Match Day Thread Pompey v Argyle

That was a better read than the live text on BBC - I wish I'd followed it throughout

 

Fair play MAJR, dedication to the cause

Decent result for both sides really... still on track

 

Were Pompey just a tad nervous? In front of the biggest one of the season, they did want to lose this one. Two more wiins to secure the third automatic spot with results going PFC's way today.

 

We can do it - lets hope they don't put us through the ringer.....well done MAJR - a task well stuck too - and great updates.

 

Jumping the gun here, but I feel Cook will relax a bit more in a higher league, so will the players and I fully expect a good season in League 1, even a play-off place but to leap to the Championship and survive will require considerable investment.

 

Agreed!! Where's Woopert?

 

Sorry Woopert! I spelt your name incorrecctly!!! From a distance I have been critical of Paul Cook but I am glad that he has managed to silence a lot of his critics, including me, although there will always be some screaming for his head and spouting a lot of rubbish about his lifestyle, something that I did not buy into at the time nor do I now!! He could easily have buckled under the pressure but this shows that he is resolute and this has been reflected in improved performances since the Crewe result.

 

How many signings do you think you'll need to compete in L1?

I know when we there it was said that there's not much difference between top of league 2 and bottom 8-10 of league 1. Though we never got to find out...

I suppose if takeover goes through it could help.

 

Posession doesn't win games tho Woops... we've discovered that plenty of times in recent years!

 

I do hope Millwall go up from League 1, so PFC minds are concentrated on footballing matters.

 

A goalkeeper and right back are imperative. Where is the LFC youngster that Pompey acquired on loan? If another forward or two are acquired, I can see Chaplin leaving or being loaned out. Does Cook see a flaw in his personality as he does manage to acquire a few yellow cards and misses penalties so maybe the player needs to do some maturing so a spell away from the club at a similar level to PFC might do him some good? What are your thoughts Woops?

 

Ides is right about Paul Cook...also I realised today that he has only been in charge for a very limited time - May 2015 I believe - so his team as it is, is barely 2 years old. We owe the guy a bit of respect - if someone had said give him 2 years and he'll have you on the brink of going up we would all have said yes please. A good game today - a great crowd and Pompey looked great in the sunshine...got homesick.

 

The same as every other season I expect. The usual 30 to 40 to start with..........then see how it goes and get a few more.

 

Saucer of milk, my feline friend? A bit unfair. As someone who was there, there was a lot of stoic defending against a class team and much of our energies were spent preventing the half a yard of space to get a shot away-at least until we had to press for the equaliser. It wasn't an open end to end game which gets the crowd going. And any crowd which sings the same volume regardless of what's happening on the pitch are a strange bunch indeed.