsmouth full of positives about how weโd played. Even the most cynical were only disappointed to see us lose having played so well. Today I expect everybody to be delighted with the result but we played shite bar a couple of short spells which is massively disappointing after supposedly turning a corner last week. Itโs ok to discuss both.
Results always matter most, especially when you pick up one point in 2 very winnable home games. That was all that made the Pompey result more important.
So the focus was on both today after another loss. Could we play well twice in a row and win a game that we really ought to win? The answer was very nearly no to both of those.
Of course weโll take it. But a lot of the big concerns reared themselves again today and Iโm again unconvinced that Des is taking this team anywhere fast. Apart from anything else it was dreadful entertainment. And after Portsmouth you told me that weโd been crap up until that game because Des had the handbrake on and had finally taken it off. So wtf was that performance today???