Danish Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 Hard working, committed performance. Excellent effort to keep a clean sheet without a single centre back in the team and playing with ten men for twenty plus minutes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Oh well, here we go. I thought we were poor, lacked any ambition, yet another match where we failed to control midfield (how many is that this season home or away) and big wow, we held on for a point while other teams were scoring 5 and pulling away from us. Yes we battled and thankfully BPF earned us the point, but it was as dull as dishwater as we were never there for 3 points. Draws away are ok if you win your home games and we haven't been doing that consistently. We could be 10 points behind Rotherham and soon the games start running out, then what?///// 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG D Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 After seeing the line up I had very low expectations and would have taken a point. We’ve seen us go under many times in similar circumstances especially after the red card but the players actually dug in and defended our goal very well. Even a few weeks ago we wouldn’t have got that draw. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel. Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Under the circumstances that feels like a real result. Think they sensed blood in the water with our lack of defence but couldn’t make it count. They will be dissapointed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 2 hours ago, Daz said: Oh well, here we go. I thought we were poor, lacked any ambition, yet another match where we failed to control midfield (how many is that this season home or away) and big wow, we held on for a point while other teams were scoring 5 and pulling away from us. Yes we battled and thankfully BPF earned us the point, but it was as dull as dishwater as we were never there for 3 points. Draws away are ok if you win your home games and we haven't been doing that consistently. We could be 10 points behind Rotherham and soon the games start running out, then what?///// In the circumstances though, a point was decent, no? We didn't have a single centre back available; our best attacker was out; and our best midfielder was sent off with 20 mins to go. I'd love to have hammered them 5-0, but given the above, an away draw has to be seen as a good thing, doesn't it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nethertonowl Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, BIG D said: After seeing the line up I had very low expectations and would have taken a point. We’ve seen us go under many times in similar circumstances especially after the red card but the players actually dug in and defended our goal very well. Even a few weeks ago we wouldn’t have got that draw. Amazing line up, and as you say not so long ago we would have gone under. All credit to each and everyone of the players that took to the pitch last night. Couldnt fault the attitude or commitment. A hard earned and fully deserve point. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmigo Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 2 hours ago, Daz said: Oh well, here we go. I thought we were poor, lacked any ambition, yet another match where we failed to control midfield (how many is that this season home or away) and big wow, we held on for a point while other teams were scoring 5 and pulling away from us. Yes we battled and thankfully BPF earned us the point, but it was as dull as dishwater as we were never there for 3 points. Draws away are ok if you win your home games and we haven't been doing that consistently. We could be 10 points behind Rotherham and soon the games start running out, then what?///// Not a fit centre back at the club, we started with a winger, striker and full back in defence. the midfield rightly dug in to protect those at the back. otherwise Pompey could have taken us to the cleaners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobayashi Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 It’s ok taking a point but those teams above Wednesday that played all took 3. Wednesday are probably 55 points away from an automatic spot with 25 games to play, which for a team that has only won 8 games out of 21 already looks unlikely and if there are too many more “good points” the maths will become impossible very quickly. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Of The Roasters Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 10 hours ago, bradowl said: Great point that considering no Dunkley. Peacock-Farrell and Paterson was superb. Agreed. In difficult conditions, and down to 10 men for much of the second half. I would have taken a point before the game in any case TBH, but under the circumstances I'm pleased. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopevalleyowl Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 I was there last night and very impressed with the defensive resilience we showed in the last 10. They had very big wind behind them which meant goal kicks and kicks upfield were barely making the halfway line and nothing was sticking up top. I thought it was only a matter of time until we conceded but they proved me wrong. It’s a great point and the fan’s reaction at the end said it all 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorrallOwl17 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Positive result in that we didn't have a recognised centre back and got a point against the form team in the league and with 10 men for 25 minutes. But... we showed zero intent to win the game with 11 men on the pitch. Only real chances we had were from Bannan set pieces, never tried to win the game which is disappointing. Pressure on Moore to get maximum points from Crewe, Accy and Burton. Surely 9 points is a minimum requirement from these 3 games 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 8 minutes ago, WorrallOwl17 said: Positive result in that we didn't have a recognised centre back and got a point against the form team in the league and with 10 men for 25 minutes. But... we showed zero intent to win the game with 11 men on the pitch. Only real chances we had were from Bannan set pieces, never tried to win the game which is disappointing. Pressure on Moore to get maximum points from Crewe, Accy and Burton. Surely 9 points is a minimum requirement from these 3 games Never tried to win ? Bit hash that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopevalleyowl Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Just now, Mike Hunt said: Never tried to win ? Bit hash that I think that’s harsh, we created some good openings where the final ball let us down. Annoying thing was that most of our corners went straight to the keeper. I thought we needed to score first half when the wind was behind us if we were going to win 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyboy66 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 11 hours ago, Onge said: Last season we'd have capitulated - refreshing to see us dig deep and grind out a result for a change. Three months ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorrallOwl17 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 5 hours ago, Mike Hunt said: Never tried to win ? Bit hash that not much clear cut was there? A Bannan free-kick has bounced off Palmer's head and gone wide, that's about as much as i remember to be honest? We forced their keeper into any difficult save? Or even any routine one? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY Posted December 8, 2021 Author Share Posted December 8, 2021 11 minutes ago, WorrallOwl17 said: not much clear cut was there? A Bannan free-kick has bounced off Palmer's head and gone wide, that's about as much as i remember to be honest? We forced their keeper into any difficult save? Or even any routine one? yeah but their keeper saved a ronaldo penalty. Don’t know if sky mentioned it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
behindthegoal Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 A very good point particularly when we went down to 10 men. Yet we had very few chances to win this game and it was a back to the wall performance in which the most we were going to get was a point. Unless we make chances we will continue to draw too many games to make a serious challenge for promotion, the game plan is preventing losses rather than gaining wins and that has been the case with several of our recent managers I am afraid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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