Daylight Robbery

[DonnyBazR0ver]

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.

[jackthelad]

Frustrating though, it's plainly obvious what we need.

[goalkick]

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.

[Wiltshire Exile]

How did JM perform, before he was subbed? Did he get a decent reception?

[Rovers91]

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.

[Filo]

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

[BillyStubbsTears]

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.

[Bezza]

Feels like we've been mugged,

[mjg]

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 😡

[Jersey Rover]

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

[since-1969]

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.

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

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.

[silent majority]

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!

[since-1969]

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 .

[pib]

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.

[colincramb]

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

[BillyStubbsTears]

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.

[Chris Black come back]

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.

[since-1969]

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????

[johnny rovers]

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

[dickos1]

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

[colincramb]

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

[DonnyBazR0ver]

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.

[Alan Southstand]

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!

[WheatleyRover]

Think Moore has shown the board need to back him in January, we could walk this league

[BillyStubbsTears]

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.

[Spud]

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.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

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.

[drfchound]

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.

[Rovers91]

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.