Fucking deflection. Typical goal you concede when you’re in the bottom part of the league 😔

Keefy - you mean we got very unlucky with a deflection to a blackpool player...

Simple failure to clear our lines on several occasions - we do like to cost ourselves in these games.

Series of bad defending again!

Unlucky

How are the leagues lowest scorers 4-0 up against Pompy?

Blackpool are a mid table side and this is a definite 50-50 game. Maybe Robinson has managed to change things (and quickly). The whole style of what we're doing is different.

Brett Omeroyd 'If they keep this level of performance up, they'll be midtable' 'They've been absolutely fantastic so far'

Simmie to be fair they both seem to be coming back at times but one of them is more comfortable on the ball (Dobson). If we had 2 Dobsons I think we'd be stronger. But to be fair to him, this is comfortably the best I've seen from Woodyard.

Just need to get through our usual slow second half start here and then come back at them.

Lurker - surely the joining in and building job is Dobson's not Woodys

So we're playing back 4, Dobson and Woodyard in front of them, McLoughlin in front of them, with Rudoni/Longman wide and Piigott in the centre?

changing - thanks that would be the only thing that makes sense for me.

I think Rudi was may have been off when Pigott got a slight touch on O'Neill's cross. Can be the only plausible explanation

Simmie we'd need to replace Woodyard to do that - I know he runs around a lot and covers the ground but he's pretty poor with the ball. I guess that's the compromise, someone who chases and hassles but lose on the passing.

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probably had the better chances - still not sure who was called for offside - massive change in approach to see us happy to just keep the ball and pass it around, rather than just hoof it back to the opposition. And the shots were (all?) on target as well.

That's not too bad. We've looked very tidy on occasion and you don't have that sense of cold dread whenever they cross the half-way line.

Have Pompey taken a bung? 4-0 down in the first half. They are meant to be challenging for promotion

Next step - need to be more successful in involving the midfield in building from the back - we seem to be passing around the back for a few phases, then realising the midfield aren't doing anything to come and build something and have to hoof

This is what we haven't done more or less at all for years now. Just pass it around and keep it, don't force the ball and make them run around after it.

53% possession? WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?

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Simmie we've definitely (finally) managed to get them to stop the wild panic hoofs upfield when there's no pressure. Ball on the deck is definitely better for us.