What is it with people on here being so negative?
Seems like unless we are 3 nil up after half an hour then it's a disaster, all the players are shite and Robins needs to go.
How about a bit of perspective?
We are a newly promoted team
We were up against the best team in the league (so far)
We had a very makeshift defence
We were missing our best striker
Yet we limited them to two chances all game and matched them for 90 minutes.
However reading the comments on here you'd think we'd just been beat 4 nil by the team bottom of the league.
We're not going to win every game and we're not going to play well every game. People need to realise that and accept it.
Maybe you'll enjoy it a bit more when you're not so negative.
Do you watch games? It's nothing to do with being 3-0 up within half hour.What is it with people on here being so negative?
Seems like unless we are 3 nil up after half an hour then it's a disaster, all the players are shite and Robins needs to go.
How about a bit of perspective?
We are a newly promoted team
We were up against the best team in the league (so far)
We had a very makeshift defence
We were missing our best striker
Yet we limited them to two chances all game and matched them for 90 minutes.
However reading the comments on here you'd think we'd just been beat 4 nil by the team bottom of the league.
We're not going to win every game and we're not going to play well every game. People need to realise that and accept it.
Maybe you'll enjoy it a bit more when you're not so negative.
What is it with people on here being so negative?
Seems like unless we are 3 nil up after half an hour then it's a disaster, all the players are shite and Robins needs to go.
How about a bit of perspective?
We are a newly promoted team
We were up against the best team in the league (so far)
We had a very makeshift defence
We were missing our best striker
Yet we limited them to two chances all game and matched them for 90 minutes.
However reading the comments on here you'd think we'd just been beat 4 nil by the team bottom of the league.
We're not going to win every game and we're not going to play well every game. People need to realise that and accept it.
Maybe you'll enjoy it a bit more when you're not so negative.
Do you watch games? It's nothing to do with being 3-0 up within half hour.
What is there that's positive after last night's game? Even the manager set us up in a negative way.
We could still be playing now and not scored or really tested their keeper.
I must have watched something different if people are coming away from that positive.
You're missing the point I'm making. It's not about coming away from that feeling positive, I'm just saying that poor performances and defeats are to be expected given the situation.
If we somehow got promoted to the Premier league in the near future I swear most on here would be moaning because we failed to test the keeper against Man City. I just think people have unrealistic expectations by thinking we can or will play well every game.
You're missing the point I'm making. It's not about coming away from that feeling positive, I'm just saying that poor performances and defeats are to be expected given the situation.
If we somehow got promoted to the Premier league in the near future I swear most on here would be moaning because we failed to test the keeper against Man City. I just think people have unrealistic expectations by thinking we can or will play well every game.
Mark mcnultymissing our best striker ?
Yep I thought Burge looked good kicking was excellentBig problem is we are not scoring enough. Rectify that and things will look a lot rosier.
I have confidence that Chaplin will start banging them in soon and as Clint has said, there is still Jones to come (yeah, I know he came on again last night, but it's going to be a few more weeks until he is totally back to speed).
Completely agree. That injury for a winger especially is awful. Could arguably take 12 months from now to get back up to speed. Bolasie at Everton had the same injury about two years ago and things are so bad hes now on loan at Villa.Far too much is being expected of Jones.
Why are they expected?
Poor performances?
Because we are at best a mid table side in this league. I don't know how our budget compares to the rest of the league but I would guess at mid-low table.
You expect us to play well every game?
I didn’t leave the game feeling that their players were massively better than ours, just that ours were stifled somewhat. I don’t know if that’s because of our system or theirs...or both.
Having said that Shipley was poor and JCH seemed to be winning most of his aerial battles so would’ve benefited from having someone up top with him. It seemed to me that by the time hiwula came on it was too late as Pompey had started playing very deep.
The negativity on the match thread started after about five minutes. There are some real over-reactions on this forum. Too much black and white, when the reality is really shades of gray*.
*Julian Gray, obvs.
It reeked of desperation. I actually thought by the time hiwula came on he might as well have thrown Bakayoko on instead - big bloke might have unsettled them.The worrying thing was, it was obvious before we even started that JCH would be very isolated.
You would have thought that with them scoring just before half time, it would have been changed instantly rather than waiting 20 - 25 minutes to put somebody next to JCH to play off him.
That's probably because it was obvious that early how negative we were setup and how it wasn't going to work.
Not too sure it's an over-reaction is it? It's pointing out the obvious.
You’re right, it didn’t.The "chance" at the end still didn't really trouble their goal.
That's probably because it was obvious that early how negative we were setup and how it wasn't going to work.
Not too sure it's an over-reaction is it? It's pointing out the obvious.
After 5 minutes, when we were going toe-to-toe in a lively start against the team at the top of the league? In my opinion it was an over-reaction at that point in time.
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