Remember when he almost punched one into his own net? He's not the issue though...
Is that a real picture?
He'd get sacked within a week. Burgers flying all over the shop.
The point wasn’t that his mistakes aren’t an issue... Our inability to finish chances is the main issue at hand. The theme of missed chances is a weekly occurrence and we nearly threw away our lead v Bradford shortly after missing 2 chances that were harder to miss than score.
We are still one of the lowest goal scorers in the top half despite scoring 8 goals in our last 3 games.
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.
Of course it isn’t the main issue - you concede two goals vs Portsmouth you tend to lose. We could have conceded after 3 minutes
You also tend to lose if you concede 4 away at Sunderland. They were there for the taking today, no question
Of course it isn’t the main issue - you concede two goals vs Portsmouth you tend to lose. We could have conceded after 3 minutes
We could’ve went 1-0 down, but didn’t. We went 1-0 up and could’ve went 2-0 up. How many times have we thrown away a 2-0 lead under Robins? Have we?
I agree, conceding 2 goals away against a top 6 team tends to limit you to a draw, if you’re lucky. But, we’ve gone and missed chances when we’re ahead. At 2-0, I can’t see us losing, we leave with at least a point which keeps us in contention. I’m sure if you were to ask Robins, he’d say you’ve got to take your chances in that position.
Which was a freak result - we should have conceded very early and if had would probably have lost comfortably
But we didn’t. We also drew to Luton away in similar circumstances, the first time they dropped any points from a winning position this season. That was a game where we were lucky to come away with a point and were distinctly 2nd best.
Today, you would’ve thought we were team chasing automatic promotion and overall, we were the better team. The more clinical team won, and they deserve the 3pts for that.
It was one chance - the second Thomas chance was much harder and perhaps robins can explain why he plays a left player always on the right
Simple question: should Thomas have scored that open goal? Yes or no.
We had 3 clear cut chances today, that’s more than enough chances to at least get a draw away.
I disagree you could tell they were the more intense team in the second half and we are a very poor mans arsenal - pass pass pass pass oh lose possession
No it isn’t - the keeper had no save to make in the second half
very poor mans arsenal - pass pass pass pass oh lose possession
I’d agree with that statement for the final 20 minutes, not the 2nd half. I appreciate teams who threaten from set piece and Pompey and Luton do that well, they generated enough set piece to trouble us. Their 1st goal was their 1st shot on target and as a home team, only had 3 shots on target, scoring 2. The neutral wouldn’t have thought they were chasing 2nd place.
To go full circle, we should’ve been 2-0 up in the first half. To sum it up, the Sky Sports tweeted the miss with the caption ‘Taxi for Thomas!!!’
Was the ball over the line when Davis cleared it?
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He's removed all the mirrors from his house.Surely oggy needs to take a long hard look at himself
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The Portsmouth fans were possibly the best performers on the day. Bastards never shut up and definitely have some effect on the opposition.
Apart rom the bell ringing lol but yes have to agree good fans hope they smash Sunderland in the play offs if they don’t get automaticYeah fair play to them, they’re great supporters
I disagree you could tell they were the more intense team in the second half and we are a very poor mans arsenal - pass pass pass pass oh lose possession
By your own logic we should have been one nil down in 3 minutes
If you had given the full stats of both teams any neutral who knew anything about the game would know they were chasing second place
True but I don't want to be like keegan's Newcastle. First and foremost be hard to score againstThe point wasn’t that his mistakes aren’t an issue... Our inability to finish chances is the main issue at hand. The theme of missed chances is a weekly occurrence and we nearly threw away our lead v Bradford shortly after missing 2 chances that were harder to miss than score.
We are still one of the lowest goal scorers in the top half despite scoring 8 goals in our last 3 games.
The difference is the back line - Pompey had some football players - the teams like Bristol and Oxford just have clunkers ( not footballers) who don't come forward and create the gaps - we never got behind them - today Hiwula , Baker and Thomas were everywhere with all the room = open game
Davies cleared it off the line and I’m sure Portsmouth fans would’ve bemoaned that miss had they lost/drew. But, they didn’t and it’s not quite the same as missing an open goal from inside the box.
If you know as much as you like to think about football, then you’d readily concede that had Thomas scored to make it 2-0 the game would’ve been different, and that the miss cost us dearly.
I doubt it would have stopped them scoring 2 goals
A draw is "not a loss"But at least we come away with a draw instead of not a loss...
A draw is "not a loss"
But at least we come away with a draw instead of a loss...
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