Best Of

The thing about cup runs is that you can't control when they happen - you have to just accept the gift.

It was a decent turnout. And eavesdropping around the Vere suite it seemed a lot of floating 'younguns' had turned up. Genuinely heard one teen in the (ridiculously narrow and sluggish) queue say to his mate 'if it's like this I'm coming all the time'.

Was a lovely atmosphere on the terrace befitting the 3rd round of the Cup.

A surprisingly good crowd tonight given the conditions - the terrace felt very busy and a good atmosphere to match. Dare I say it - is this a result of not being able to watch online?!

Am sure someone said with authority that we'd have 3,500 and Vokes was definitely out.

So it was surprising to see 5,000+ AND Vokes on the bench!

Has anyone ever seen a worse performance by a Championship side?

Great result and was surprised how full the ground looked. Would of been miles out on the attendance thread! Fair play to everyone who made the effort.

Liked Bloomfields reaction at the end, looked like he really enjoyed that result.

The dreams still alive, roll on Sunday.

Very pleasing evening! Getting through to the 4th round is huge for us.

Really rather comfortable in the end after a very dodgy opening 15mins. Bradley was a clear Man of the Match, marshaling a rookie defence. Pleased for Skura and Kodua who improved greatly as the match progressed. Good to see Butcher back playing well and nice to see Hanlan get a goal and had a few lovely touches.

I think there is only one tie that is guaranteed to deliver a side ranked below us - Mansfield v Wigan on Tuesday

Oh and the Pompey fans were superb tonight. That must've been seriously depressing for them but they kept the noise going all the way to the end. Respect to them all.

I thought he did OK tbh. If anything I thought he did a bit better than other recent performances....

A couple of times he showed he still has absolutely lightning pace and shocked me a bit! He's still fit as a butchers dog I tell ya! Just needs to regain his game changing form!!