Match Thread Portsmouth vs. Coventry City Match Thread - Monday 22nd Apr (1 Viewer)

Sky Blue Pete · Apr 22, 2019

Liquid Gold said:
The thing is people have set themselves up as being defensive of Burge so just can't change their opinion, same as thinking everything is issue's fault. It's clear he's not good enough.

It’s not about defending a player or changing your mind it’s hoping for the best and

Grendel said:
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

omg should have scored both

Grendel · Apr 22, 2019

Sky Blue Pete said:
It’s not about defending a player or changing your mind it’s hoping for the best and

omg should have scored both

No he shouldn’t - the second the keeper did well (versus the tosser in our goal who’d have lurched out and done nothing) and both chances were on his wrong foot - he’s not confident with using his right foot to shoot

Johhny Blue · Apr 22, 2019

Grendel said:
Irrelevant.

If Thomas scores
If the goal line clearance ended in the net
If we defended the first corner better
If burge hadn’t flapped and fumbled for the second
If if if

That would give us a 2-1 win. I’ll take it

Elvis Pressley · Apr 22, 2019

Did Burge do it on purpose?

Brighton Sky Blue · Apr 22, 2019

Grendel said:
No he shouldn’t - the second the keeper did well (versus the tosser in our goal who’d have lurched out and done nothing) and both chances were on his wrong foot - he’s not confident with using his right foot to shoot

I thought we had no chances in the second half?

Grendel · Apr 22, 2019

Brighton Sky Blue said:
I thought we had no chances in the second half?

The keeper made no saves in the second half

Mucca Mad Boys · Apr 22, 2019

Grendel said:
The keeper made no saves in the second half

Our keeper didn’t have to make a save until the 66th minute...

robbiethemole · Apr 22, 2019

Elvis Pressley said:
Did Burge do it on purpose?

I questioned his mindset a couple of months ago when the contract business was on, I don't think he's given 100% since he knew he won't be here next year.

Brighton Sky Blue · Apr 22, 2019

Elvis Pressley said:
Did Burge do it on purpose?

He rarely does anything on purpose

Grendel · Apr 22, 2019

Mucca Mad Boys said:
Our keeper didn’t have to make a save until the 66th minute...

No he’s already tried to punch one in his own net.

Did their keeper make a save at all?

Brighton Sky Blue · Apr 22, 2019

Grendel said:
The keeper made no saves in the second half

He did at least once near the end

skybluesam66 · Apr 22, 2019

Elvis Pressley said:
Did Burge do it on purpose?

no - he is just shit
tries his best - just like you or i would do, but stealing a living

Hobo · Apr 22, 2019

Very good first half by City and an excellent goal. Portsmouth were always going to be more difficult 2nd half and ground out a good result for them.

I thought we struggled in the centre of defence today.

A shame we came up short because even a draw may have just kept us in the play off hunt. But 8th is higher than the 12th I predicted.

Brighton Sky Blue · Apr 22, 2019

skybluesam66 said:
no - he is just shit
tries his best - just like you or i would do, but stealing a living

To be fair he’ll never get close to £40-50k a year again

Evo1883 · Apr 22, 2019

To go to a place like Pompey , play them off the park for large periods for the first hour and come away with nothing because your keeper fucks up again is a little bit deflating to say the least .

Imagine how robins feels too

justavisitor · Apr 22, 2019

Evo1883 said:
To go to a place like Pompey , play them off the park for large periods for the first hour and come away with nothing because your keeper fucks up again is a little bit deflating to say the least .

Imagine how robins feels too

Not sure you played us off the park admitted first half you did OK. 2nd half we deserved it.

Evo1883 · Apr 22, 2019

justavisitor said:
Not sure you played us off the park admitted first half you did OK. 2nd half we deserved it.

For large parts of the first hour I think we were much the better side ,should have been 3 up at half time , even some boos from the home end .Portsmouth never really looked in it until the hour mark .

Your fans afterwards seem to hold the same opinion tbh

I don’t begrudge you the win , you won because of our errors , which is part and the parcel of football , I hope you go up over Sunderland

Brighton Sky Blue · Apr 22, 2019

justavisitor said:
Not sure you played us off the park admitted first half you did OK. 2nd half we deserved it.

Yes it came down to who could score an open goal. Very impressed

higgs · Apr 22, 2019

I had no faith in burge anytime the ball came into our box and if I felt that way you can be sure the defenders felt the same. Good luck to the lad but his time at city must be up now. We need someone to command the box it's not the first time burge has flapped at balls coming into the box. Thanks for the memories Lee I don't think you are helped by our goalkeeping coach.

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Evo1883 · Apr 22, 2019

justavisitor said:
Not sure you played us off the park admitted first half you did OK. 2nd half we deserved it.

This is on your fans forum

“Yep, that's the long and short of it. Today we were outplayed at times by a very good Coventry side. “

Mucca Mad Boys · Apr 22, 2019

Grendel said:
No he’s already tried to punch one in his own net.

Did their keeper make a save at all?

Both GKs made one save apiece. Having watched the highlights to reflect, how did Thomas not force a save for his second gilt-edged chance? Our finishing didn’t help, we had 9 shots, 2 on target compared to their 11 shots, 3 on target.

Their GK nearly outdid Burge by rushing out unnecessarily for the Thomas chance which he should’ve buried 1st half. Every Cov fan would’ve rightfully berated if it was our GK. This isn’t a defence of Burge, it’s just an observation looking over the game.

Neither GK was particularly busy, and their GK made a pretty big mistake himself and, to be frank, Burge was on another level of shaky today. I hadn’t realised he nearly punched the ball in his own net for their first chance. I thought he was beaten by a header...

Mucca Mad Boys · Apr 22, 2019

Skybluefaz said:
True but I don't want to be like keegan's Newcastle. First and foremost be hard to score against

I agree, I’d prioritise a strong defence over a strong attack when trying to consolidate in a new league. We create enough chances to have scored a lot more than we actually have and that’s frustrating. If we can stop being so wasteful, we’ll be a playoff side next season.

I don’t really get the Keegan reference as it’s a little bit past my time, but assume it means scoring a lot of goals, but conceding a lot too?

jto123 · Apr 22, 2019

Controversial opinion, but I was really pleased with the performance today. I thought we played good football but, as has been the story this season, no end product. An out and out striker is a must in the summer. I'm wary about getting rid of Burge. Yes, he is mistake prone, but so are most goalkeepers in this division. Better the devil you know I reckon.

Houchens Head · Apr 22, 2019

Burge needs to go now, along with Ogrizovic. He is well past his sell-by date now. 35 years at the club is an outstanding service by anyone's standards but surely, at 61, his time must surely come to an end. Let's get some new blood in for the new season. (If we still exist!)

higgs · Apr 22, 2019

Could max be the centre forward we are missing I'm not so sure about baka

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Mucca Mad Boys · Apr 22, 2019

jto123 said:
Controversial opinion, but I was really pleased with the performance today. I thought we played good football but, as has been the story this season, no end product. An out and out striker is a must in the summer. I'm wary about getting rid of Burge. Yes, he is mistake prone, but so are most goalkeepers in this division. Better the devil you know I reckon.

Agreed besides the Burge part. I just think it’s best for both parties for him to move on!

KeresleyArmpit · Apr 22, 2019

jto123 said:
Controversial opinion, but I was really pleased with the performance today. I thought we played good football but, as has been the story this season, no end product. An out and out striker is a must in the summer. I'm wary about getting rid of Burge. Yes, he is mistake prone, but so are most goalkeepers in this division. Better the devil you know I reckon.

Why is an out and out striker needed when it was right mid/winger missing all the fking chances?

Elvis Pressley · Apr 22, 2019

Mucca Mad Boys said:
Agreed besides the Burge part. I just think it’s best for both parties for him to move on!

Sell him to wasps

jto123 · Apr 22, 2019

Mucca Mad Boys said:
Agreed besides the Burge part. I just think it’s best for both parties for him to move on!

Fair enough. I'm not saying that Burge is championship quality, but I'm just concerned that we'll end up with someone worse haha....and before people say it...yes that is possible

jto123 · Apr 22, 2019

KeresleyArmpit said:
Why is an out and out striker needed when it was right mid/winger missing all the fking chances?

I'm talking more generally then today. I feel a big part of any promotion team is having a top goalscorer...something we have clearly been missing this season.

speedie87 · Apr 22, 2019

There is a thread on Sunderland forum of our match against Pompey , quite an interesting read!

They all start off supporting us loving the way we play, the pace the counter attacking , want to sign bright, call us bets team in lge on our day, say we’ll win playoffs if get in them, they get really annoyed with Thomas when he misses , start busing Shipley for weak tackles and spot burge is a liability, then hate Thomas a bit more and then end up hating burge big time!

Mucca Mad Boys · Apr 22, 2019

jto123 said:
Fair enough. I'm not saying that Burge is championship quality, but I'm just concerned that we'll end up with someone worse haha....and before people say it...yes that is possible

You’re right, O’Brien as an example! A few people felt he was going to be a good GK after his first couple of games (myself included).

An experienced GK, like Stockdale, seems like a logical choice because we have such an inexperienced side. The more leaders we can add, the better.

justavisitor · Apr 22, 2019

Evo1883 said:
This is on your fans forum

“Yep, that's the long and short of it. Today we were outplayed at times by a very good Coventry side. “

As it says "outplayed us at times" You looked an OK side. We deserved to win tho..Thanks for beating Sunerland

nmp2327 · Apr 22, 2019

Simply put outplayed Pompey today then as throughout the season a Thomas miss a Burge cock up and we miss out, two places require filling next season then ' up the league we go.....'

Buster · Apr 22, 2019

CCFC72 said:
Great performance, disappointing not to get anything out of it. It was inevitable they would put more pressure on second half, they are not in a position to get automatic promotion being a shit team. If we had gone two up I think we would have got another (and we should have with the two Thomas chances and the Hyam header). Been a good season and some of you need to be a bit more positive. Upwards and onwards.

Agree.
Excellent skills runs and passes. Was really proud of a young team away in an intimidating atmosphere. Portsmouth were a more mature side that succeeded by lumping the ball upfield . If we could retain the backbone of this team we would have a good chance next year . Love to see Shipley going forward ,he’s a different player. Well played Robins and the lads

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