Pompey Player Ratings (3 Viewers)

[Nick]

Bta motm
Simms a close second

Saka Very good when he came on as well

 

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[Otis]

Yeah, BTA was excellent and Simms had one of his best games and obviously got the two assists.

BTA has to get MOTM. Thought Grimes was really good and so too, Dasilva.

Don't think anyone had a bad game to be honest. MVE did well in his battle and the three at the back all looked pretty solid, though we got sloppy in the second half.

Saka looked really lively when he came on

Great three points

 

[steve101]

Rushworth 8
Van Erwik 8
Thomas 7
Woolfenden 7
Kitching 6
DaSilva 7
Grimes 7
Torp 7
Thomas-Asante 9 motm
Simms 8
Mason-Clark 7

Sakamoto 8
Allen 6
Bidwell 6
Kelser-Hayden 7

 

[Cally Fedora]

Very solid.
7 for Torp and EMC
8 everyone else apart from
BTA and Grimes 9.
Saka very effective once on.

 

[Yorkshire SB]

Rushworth 7
MVE 8
Thomas 7
Woolfenden 7
Kitching 7 (thought he was superb but error for the goal)
JDS 7
Grimes 8
Torp 6
BTA 9
EMC 6
Simms 8

 

[Ccfcisparks]

rushworth 7 so confident with him in goal
mve 6 thought it was one of his weaker hames
thomas 7 couple of dodgy touches and passes but a brick wall
woolf 7 slotted in seamlessley
kitching 6 -1 for the mistake
JDS 7 Solid again
Grimes 8 Was everywhere
torp 6.5 not at his best
BTA 8.5 Wonderful
EMC 6.5 Flattered to deceive
Simms 7.5 Should have scored though

Allen 7 slotted in nicely
saka 7 really nice cameo

 

[PVA]

Simms' best game for ages. Will be harsh to bench him on Saturday.

BTA great, Saka really good off the bench.

Both wing backs were good offensively and defensively.

Kitch was excellent until he lost his man for the goal.

 

[covboy9]

Rushworth 7
Van ewjik 7
De silva 8
Thomas 8
Wolf 7
Kitching 7
Grimes 8
Torp 7
EMC 6
BTA 9
Simms 7

 

[covboy9]

Simms' best game for ages. Will be harsh to bench him on Saturday.

BTA great, Saka really good off the bench.

Both wing backs were good offensively and defensively.

Kitch was excellent until he lost his man for the goal.

Will be benched

 

[SleepyGinger]

Gone from feeling like we had no squad depth to a real selection head ache for Saturday. Assuming we go back to 4231 which cb drops out? Feels harsh to leave Simms out and a Saka was brilliant when he came on.

 

[Dougin]

I’d say Simms MOTM he created both goals. Switched off last 10 mins though looked tired .

 

[fatso]

Very hard fought result
Good to see Simms working so hard and getting 2 assists.
Grimes just does what Grimes does and makes us tick.
BTA was fantastic gets m.o.m 9/10
Everyone else 8/10.

Good tactics and selection from Frank, great to see Wright get a well earnt rest, and I expect he will be eager to get the top scorers spot back on Saturday.

 

[Cally Fedora]

Gone from feeling like we had no squad depth to a real selection head ache for Saturday. Assuming we go back to 4231 which cb drops out? Feels harsh to leave Simms out and a Saka was brilliant when he came on.

Revert to back 4. Wright and Saka both straight back in. Same team that beat Blackburn.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Gone from feeling like we had no squad depth to a real selection head ache for Saturday. Assuming we go back to 4231 which cb drops out? Feels harsh to leave Simms out and a Saka was brilliant when he came on.

You keep the Thomas/Kitching pairing for now. Our only weak link at the moment is left back when Dasilva goes off

 

[shmmeee]

Asante 9, would have been 10 if that volley went
Don’t think anyone had a bad game, concentration cost us the goal but like the poor performance against Blackburn better to have that and still win so we can learn.

 

[shmmeee]

You keep the Thomas/Kitching pairing for now. Our only weak link at the moment is left back when Dasilva goes off

Exactly how bad at football is Brau?

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Exactly how bad at football is Brau?

He will be good in time I think

 

[Essexrobbie]

Is anyone else a bit down? I almost feel we lost that conceding our clean sheet record so late. I wonder if Frank hadn't tinkered about so much all at once we would have held out. I think had there been another ten minutes on the clock we would have been in a lot of trouble. Anyway I'm off to look at the league table to cheer myself up. And at least the clean record has gone and it hasnt cost us any points.

 

[covcity4life]

Were in fire and still feel like we have levels to go up.

We deserve a season as perfect as this. Long may it continue

 

[shmmeee]

Just have to get another 5 clean sheets in a row now and try again.

 

[marrrkjay_ccfc]

I know we won the game and I'm thrilled but I don't think we played that well. Grimes was all over the place positionally, the defence looked really shaky to me. What was Kitching doing for their goal? Stay on your feet and they wouldn't have even had a shot.

Thought we were overrun in the midfield. A two man midfield of Grimes and Torp didn't work.

We won so its job done but I just think we could easily have let that slip with how we defended.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

I know we won the game and I'm thrilled but I don't think we played that well. Grimes was all over the place positionally, the defence looked really shaky to me. What was Kitching doing for their goal? Stay on your feet and they wouldn't have even had a shot.

Thought we were overrun in the midfield. A two man midfield of Grimes and Torp didn't work.

We won so its job done but I just think we could easily have let that slip with how we defended.

Don’t agree at all with respect, looked comfortable for the most part and restricted them to pot shots from distance

 

[Dougin]

I know we won the game and I'm thrilled but I don't think we played that well. Grimes was all over the place positionally, the defence looked really shaky to me. What was Kitching doing for their goal? Stay on your feet and they wouldn't have even had a shot.

Thought we were overrun in the midfield. A two man midfield of Grimes and Torp didn't work.

We won so its job done but I just think we could easily have let that slip with how we defended.

I agree with some of that. I don’t think the formation worked that well. They looked a really poor side but Frank got the job done so can’t moan

 

[marrrkjay_ccfc]

Don’t agree at all with respect, looked comfortable for the most part and restricted them to pot shots from distance

Fair enough. It just felt to me like we invited them on and it nearly cost us.

 

[shmmeee]

I know we won the game and I'm thrilled but I don't think we played that well. Grimes was all over the place positionally, the defence looked really shaky to me. What was Kitching doing for their goal? Stay on your feet and they wouldn't have even had a shot.

Thought we were overrun in the midfield. A two man midfield of Grimes and Torp didn't work.

We won so it’s job done but I just think we could easily have let that slip with how we defended.

It’s a very different job for Grimes and Torp in that system and I don’t think either flourished. I’d have like to have seen us try two up front and another midfielder in there tbh.

 

[marrrkjay_ccfc]

It’s a very different job for Grimes and Torp in that system and I don’t think either flourished. I’d have like to have seen us try two up front and another midfielder in there tbh.

Yeah I said the same thing to my mate during the game. Bring on another midfielder and go 2 up top, so 5-3-2. It would have stopped us from being overrun in the centre of midfield.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Very hard fought result
Good to see Simms working so hard and getting 2 assists.
Grimes just does what Grimes does and makes us tick.
BTA was fantastic gets m.o.m 9/10
Everyone else 8/10.

Good tactics and selection from Frank, great to see Wright get a well earnt rest, and I expect he will be eager to get the top scorers spot back on Saturday.

You called it
4-0 Saturday

 

[skybluecam]

Rushworth 7
MVE 7
Thomas 7
Woolfenden 7
Kitching 6
Dasilva 7
Grimes 7
Torp 6
EMC 6
Simms 7
BTA 10

 

[LilleSkyBlue]

You keep the Thomas/Kitching pairing for now. Our only weak link at the moment is left back when Dasilva goes off

In his nine or ten minutes I saw Bidwell put a decent cross in and make a great block. I got the impression he filled in all right at the end.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

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Rushworth 7
MVE 7
Thomas 6
Woolfenden 7
Kitching 7
Dasilva 7
Grimes 7
Torp 6
EMC 6
Simms 7
BTA 10

Reason for Thomas 6 Kitching 7?

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

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Reason for Thomas 6 Kitching 7?

Thomas and Kitching were fabulous all game

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Thomas and Kitching were fabulous all game

Kitching was but a bad mistake at the end.

 

[harvey098]

I’d say Simms MOTM he created both goals. Switched off last 10 mins though looked tired .

So pleased for him and understandable to look tired, would be interested to know the last time he played 90 minutes

 

[stupot07]

Rushworth 7
Milan 8
Thomas 7
Woolfenden 7
Kitching 7
Dasilva 7
Grimes 8
Torp 6
BTA 8.5 MOTM
Simms 8
EMC 6

Subs
Allen 7
Sakamoto 8
KKH 6
Bidwell 6

 

[skybluecam]

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Reason for Thomas 6 Kitching 7?

Meant to be the other way round