pommpey
THE FUTURE ... AS IT USED TO BE
- Banned
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It all had to come to an end, didn't it? Shame it's against Millwall, because today they weren't much cop to be honest. I did expect us to come away from that game with at least a point from that if not overcome then, given the way we have been playing. But make a few changes to give players a rest and it shows how quickly we regress into a formation and style which is redolent of the disastrous Slav experiment. Bringing in the serially shit Hourihane and trying vainly to squeeze a fart out of McBurnie was always gonna be a tough one and Ndaiye playing on his own without Bogle and MGW shows that todays team was ready to be beaten.
The first half was uncontrolled chaos. Like two boxers slugging punch for punch we just couldn't dodge and jab. Whichever approach we tried it was always broken up by a poor pass or overplaying it and the midfield looked clueless with Hourihane in it. Their keeper only had one stop to make of note and that was Egan's header straight at him. I don't know what is more frustrating - us having chance after chance after chance and squandering them, or us just stopping any vestige of threat. The second half didn't improve things much until Hecky slowly fed us with MGW, Berge and Fleck but by the time that had happened, we'd gifted them a goal and were simply kicking the ball against the garages.
We've done well - but we've dropped points we needn't - 2 versus Hull and three today and that may be the critical difference come judgement day. The elation of Blackburn is quickly forgotten when we make hard work of a shit side like Millwall and come away with fucking nowt. I just hope this honeymoon period isn't over because games are becoming fewer and the window of vague opportunity is closing.
Foderingham 6/10: One dodgy save but there when we needed him for the crosses
Baldock 6/10: Usual Furious George stuff. A decent outing if at some times still shithousy and clumsy
Gordon 7/10: Very impressed. Composed and gets himself about the defence. Has potential
Egan 6/10: Marshalled well, but lost Cooper in the melee
Robinson 7.5/10: Still impressing me with his improved demeanour and footballing capability
Norwood 4/10: Largely ineffective today. A fucking pathetic attempt at lobbing a penalty area full of players. Fucking drop your shoulder, pivot on your hip, get your knee over the ball and volley through the centreline, for fuck's sake. I don't think he's had a shot on target for many seasons now
Hourihane 4/10: Positionally and affectively crap from start to when he was thankfully subbed
Ndaiye 3/10: Missing Bogle and MGW. He simply had no one to play his game with
McBurnie 2.5/10: Simply not good enough as an attacker. I have no fucking idea what he thinks he can do out of the box and as a playmaker. And he was static, caught under the ball with his feet still on the deck for Cooper's header
Sharp 4/10: Had nowt, as usual
MGW 7/10: We looked entirely a different team when he came on but why the fuck not keep Ndaiye on and have him and MGW as inside left/right attackers wih Billy as striker? Surely getting shut of the ineffective and never looking like scoring McBurnie was the better option?
Berge 6/10: Looked capable but nothing he did actually produced
Fleck on for a few minutes
Hecky/Lester/McCall: 4/10: Must do better
pommpey
The first half was uncontrolled chaos. Like two boxers slugging punch for punch we just couldn't dodge and jab. Whichever approach we tried it was always broken up by a poor pass or overplaying it and the midfield looked clueless with Hourihane in it. Their keeper only had one stop to make of note and that was Egan's header straight at him. I don't know what is more frustrating - us having chance after chance after chance and squandering them, or us just stopping any vestige of threat. The second half didn't improve things much until Hecky slowly fed us with MGW, Berge and Fleck but by the time that had happened, we'd gifted them a goal and were simply kicking the ball against the garages.
We've done well - but we've dropped points we needn't - 2 versus Hull and three today and that may be the critical difference come judgement day. The elation of Blackburn is quickly forgotten when we make hard work of a shit side like Millwall and come away with fucking nowt. I just hope this honeymoon period isn't over because games are becoming fewer and the window of vague opportunity is closing.
Foderingham 6/10: One dodgy save but there when we needed him for the crosses
Baldock 6/10: Usual Furious George stuff. A decent outing if at some times still shithousy and clumsy
Gordon 7/10: Very impressed. Composed and gets himself about the defence. Has potential
Egan 6/10: Marshalled well, but lost Cooper in the melee
Robinson 7.5/10: Still impressing me with his improved demeanour and footballing capability
Norwood 4/10: Largely ineffective today. A fucking pathetic attempt at lobbing a penalty area full of players. Fucking drop your shoulder, pivot on your hip, get your knee over the ball and volley through the centreline, for fuck's sake. I don't think he's had a shot on target for many seasons now
Hourihane 4/10: Positionally and affectively crap from start to when he was thankfully subbed
Ndaiye 3/10: Missing Bogle and MGW. He simply had no one to play his game with
McBurnie 2.5/10: Simply not good enough as an attacker. I have no fucking idea what he thinks he can do out of the box and as a playmaker. And he was static, caught under the ball with his feet still on the deck for Cooper's header
Sharp 4/10: Had nowt, as usual
MGW 7/10: We looked entirely a different team when he came on but why the fuck not keep Ndaiye on and have him and MGW as inside left/right attackers wih Billy as striker? Surely getting shut of the ineffective and never looking like scoring McBurnie was the better option?
Berge 6/10: Looked capable but nothing he did actually produced
Fleck on for a few minutes
Hecky/Lester/McCall: 4/10: Must do better
pommpey
