Today's football 10/08/24

[Buxtonclaret]

Bugger.

[claretskeith]

3-3 still a bad result.

[jedi_master]

You barely need to aim to get it past Will Norris.

[jedi_master]

How on Earth have Leeds not just won that

[jedi_master]

3-3 FT

[Buxtonclaret]

Hell of a miss.
We done, lad!

[Commy]

How did they get 9 minutes of injury time out of 5 minutes.

[LincsWoldsClaret]

Cracking game - well done Pompey

[Wo Didi]

What a miss by Aaranson for Leeds!

[claretskeith]

2 points dropped

[FCBurnley]

Champions elect steal a point and so nearly stole 3. DA even more apologetic

[Socrates]

Understandable Leeds taking their foot off the gas given that they’ve already won the league.

[ElectroClaret]

How did they get 9 minutes of injury time out of 5 minutes.

Haven't been watching, but wasn't there two celebrations
and the peno?
Must have used up a bit of time.

[claretskeith]

Understandable Leeds taking their foot off the gas given that they’ve already won the league.

[Steddyman]

It's not looking good for us, we are already 13th. So much for automatic promotion.

[DAVETHEVICAR]

Was a cracking game
Watched all the game
Was rooting for Portsmouth
So disappointed with result

[jedi_master]

You can’t make any judgments after one game but even Leeds looked today like a side we’d have finished above last season. The disparity in quality between the leagues is noticeable immediately.

Unfortunately for us, that doesn’t apply to Luton for our first game as they have barely changed bar Barkley. That’s about as hard as this season will get I think. Really good test and opportunity to set a marker.

[claretskeith]

Was a cracking game
Watched all the game
Was rooting for Portsmouth
So disappointed with result

I thought Portsmouth looked pretty dreadful.

[jrgbfc]

Must admit i'm looking forward to this season now. Great to be back in a competitive league where anything can happen.

[Shaggy]

Leeds

[ElectroClaret]

Must admit i'm looking forward to this season now. Great to be back in a competitive league where anything can happen.

Yes, me too.
If we can just hang on to most of those rumoured to be
moving on to pastures new, id be really confident, particularly after witnessing the (mostly) dross so far.

UTC

[Hipper]

I watched the Middlesbrough - Swansea match. Swansea were neat and tidy but pretty toothless and although Middlesbrough had some defending to do in the second half their goalkeeper wasn't really troubled. Eom looks a useful player. Middlesbrough seemed to have more energy and more threat but that didn't really materialise. It's the first time I've seen Lathe Lath and he's a bundle of energy but didn't look very sharp. Our old boy Vigouroux was pretty comfortable in the Swansea goal but only had to make a couple of decent saves. Very left footed but mostly passed out well. Score just about right.

[jrgbfc]

Been some fair treks for away fans today, especially given the early kickoffs. Swansea at Boro, Pompey at Leeds and Sunderland at Cardiff. Still wouldn't be surprised if Pompey and Sunderland sold out.

[burnmark]

Been some fair treks for away fans today, especially given the early kickoffs. Swansea at Boro, Pompey at Leeds and Sunderland at Cardiff. Still wouldn't be surprised if Pompey and Sunderland sold out.

Portsmouth sold out and took 2,900 to Leeds and Sunderland took a very good following to Cardiff

[jrgbfc]

Portsmouth sold out and took 2,900 to Leeds and Sunderland took a very good following to Cardiff

Not surprised, both always had great away support.

[AGENT_CLARET]

Nothing to fear at all in this league it's Bang average we'll be okay

[claretskeith]

Nothing to fear at all in this league. Bang average we'll be okay

I'd class is at the same strength as 2 seasons ago + Leeds. So it'll be more difficult but we have a better squad.

[AGENT_CLARET]

I'd class is at the same strength as 2 seasons ago + Leeds. So it'll be more difficult but we have a better squad.

How is it more difficult then

[Vino blanco]

We may seem to have a better squad but I’m not yet convinced we will have a better team. The first 5 or 6 games will give us much clearer picture.

[claretskeith]

How is it more difficult then

Because we can still finish top 2.

[kentonclaret]

So far, across 3 divisions the ante post favourites have either lost or drawn on the opening weekend. Leeds in the Championship, M K Dons and Chesterfield in League 2 and Barnet in the National League. The shortest priced favourite across the entire EFL, Birmingham, currently being held 0-0 at home by Reading.
The transfer window hasn’t closed yet and some of the owners of these clubs have very deep pockets.

[kentonclaret]

Birmingham losing 0-1 and look second best all over the pitch.

[jedi_master]

Birmingham losing 0-1 and look second best all over the pitch.

They've looked exactly what they are really - a bunch of mercenaries cobbled together. Good.

[kentonclaret]

They've looked exactly what they are really - a bunch of mercenaries cobbled together. Good.

Not really a job for a rookie manager in Chris Davies who won’t last long if the owners feel that an immediate return to the Championship starts looking in jeopardy.

[beeholeclaret]

Will Norris in goal for Portsmouth at DL? Many Clarets fans wrote him off but he’s now playing at our level.

Talking of playing at our level (or nearly) Stockport County now only 17 places below us on the English football pyramid. If we’re not careful our biggest football rivals in the north west will be playing us once again. Only seems a short time since we were established in Prem league and they were non league club. How did that happen?

[claretskeith]

Will Norris in goal for Portsmouth at DL? Many Clarets fans wrote him off but he’s now playing at our level.

Playing in the same division, but I thought he was very poor today. He didn't look to the level we'd want here.

[morninbob]

Will Norris in goal for Portsmouth at DL? Many Clarets fans wrote him off but he’s now playing at our level.

Vigoroux for Swansea and Jensen for Millwall as well.

[Marney&Mee]

Went to Fleetwood v Grimsby today. Mark Helm scored the only goal and MOM. Impressive performance

[Conroysleftfoot]

Are players now allowed to pass back to the keeper? Just seen the most blatant back pass to the Reading keeper which went unpunished.

[claret2018]

I saw Clitheroe beat Chasetown 4-1 at home today, coming from behind to win with ease in the end, and a couple of lovely goals.

[Boss Hogg]

Didn’t think Norris looked that great today. Not been impressed by Derby and Portsmouth. They looked slow and ponderous in defence and deep midfield. The contrast between these sides and the sides we payed at the beginning of last season is stark.

[claret2018]

A couple of ex clarets on the scoresheet today in the Wrexham- Wycombe game - Fletcher and Vokes

[ISpeds00]

WREXHAM will go up again this year 100%

[Casper2]

It’s pretty difficult to make a pre-season prediction without going in early.

It wasn’t pre-season though was it

[Muric Leggings]

I've watched a lot of Championship football over the weekend the standard is abysmal if we don't get a 100 points this season I'll be very disappointed

[claretskeith]

I've watched a lot of Championship football over the weekend the standard is abysmal if we don't get a 100 points this season I'll be very disappointed

I'm not going to go for a points prediction, but most of our second 11 would make other team's starting 11.

Our second 11 is good enough to make the playoffs.

[Goody1975]

I'll see how we setup first before making predictions, but I must admit the majority of games I've seen this weekend, have been of a poor standard.

We need to eradicate the soft underbelly we saw last season, to allow our attacking talent to flourish. One of the places it will get severely tested is at Luton tomorrow.

[Vegas Claret]

WREXHAM will go up again this year 100%

I think I read they have the 4th highest wages in the league so that is clearly their intention

[Vegas Claret]

I'll see how we setup first before making predictions, but I must admit the majority of games I've seen this weekend, have been of a poor standard.

We need to eradicate the soft underbelly we saw last season, to allow our attacking talent to flourish. One of the places it will get severely tested is at Luton tomorrow.

They have loads of injuries apparently

[claretskeith]

They have loads of injuries apparently

On paper, probably the most difficult game of the season.

A good game to start with.