Best Of
Re: Match Day Thread: Portsmouth (FA CUP)
Very good performance last night. I thought Leahy was excellent and really drove the team forwards and he finally put in a very good delivery for the second goal from a free kick. His pressing was very good and he just seemed to really want it last night.
Bradley was superb and so pleased we've signed him and I think Skura can really learn a lot from him. If Joe Low is off then I think Declan can step up. He'll make some mistakes but anyone learning their trade will.
The whole team looked so much more comfortable with a back four. Gideon did ok at right back from a defensive viewpoint but he's not so comfortable heading the ball, which could prove a problem in the lonig run. However, what he does give us is an amazing turn of pace and a real double threat down the right hand side when going forwards.
I really like Butcher and he was very good last night, if Morley doesn't return, I think we have enough in midfield if we play like last night.
Looking forward to the draw on Sunday, I'd be happy with Goodison, we'd have to hire a pub out just for the gasroom meet up!
Re: Match Day Thread: Portsmouth (FA CUP)
I’ll echo what I wrote to the lad on Facebook, he complimented the chanting and it came across on the telly too. He helped to create a great atmosphere and he didn’t aimlessly drum over chants.
Re: Match Day Thread: Portsmouth (FA CUP)
Yes me too. I remember being very disappointed when we let Mousinho go, he was a decent player, a bit like Butcher, in being a big unit who could get about the midfield.
We ended up playing him at right back I think which didn’t really suit him.
Yes he is a local boy, he’s from Amersham and went to Dr Challoner’s.
Re: Sonny Bradley signs
Taylor and Low are clearly very capable footballers when they receive the ball on the deck. But there is something beautiful about a centre half clearing the ball into the next county when you are under pressure. Sunny was a defensive rock last night and Declan will receive an education in the pure art of defending playing alongside him.
Re: Match Day Thread: Portsmouth (FA CUP)
Agree with those who said Portsmouth were shocking. We definitely helped make them look that way, but if Mousinho had secretly said "I'll ship you to Milton Keynes if you score" it could hardly have looked much different.
Re: Match Day Thread: Portsmouth (FA CUP)
Sonny Bradley…what another great performance. What a signing and he reminds me a lot of Jason Cousins - the passion energy and leadership. I haven’t been so cold at a match for a long time, it was l8ke being in a fridge the whole game.
Re: Match Day Thread: Portsmouth (FA CUP)
What will the conspiracy theorists have to say now?
Re: Match Day Thread: Portsmouth (FA CUP)
I always felt he was slightly underrated as a player at Wycombe. He was a horrible bugger when we came up against him.
Comes across well in interviews and seems like a good guy. I've warmed to him over the years and no doubting he's done a great job at Portsmouth, albeit they were dreadful last night. I understand he lives very locally to High Wycombe still.