Portsmouth vs Sheffield United

EFL Championship Matchweek 32 - Saturday 14th February 2026 - 15:00 - Fratton Park
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Referee: James Linington
Assistants: Nigel Lugg & Mark Dwyer
Fourth Official: Ruebyn Ricardo

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[JJ Sefton]

That score line flatters us.

 

[Iffy Onuora's Shiny Head]

We just really don't look like a cohesive team like Boro did last week, and I can't work out what we are tactically trying to do here.

The passing has been wayward and slow, and then when we go long we arent winning the 1st or 2nd ball.

All the midfield have let the game by pass them, and the full backs have both been really poor.

 

[FriethBlade]

Really stupid foul by Hamer. Why does he do those things when there’s no threat?

Brain dead? Frustration? Whatever I agree gets too many needless cards

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

We should have O’Hare on for Cannon. The two up front isn’t working today.

Get Peck on instead of Soumaré. We have no midfield direction.

Get Hjelde on for Burrows. He’s another having a poor game.

Sooner we make these changes the more chance we might get going.

All so obvious

There's not a single reason Hjelde isn't starting here

 

[Sean Thornton]

Pope Catholic

Bears shit in woods

Cannon beaten in the air

 

[Wetwang blade]

Sunday league is a higher standard than this performance.

 

[coolasanidiot]

Soumare/Phillips/Cannon need to be hooked. You cannot have 3 players doing nothing. To get to HT 0-0 is unbelievable with that performance.

Chris needs to put a bomb under their arses, it's all so aimless.

 

[bakeblade]

Terrible half, on this showing we need to be looking at the distance between us and the bottom 3 and not the play offs

Really poor performance, worst since WBA.
Everyone has been bad and CW cannot come out with the same lineup second half. Minimum Soumare, Cannon and Burrows off.

 

[Pittsburg Blade]

Really poor disjointed performance
Zero midfield control with no threat up front.
Defense looks dodgy, Burrows and Seriki struggling and having bad games.
Saw Burrows give the ball away half a dozen times. Nobody offering a target,
Two up front not working.
Cannon off for O’Hare the obvious change.
This team is so frustrating.

 

[Champagneblade]

Reminder that this is the team that are supposedly poised to put a run together.

Jesus.

We’ve been depressingly incompetent so far.

 

[originaltrueblade]

Piss poor first half but footballs about two half’s

 

[Blade In Flame]

It's a hard watch this. If it's not the shite performance, it's Giddings and Hall rabbiting on like they're at the cricket and if it's not them two, it's the myriad of replays that makes you miss 5 minutes of action.

 

[Pittsburg Blade]

Really stupid foul by Hamer. Why does he do those things when there’s no threat?

Was payback for Swifts bad foul on him earlier.

 

[Esteban Cambiasso]

Good half lads let's keep it the same for 20 minutes of the 2nd half until we're a goal or two down then throw on loads of random subs playing out of position

 

[Champagneblade]

Piss poor first half but footballs about two half’s

Yes they fortunately have nothing to carry over to the next half.

We’ve got away with a complete no show that half.

The players have 45 minutes to at least look a fraction of the team that hammered these 3-0 with ease back in November.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Soumare/Phillips/Cannon need to be hooked. You cannot have 3 players doing nothing. To get to HT 0-0 is unbelievable with that performance.

Chris needs to put a bomb under their arses, it's all so aimless.

Peck for Soumare, l’d leave Phillips on, O’Hare or even a pork pie for Cannon.

 

[Wetwang blade]

Brain dead? Frustration? Whatever I agree gets too many needless cards

Unfit!

 

[Sean Thornton]

It's a hard watch this. If it's not the shite performance, it's Giddings and Hall rabbiting on like they're at the cricket and if it's not them two, it's the myriad of replays that makes you miss 5 minutes of action.

Gidds diving in when Danny pauses for breath and vice versa.

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

One of the starting CMs will need to do 90 minutes

I'd rather it was Phillips

Probably do him good

 

[vas borbokis]

Absolutely woeful first half. Miles off it.
Big changes needed at HT.

 

[Silent Blade]

Didn’t we win there 3-0 at the end of the ‘85 or 86 season?

Middle of the season

 

[Bladedog]

It's a hard watch this. If it's not the shite performance, it's Giddings and Hall rabbiting on like they're at the cricket and if it's not them two, it's the myriad of replays that makes you miss 5 minutes of action.

Don't listen to the clowns..put pompey commentary on.

 

[andy m]

Hope we've made some changes at half time.

 

[espoo blade]

O'Hare coming on! For Cannon

 

[coolasanidiot]

Absolutely woeful first half. Miles off it.
Big changes needed at HT.

Big changes - yes but bleeding ell - play with some heart and fire.

 

[espoo blade]

Come on Blades!

 

[HOT CURRIE 10]

Good god this is awful,pattern of play ? Style ? Level of skill?? Confidence?? We are going nowhere fast. Make no wonder Boro made us look 3rd rate at times.

 

[Bladedog]

Same midfield?? Its not working wilder open your fuckin eyes

 

[HarryHaslam]

O'Hare coming on! For Cannon

Thank God!

 

[Jan Age]

Good god this is awful,pattern of play ? Style ? Level of skill?? Confidence?? We are going nowhere fast. Make no wonder Boro made us look 3rd rate at times.

We are wank get over it … clean the decks in the summer including wilder