Match Day Thread Pompey v Sunderland

We have been in fantastic form without playing great. When you consider we have 11 players out injured and have been playing two central midfielders in the back 4 for weeks its a miracle we are where we are

I am certainly not fooled by ya current form and am expecting a really tough match

Snap ya hands off for a point now

 

Things are pretty toxic down south.

Kenny Jacket and the team is stinking the place out atm.

Most people want Jacket replaced but it's not happened.

I'd also take a point given our current form!

 

We never win at Fratton Park either. If we won tonight i would be pretty confident we would go up top two (another reason it wont happen)

We have half a squad due back from injury after the cup final so we should be really strong for run in

You lot will cause us problems you always do

 

Two of the bigger teams in the league.

Always an element of pride in not getting beaten or battered by the other!

I've gone 1-2 Sunderland in Super 6 although it would be pure Pompey if we nicked a win given how horrific we've been of late.

You reckon you'll go up?

Sunderland should be Prem really and us Championship. But that's life!

 

If you had asked me a month ago i would of said no chance but we have put a run together of 5 wins out of 6 whilst other sides are having a dip

We have been decimated with injuries (11 out) but have a really deep squad thankfully. Once they all come back in a few week we should be in a great position for the run in

I still expect play offs but win tonight and i might change me opinion

You lads lost all faith in going up or?

 

Yep we would walk this league had we had a fully fit team, McGeady being left out so long has cost us(probably) Wyke has replaced Maja( he would have been better than Toney in this league) in fact he has been scoring premier league quality goals recently if he gets the right ball in he is amazing, worry about Marquis though, although if we start off on the back foot we will cop it on the front foot watch out ! . Crewe were brilliant against us the other week and the best we have played this season, but we nicked a point. This season is not as strong as 2 years ago. Hope we both go up.

 

Small chance we'll get in the play off but we are not good enough for the championship and if by some miracle we got promoted I don't belive our owners would bolster the squad as necessary.

So we are stuck plodding in this league!

 

Luckily for us we have just been taken over by a family worth 30 billion so if we did go up we would probably show a bit ambition to kick on

 

Have we?

 

Anybody remember this tramp?

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Well its becoming pretty clear KLD is the face of a Louis-Dreyfus family takeover of Sunderland. His twin is expected to come onboard in a few weeks and the family CFO has just been appointed a director

 

It's only his name and he has 2 billion tucked away in a trust fund. I'm not even sure the whole family would be worth 30 billion.

What's the Mother worth, 2 billion?

 

That's gone way over my head...

 

We've got one too but they give us the change they find down the back of the sofa!

Its also tricky with new regulations on spending and profit & loss.

 

We have 2 defenders on the pitch and one of them is our left back who is hopeless. The rest of the team is filled up with midfielders and attackers. No defenders on the bench.