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Too little, too late sadly. Those first half chances missed didn’t help us. Switching off at the back didn’t either. Fk it. Oh well, onwards and upwards.

It’s not good. He started ok when he first arrived, then got injured and has never quite been the same again. And now appears to be falling apart.

Looks like it so far

And Galbraith. When did we last open up a team like that with just 2 passes? It must be years.

That is a beautiful goal

That’s the main problem for me. We’ve slowly been selling off our better players and the new recruits have normally been worse. A progressive weakening of the team ever since we were relegated,

Of course. We lack quality, so struggle to come out on the top of the key moments (defensive and attacking). But they’re all we’ve got and we’re not terrible. Just not quite good enough. And that’s the first 11. There’s feck all depth either.

Looking a bit open down the right all of a sudden 👀

Yeah, nice finish. Franco commits and gets turned, but not really his fault. A bit too much space for them, but it’s a bit special from there. 8/10 that curls wide (like Tymon’s did at the start of the half)

Not the best choice against Stoke though. Not easy to differentiate the teams when they’re in the sun.

We’ve a long history of outsiders with a rudimentary understanding of the language making a great contribution to our club. Andy Robinson and Trunds for a start 🤣

Most teams in this division are well organised and Pompey were no exception. They seemed better off the ball than Oxford were and effectively closed off our passing lines. Of course then it was down to us to find a way around/through them and we didn’t move the ball quickly enough to be a threat...

Although also a good idea to play him in an otherwise settled side and against (slightly) weaker opponents. It’s all down to him to impress Vitor now.

Ridiculous situation 🤣

We’re on a bit of a roll. It feels like we’ve had far more than our fair share of home cup draws for a few years

It also limits the pool of international players were able to recruit as well. It’s far less likely we’ll be able to unearth unsung talent. Players like Rangel probably would reach the points threshold for a visa these days. But it’s not all bad. At least we can admire our blue passports while...

And a song for the new manager. Although it’ll feel weird singing it in April

Ha, we haven’t got that many back ups have we?! Fighting spirit was good today. There was a definite upping of desire and determination. I had a big upping when Tymon’s volley went in, but maybe that’s too much information 🤣

It was forced on us today, but it solved the problem of how to play Galbraith, Franco and Widell in the same team. Widell was excellently promising: he allowed us to play through the middle as an option in a way we never can with Cullen. Didn’t create, but there’s a lot of potential there. I do...

There was talk earlier in the thread about Stamenić and the up and down start he’s had. That was the best we’ve seen from him today imo. He was a bit rushed in his decision making at times giving the ball away unnecessarily, but overall a really solid and dominant performance from him. Nice to...