I think it's a tale of 2 potential champions cancelling each other out.
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Agreed with this.It's very, very ugly but obviously effective - opponents need to be strong against a constant barrage of long balls.
They generally defended well, 2 huge centre half cloggers who only play no nonsense stuff - won't concede too many
Pressed very high from goal kicks, stopping us playing out how we usually would & defended a lot wider than most. Usually we always have an out ball to the wing-backs but they nullified this quite well.
They actually got stronger as the game went on, introduction of the subs helped & playing direct can be effective if using the channels - the first half was just constant long thump straight down the middle which we dealt with easily.
Very adept at the dark arts stuff too & sadly, very weak ref tonight who allowed it.
Wins against sides like that always taste extra sweet for me.
Wasn't too bad but think he should have been on Pompey's roughhousing a bit more.Agreed with this.
But, and I’m normally very anti-ref, I didn’t think he was too bad last night! Couple of decisions, but not many.
Yeah the lino got a bit of stick didn’t he? He laughed when the ironic cheers went out when he gave a thrown in. Like you say, it appeared as if he could’ve supported the ref a little. More generally assistants don’t always appear to involve themselves in broader decisions.Strange game from ref; first few minutes picked up on every minor thing...gave us decisions where I didn’t see a foul. As game wore on he became more lenient and let Pompey players surround him after poor challenges by their players. Felt he should have been tougher on number 24 and could have booked a couple others. To be fair to ref I thought the Lino on our side was abysmal and gave ref no support.
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The challenge on Dom Hyam in the first half looked like a straight red from my view. He went over the top of the ball. Ref bottled that one imoAgreed with this.
But, and I’m normally very anti-ref, I didn’t think he was too bad last night! Couple of decisions, but not many.
Wasn't too bad but think he should have been on Pompey's roughhousing a bit more.
My first impression was the same. But I watched the replay and I think yellow was the correct call.The challenge on Dom Hyam in the first half looked like a straight red from my view. He went over the top of the ball. Ref bottled that one imo
Not sure there was any real intent, if that matters? Just a bit reckless.The challenge on Dom Hyam in the first half looked like a straight red from my view. He went over the top of the ball. Ref bottled that one imo
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