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Pompey losing at home 1-2

Clocks not f**king moving, it's more like a bloody sundial

2-2

Pissed it away, possibly offside too

That looked offside ?

Arse,thrown away a 2 goal lead.

Radio says possible handball too.

6 mins added time, holy sh*t.

Charnwood wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 17, 2022 4:54 pm

That looked offside ?

Yep it sure was

Doesn't seem like the Ref is man enough to hold his nerve.. A point will be good but why oh why did Burns commit that most stupidest of fouls for there first goal?

Still shaking my head

A brilliant game to watch, great for any neutral watching.

2-2 FT
Disappointed they threw a 2-0 lead away but we did not lose against a top 6 side .
Would have taken a draw at the start .

2-2 it is, what a game of football albeit disappointing not to win.

Great game and great atmosphere.

We had it in the bag but let it slip away. I’m sure KMc will be having a few words but in terms of the question of whether we compete with the best in this division- the answer is definitely yes

Totally agree, We certainly can compete. For what I hear Sheff Wednesday can thank there lucky stars

They know they were in a real game. Onwards and upwards still so very happy with how we are playing and results. One game less, Portsmouth also sound bit lucky to get away with a draw against Plymouth so stay as we are really

Unbeaten so far: Man City, Spurs, Town, Pompey, Orient

That's the hardest game on paper so we can be very confident of going up this season.

I think it was a fair result to be honest. Happy with a point overall, although from 2 up you hope to win it. One or two individuals that struggled a bit in my opinion. Ref was poor but made to look worse by them appealing for freekicks constantly.

Stupid foul by Burns and Ladapo ball watching for the first 2nd was offside. Ref let the fans get to him. Shame but its still undefeated. Bring on Plymouth.

Until Burns gave away that free-kick, I felt pretty calm about us running the game down. I remember Harness doing well to win the ball back, but Burns then gave it away and then fouled the player in a dangerous position. You just felt this was their way back in. That free-kick was the turning point.

Seen a replay of their equaliser. Unless one of our players was playing them onside off-screen - it was clearly offside. Linesman should have caught it.

Just seen their second goal again which looks to be a clear offside, not even marginal. Has anyone else taken a look ?

Robbed me of my 1-2 prediction too.

Yep deffo offside, another poor decision robs us of 2 points, we'd be clear by now if people did their job, either way we are still top.

Didn’t see the game today, can anyone give a summary?

How did we play overall. A point is still a good result, but won’t feel like it right now.

Because of poor refereeing/linesman Town have been denied 4 extra points the disallowed goal against Barnsley and the offside today. What's worrying we have only played 9 games. I hope someone speaks to whoever runs these officials because this is ridiculous. We also got 6 bookings today? For what?

Their players scored three goals to our one and we were only minutes away from getting a victory. We should be three points clear at the top, not level on goal difference. Portsmouth saved themselves in additional time and we missed out in the closing stages. It's tough but you move on, can't dwell on these things.

Walton could do little about either of their goals from highlights provided and while Jackson got a rare goal in, still not won over by his time here. Replies say the referee had a poor afternoon : haven't been able to assess enough evidence to support it but fact remains the kid should never have been put in charge of such a pivotal fixture to begin with.

Didn't see what formation McKenna started with maybe it's better that way. All told we made the trip to a tough opponent, took a two goal lead and came very near to winning it. There's got to be a number of positives to take from today. The team showed character once again by all account and proved yet again we've progressed far and wide from the abysmal scores and performance that were only too evident in the not too recent past.

Would wish for more league action in a week from now and not curtailed by any bullshit internationals that seem imminent. We didn't win but it's an encouraging score, something many would have taken before any play were underway. Need to keep it going at the next available opportunity.

Charnwood wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 17, 2022 6:10 pm

Robbed me of my 1-2 prediction too.

I said 2-2. But I would rather you were right

mendipblue wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 17, 2022 11:00 pm

Because of poor refereeing/linesman Town have been denied 4 extra points the disallowed goal against Barnsley and the offside today. What's worrying we have only played 9 games. I hope someone speaks to whoever runs these officials because this is ridiculous. We also got 6 bookings today? For what?

Over the course of the season, most clubs will have the same complaint. Not just us.

I feel more aggrieved about this one than Barnsley because the offside goal was the equaliser whereas we were still in the lead when we had the disallowed goal against Barnsley. At the end of the day we've got to concentrate on the things we can only influence and cut out the silly mistakes- don't give the ball away, no silly free-kicks, mark up at set-pieces, etc.

As for the 6 bookings - no complaints. We were giving away too many free-kicks at the end and deliberately making professional fouls. Leif Davis' booking I couldn't work out, though.

Tangfastic wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:24 am

At the end of the day we've got to concentrate on the things we can only influence and cut out the silly mistakes- don't give the ball away, no silly free-kicks, mark up at set-pieces, etc.

As for the 6 bookings - no complaints. We were giving away too many free-kicks at the end and deliberately making professional fouls. Leif Davis' booking I couldn't work out, though.

I agree; many of the bookings were for professional fouls (I hate that expression), often because of a mistake like giving the ball away.
I think Davis’ booking was for dribbling the ball away when it was their goal kick. A very petty decision.

Not to single anyone out but if Burns doesn't commit that ridiculous and totally unnecessary foul that led to their first goal we win that game hands down, bloody stupid, McKenna even alluded to it in his interview, that said the equaliser was clear offside, the ref had lost control by that point, the hostility inside the ground was incredible by then and this is how Portman Road needs to be, without the throwing of missiles of course, it will win them points over the season and we need to do the same.