Portsmouth vs Sheffield United

S24SU · OFFICIAL MATCHDAY EDITION · 2026/27 · No.13

14th October 2026 - Kick-off 19:45
Portsmouth v. Sheffield United
EFL Championship Week 10 - Fratton Park, Portsmouth

EFL Championship Week 10 – Wednesday 14th October 2026, 19:45 – Fratton Park, Portsmouth
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Match Info

Competition: EFL Championship Week 10

Kick-off: Wednesday 14th October 2026, 19:45

Venue: Fratton Park, Portsmouth

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Officials

Referee: Oliver Langford

Assistants: Alex James and Harley McKittrick

Fourth Official: Simon Hooper

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[54yrblade]

No doubt we're a pretty average team, but I still can't see us being in a relegation scrap this season. I said 16th before the season started and I'm sticking with that.

With the squad we have, it wouldn't be the worst result in the world.

We said that in division three. All season.

 

[Matlock Blade]

And be replaced by who?

A good manager. There are a few out there, if the owners actually interview some, rather than appointing a numpty like Selles who had nothing positive on his CV. Challinor?

 

[RandomBlade]

Not a chance, he’ll wait for his payout which will be substantial now he’s signed a new contract

Payout wil be subject to his contract., same as any other manager and same as his other tenures.

 

[RandomBlade]

A good manager. There are a few out there, if the owners actually interview some, rather than appointing a numpty like Selles who had nothing positive on his CV. Challinor?

A good manager. Hahahaha

 

[YES Blade]

If he cares about the Blades as much as he pretends, he'll realise he's not good enough and leave.

He either thinks he can rediscover the magic of his first reign or he knows he’s done and he’ll be back in League One or Two.

Either way, he ain’t leaving until he’s paid off.

 

[SB_90]

i was quite happy with the fight & battling for most of the 2nd half. to get back to 2-2. but the problem is we just are so far off it defensively its terrifying

he's had a shocker tonight but that was great movement from cannon

as ill probably say most matches. just give cooper player of the year award now

wilder for me is safe. if we lost to lincoln then derby would be make or break but i think he's safe until at least international break

 

[Innuendoandouttheother]

bollox if wilders goes this team gets relegated

Believe it or not, there are other managers out there. The time to make a change would've been at the start of the international break. A change now would be risky, agreed, but in the medium term, we ought to be looking at alternative managers. The board does remain the same though and that will always be a pain point whilst they have the tenure, but it's daft to think a manager with a wider world-view of football couldn't get better results than what we are seeing now.

 

[uTurn]

We can rightfully complain about the red card because it was an extremely poor decision (to put it politely), but we've still gifted 3 goals away from home. Even with 11 men it'd be a tough job to compensate for that.

1-0: Dreadful clearance attempt by Peck, coupled with a completely non-existent effort to block the shot by BBD.

2-0: Their lad is completely unmarked in the 6-yard area for a tap-in. 3 different players should all share blame for that.

3-2: Tanganga backs off of Adams, leaving him completely free to score the winner. Peck realises JT's error too late to cover, and Donovan is trying to cover 2 men at once. If JT holds position with Adams, we get a draw from that game.

To give credit, we adopted a very shrewd approach from HT with the subs. Took time to kick in, but we managed to abuse a clear weakness of Pompey, in their clear inability to deal with crosses. The lad marking Tanganga for 2-1 was laughably weak, and nobody covering Cannon for the 2nd was just as bad.

We made a mistake in sitting off after we equalised. Had we continued to compete as we had been doing, we would have at least gotten a draw.

Instead, we now have a team who are more tired than they would have been due to playing with 10 men for over half the game. They then have to make a trip back home, to then go back down to Brizzle for the weekend. And to top it off, they're going home tonight (I presume) with fuck all to show for their efforts.

 

[bakeblade]

Absolutely. He’ll sit tight and wait for his cash

I don't blame him

 

[HeCanDoMagic]

And be replaced by who?

Good point. There's absolutely no way there's any manager out there that could do better. Impossible. Wilder is the only person who could get us to 15th in the championship.

 

[54yrblade]

He either thinks he can rediscover the magic of his first reign or he knows he’s done and he’ll be back in League One or Two.

Either way, he ain’t leaving until he’s paid off.

Gofundme?

 

[Matlock Blade]

A good manager. Hahahaha

Do you still want Wilder as manager, and if so, why?

 

[RandomBlade]

i wont watch blades if we sack wilder and i imagine quite a few more wont aswell

Erm dont quite agree with that

 

[HackeyBlade]

Campbell needs to get on a diet

Campbell needs to get on a bus or plane elsewhere. Waste of a wage and squad place

 

[Super Furry Blades]

Id absolutely love to see a honest breakdown
Percentage of supporters who want us to lose so wilder gets the sack ...
Against those who want us to win
...
I must admit I want a fresh start

 

[ersblade]

A superb first goal from them and then Oliver Langford does what Langford does. Great fight back but by their third goal the lads were knackered. Not sure what more we could have asked from 10 men. The subs clearly worked too. Think we all need to get behind the team and the manager and go again on sat. They need our support not hammering from blades fans after every game. We all know what’s happened over the summer and that’s no ones fault but the owners

 

[fifty shades of blade]

I dint realise that an anagram of Oliver Langford is 'If I see the ginger cnt in the street I'll knock his teeth down his throat'.

 

[Rufus T. Firefly]

i was quite happy with the fight & battling for most of the 2nd half. to get back to 2-2. but the problem is we just are so far off it defensively its terrifying

he's had a shocker tonight but that was great movement from cannon

as ill probably say most matches. just give cooper player of the year award now

wilder for me is safe. if we lost to lincoln then derby would be make or break but i think he's safe until at least international break

That's with modifications on the defensive coaching staff as well!

 

[Harry's Game]

Mate of mine says Wilder is gone after tonight, I hope not. She is friends with Wilders daughter.

 

[sportsmanblade]

Believe it or not, there are other managers out there. The time to make a change would've been at the start of the international break. A change now would be risky, agreed, but in the medium term, we ought to be looking at alternative managers. The board does remain the same though and that will always be a pain point whilst they have the tenure, but it's daft to think a manager with a wider world-view of football couldn't get better results than what we are seeing now.

who you going to get to get a tune out of us then who you wanna waste money on

 

[Kona]

We showed more fight tonight than we have in any other game I’ve seen this season but it still isn’t enough.

Sadly, I just don’t see us getting any better than this under the current management team.

 

[YES Blade]

A good manager. There are a few out there, if the owners actually interview some, rather than appointing a numpty like Selles who had nothing positive on his CV. Challinor?

Absolute incompetence the recruitment “process” we followed for the last two manager appointments

 

[sportsmanblade]

Erm dont quite agree with that

how can the blame be on wilder when hes lost his 3 most creative players and had no money to sign anyone

 

[RandomBlade]

Do you still want Wilder as manager, and if so, why?

Easy, his (boards) recruitment and they need to polish this turd. I dont think anyone else can come in now and work with this currents squad, and dont dismiss the injured. It needs to be stabalized with what we've currently got unfortunately.

 

[HeCanDoMagic]

how can the blame be on wilder when hes lost his 3 most creative players and had no money to sign anyone

But he was clearly allowed to use a decent budget - but we went for Rideweld and Phillips. Opted for a poor BBD. Went for Doherty and then Choudhary, a centre mid to play right back. Ayew signed instead of keeping Marsh.

Yes players were ripped out but his strategy to rebuild has been awful.

 

[54yrblade]

how can the blame be on wilder when hes lost his 3 most creative players and had no money to sign anyone

Rothwell. Campbell. Doherty. BBD to name four reasons.
Campbell is a walking risk.

 

[Yoonitedite]

Their on loan winger McQueen has got him sent off. Get a young prem winger on loan and play him every game, wonder why Wilder hasn't thought of that.

He doesn't do thinking

 

[Kenworthy’s Tash]

Id absolutely love to see a honest breakdown
Percentage of supporters who want us to lose so wilder gets the sack ...
Against those who want us to win
...
I must admit I want a fresh start

This club won’t move on until Wilder goes. However, I’d never want United to lose, ever.

 

[RandomBlade]

He either thinks he can rediscover the magic of his first reign or he knows he’s done and he’ll be back in League One or Two.

Either way, he ain’t leaving until he’s paid off.

Why would he? Would you?

 

[SE1Blade]

Can’t fault the effort and performance. They should have had a red, ours was harsh.

We then got back from 2-0 down with 10 men, showing lots of character, only to get sucker punched at the end. Good effort. No luck. Shit ref.

On to Saturday.