| Nice to see our crowd hostile for once 10:18 - Oct 2 with 2148 views | SouperJim |
We've been a soft touch for years.
Not particularly condoning the ball lobbing antics but until refs start doing their job properly fans are going to get wound up. Pompey, like many sides, came to manage the game, slow it down and waste time from the first minute and the officials did nothing. The irony of Cowley going bananas towards the end was hilarious. |  |
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| Nice to see our crowd hostile for once on 10:30 - Oct 2 with 2085 views | pennblue |
I thought there was a 'unsportsmanlike behaviour' rule....
So surely when they walk off the pitch from a sub at a snails pace they should get carded for that? |  |
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| Nice to see our crowd hostile for once on 10:44 - Oct 2 with 2024 views | Wickets |
| Nice to see our crowd hostile for once on 10:30 - Oct 2 by pennblue |
I thought there was a 'unsportsmanlike behaviour' rule....
So surely when they walk off the pitch from a sub at a snails pace they should get carded for that? |
Not in league 1 apparently ! |  | | |
| Nice to see our crowd hostile for once on 10:56 - Oct 2 with 1991 views | bluefunk |
| Nice to see our crowd hostile for once on 10:30 - Oct 2 by pennblue |
I thought there was a 'unsportsmanlike behaviour' rule....
So surely when they walk off the pitch from a sub at a snails pace they should get carded for that? |
Or the ref could use the existing rules and insist they leave the pitch at the nearest point, instead of crawling across to the benches. Notable that when they were chasing the game their final sub did just that, and took dogs abuse as he walked round. |  | | |
| Nice to see our crowd hostile for once on 11:32 - Oct 2 with 1871 views | ITFC_Forever |
| Nice to see our crowd hostile for once on 10:56 - Oct 2 by bluefunk |
Or the ref could use the existing rules and insist they leave the pitch at the nearest point, instead of crawling across to the benches. Notable that when they were chasing the game their final sub did just that, and took dogs abuse as he walked round. |
There is a clause where subs will only be made by the dug-outs if it’s a particularly hostile home crowd.
But the fact their player all of a sudden sprinted off in front of the North Stand when they were behind says everything. |  |
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| Nice to see our crowd hostile for once on 11:35 - Oct 2 with 1852 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Nice to see our crowd hostile for once on 10:30 - Oct 2 by pennblue |
I thought there was a 'unsportsmanlike behaviour' rule....
So surely when they walk off the pitch from a sub at a snails pace they should get carded for that? |
I've never seen a sub leave the pitch as fast as their last one yesterday. |  |
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| Nice to see our crowd hostile for once on 12:08 - Oct 2 with 1714 views | SouperJim |
| Nice to see our crowd hostile for once on 10:56 - Oct 2 by bluefunk |
Or the ref could use the existing rules and insist they leave the pitch at the nearest point, instead of crawling across to the benches. Notable that when they were chasing the game their final sub did just that, and took dogs abuse as he walked round. |
Yep I particularly enjoyed that, suddenly they weren't so keen to waste time | |
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| Nice to see our crowd hostile for once on 12:23 - Oct 2 with 1648 views | Wickets |
I'm all for a hostile crowd giving us an edge but just like our manager I was glad to see the ball back in play . | | | |
| Nice to see our crowd hostile for once on 13:36 - Oct 2 with 1476 views | Basuco |
| Nice to see our crowd hostile for once on 10:30 - Oct 2 by pennblue |
I thought there was a 'unsportsmanlike behaviour' rule....
So surely when they walk off the pitch from a sub at a snails pace they should get carded for that? |
It annoyed me yesterday when a Pompey player was subbed he was on the opposite side of the pitch, but the ref allowed him to walk slowly across to the pitch and did nothing. But when Connor Chaplin was subbed the ref ran over and put his hand on his back to speed him up. Mr Breakspear seemed determined to help Portsmouth as much as possible. |  | | |
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| Nice to see our crowd hostile for once on 16:51 - Oct 2 with 1248 views | Jon_456 |
| Nice to see our crowd hostile for once on 12:23 - Oct 2 by Wickets |
I'm all for a hostile crowd giving us an edge but just like our manager I was glad to see the ball back in play . |
Why? It doesn’t hurt us. If there’s 6 minutes left, 6 minutes will be played regardless of how long the fans keep the ball.
It actually helped us frustrate Portsmouth and slow any momentum. | | | |
| Nice to see our crowd hostile for once on 03:09 - Oct 3 with 925 views | Brads |
| Nice to see our crowd hostile for once on 16:51 - Oct 2 by Jon_456 |
Why? It doesn’t hurt us. If there’s 6 minutes left, 6 minutes will be played regardless of how long the fans keep the ball.
It actually helped us frustrate Portsmouth and slow any momentum. |
It could hurt us. The other way of looking at it is that we weren’t under pressure when the crowd were keeping the ball. So better to let them have it then than during an increased stoppage time when we’re more likely to be under pressure, due to the typical psychological shift that tends to happen the closer you get to the end. The team defending a narrow lead tends to drop deeper whilst the opposition throws the kitchen sink. Hence why the crowd roars when a higher than usual amount of injury time’s announced and people say “why didn’t we do this earlier” when greater urgency is shown all of a sudden etc.
We’ve also got to go back to Fratton and I bet their player will remember that bloke mouthing off in his face on the touchline and they’ll talk about it. Difficult place to go, don’t need to give them extra motivation. |  | | |
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