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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[nottingham blades]

Get that

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

 

[RandomBlade]

It's modern parlance for exiting football, in the same way that sick is no longer considered an illness by da yoof, sick is now cool and good.

When some say I'm sick of Wilder - god only knows.

Oh right and thank for that info. Guess im not down wiv da kids.

 

[54yrblade]

I've also heard he's gone by the weekend. Rumour is Hecky's been earmarked until the end of the season.

Beyond irony if Heckys been working on the relationship with the owners whilst Wilder is in the dugout

 

[uTurn]

you all have such short memories pigs in disguise im sure

Memories don't earn us points in the here and now.

I'm intimately familiar with the CW good times. This is not them.

 

[Matlock Blade]

If Cooper leaves or gets injured, we'll be worse than we were under Selles.

 

[sportsmanblade]

yeah i noticed it last season. selles gets alot of stick deservedly because we shouldve conceded 5 a game under him. but the defensively we haven't improved that much & other teams being dreadful in front of goal & cooper saving us

defenders not marking there men is school level cant blame manager on sideline for it

 

[54yrblade]

Minimal bottle? Came from 2-0 down with 10 men. We have many weaknesses but I can’t say bottle is one of them.

No points for losing nor are there for spirited moments while chucking it away at the back.

 

[sportsmanblade]

Memories don't earn us points in the here and now.

I'm intimately familiar with the CW good times. This is not them.

whats you expectation realistically you need to take sweets with sours where playing better jus poor defending poor refs and some absolute screamers

 

[Hockey'sBeard]

And be replaced by who?

Paul Heckinbottom is available

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

A game that went to script not once but twice. Oliver Langford would find a way to send a Blade off. Tick. After an incredible fightback we would lose at the death. Tick.

Credit to the team for making a scrap of it. Would rather have seen Ayew or One or even next doors cat instead of Campbell, but that's a minor grumble.

 

[RandomBlade]

If Cooper leaves or gets injured, we'll be worse than we were under Selles.

No we wont.

 

[RandomBlade]

Paul Heckinbottom is available

Listen, never say never.

 

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I've also heard he's gone by the weekend. Rumour is Hecky's been earmarked until the end of the season.

Listen....

 

[sportsmanblade]

we will win our next 2 keep the faith

 

[Matlock Blade]

Although I'd prefer to go back to Hecky than keep Wilder due to Hecky's enthusiasm for younger players, I think the club needs to stop going back to the past. Let's give Micky Adams another chance.

 

[Tom Bott]

Let's send Wilder to the pigs!

We could try Pederson, he's foreign, mentioned vertical football in their last scraped draw after 0 shots for the first 65 minutes.

Speaking statistically Wendy have had 9 permanent managers in the last ten years, let's list their achievements.

Near bankruptcy.
League 1.

So yes obviously getting rid of Wilder and having a new manager every season will undoubtably be an improvement...

Or not.

 

[Hockey'sBeard]

Listen....

 

[RandomBlade]

Although I'd prefer to go back to Hecky than keep Wilder due to Hecky's enthusiasm for younger players, I think the club needs to stop going back to the past. Let's give Micky Adams another chance.

Or if we are going down bolix avenue how about Basset or Warnock?

 

[SB_90]

defenders not marking there men is school level cant blame manager on sideline for it

who are we suppose to blame. does wilder only turn up on Saturday morning & pick the team. hes the 1 at the training ground doing the organisation

 

[Rufus T. Firefly]

defenders not marking there men is school level cant blame manager on sideline for it

Down to coaching, even if the players are thick it needs drilling into them. How many more examples of schoolboy defending and giving the ball away do we need?

 

[uTurn]

whats you expectation realistically you need to take sweets with sours where playing better jus poor defending poor refs and some absolute screamers

Playing better than what though? Because we've just played 2 of the weakest teams in the league, and only truly looked the de facto better side in one half of football across those 2 fixtures.

When the players and staff look back at tonight, what they take from it absolutely should not be "we were unlucky lads - a screamer from range and a shite ref".

We should be recognising the fact that we wasted at least one golden opportunity at 0-0 to take the lead.

We should be recognising that Peck failed to send the ball more than 20 yards with a clearance, and then nobody closed their lad down, allowing him a free hit from range. If we do our defensive job properly, he doesn't even shoot in that position.

We should be recognising that we twice allowed opposing players to be utterly unmarked in our own box (one being in the 6 yard area to boot), allowing them almost guaranteed goals from both chances as a result.

We should be recognising that for whatever combination of reasons (physical and/or mental), Campbell cannot currently be trusted to perform to the standards of a professional footballer. Bringing him on helped to contribute to us losing the game.

I could go on to be honest, but what's the point?

 

[Matlock Blade]

We could try Pederson, he's foreign, mentioned vertical football in their last scraped draw after 0 shots for the first 65 minutes.

Speaking statistically Wendy have had 9 permanent managers in the last ten years, let's list their achievements.

Near bankruptcy.
League 1.

So yes obviously getting rid of Wilder and having a new manager every season will undoubtably be an improvement...

Or not.

I wouldn't suggest having a new manager every season. Wilder has been here on and off for several seasons. I personally think it's time to sever our ties with him, but I know others have different views... all valid!

 

[YES Blade]

Which young lad exactly?

Oné? Marsh?

 

[Matlock Blade]

Or if we are going down bolix avenue how about Basset or Warnock?

Basset as manager with Warnock as his assistant. Blackwell as motivator for the players, and Wilder as ball boy.

 

[SB_90]

I've also heard he's gone by the weekend. Rumour is Hecky's been earmarked until the end of the season.

we have to get out of this vicious circle.

 

[Tom Bott]

we have to get out of this vicious circle.

I'm seriously thinking of quitting social media too.
It's like a doom spiral, even when we win it's not good enough for the doomsters.

 

[RandomBlade]

we have to get out of this vicious circle.

You mean out of the vicious cirlcle of " I've heard" crap. Yeah I agree.

 

[RandomBlade]

Oné? Marsh?

One is recovering from a hamstring and Marsh it at Chezzy on loan. But you know that.

 

[RandomBlade]

Basset as manager with Warnock as his assistant. Blackwell as motivator for the players, and Wilder as ball boy.

Down the utter bolix avenue now.

 

[Blade In Flame]

I've also heard he's gone by the weekend. Rumour is Hecky's been earmarked until the end of the season.