Match Thread Portsmouth vs. Coventry City Match Thread - Monday 22nd Apr (17 Viewers)

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

Weren't even bullied just gave away 2 shit goals against a pedestrian team supposed to be one of the best in this league. Onwards and upwards next season with a competent keeper and a striker who can score from point blank

I felt we were a bit soft to be honest, although I agree with your other points.

 

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[lifeskyblue]

Great first half and average second. If burge more commanding or better marking at set pieces or taking chances when we get them then it would have been different story but somehow typical city...do everything right for large parts of the game and then let it slip. Good chance for robins now to think about what he needs/wants for next season.


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[Paxman II]

It was excellent until Kelly got thumped and he was not so effective after that...a bit in a daze, his running tailed off and he felloffthe pace.
Taking Thomas off was strange. He offered the pace and threat even though he can't finish himself!
Why Willis for Davies? And too late for Chaplin to have any effect. Once again Shipley very good today, he works well with Kelly.
Burge flaps have cost us goals all season and another today.

 

[cc84cov]

Don’t send it to any of the clubs that might sign him though we need rid of him

Who in their right mind will sign burge I keep asking myself

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

I felt we were a bit soft to be honest, although I agree with your other points.

We are softer without Brown he has an edge that the other two don’t they are both soft

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

It's shocking it's been neglected for so long

Don't expect Stockdale but he showed what a difference it makes to have a competent figure between the sticks

 

[kg82]

Who in their right mind will sign burge I keep asking myself

Someone will and I pray they’re in our league next season.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Don’t send it to any of the clubs that might sign him though we need rid of him

At this point we should drop him off in a field and let him run free

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Who in their right mind will sign burge I keep asking myself

Aren’t Hull and Stoke supposed to be interested, it’s a shock to me I think he is a league two goalkeeper at best

 

[Nick]

Rod Hull?

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

I felt we were a bit soft to be honest, although I agree with your other points.

I felt we battled well particularly when out of possession-most of the players are at least putting a shift in if still making frustrating mistakes.

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

No we wouldn't, we don't score enough goals.

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For all of Burge’s mistakes, if our conversion rate was decent, the mistakes wouldn’t have impacted on our results as much. Take today, Thomas scores to make it 2-0, we probably win. We don’t finish teams off and the better teams make us pay. A consistent theme week on week is: we had the chances to win, but didn’t and ended up losing/drawing from a winning position. Must be frustrating for MR.

We almost through away our lead v Bradford too just after missing 2 or 3 clear cut chances.

 

[skybluesam66]

In perspective we should finish top 8 which is excellent

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Rod Hull?

Think Roy O'Donovan's retired

 

[Johnnythespider]

Our system relies on the wide players cutting in and taking chances, Hiwula has managed this Thomas has not, he should be on 10-15 goals the chances he has had.

 

[oscillatewildly]

Such a frustrating loss. We were the better team overall, but Portsmouth deserved to win because they took their chances.

In open play, it was a good performance, Bakayoko was a bit of a blunt weapon today but our midfield played very well. Plenty of good attacking movement, and on another day, we get another chance. Thomas is one of the most exciting wingers ball at feet we’ve had in my time as a supporter, but his composure in front of goal is poor. A better winger scores both those goals and I don’t think he’ll be missed as much as we first feared. If we counted up the amount of clear cut opportunities he’s missed, I reckon it’s close to double figures. It’ll hold him back in his career if it isn’t addressed. Does 90% of the work really well, it’s that last 10% that lets him down!

Our set piece defence is just not good enough. In the last 2 games we’ve saved 2 off the line, and conceded 2 goals. From open play, we contain teams, but our set-pieces we don’t have a club. Burge will take most of the abuse for the goals, and he deserve some stick, but our defenders give away too many free headers. Free headers in the box should be goals — both defence and GK not good enough here.

We need a lot of luck to make playoffs now, so our playoff push is probably over. Despite the disappointment, Robins has done a good job this season and I hope we can build on this going into next season.

We don't need "luck" - just a fairly decent keeper. We've even proved we have goal scorers.

 

[lifeskyblue]

Not too disheartened by the result or game. If honest we are not good enough to get promoted...not far off and if we can replace Bright I’m feeling hopeful for next season.

Best news of today is if the sisu stance really has thawed


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[Grendel]

For all of Burge’s mistakes, if our conversion rate was decent, the mistakes wouldn’t have impacted on our results as much. Take today, Thomas scores to make it 2-0, we probably win. We don’t finish teams off and the better teams make us pay. A consistent theme week on week is: we had the chances to win, but didn’t and ended up losing/drawing from a winning position. Must be frustrating for MR.

We almost through away our lead v Bradford too just after missing 2 or 3 clear cut chances.

We don’t create many great chances at all. Thomas creates a lot for himself and others with pace but we hardly give centre halves a hard time for sustained periods at all.

Today was a case on point of a team that banged the balk repeatedly into danger areas and had players with threat in and around the 12 yard zone constantly

 

[6 Generations]

Think Roy O'Donovan's retired

Roy O’Donovan scored twice for Newcastle Jets in the A League the other day.

He’s found his level

 

[Wyken Sky Blue]

Depends who leaves in the summer, the current front 4 playing for a full season would score goals

Yes but not consistently and enough to get us into the top 6, particulalry if one or two become injured or suspended

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[CCFC72]

Great performance, disappointing not to get anything out of it. It was inevitable they would put more pressure on second half, they are not in a position to get automatic promotion being a shit team. If we had gone two up I think we would have got another (and we should have with the two Thomas chances and the Hyam header). Been a good season and some of you need to be a bit more positive. Upwards and onwards.

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

We don't need "luck" - just a fairly decent keeper. We've even proved we have goal scorers.

The goalkeeper weren’t solely to blame for both goals. It’s the defensive marker’s role to not allow the attacker a free header (1st goal). Either way, assume we went 2-0 up and the mistakes still happened we draw 2-2.

The root of our issues isn’t Burge, we miss too many chances and we don’t put teams away when they’re vulnerable. Thomas was put through twice today and should’ve done better with both chances. Blaming the keeper is reactionary.

I’m not defending Burge, I’m more frustrated we didn’t go 2-0 up.

 

[skybluesam66]

Yes but not consistently and enough to get us into the top 6, particulalry if one or two become injured or suspended

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Like jodi. Biamou etc

 

[fellatio_Martinez]

Burge photographed fleeing the stadium.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Burge's new employer revealed

 

[skybluebeast]

What I don’t understand is how the troll doesn’t come out for a ball 3 yards in front of him but thinks it’s a good idea to try and claim something that’s 10/12 yards out. You can tell the defence have no faith in him as Davies runs to the line everytime.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

You can tell the defence have no faith in him as Davies runs to the line everytime.

Good point

 

[oscillatewildly]

Aren’t Hull and Stoke supposed to be interested, it’s a shock to me I think he is a league two goalkeeper at best

'League 2 keeper'? - Where the ball is still round and the goal frame 24' x 8' or in the spinal tap league, 24" x 8" (where he'd still concede plenty.)
It's a 'specialist' position that normally requires great detail in 'uncovering' but I honestly believe a bit more time searching the local playing fields will reward more talent.
I understand he is out of contract in a couple of weeks? What are the chances Robins will give him another 12 months?

 

[fellatio_Martinez]

Burge's new employer revealed

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Is that a real picture?

He'd get sacked within a week. Burgers flying all over the shop.

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

We don’t create many great chances at all. Thomas creates a lot for himself and others with pace but we hardly give centre halves a hard time for sustained periods at all.

Today was a case on point of a team that banged the balk repeatedly into danger areas and had players with threat in and around the 12 yard zone constantly

We created enough chances to win today. Thomas was put through twice on goal, and he missed an open goal. You wouldn’t defend that miss had it came from a striker. I agree with you, Thomas creates opportunities for himself, he just can’t finish those chances.
Bakayoko was dominated by two very good defenders, but Hiwula and Thomas threatened behind the defensive line pretty well and came close to finding them a couple of times. It was a very good away performance let down by poor set piece defending and wasted chances.

Our attacking performance was good, and for context: we were away against a team now in the automatic promotion spot and on 6 win bounce going into this game. I’m not going to knock the performance, our set piece defence was weak and we didn’t take our chances. A team like Portsmouth won’t let you get away with that.

 

[Skybluefaz]

The goalkeeper weren’t solely to blame for both goals. It’s the defensive marker’s role to not allow the attacker a free header (1st goal). Either way, assume we went 2-0 up and the mistakes still happened we draw 2-2.

The root of our issues isn’t Burge, we miss too many chances and we don’t put teams away when they’re vulnerable. Thomas was put through twice today and should’ve done better with both chances. Blaming the keeper is reactionary.

I’m not defending Burge, I’m more frustrated we didn’t go 2-0 up.

Remember when he almost punched one into his own net? He's not the issue though...

 

[higgs]

Surely oggy needs to take a long hard look at himself

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[oscillatewildly]

The goalkeeper weren’t solely to blame for both goals. It’s the defensive marker’s role to not allow the attacker a free header (1st goal). Either way, assume we went 2-0 up and the mistakes still happened we draw 2-2.

The root of our issues isn’t Burge, we miss too many chances and we don’t put teams away when they’re vulnerable. Thomas was put through twice today and should’ve done better with both chances. Blaming the keeper is reactionary.

I’m not defending Burge, I’m more frustrated we didn’t go 2-0 up.

Agree with your other points - Thomas ultimately disappointing after arriving with such promise. We won't miss him as much as Eno when the pair return but the Burge issue really is a concern should Robins give him another 12 months. Unless we get Franco Baresi, Paolo Maldini and Franz Beckenbauer in as defensive coaches I don't see the issue changing for the better.

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

Yes but not consistently and enough to get us into the top 6, particulalry if one or two become injured or suspended

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I think they would score consistently enough to get us in the play offs if they played enough games, injuries and suspensions is a different story.

 

[CanadianCCFC]

'League 2 keeper'? - Where the ball is still round and the goal frame 24' x 8' or in the spinal tap league, 24" x 8" (where he'd still concede plenty.)
It's a 'specialist' position that normally requires great detail in 'uncovering' but I honestly believe a bit more time searching the local playing fields will reward more talent.
I understand he is out of contract in a couple of weeks? What are the chances Robins will give him another 12 months?

Robins won’t sign him, he’s clearly fed up with Burge based on his interviews about stockdale and his reactions to howlers.