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Impressive that Portsmouth get over 20,000 in on Boxing Day. Fair play Pompey.
We really should have been put to the sword in the first half where our coach clearly only turned up during the half time break. I can imagine some choice French swear words at half time.
One really noticeable thing in the second half is the slickness and speed of passing out of defence and transitions to get the ball up the park. Some really quick plays, well executed. Compare that to the plodding slowness of Leicester stumbling out of defence yesterday in their 2-1 home defeat where they really couldn't have been any slower and you start to see the difference between Stephan and Cifuentes in moving the ball out from the back.
Jekyll and Hyde performance across the two halves but some really nice pass and move stuff from us in that second half.
I'm really not a fan of Boxing Day games. Think they are hard work for away teams. But we got the point and move on.
It's very bad timing, both for him and us, that he isn't fit right now. Burrell is finally starting to look tired and desperately needs someone to rotate with him.
Just after our match at Pompey, a few days after the Leicester game, same team, however....
We all complain, and say, "Same old Rangers", but how many on here play football themselves or any other sport, golf, darts, snooker, rugby, cricket, even running. Just when you think you got everything sussed, you turn up and play like you did when you were ten years old.
The stats men and data analysts need to work this one out and they can then go to the top of their "paygrade"....
Its hard to explain and has me puzzled on this fine December morning. We may say, "same old Rangers", but is it really so..
Anyone else got any examples of their own widely differing sporting endeavours ???
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.
A pointy on Boxing Day. Away from home. The gaffer and the players know what they got wrong. Much better 2nd half. Safe journey home to the team and fans.
I like Koki a lot, but that was a really piss-poor showing from him today, and JS should drop him for the West Brom game for Smyth, who you always know what you'll get from.
At half-time, I'd have had Dembele off like a shot, but he did get his finger out to good effect in the 2nd half, and showed some real flashes of heart and quality. Meanwhile, Varane continues to under-deliver - he's like Mikele Leigertwood on Temazepam most of the time!
I'd consider changing it up against WBA and bringing in two or more of Hayden, Field, Poku, and Morgan, but I think we'll be lucky (again) to get a point up there. Maybe JS will do something different this time and get us playing for the first half and phoning it in for the second.
I like Dunne, and at least he's honest about the crap first half - not that the interviewer had the guts to ask on fans' behalf why it keeps happening, obviously - but not sure what he's on when he talks about it being hard to come to Portsmouth and get a point. They'd lost half their home games before today and are 18th out of 24th in the home league table.
Have a word with yourself, Jimmy, and don't insult my intelligence!
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