MATCH THREAD : Portsmouth Vs Charlton Athletic : Saturday 11th November 2023 : KO 3:00 PM
Portsmouth have had a charmed life so far this season with points gained in injury time, and that luck has to run out soon, and today's the day for us to inflict their first defeat in the league...
So over to you Reds....
Tayo Edun will make his first league appearance in almost two months this afternoon...
The left-back, who started last weekend’s Emirates FA Cup tie against Cray Valley PM, hasn’t played in the league since the Addicks' draw with Stevenage in Michael Appleton's first game.
Tyreece Campbell also returns as Appleton makes two changes from the starting XI that won 3-2 at Wigan Athletic. Nathan Asiimwe moves to the bench while Panutche Camará faces a spell on the sidelines after limping off with a hamstring injury.
There is also a place in the league squad for Conor McGrandles, who has been out with a knee injury.
The Addicks are expected to line-up in a 4-2-3-1 formation with Tennai Watson, Michael Hector, Lloyd Jones and Edun starting in a back four in front of goalkeeper Ashley Maynard-Brewer, who was called up for the Australian national team this week.
Skipper George Dobson and Louie Watson will play in midfield with Tyreece Campbell, Alfie May and Corey Blackett-Taylor playing just behind Miles Leaburn.
Asimmwe and McGrandles are joined on the bench by Sam Walker, Lucas Ness, Terell Thomas, Conor McGrandles, Scott Fraser and Slobodan Tedić.
Charlton: Maynard-Brewer; T.Watson, Hector, Jones, Edun; Dobson (c), L.Watson; T.Campbell, May, Blackett-Taylor; Leaburn
Substitutes: Walker, Asiimwe, Ness, Thomas, McGrandles, Fraser, Tedić
Comments
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Good to have proper balance back in the Defence.
Not overly surprised to see Edun back1 -
Chem Campbell should be on the bench. No wide players able to come on with him not there.13
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Three defender on the bench and Chem Campbell left out. Looking more and more like Appleton just doesn’t rate him or thinks something is missing from his game.3
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Good to see Fraser remain on the bench2
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Bench looks a little less threatening than previous weeks, hopefully we wont need an impact sub1
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....that's as good as our 1st team can get, without Aneke.4
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Was our best player in the CVPM debacle, surprised he's not on the bench. Maybe injured?nagAddick said:Chem Campbell should be on the bench. No wide players able to come on with him not there.0 -
Chem must be injured , very weird not to have him on the bench otherwise - leaves us light on attacking options off the bench0
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No Kirk?!?!?!? What is Appleton playing at?7
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Chem is a weird one - he looked the most skilful individual against poor opposition. But I also saw a player who was often pretty selfish with the ball and slowing down attacks rather than keeping the ball moving.2
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redemption needed after last weekend's total fuckfest .. Pompey are in good nick but we have a decent recent record there .. come on youse Addicksssaaaa, we want a point at the very least0
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Fishing for LOLs? Ok you deserve one for that!IdleHans said:No Kirk?!?!?!? What is Appleton playing at?
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Having said that, I still probably would’ve had him on the bench over Thomas or Ness if he’s fit.Callumcafc said:Chem is a weird one - he looked the most skilful individual against poor opposition. But I also saw a player who was often pretty selfish with the ball and slowing down attacks rather than keeping the ball moving.
As it’s become a bit of a trend that fans have picked up on, would be good to hear from Appleton on why he can’t get into league squads.0 -
Valley looks empty...🙄5
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In context of the FA Cup, Curbs talking about Dag & Red in 2001. Had forgotten about that…0
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I’m a bit concerned about the midfield. Seems a bit light but May does come back to support. We’ll see how it goes.0
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With their fluky stuff in injury time and the points they have accumulated then, we need to be on our game for 90+ minutes today, if we do that I feel confident we will be heading back home with a least at point, but we are capable on getting all three today, just all need to turn up...2
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Great header from Carlo in that clip. He can still teach Miles a few things!2
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I was at the Valley for the 7-4 as a youngster way back when, and spookily Pompey were top and undefeated after about 12 games in. Lightning couldn’t strike twice today with a win over the league leaders could it 😯.2
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Be good if Miles was watching his old man there, and a repeat would be great...killerandflash said:Great header from Carlo in that clip. He can still teach Miles a few things!0 -
3-3 thriller0
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Memories of many trips to Fratton to watch us win, and the chants of "Can we play you every week"...👍1
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There’s a few missing from the bench, but I reckon this is our strongest starting XI and I think it’s the first time we’ve played it this season. If everyone can stay fit I hope, regardless of today’s result, we now stick with it for a few consecutive matches to try and build some rhythm and consistency.
Think we have a chance today though. Pompey aren’t going to sit back and try to stifle us and we always look our best when the opposition gives our attackers a bit more space to play in.2 -
Pompey Comms are concerned they'll see a similar start to the game when they faced Reading last time out... Feel if they start as slowly against us, it will be more costly.
They do accept that their unbeaten start to the season will end at some point
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Portsmouth has changed. You can even buy a beer in the away end.
I don't like like these chants of 'we always win at fratton park' beforehand though...1 -
Mark McAdam reporting on our game on SSN0
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We always beat Pompey.0
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Good to see us avoiding a colour clash with the home team kit again.2
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Teams are out... Addicks in black0
