Was it selfish for glory?
Or brave to take responsibility?
OTT reaction. Penalties get missed. Meanwhile the defence escape blame AGAIN, despite 2 more bad goals against.
Incidentally it was McSheff who took a penalty when Stern John was on a hat trick and we were 2 up a few minutes from...
Otis, our wide players may well be the most lacking in the brains dept anyway. Do Baker or McSheff defend well? Do they make good use of possession? They do take up good positions but lack pace and crossing consistency. I would be willing to put Bell in at the expense of either Thomas or...
Nah the midfield 4 move across as needed. Many teams set up like this away and have the outlet aerial ball to Platt or ground pass to Nimely who comes deep or pulls wide. The only flaw in my plan is it needs intelligent players who make the right decisions and make the run or thread the pass...
No flanks, you can set the 4 midfielders up in any order they feel most comfortable. All 4 can defend well. We simply chase and nullify...very negative but needs must... And let's face it our wide players are so ineffective over 90 minutes. Alf won the world cup without wingers!
This formation...
No width, Otis. 2 banks of 4. Lump the ball up to Platt with Nimely getting the knock downs and Norwood and Deegan bombing forward. We play on the break. Worth a try...all else has failed away.
PUSB
ST should go with 4-4-1-1
Pack the midfield with solidity, forget width, our crossing is poor, and leave Nimely to buzz around in the hole
Murphy
Christie Keogh Cranie Clarke
Thomas Clingan Norwood Deegan
Nimely
Platt
McSheff can come on...
Stein, Martin and Ferguson.
Saw all of them play and these were the best...Cross a worthy runner up...Dublin was not in the same class.
Defenders:
Holton, Lloyd and Curtis
How spoilt we were in the golden age of the 70s and 80s
Tell the players it's a home match
Get them to report to the Ricoh at normal time
Blindfold & headphone them all
Tell them they are being placed in a "coffin" like new fangled muscle relaxer
Put them into coffin-like objects
Whisk them to the away game in helicopters
Decorate the away dressing...
Keogh is player of the year and he has played well in most games, but he is over-praised for this, as he has been the best of a bad bunch.
I'm dreading the time he gets caught in possession and costs us a goal, which looks likely as he takes too many risks at times...many close shaves recently...
Keogh and Cranie had virtually nothing to do. When they did receive the ball (usually kicked straight to them from a Barnsley error) both were able to bring the ball forward unchallenged as the opposition retreated. Their distribution was often poor or hoof.
Thus both can get 6, or 7 if you...
It seems to me that very few fans are saying we WILL stay up but lots are stating we WILL go down. Therefore the latter are the ones who are not really being logical.
As it stands we probably have a 50:50 chance of survival based on:
1) we have collected more points in the last 10 games than...
How many goals has Clingan cost? Facts please.
How does this compare to every other midfielder or defender?
Harshly treated in my view.
The last game we won with Clingan in the team was Boro...also the last game we won with Thomas in the team.
2 important points,
1) 7 home games left, not 6 as a few are stating.
2) Past totals have nothing to do with this season, especially as Pompey's 10 point deduction comes into play AND they may be docked more or be wound up and then only 2 will drop.
The chances of safety being 50 points are...
Nowhere near 50 points needed unless 3 of our rivals have a massive upturn in form. All 5 rival teams are gaining less than 1 point per game currently. So safety will probably be 42-45 points range.
So we need 17-20 points to survive IF, IF we don't lose more than one of the games against our...
Agree with Otis,
Our defence has escaped a lot of flak this year. People prefer to blame the midfield for everything... A pattern I have seen repeated for, oh...40 years!
Cannot remember many midfielders that didn't receive constant criticism.
Having said that we need to get behind all our...
I did not applaud him when he played for us...so do not see why I would change now
Didn't boo him either... A silent contempt is his due until he expresses remorse for his crime..