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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: DonnyBazR0ver on October 05, 2019, 05:10:59 pm
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Simple as. Taking the obvious into account, we're far superior to anyone else in this league.
How they scored two goals to our one is just bonkers!
Plenty to be positive about.
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Frustrating though, it's plainly obvious what we need.
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We played very well. Good football and excellent distribution but lacked having somone to put the ball in the net.few shots on goal for them bu two put away.very enjoyable game. Unlucky.
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How did JM perform, before he was subbed? Did he get a decent reception?
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We are desperate for someone who can put the ball in the net because up until there the stuff we are playing is good. Get another 2/3 players in January and it could push us on.
Hopefully Ennis and Sterling back next week because Oxford can score for fun and we will need to score at least 2 to get something from the game imo.
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Head and shoulders above them, they were poor, Marquis was a shadow of the player we know, no moaning and waving of arms from him either
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Lots to be positive about.
This time last season, we got an unmerited win against Luton. McCann rightly said they were the best side we'd played and we were lucky.
Whatever Jackett might say today, he knows the same.
Keep playing like that and we'll be fine.
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Feels like we've been mugged,
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No good moaning , the club could have had the strikers that would of made the difference in a game just like the other top teams in the league but will not pay the going rate for them , so we’ll have to deal with 🙄 it is great to watch but at the same time frustrating, Pompey will go home laughing their bollox off at us and the poor finishing we are stuck with 😡
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Against both Blackpool and today against Portsmouth we been caught out on the break simply because of the frustration felt by the players, being totally dominant in the game with nothing to show for it and over committing. The breakaway was always on the cards today and teams are sussing this out against us sit back and break fast. Surely if we want to try to take advantage in a period of a game we feel dominant it’s better to do it in a structured way by changing formation for a period rather than everyone bombing up. 3 5 2, 4 4 2, Nothing more frustrating than dominating then getting done on the break
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Simple as. Taking the obvious into account, we're far superior to anyone else in this league.
How they scored two goals to our one is just bonkers!
Plenty to be positive about.
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Have to say we look a superb side, but goals continue to look a problem. Not just the lack of striker but the midfielders missed a number of great chances.
Overall happy, but its about results and they've just tailed a little.
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No good moaning , the club could have had the strikers that would of made the difference in a game just like the other top teams in the league but will not pay the going rate for them , so we’ll have to deal with 🙄 it is great to watch but at the same time frustrating, Pompey will go home laughing their bollox off at us and the poor finishing we are stuck with 😡
Care to expand on this, tell us how you know and what rates we should be paying? You know, the kind of thing with some substance to it rather than just hot air!
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Simple as. Taking the obvious into account, we're far superior to anyone else in this league.
How they scored two goals to our one is just bonkers!
Plenty to be positive about.
We robbed ourselves... Blackpool , Coventry and now Portsmouth. We don’t convert our chances we drop points . Luck plays it’s part hitting the bar twice , but to expect more from a team of providers of chances without a converter of them is not going to win many games .
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We look very good in two thirds of the pitch, but it’s painfully obvious what the problem is.
We desperately need a short term solution, and then we need to fix this problem properly in January or the next close season.
The club’s top 6 ambitions rest on it really. The team is doing great but the lack of a reliable, week-in-week-out striker is costing us more points than we probably realise.
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It’s a crime to football that we lost that. It really is but as has been mentioned we desperately need a front man. To be fair, it’s very unlucky that sterling and Ennis are both injured but that’s football.
On another note, Portsmouth are one of the worst teams I’ve seen for a long time at the KMS. They literally struggled to put 2 passes together most of the match. I can see why they haven’t won many and they certainly shouldn’t have won today.
Frustrating but lets move on and see where we are after the next 10 games
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A little perspective chaps.
Our injury list currently includes 2 centre forwards, 2 centre halves and a wing back, all of whom would be in the match day squad. We e also got an excellent centre half only just back from long term injury.
We've just made the pre-season 3rd favourites look like Wild E Coyote trying to keep up with 11 Roadrunners. They scored from one slight mistake by James and one scuffed mistake of a cross that couldn't be repeated one time in 100.
Have some patience. We'll be fine.
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Portsmouth looked poor. Not dreadful just poor. Stiff, rigid and boring. Well done to them on the result and sticking with it until the end but they look a totally inflexible side with little dynamism.
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A little perspective chaps.
Our injury list currently includes 2 centre forwards, 2 centre halves and a wing back, all of whom would be in the match day squad. We e also got an excellent centre half only just back from long term injury.
We've just made the pre-season 3rd favourites look like Wild E Coyote trying to keep up with 11 Roadrunners. They scored from one slight mistake by James and one scuffed mistake of a cross that couldn't be repeated one time in 100.
Have some patience. We'll be fine.
Injuries my arsenal , we put out a great team and played great but due to lack of foresight we haven’t got a STRIKER we can cal our own!!! WHEN did we ever loose Marquis to injury????
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Simple as. Taking the obvious into account, we're far superior to anyone else in this league.
How they scored two goals to our one is just bonkers!
Plenty to be positive about.
We haven't got good enough strikers. So results like this will happen
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With the squad we have, we knew injuries were going to be a problem that’s why you have a squad strong enough.
We definitely didn’t strengthen enough this summer, whatever the reason it just didn’t happen
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It’s a fair comment but with what went on this summer the club didn’t have much choice really. Realistically who could we have got in the time available? I’m not worried, even with the squad depth we have we are better than most in this league from what I’ve seen. Games like today take place very occasionally.
We will still be up there
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It's so easy to be putting all your eggs in one basket by insisting we need a striker. I would agree we need a goalscorer rather than players who can score goals BUT the amount of chances and openings we created today, we should be converting more. Every player of the forward 6 should be looking to do better in the final third! Just that little ingredient to ensure our dominance is rewarded.
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It’s painfully obvious what we need and it was in the summer! We should never be in this position, if someone had got their finger out and got one of the 2 selected strikers ‘over the line’.
That result was an absolute travesty today, but I can see it happening again if we don’t get something sorted. And don’t get me started on the new striker being ineligible!
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Think Moore has shown the board need to back him in January, we could walk this league
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A little perspective chaps.
Our injury list currently includes 2 centre forwards, 2 centre halves and a wing back, all of whom would be in the match day squad. We e also got an excellent centre half only just back from long term injury.
We've just made the pre-season 3rd favourites look like Wild E Coyote trying to keep up with 11 Roadrunners. They scored from one slight mistake by James and one scuffed mistake of a cross that couldn't be repeated one time in 100.
Have some patience. We'll be fine.
Injuries my arsenal , we put out a great team and played great but due to lack of foresight we haven’t got a STRIKER we can cal our own!!! WHEN did we ever loose Marquis to injury????
I know. I know.
It's just not fair is it?
The Board stick a couple of million quid into the club every year to give us a side of this quality, but the miserable tight fisted bas**rds won't put 3 million in.
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I think it's worth remembering just how long DM has been here, to be playing football this good already is great strides. Yes we all know what the problem is but we're not that far off are we? We hit the bar twice don't forget, with the keeper nowhere near either, & if Alfie's had gone in we could be talking about a romp instead.
We'll be thereabouts again come the end of the season, surely.
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It’s painfully obvious what we need and it was in the summer! We should never be in this position, if someone had got their finger out and got one of the 2 selected strikers ‘over the line’.
That result was an absolute travesty today, but I can see it happening again if we don’t get something sorted. And don’t get me started on the new striker being ineligible!
So who are you blaming? You seem to want to opportion blame as if it was a simple matter of clicking fingers and hey presto we have a striker!
We have to deal with the here and now, we can't keep wishing we can change history. Any one of 10 outfield players could have made enough difference today to win the three points. We have Ennis and Sterling who could also have made a difference today but alas, they're both injured. It's unfortunate.
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When we dominate teams like we did today we really do need to score when we have all the play.
Yes we could have seen a different scenario is that shot of Alfie’s had gone in but........how the feck did Sadlier miss that one at the far post from the cross by Copps?
THAT was the big chance.
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Think Moore has shown the board need to back him in January, we could walk this league
Calm down, walk this league is a statement too far.
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It’s painfully obvious what we need and it was in the summer! We should never be in this position, if someone had got their finger out and got one of the 2 selected strikers ‘over the line’.
That result was an absolute travesty today, but I can see it happening again if we don’t get something sorted. And don’t get me started on the new striker being ineligible!
So who are you blaming? You seem to want to opportion blame as if it was a simple matter of clicking fingers and hey presto we have a striker!
We have to deal with the here and now, we can't keep wishing we can change history. Any one of 10 outfield players could have made enough difference today to win the three points. We have Ennis and Sterling who could also have made a difference today but alas, they're both injured. It's unfortunate.
We had Ennis and Sterling and DM wanted another striker by the end of the transfer window we hadn’t signed our own striker. The CEO and Chairman did not get them over the line, for whatever reason. The two young lads are injured unfortunate but we could not bring in our own striker to the first team.
If and when both young lads are fit and the our short term signing becomes eligible then we should be ok till January. But the club must get a striker over the line in the next transfer window, if like the CEO said at a supporters meeting the cream are to rise to the top.
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Sadlier was poor today, but it is a tough job being upfront on your own. We were desperately unlucky not to score a hat full AGAIN, and I agree Pompy were strangely poor, their second goal was a great header though.
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Imagine if Moore had the squad mccann had at his disposal last season.
Add Wilks , marquis, to this side we’d be unbeatable
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Is it just me that thinks the squad is better this season than last?
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Imagine if Moore had the squad mccann had ya it’s disposal last season.
Add Wilks , marquis, to this side we’d be unbeatable
Only if they were fit.
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Is it just me that thinks the squad is better this season than last?
Not at all. It's plain to see the standard in open play has gone up another notch.
The teamwork, work rate and quality is exceptional for this league. Brilliant football at times.
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Imagine if Moore had the squad mccann had ya it’s disposal last season.
Add Wilks , marquis, to this side we’d be unbeatable
Why do you think we have the squad we have ? Imo it because it was decided to cap the wage bill for contracted players and it resulted loosing all our goal scores Marquis Rowe ANDREWS etc as a result . DM brought in quality but less expensive loans .We have similar budget to last year but more bodies for your bucks .in return the owners get Liabilities removed from the balance sheet and it’s a fresh start for everyone. Facts are , the we are ahead of where we should be with 10 new faces and a new manager. DM is performing to his abilities and has got players understanding and their commitment. Luck is what we are missing and a half decent striker who can convert chances . It’s good times ahead if we all keep ours .
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We lost today because of two poor defensive errors. First one down to Reece losing ball and the second one the guy was virtually free to head. As a unit they have done well this season but two lapses today proved very costly.
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We lost today because of two poor defensive errors. First one down to Reece losing ball and the second one the guy was virtually free to head. As a unit they have done well this season but two lapses today proved very costly.
Its fine margins when you consider that our defence is our best quality at the moment but its over worked and under rewarded by our forwards who are weak and underperforming!
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Is it just me that thinks the squad is better this season than last?
Not at all. It's plain to see the standard in open play has gone up another notch.
The teamwork, work rate and quality is exceptional for this league. Brilliant football at times.
That’s not because the squad is better, that’s because Moore has got them playing like that
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The second goal is why Portsmouth will finish above us this season. 1 really difficult chance 1 goal. Quality goal.
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As for the starting 11 it's debatable. Kane is better than Sheaf. Marquis would obviously walk back in.
The back 5 are better all of them than last season and all new. Anderson quality.
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Anderson ain’t new
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A little perspective chaps.
Our injury list currently includes 2 centre forwards, 2 centre halves and a wing back, all of whom would be in the match day squad. We e also got an excellent centre half only just back from long term injury.
We've just made the pre-season 3rd favourites look like Wild E Coyote trying to keep up with 11 Roadrunners. They scored from one slight mistake by James and one scuffed mistake of a cross that couldn't be repeated one time in 100.
Have some patience. We'll be fine.
And we lost 2-1
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Sadlier was poor today, but it is a tough job being upfront on your own. We were desperately unlucky not to score a hat full AGAIN, and I agree Pompy were strangely poor, their second goal was a great header though.
Poor? Criticising a player being asked to play out of position and do a job for the club, especially CF is poor form.
Take a look at the attached link (text commentary on BBC Sprts) and see how many chances Sadlier setup today, I count at least 6, for someone playing out of position I would take that:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49861295
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I shouldn’t post for a while because I am absolutely gutted at losing that game.
50 years supporting this team and it still hurts like hell when we lose like that
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Sadlier was poor today, but it is a tough job being upfront on your own. We were desperately unlucky not to score a hat full AGAIN, and I agree Pompy were strangely poor, their second goal was a great header though.
Poor?
Take a look at the attached link (text commentary on BBC Sprts) and see how many chances Sadlier setup today, I count at least 6, for someone playing out of position I would take that:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49861295
I would agree that KS wasn’t poor today, his overall performance was quite good.
But......he did miss the best chance if the day, it was a sitter by any standards.
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I wouldn’t say anyone was poor, although Taylor was very frustrating with his awareness and decision making. Sadlier worked hard in an unfamiliar role and created space and opportunities. May had his moments but lacks conviction at times when he’s in good positions. Coppinger was simply brilliant.
The team played well, it was as entertaining as it was frustrating and we’re doing what we can with what we’ve got. The fact is we need a focal point in attack, we miss it terribly and we’re paying for the fact it wasn’t addressed in the summer. That much feels sadly predictable.
Everything else is great. If today we’d been able to field the same front four as we had against peterborough then we’d have won the game. But we’ve no depth and an injury screws us.
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Just look at Peterborough for example, yes we beat them however there strikers are clinical in most games and that is the difference between a promotion and a nearly ran.
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Poor was the wrong word, but he looked like a fish out of water, he is far better out wide, or just behind.
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Just look at Peterborough for example, yes we beat them however there strikers are clinical in most games and that is the difference between a promotion and a nearly ran.
Yes maybe but their defence is poor. Ours is much better. No one gets promoted conceding goals.
Well not very often.
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I wouldn’t say anyone was poor, although Taylor was very frustrating with his awareness and decision making. Sadlier worked hard in an unfamiliar role and created space and opportunities. May had his moments but lacks conviction at times when he’s in good positions. Coppinger was simply brilliant.
The team played well, it was as entertaining as it was frustrating and we’re doing what we can with what we’ve got. The fact is we need a focal point in attack, we miss it terribly and we’re paying for the fact it wasn’t addressed in the summer. That much feels sadly predictable.
Everything else is great. If today we’d been able to field the same front four as we had against peterborough then we’d have won the game. But we’ve no depth and an injury screws us.
Copps was excellent today, his ability to turn players in small areas of space is quite superb. Also agree that Sadlier needs to be playing wide, the problem with him up front of course though is that whilst he is making runs to take players away and creating space for Copps as he did today, we miss that link up play between the two of them that opens sides up. Its a double whammy in my book, we need a recognised CF and we need Sadlier out wide where he does he best stuff from.
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As for the starting 11 it's debatable. Kane is better than Sheaf. Marquis would obviously walk back in.
The back 5 are better all of them than last season and all new. Anderson quality.
Kane is different to Sheaf. I think Sheaf has improved and quietly breaks things up. His decision making is improving too.
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As for the starting 11 it's debatable. Kane is better than Sheaf. Marquis would obviously walk back in.
The back 5 are better all of them than last season and all new. Anderson quality.
Kane is different to Sheaf. I think Sheaf has improved and quietly breaks things up. His decision making is improving too.
He still gives the ball away too often with casual lazy passes.
Obviously he is a good player but needs to remove these instances from his game.
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Just seen highlights of the other games and deary me, there were some gifts served up on a plate, particularly by Coventry at Rotherham. If only we were so lucky.
The amount of goals scored today by midfielders from the edge of the box also highlights where we need to improve. It's a shared responsibility to practice, practice, practice striking the ball. Too many times we're guilty of wanting to score the picture book curler in the top corner instead of putting the laces through it.
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We lost today because of two poor defensive errors. First one down to Reece losing ball and the second one the guy was virtually free to head. As a unit they have done well this season but two lapses today proved very costly.
Second one wasn't a defensive mistake. The defenders were well.placed for a normal cross. Their lad mishit the cross. He couldn't possibly have put it where he did if he hadn't mishit it.
It's one of those things. It happens. That's why we live football and not Rugby Union.
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We lost today because of two poor defensive errors. First one down to Reece losing ball and the second one the guy was virtually free to head. As a unit they have done well this season but two lapses today proved very costly.
Second one wasn't a defensive mistake. The defenders were well.placed for a normal cross. Their lad mishit the cross. He couldn't possibly have put it where he did if he hadn't mishit it.
It's one of those things. It happens. That's why we live football and not Rugby Union.
What if you live both?
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If we flip the goalkeeper arguments that people have, if Lawlor had been on the pitch he would just have walked across his line and saved the header.
All goals are preventable, their keeper pushed a cross into a dangerous area and James had the chance to score.
If we had conceded that goal our keeper would have got flack for not catching it or for not pushing the ball into a safer area.
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The second goal is why Portsmouth will finish above us this season. 1 really difficult chance 1 goal. Quality goal.
To quote the great Eric Morecambe to Andre Preview - 'Rubbish!'
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There was one in the first half when Dieng raced out to the edge of the box to smother a through ball. Lawlor wouldn't have got anywhere near it. The header was a wonder header that no keeper could be blamed for. The cross was from deep and the guy intended to put it on the penalty spot but Harrison checked his run and guided the header using the pace of the ball and put it in the only place available to score. Centre halves blameless.
James will be disappointed he ran under the ball to set up their breakaway but made up for it with the equaliser. Only ever going to be one winner after that wasn't there.
I thought Sheaf was excellent, often more advanced than Whiteman moving the ball quickly. There was the occasional misplaced pass from Whiteman, Sheaf and Copps but when they're trying to thread balls through you can forgive them for that as collectively their completion rate must be very high.
This defeat was different to the Blackpool game in that we were slicker in our passing as we were getting through them like a knife through butter but at times we overplayed it a la S'OD era trying to walk it into the net. That said, we still had enough efforts to win the game 3 times over and Portsmouth should be grateful their blocks didn't fall to us until late on when James scored.
There was plenty of evidence that we're playing great football up there with the best of S'OD's team but also share the same weakness in front of goal. That extra little ingredient, whoever it comes from will turn us into a relentless force.
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A really frustrating result, on another day two shots hit the post and go in, and we all talk about how well we played without strikers being bought. More to come, and more wins to come rather than losses.
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Dieng is on evidence to date a level or two at least above Lawlor.
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There was one in the first half when Dieng raced out to the edge of the box to smother a through ball. Lawlor wouldn't have got anywhere near it. The header was a wonder header that no keeper could be blamed for. The cross was from deep and the guy intended to put it on the penalty spot but Harrison checked his run and guided the header using the pace of the ball and put it in the only place available to score. Centre halves blameless.
James will be disappointed he ran under the ball to set up their breakaway but made up for it with the equaliser. Only ever going to be one winner after that wasn't there.
I thought Sheaf was excellent, often more advanced than Whiteman moving the ball quickly. There was the occasional misplaced pass from Whiteman, Sheaf and Copps but when they're trying to thread balls through you can forgive them for that as collectively their completion rate must be very high.
This defeat was different to the Blackpool game in that we were slicker in our passing as we were getting through them like a knife through butter but at times we overplayed it a la S'OD era trying to walk it into the net. That said, we still had enough efforts to win the game 3 times over and Portsmouth should be grateful their blocks didn't fall to us until late on when James scored.
There was plenty of evidence that we're playing great football up there with the best of S'OD's team but also share the same weakness in front of goal. That extra little ingredient, whoever it comes from will turn us into a relentless force.
Excellent post, spot on.
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Folks are going on about playing without a number 9..
Yes, I too prefer us to have a no 9 as there’s always a threat, but can someone please tell me how many oft the twenty-odd chances we had yesterday would have been different with a no 9, apart from the one Sadlier missed with his thigh.?
One chance..
Shouldn’t we be debating why more of the other shots weren’t on target.?
We were excellent yesterday apart from a couple of breakaways.
And as for posters starting to criticise the club and the finances again, I suggest you look back at what DM has been saying - I’m fairly sure he said he wants the right players not just any players..
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The problem is that 'extra little ingredient' is really a 'fundamental part of promotion winning squad'.
We've only scored 13 goals. Over a season that is what ... 57 goals. That's mid-table, or just above relegation, goal scoring form. Last season we scored 76.
Could we somehow stay in touching distance until January and sign a striker? Very very difficult to do that, as I already believe Moore is getting working wanders with the squad we have.
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On current form we will end up with exact same points total as last season, give or take some rounding.
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On current form we will end up with exact same points total as last season, give or take some rounding.
Not quite.
We'd end up on 70 points (1.6 PPG x 34 remaining + the 16 points we have = 70). We finished on 73 last season.
If by 'form' you mean the last 5 games, we've only achieved 1 ppg. So I'll let you do the math on that one.
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Folks are going on about playing without a number 9..
Yes, I too prefer us to have a no 9 as there’s always a threat, but can someone please tell me how many oft the twenty-odd chances we had yesterday would have been different with a no 9, apart from the one Sadlier missed with his thigh.?
One chance..
Shouldn’t we be debating why more of the other shots weren’t on target.?
We were excellent yesterday apart from a couple of breakaways.
And as for posters starting to criticise the club and the finances again, I suggest you look back at what DM has been saying - I’m fairly sure he said he wants the right players not just any players..
Another excellent post, spot on.
As I have mentioned already BBC Sports online match commentary and stats credit Sadlier with 6+ Assists on shots on target, blocked or off target.
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The problem is that 'extra little ingredient' is really a 'fundamental part of promotion winning squad'.
We've only scored 13 goals. Over a season that is what ... 57 goals. That's mid-table, or just above relegation, goal scoring form. Last season we scored 76.
Could we somehow stay in touching distance until January and sign a striker? Very very difficult to do that, as I already believe Moore is getting working wanders with the squad we have.
We are a different side with Ennis up top and Sadlier back out to his natural wide position and can and have scored goals freely so I see no reason why not.
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On current form we will end up with exact same points total as last season, give or take some rounding.
Not quite.
We'd end up on 70 points (1.6 PPG x 34 remaining + the 16 points we have = 70). We finished on 73 last season.
If by 'form' you mean the last 5 games, we've only achieved 1 ppg. So I'll let you do the math on that one.
This season we are accruing points at rate of 1.6 per game. Last season we accrued points at rate of 1.58 per game. As I say, aside from some rounding, we are accruing at exact same rate. What has confused matters is last season was 46 game season while this season it is 44 game season - but at current form we are 1.6 per game vs 1.58 per game last season.
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On current form we will end up with exact same points total as last season, give or take some rounding.
Not quite.
We'd end up on 70 points (1.6 PPG x 34 remaining + the 16 points we have = 70). We finished on 73 last season.
If by 'form' you mean the last 5 games, we've only achieved 1 ppg. So I'll let you do the math on that one.
73 last season from 46 games..
70 this season if we continue at 1.6 ppg, but from 2 games less.. two more games at 1.6 gives 3 more points (ignoring .2) so statistically in relation to the whole season and to other clubs, it would be the same..
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I think the worse thing we could do is to convince ourselves we don't need a striker.
We won't emulate last seasons scoring record with the current squad, now made worse by the growing injury list. That is clear - its no coincidence our form has dropped recently. I also notice Moore did not give a straight answer on the nature of Ennis/Stering's injuries, and lost his cool with the Anichebe question.
The club had got to work its hardest to get another striker in January.
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I do think we need a striker, either the ones we have when fit, or another..
However given how we played yesterday and the chances we made, not sure it would have made much difference, unless we could have created more.?
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I think the worse thing we could do is to convince ourselves we don't need a striker.
We won't emulate last seasons scoring record with the current squad, now made worse by the growing injury list. That is clear - its no coincidence our form has dropped recently. I also notice Moore did not give a straight answer on the nature of Ennis/Stering's injuries, and lost his cool with the Anichebe question.
The club had got to work its hardest to get another striker in January.
Are Ennis & Sterling out for the season then, have I missed some announcement to that extent then lol.
Only two weeks ago a lot of people on here were regaling what a handful our front 4 of Ennis, Coppinger, Sadlier & Taylor are and how we will be a force to be reckoned with this season lol!
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If the question is with Ennis (and Sterling) being injured, do I think Coppinger, Sadlier & Taylor will score enough goals to get us near the play-offs? The answer is clearly no.
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If the question is with Ennis (and Sterling) being injured, do I think Coppinger, Sadlier & Taylor will score enough goals to get us near the play-offs? The answer is clearly no.
No that's neither my point or my question.
Your post is written on the basis that we will always have to play with a non recognised CF like yesterday and 25 minutes against Coventry, at least till January anyway, suggesting that Ennis and Sterling (2 x Young highly rated CF"s from EPL clubs).
They will both be back in contention within weeks if not days so I really don't see your point.
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You're going round the houses. I think alot of people are going round the houses.
We're a good team, playing excellent football, with an excellent manager who frustratingly don't score enough goals considering the chances we create. With that extra strike power we could easily be challenging for the top 2. The club seem to recognise this even if some of our fans don't.
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You're going round the houses. I think alot of people are going round the houses.
We're a good team, playing excellent football, with an excellent manager who frustratingly don't score enough goals considering the chances we create. With that extra strike power we could easily be challenging for the top 2. The club seem to recognise this even if some of our fans don't.
Sorry no detour round the houses on my part, but you are going completely and utterly over the top!
You have written a post suggesting or implying that we are going to be without Ennis and Sterling until at least January which is completely untrue, they will be back in the squad/team in a short while.
Ennis has been excellent since he came in, he might not weigh in with a load of goals but he gives us a better more physical presence up front that also creates opportunities out of nothing with his endless pressing and shutting down, bullying the oppositions CH"s which enables Coppinger, Sadlier and Taylor to feed off him and the situation it creates, we are a completely different side with him firing on all cylinders up top. Who cares if we win 1-0 or 2-1 and play attractive exciting football than. OK so we lost today after dominating play and also week we battled and defended excellent;y to hold on just failing in the last minute, same with Blackpool.
In August we would have settled for this set of results after 10 really tough games and being 10th in the league with a game in hand. For me the future is very bright and lots to be positive about and build on.
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You're going round the houses. I think alot of people are going round the houses.
We're a good team, playing excellent football, with an excellent manager who frustratingly don't score enough goals considering the chances we create. With that extra strike power we could easily be challenging for the top 2. The club seem to recognise this even if some of our fans don't.
You have written a post suggesting or implying that we are going to be without Ennis and Sterling until at least January which is completely untrue
I haven't.
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You're going round the houses. I think alot of people are going round the houses.
We're a good team, playing excellent football, with an excellent manager who frustratingly don't score enough goals considering the chances we create. With that extra strike power we could easily be challenging for the top 2. The club seem to recognise this even if some of our fans don't.
You have written a post suggesting or implying that we are going to be without Ennis and Sterling until at least January which is completely untrue
I haven't.
Well thats the way your original post reads to me.
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People keep saying we don’t need a number 9 because we’re creating chances. Well with that statement you’re completely missing the point.
A number 9 wouldn’t be there to create chances he’d be there to finish them off.
An out an out striker will also make clever runs and be in the right place at the right time which is something we don’t have at the minute.
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I for one think we should have a number 9, in general, and we have at least one currently injured..
I still maintain yesterday would be no different - the players we had were good enough and with more accurate shooting would have won by a country mile..
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What I would say is that overall we are a much much better side than last season. But, would we beat last season's team? Probably not as the team last season had a ruthlessness in wilks, marquis, kane and rowe. This side is lacking those goals but we all knew they would.
A big couple of signings in January can be the difference and I'd like to think the club will plan for that, but I'm still sceptical.
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People keep saying we don’t need a number 9 because we’re creating chances. Well with that statement you’re completely missing the point.
A number 9 wouldn’t be there to create chances he’d be there to finish them off.
An out an out striker will also make clever runs and be in the right place at the right time which is something we don’t have at the minute.
Here there for players to play off, he is the attacking foil, create and score.
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We played very well. Good football and excellent distribution but lacked having somone to put the ball in the net.few shots on goal for them bu two put away.very enjoyable game. Unlucky.
you are so right we did play some lovely football, But you get nothing if you don't put the ball in the net, let's hope the lad we have signed can do his stuff, maybe he could play on Tuesday if his paperwork is sorted out by then
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We played very well. Good football and excellent distribution but lacked having somone to put the ball in the net.few shots on goal for them bu two put away.very enjoyable game. Unlucky.
you are so right we did play some lovely football, But you get nothing if you don't put the ball in the net, let's hope the lad we have signed can do his stuff, maybe he could play on Tuesday if his paperwork is sorted out by then
He has been signed as a back up striker, so its Ennis and Sterling you need to hope do their stuff.
Stuff meaning leading the line as well as putting etc ball in the back of the net.
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I for one think we should have a number 9, in general, and we have at least one currently injured..
I still maintain yesterday would be no different - the players we had were good enough and with more accurate shooting would have won by a country mile..
IDM, it is difficult to say whether it would have been the same had we had different players on the pitch.
There were two or three balls across the face of the Pompey goal that were crying out to be put into the net.
A proper number nine instinctive finisher may have been on the end of them.
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I for one think we should have a number 9, in general, and we have at least one currently injured..
I still maintain yesterday would be no different - the players we had were good enough and with more accurate shooting would have won by a country mile..
IDM, it is difficult to say whether it would have been the same had we had different players on the pitch.
There were two or three balls across the face of the Pompey goal that were crying out to be put into the net.
A proper number nine instinctive finisher may have been on the end of them.
I really fail to see why Sadlier is coming in for so much criticism here when he has been plunged into playing in a position he has never played before in before this season because of injury to the two CF"s we do have in the squad, he is not even a striker, he's an attacking midfielder.
I have watched the game back today and apart from Coppinger's cross which Sadlier wasn't able to convert and a second phase ball in that Sadlier nearly took the Portsmouth players head off, there were no other balls that went straight across the face of the oppositions goal mouth, none atall.
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I for one think we should have a number 9, in general, and we have at least one currently injured..
I still maintain yesterday would be no different - the players we had were good enough and with more accurate shooting would have won by a country mile..
IDM, it is difficult to say whether it would have been the same had we had different players on the pitch.
There were two or three balls across the face of the Pompey goal that were crying out to be put into the net.
A proper number nine instinctive finisher may have been on the end of them.
I really fail to see why Sadlier is coming in for so much criticism here when he has been plunged into playing in a position he has never played before in before this season because of injury to the two CF"s we do have in the squad, he is not even a striker, he's an attacking midfielder.
I have watched the game back today and apart from Coppinger's cross which Sadlier wasn't able to convert and a second phase ball in that Sadlier nearly took the Portsmouth players head off, there were no other balls that went straight across the face of the oppositions goal mouth, none atall.
New Donny, you continue to be very protective of Sadlier.
Even to highlighting a post by IDM and myself in which we haven't even mentioned him !
I did say that there were two or three balls across the goal and you have confirmed that there were two.
Even you must have noticed how bad that miss of his was, but it happens doesn’t it.
Any player who has played up front will have missed chances like that, I know I have, but it isn’t an issue to mention it.
He missed an even easier one in a recent home game when he side footed wide from about 16 yards out with the goal gaping at him and the keeper nowhere to be seen.
No one is holding that against him either.
Sadlier has also been praised by many, including me, for his contribution yesterday so you don’t need to be so touchy.
We all know that his best position is as an attacking midfielder.
Many of us have said that he will be an important player for us this season.