A decent win made harder 16:54 - Sep 27 with 2669 views | Mullet | Thought we played really well at times, but that late goal was a reminder how sloppy and complacent we can get. Some of the times we have the ball away in the first half, combined with giving them a free header in stoppage time take a little shine off it for me. Was hoping we’d really put them to the sword when we scored early as some of our play was superb. Maybe I’m nitpicking, maybe I’m entitled but I’d hope we shit teams out all season and not risk dropping points in future weeks. Shut obviously…. [Post edited 27 Sep 17:05]
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A decent win made harder on 17:01 - Sep 27 with 1862 views | LeoMuff | Good win but again felt like we didn’t have control for periods, also conceded which if it was 10 mins earlier could have been painful. Matusiwa, Leif, Jayden, all excellent |  |
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A decent win made harder on 17:03 - Sep 27 with 1821 views | FrimleyBlue |
A decent win made harder on 17:01 - Sep 27 by LeoMuff | Good win but again felt like we didn’t have control for periods, also conceded which if it was 10 mins earlier could have been painful. Matusiwa, Leif, Jayden, all excellent |
We won't control all games for 90 minutes. Today I'd say pompy had 10 minutes there they had the the ball. 80 minutes of ipswich is perfectly fine. |  |
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A decent win made harder on 17:03 - Sep 27 with 1826 views | cbower | I thought we were sloppy for the whole game Mullet. They were poor first half and when Matusiwa, Philogene, Davis and Cajuste picked up the pace, we looked OK. Szmodics is lost as a 10. Not enough guile. We won, looked decent in patches but the better teams will punish us for sloppy work in possession. A win is what matters but there is much work to be done. |  |
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A decent win made harder on 17:05 - Sep 27 with 1768 views | StokieBlue |
A decent win made harder on 17:03 - Sep 27 by cbower | I thought we were sloppy for the whole game Mullet. They were poor first half and when Matusiwa, Philogene, Davis and Cajuste picked up the pace, we looked OK. Szmodics is lost as a 10. Not enough guile. We won, looked decent in patches but the better teams will punish us for sloppy work in possession. A win is what matters but there is much work to be done. |
I think that's very harsh. We controlled the first half, CM looked great as did the left side. Kipre and O'Shea were good. It's definite progress towards a more McKennaball team, don't think the negativity is that warranted given it's clearly a work in progress. SB |  | |  |
A decent win made harder on 17:08 - Sep 27 with 1729 views | FrimleyBlue |
A decent win made harder on 17:05 - Sep 27 by StokieBlue | I think that's very harsh. We controlled the first half, CM looked great as did the left side. Kipre and O'Shea were good. It's definite progress towards a more McKennaball team, don't think the negativity is that warranted given it's clearly a work in progress. SB |
I'm quite surprised by some of the thoughts SB Guess the sheff utd game makes any normal win look bad in comparison. Finished article no but that was a solid performance imo. |  |
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A decent win made harder on 17:09 - Sep 27 with 1695 views | TractorWood | We were excellent and dominant until the quad substitutions. Important to not believe the smell of our own farts until we actually doing well. |  |
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A decent win made harder on 17:17 - Sep 27 with 1567 views | Mullet |
A decent win made harder on 17:03 - Sep 27 by cbower | I thought we were sloppy for the whole game Mullet. They were poor first half and when Matusiwa, Philogene, Davis and Cajuste picked up the pace, we looked OK. Szmodics is lost as a 10. Not enough guile. We won, looked decent in patches but the better teams will punish us for sloppy work in possession. A win is what matters but there is much work to be done. |
Not sure I agree it was that bad, but there were times where we put passes short, missed obvious chances to score or put someone through. Against someone not as terrible it might have cost us a win I guess. |  |
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A decent win made harder on 17:19 - Sep 27 with 1529 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior | I don’t think you’re nitpicking that’s exactly how we can lose points. Kind of game after we go 2 up I’d expect us to completely roll them but there we are with the ball bouncing around in injury time. Teams much better than us last year were doing that to us and we haven’t found it yet. Win is a win though and we were destroying them down the left first half. Would like to see us be more clinical and less sloppy |  |
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A decent win made harder on 17:21 - Sep 27 with 1509 views | pointofblue |
A decent win made harder on 17:09 - Sep 27 by TractorWood | We were excellent and dominant until the quad substitutions. Important to not believe the smell of our own farts until we actually doing well. |
Odd, because I thought we were looking shaky before the subs and regained the advantage after them. The late goal was awful defending. |  |
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A decent win made harder on 17:22 - Sep 27 with 1500 views | bluesym |
A decent win made harder on 17:03 - Sep 27 by cbower | I thought we were sloppy for the whole game Mullet. They were poor first half and when Matusiwa, Philogene, Davis and Cajuste picked up the pace, we looked OK. Szmodics is lost as a 10. Not enough guile. We won, looked decent in patches but the better teams will punish us for sloppy work in possession. A win is what matters but there is much work to be done. |
Disagree. Sloppy last 10 deffo,but up to that point totally in control. |  |
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A decent win made harder on 17:24 - Sep 27 with 1470 views | franz_tyson |
A decent win made harder on 17:03 - Sep 27 by cbower | I thought we were sloppy for the whole game Mullet. They were poor first half and when Matusiwa, Philogene, Davis and Cajuste picked up the pace, we looked OK. Szmodics is lost as a 10. Not enough guile. We won, looked decent in patches but the better teams will punish us for sloppy work in possession. A win is what matters but there is much work to be done. |
Bit harsh. Thought very good first half. Did think we got sloppy and lost control for a period in tbe second half. Pompey not good enough to punish us. Was Kieran too slow to bring on the subs? Cajuste was fantastic in tbe first 20 mins. Outstanding. But he goes missing, too often. Not sure hes got the engine. Matusiwa is a true 90 minute player, I thought Szmodics was lively, but where's the goalscorer? |  | |  |
A decent win made harder on 17:26 - Sep 27 with 1414 views | ArnieM | Good win. Great. But I think we treated like a training match. Not wanting to be too critical becuase we have got the 3 points, but at times far too casual today, ending g in their goal when they should really have been nowhere near us. On to Bristol Tues now and frankly another 3 points are needed. |  |
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A decent win made harder on 17:27 - Sep 27 with 1403 views | FrimleyBlue |
A decent win made harder on 17:21 - Sep 27 by pointofblue | Odd, because I thought we were looking shaky before the subs and regained the advantage after them. The late goal was awful defending. |
We were fine imo until the 60th minute again. That's where I always feel cajuste needs to come off. We started to lose the midfield a bit. Nunez I think KM is gonna have to manage he can't come in thinking it's a show each game. Got to be sensible with it. |  |
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A decent win made harder on 17:29 - Sep 27 with 1376 views | SitfcB | Seems we took our foot off the gas in the second half a bit but still had chances we should’ve scored but I wonder if it was tactical not to push ourselves so much with 3 games in a week. |  |
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A decent win made harder on 17:31 - Sep 27 with 1345 views | burnbudgiesburn | I thought we were mostly in control, but sloppy in a few situations. Which is fine, whilst we get used to each others game the wins are 100% the most important thing. Like McK said pregame, our home record in the promotion season was not all 3-0, 4-0, 5-0 but coming out on top by the odd goal. For a single goal win, this was as comfortable as it gets really. |  | |  |
A decent win made harder on 17:36 - Sep 27 with 1288 views | LeoMuff |
A decent win made harder on 17:03 - Sep 27 by FrimleyBlue | We won't control all games for 90 minutes. Today I'd say pompy had 10 minutes there they had the the ball. 80 minutes of ipswich is perfectly fine. |
Not convinced they were in control for 10 seemed a lot more. |  |
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A decent win made harder on 17:43 - Sep 27 with 1211 views | pointofblue |
A decent win made harder on 17:27 - Sep 27 by FrimleyBlue | We were fine imo until the 60th minute again. That's where I always feel cajuste needs to come off. We started to lose the midfield a bit. Nunez I think KM is gonna have to manage he can't come in thinking it's a show each game. Got to be sensible with it. |
Yes, I agree with you on that. I wish McKenna had make the subs slightly earlier. Nunez was slightly frustrating with the showboating but others suffered from not even being able to do the basics at times. We were casual and sloppy at times; the key for us now seems to be retaining focus. |  |
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A decent win made harder on 17:46 - Sep 27 with 1170 views | WeWereZombies |
A decent win made harder on 17:36 - Sep 27 by LeoMuff | Not convinced they were in control for 10 seemed a lot more. |
I agree, we controlled and won the first half but Mousinho looked to have reset Pompey for the second half and they edged it to win that forty five. |  |
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A decent win made harder on 17:51 - Sep 27 with 1127 views | WeWereZombies |
A decent win made harder on 17:43 - Sep 27 by pointofblue | Yes, I agree with you on that. I wish McKenna had make the subs slightly earlier. Nunez was slightly frustrating with the showboating but others suffered from not even being able to do the basics at times. We were casual and sloppy at times; the key for us now seems to be retaining focus. |
By the time the substitutions were made you could see Hirst and Cajuste were running out of steam and Pompey's half time reset had blunted Philogene a little. Wasse Egeli was looking more threatening but the booking made him a bit of a liability. The later substitutions may have upset our rhythm too. [Post edited 27 Sep 17:51]
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A decent win made harder on 17:51 - Sep 27 with 1126 views | LeoMuff |
A decent win made harder on 17:43 - Sep 27 by pointofblue | Yes, I agree with you on that. I wish McKenna had make the subs slightly earlier. Nunez was slightly frustrating with the showboating but others suffered from not even being able to do the basics at times. We were casual and sloppy at times; the key for us now seems to be retaining focus. |
Cajuste on the ball looks majestic, all we hoped for, off the ball we look average, often large gaps found by opposition and slow movement giving us limited options to play out. |  |
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A decent win made harder on 17:51 - Sep 27 with 1122 views | BouncebackIpswich | I think some of the 2nd half is due to the mindset of scoring just before the break, and probably thinking the game is as good as won and the half time talk changing last minute etc. So we were content to coast through the 2nd half. 1st half is as good as we've played all season Inc Sheff Utd for me, signs that McKenna ball is taking shape and understandings are starting to be formed. |  | |  |
A decent win made harder on 17:53 - Sep 27 with 1093 views | billlm |
A decent win made harder on 17:03 - Sep 27 by FrimleyBlue | We won't control all games for 90 minutes. Today I'd say pompy had 10 minutes there they had the the ball. 80 minutes of ipswich is perfectly fine. |
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A decent win made harder on 17:56 - Sep 27 with 1058 views | Daninthecampo | 5.5/10 for me but still good enough to control the game against a mid table team. Will definitely need to up our game against better opposition or away from home but we're slowly getting there |  | |  |
A decent win made harder on 17:57 - Sep 27 with 1050 views | FrimleyBlue |
A decent win made harder on 17:53 - Sep 27 by billlm | Why not |
Because it doesn't really happen. They'll be times where we regroup, catch our breath and retreat. As we did at times today. We pressed high at times. And some times allowed them time with the ball too. |  |
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A decent win made harder on 18:02 - Sep 27 with 1017 views | LeoMuff |
A decent win made harder on 17:57 - Sep 27 by FrimleyBlue | Because it doesn't really happen. They'll be times where we regroup, catch our breath and retreat. As we did at times today. We pressed high at times. And some times allowed them time with the ball too. |
We have a squad worth £150m with multiple players over £10m we absolutely should be in control at home against Portsmouth for 95% of the match not 60% |  |
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