Portsmouth vs THE SUPER CLARETS - Match Thread

[stateofthenation]

Think we can put the idea of it getting any better to bed now.

[THEWELLERNUT70]

We can't even say today the opposition sat back, if anything it looked like Portsmouth were going to be the only winners for a very large portion of the game

[warksclaret]

Ughh. We absolutely have to start putting these low end teams to the sword. It's going to be a our downfall if he doesn't start making it work

We've been saying this since October

Leeds now 7-0

[MG70]

Josh Murphy has shown our wingers all afternoon how to put a ball into the box.

[FCBurnley]

Clearest not awarded pen of all time. Been a good save by Dozell if he had been the keeper.

[Hedontplayforyou]

Portsmouth played well above themselves but happen we missed Brownhill.

We should have played Hannibal from the start.

Hey! Another clean sheet!

We miss players who can pass the ball to each other, and a proper centre forward . Why he didn’t try foster at 9 with Flemming behind is beyond me .

The performance was a disgrace

[Burnley87]

Why no Shelvey yet

We are waiting till he changes his game from someone who probes defences to someone who can play sideways and backwards first and runs back at high speed into a defensive shape

[Boss Hogg]

The complete lack of goals and against teams lower than us I think will mean play offs at best. Far far too negative and repeatedly.

[CrosspoolClarets]

Frustrating but an exciting game to be fair, unlike other 0-0.

Pompey were well up for it, felt like a cup game away to a lower league side.

I felt we had the hardest of the top three’s games today. Sheff Utd and Leeds haven’t beaten them either, and Leeds were at home.

[BigGaz]

Boyyanno and Clovis blowing the dust off their fingers, cracking their knuckles and readying themselves to put together the most fire paragraph you've ever seen that actually, this was pure, distilled footy, that *morally speaking* we won 6-0, the fans are just entitled and not enjoying this game is part of some wider agenda.

[BurnleyFC]

Scotty makes Sean Dyche, Steve Cotterill, hell even Chris Waddle look gung-ho.

[alboclaret]

Sorry too many 0-0 draws with this utter sleeping bag if a manager. With our resources it’s unacceptable

I'm not too sure what resources we have, we've brought in a full back as cover barnes and shelvy....not much spend there

[ElectroClaret]

7 for Leeds.

[Safron]

Awful

[expoultryboy]

Benson and Shelvey on the bench with Laurent and Foster getting a FULL game !!! Astonishing

[willsclarets]

It's odd, sometimes we look really dangerous a la Plymouth. You can tell very early on in the game if we have an edge about us. Today, not.

It's never as bad as it sounds, on here particularly after a 0-0 draw. We've lost ground but lots of things will happen between now and the end of the season.

[Goody1975]

Too often we say "it's a good point, a win next week will prove that"

Next week comes and we do the same again.

If we are slightly adrift of the top two coming into the final few games, are we going to regret settling for a point in games too often?

Fortune favours the brave, but too often we aren't brave enough.

[Moltisanti]

We played for 0-0 , Trafford was time wasting in the first half .

[burnley007]

Everyone still happy for Parker to stay??

[ralph8]

A blunt team full of non goal scorers.

[Poulton-le-Claret]

Unfortunately there is no getting away from laying the blame at Parkers door there. Poor initial set up and then zero in-game management to sort that out. The lack of subs is criminal.

Sarmiento can be sent back as well for me, the guy is invisible.

[fidelcastro]

Even VAR would've given us a penalty!

Clear as day was that!

[Devils_Advocate]

Absolute rubbish today. With the squad of players we have at our disposal we should be dominating these games and creating chances but its all too predictable

[Ric_C]

We need another in as well as Edwards on that showing. We are clueless in the final third

[warksclaret]

I can defend Parker because he was dealt such a bad hand in the last window. What is harder to defend is his decision making re subs as we see Leeds and to a lesser extent Sheff Utd pull away. You have to also question Mike Jackson if he is not seeing the same as us fans

[Moltisanti]

Frustrating but an exciting game to be fair, unlike other 0-0.

Pompey were well up for it, felt like a cup game away to a lower league side.

I felt we had the hardest of the top three’s games today. Sheff Utd and Leeds haven’t beaten them either, and Leeds were at home.

Poor excuses for a poor performance

[willsclarets]

Everyone still happy for Parker to stay??

The idea we'd sack parker here is ludicrous.

[Plissken]

It’s about results not performances. Another clean sheet away from home.

[Stonehouse]

Portsmouth defence next to the worst in the country and we don’t score ,Parker has a lot of credit in the bank but these tedious draws against inferior opposite is certainly using a lot of it up.

[Newcastleclaret93]

5 of our last 7 games have been 0-0 draws

[LincsWoldsClaret]

We got the point we went for

[burnley007]

It’s about results not performances. Another clean sheet away from home.

So why watch?
Just check the result at 5 o'clock.

[Steddyman]

Could the pitch have impacted our game here, it is absolutely terrible? Ripped to shreds everywhere.

[fanzone]

Some fans set off at 4am for that - utter disgrace

[BabylonClaret]

How Shelvey didn't come on is beyond me really. At least for say 20 mins.

Foster? I totally forgot he was playing. If we don't bring in some attacking prowess by Monday we aren't going to finish top 2.

We should finish top 4 and in the playoffs we will be tough to beat.

[Murger]

Could the pitch have impacted our game here, it is absolutely terrible? Ripped to shreds everywhere.

If in doubt, blame the pitch.

[burnley007]

Some fans set off at 4am for that - utter disgrace

At least they've had a 90 minute nap.

[BigGaz]

It’s about results not performances. Another clean sheet away from home.

For you perhaps. I'd prefer to be entertained. A point away to Portsmouth is fine, another dull 0-0 isn't.

[ClaretPete001]

I'm dredging my boots for something positive to say...

It's not raining in East Lancashire...! That's it really.

[THEWELLERNUT70]

The complete lack of goals and against teams lower than us I think will mean play offs at best. Far far too negative and repeatedly.

The mental thing for me is given the gap to 7th we are a shoe in already for the playoffs, we should be stepping on the gas, especially against teams below halfway

Today for me was unacceptable and indefensible

Sh!t

[fidelcastro]

Could the pitch have impacted our game here, it is absolutely terrible? Ripped to shreds everywhere.

Same for both teams.

[Burnley87]

Imagine playing a left winger at number 10, a number 10 and number 9 and a number 9 as a left winger and wondering why we look difunctional up front . Taking off an attacking player for a defensive player as your only substitute in the 89 mins. Absolute class Scott

[ralph8]

We are looking for a goal and puts on Hannibal 2 goals in 71 games.

[ksrclaret]

We're a parody of a football team at the moment. Playing for a 0-0 in nearly every bloody game.

[ClaretPete001]

For you perhaps. I'd prefer to be entertained. A point away to Portsmouth is fine, another dull 0-0 isn't.

Indeed because although the result is key there is nothing in the performance or in the result that persuades me we are going to make the top two at the moment....

[Bigvince]

At least they've had a 90 minute nap.

You’re like Chineese water torture!

[dsr]

Draw and it remains in our hands, with Sheff Utd at home to come and a worse GD. Certainly not worth being reckless yet. Bad though I accept.

I don't think that making an effort to beat a team at the bottom, really counts as being reckless.

[JimmyRobbo]

Everyone still happy for Parker to stay??

Yes.

[Stonehouse]

We are all over them!

We don't have a striker. Foster and Flemming not up to it. Not sure why you think it will change game to game?

Flemming turning into Ashley permanently trying to win free kicks by falling over.

[Steddyman]

Same for both teams.

Yes, and we had the superior stats. But we were restricted to long balls from the back, which is not our game.