Portsmouth vs Sheffield United

EFL Championship Matchweek 7 - Saturday 28th September 2024 - 15:00 - Fratton Park
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Referee: Matthew Donohue
Assistants: Paul Hodskinson and Matthew Jones
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[BaldyBlade]

The shite ref has caused this

 

[Sharp_as_a_Blade]

That ref should be nowhere near a professional football match again

 

[SGBlade]

Could have gone either way. Quite impressed with Portsmouth. Think they’ll pick up points soon.

We were pretty average. Decent away point in the end.

Shit match to watch, mainly due to the ref.

 

[JJBlade]

Souza couldn't resist but to get a booking in the 96th minute

 

[Alex Cheeseright]

That ref should be nowhere near a professional football match again

Agree, but he will be. Totally out of his depth

 

[Dieforthreepoints]

The ref is an absolute whopper

 

[SwissBlade]

Could have gone either way. Quite impressed with Portsmouth. Think they’ll pick up points soon.

We were pretty average. Decent away point in the end.

Thought we were cautious but did try and open things up when we could, probably edged it on decent chances.

Decent point against a side that looked organised and pressured us as well without really causing too many big problems

 

[Keen Blade]

Well done Oxford & Watford , pity we didn't take full advantage

 

[Keen Blade]

Brewster looking the part again

What part ?
The part of our most expensive flop ?

 

[Jon Bon II]

Disappointing as we created a lot of chances and had nothing to show for them but I'm not wholly unhappy with a point there. Wasn't the ref shite though?

 

[Dave9777]

Agree, ref ruined the game. Frustrating for all.

 

[Darren William]

Shite match, good result.

Move onto the next one.

No prolific goal scores in squad can't keep scraping 1-0 all the time. No really quality on bench simple as

 

[ancientblade]

wilders got to sort the front four out not enough threat at all o'hare needs benching for these home games get hamer more central and bring brooks in

 

[jono_t2000]

A point closer to the leaders. That's all that matters.

But shit game with a shit ref.

Rak-Sayki man of the match by a mile.

 

[Keen Blade]

Souza couldn't resist but to get a booking in the 96th minute

Damn & blast , thought he'd managed to avoid a yellow for once - we'll miss him when he gets banned

 

[jono_t2000]

wilders got to sort the front four out not enough threat at all o'hare needs benching for these home games get hamer more central and bring brooks in

100% and I rate O'Hare... but it's just not working like this.

 

[Belvedere Blade]

Another clean sheet for Cooper. Well done. Shame Blades didn't get a win today with Black Cats and Baggies loosing.

 

[Keen Blade]

I know he only got a few minutes but how did Campbell play ?

 

[Dieforthreepoints]

Pompey were a much better team than expected so fair play to them on that.. But I can really see something off about our squad, half the time they're dicking around, not really getting out of first gear... Still though, 7 games in undefeated, I'll take it

 

[Dieforthreepoints]

I know he only got a few minutes but how did Campbell play ?

Came on and had a couple of chances, happy with him, would've preferred him to come on sooner

 

[RWE]

I know he only got a few minutes but how did Campbell play ?

Had a half chance which he did well to get a shot away and on target, apart from that not much but not his fault tbf.

 

[Keen Blade]

wilders got to sort the front four out not enough threat at all o'hare needs benching for these home games get hamer more central and bring brooks in

It's been said a few times now that our front 4 are not really working + O'Hare has been under par - surely Wilder will acknowledge this now + make some changes ?
Is he worried that dropping O'Hare will upset Hamer ?

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]

3 points off the top after 7 games. With a 2 point deduction and a new squad. I’m happy with that.

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

Good day out. Happy with a draw. We needed a Billy Sharp in the box. Good home and away support.

 

[Keen Blade]

Came on and had a couple of chances, happy with him, would've preferred him to come on sooner

Brooks or even Campbell for O'Hare ?

 

[JackSUFC]

Pompey were a much better team than expected so fair play to them on that.. But I can really see something off about our squad, half the time they're dicking around, not really getting out of first gear... Still though, 7 games in undefeated, I'll take it

Agreed on both points.

Fairly even game and we weren't exactly at our best, so satisfied with a point and another clean sheet.

I can't understand why Wilder didn't put Hamer central when he took O'Hare off. Brewster has never been a '10' and Hamer's quality is wasted out wide a lot of the time, in my opinion.

 

[Iffy Onuora's Shiny Head]

We are getting lots of touched in the opposition box and it's just not dropping for us into clear cut chances.

Unsure if we are just unlucky or making wrong decisions/not executing the final pass well enough

 

[Paul1963]

I would like to see Hamer moved inside if he takes Ohare off

 

[Sheffsteel]

Think a draw away at Portsmouth is decent.

Positives were
1: Yet another clean sheet, even when under pressure we just don't look like conceding.
Totally reversal of last season, gone from having one of our worse defences in years to one of our best defences in years.

2: Rak Sakyi pulled his finger out and was our biggest threat all match. Well played....needs to be show consistency now.

 

[A Storm of Blades]

Some positives there but… I think our lack of a genuine goalscoring striker is starting to make us overplay. We’re trying to over engineer situations rather than go for a clinical option. Undefeated and the defence looks fantastic, but I do wonder whether we’ll regret not getting another attacker in.