What is it with Boxing Day games? Awfil first half; we were as bad as Leicester was at our place. No shots at all, an inability to retain any form of possession and some players (Cook, RND, Saito, Varane) losing the ability to keep the ball and find a teammate. The only saving grace is that Pompey was allergic to shooting; they really should have had more than their 5 shots and surely would have scored more than their one.
Varane contined on his habit of constantly passing backwards and as soon asHayden comes on we start to push forward.
Great set piece equaluser from Jimmy and the way the teamcharged back after scoring showed we were going for it. But then, after 20 strong minutes, Stephan makes the changes I thought would happen earlier and for whatever reason we'll never know told Poku and Smyth to play deep to protect the point.
Odd as they were there for the taking.
Redemption in the 2nd half but we continue to struggle against Pompey and on Boxing Day. Good Luck to any of you going to West Ham thinking this club might even try in the Cup...
The main positive for me was the workrate. We got bullied at Fratton Park last season, but at least this season we put up a fight in the 2nd half. Overall a poor quality game and happy to get a point from it. Next. |  |
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