Portsmouth v Charlton | Post-match thread | Saturday 31st October 2020

Salad said:

1 goal for Johnny
2 nil
3 points
4 centre halves out
5 wins in a row
6 clean sheets in a row
7 scorers of the last ...
8 goals in winning run

9 goals went past Perry....

Talal said:

Anyone moaning at Amos needs a head wobble. He's not going to get everything right all the time or he wouldn't be playing in league one but the amount of crosses he claimed to relieve the pressure today was huge. I really liked Phillips but it's an area of Amos' game that is far superior to his and massive in games like today. 

Agree. After that performance and the run we are on it's head scratching for anyone to be focusing on the negative.

First off, I bash the shit referees so I'm going to praise this one

He let the game flow and even division 3 players have got so used to referees buying them falling over to win fouls there was a few points today when both sides almost stopped when a player flounced aground. 

He got a few things wrong but I appreciated the way the game was left to flow 

Very concerned about Famewo  he has been class all season and to lose him without centre half cover is a huge miss

Overall I felt Portsmouth especially their main men of Curtis, Williams and Marquis offered nothing of meaning. The two midfielders were decent but decent in a shitkicking way, we were thenbetter football team and games like this are marginal, we showed the right intent at the right times and my man Chuks is a doer. So glad Williams has finally got a goal and he showed the right desire to get there after a quality quick decision by Maatsen who I feared was going to try and trap the ball, I really like that kid. Possibly his shakiest game for us today and he was still a solid 7 the standards he has set himself 

Shinnie and JFC won the midfield battle  used the ball well and I hope JFC gets a run and makes the position his own as he is a better player than to be in this division 

Prattley again a true pro, Bogle won't ever be a 20 goal a season man but he seems to have settled and is performing a role well. Connor Washington had another grafty game and is another good footballer who we will appreciate when he inevitably gets injured and out for 6 weeks 

Gunter showed his experience and it was like Matthews had never been away, I want us to go up to give him a sensible contract. Proper fullback that guy 

Great win, and nice to get anything over Kenny Jackett and his shitkickers

Valiantphil said:

I’m running out of superlatives. 

Maatsen is playing like an experienced Championship player. 

Pratley is holding it all together. 

Incredible team performance again. 

Well done to the back room boys and the players. 

Maatsen is better to than that. I don't see him out of place in a top half Premier League team. It's worth watching us just to see him. Great defender and what a first touch cross. It was absolutely delicious. When Beckham did stuff like that the MOTD pundits were creaming themselves.

Hartleypete said:

Some moaning at Amos dropping a couple, but he comes for crosses and gets most of them and imho playing well.
Last year we had a keeper who hardly came for crosses and put defence under far more pressure on crosses.

Anyway we were great today you can tell a real team spirit is forming, brilliant defensively and options going forward.

We really do have our Charlton back.

To be fair, my post about Amos probably looked like a moan, but it was only really meant as a comment on where he could improve his game.
Your point on comparing him to Phillips is a valid one and, I say again, I’ve enjoyed Amos’ performances this year and, apart from his couple of little moments, he was good today.

carly burn said:

I knew Gunter would sail through at centre half. Watched him play there for Wales and he looked his usual non flustered self.

I reckon you could stick this fella up front and he would do a decent job!

Was worried about this, wasn't sure. He was excellent 

Talal said:

Anyone moaning at Amos needs a head wobble. He's not going to get everything right all the time or he wouldn't be playing in league one but the amount of crosses he claimed to relieve the pressure today was huge. I really liked Phillips but it's an area of Amos' game that is far superior to his and massive in games like today. 

So no different to people saying Phillips catching was poor but was excellent at shot stopping. Even when Dills made great saves and kept us in games people criticised his kicking or catching. So any criticism of Amos today is just the same. Not that I’d use today to make those comments myself I can’t see why people can’t if they want to.

ForeverAddickted said:

Valley11 said:

I love this club xx



(and yes, drinking)

I love this club too

(and nope, not drinking!!)

Don't worry FA 
The way I'm feeling I will drink enough for both of us.
🥃🥃hic

jimmymelrose said:

Valiantphil said:

I’m running out of superlatives. 

Maatsen is playing like an experienced Championship player. 

Pratley is holding it all together. 

Incredible team performance again. 

Well done to the back room boys and the players. 

Maatsen is better to than that. I don't see him out of place in a top half Premier League team. It's worth watching us just to see him. Great defender and what a first touch cross. It was absolutely delicious. When Beckham did stuff like that the MOTD pundits were creaming themselves.

Not sure about that, still looks shaky at the back to me, nowhere near ready to be a Premier League LB. I think he might be a LM to be honest, although plenty of time to get better. Outstanding for an 18 year old, 

LargeAddick said:

Talal said:

Anyone moaning at Amos needs a head wobble. He's not going to get everything right all the time or he wouldn't be playing in league one but the amount of crosses he claimed to relieve the pressure today was huge. I really liked Phillips but it's an area of Amos' game that is far superior to his and massive in games like today. 

So no different to people saying Phillips catching was poor but was excellent at shot stopping. Even when Dills made great saves and kept us in games people criticised his kicking or catching. So any criticism of Amos today is just the same. Not that I’d use today to make those comments myself I can’t see why people can’t if they want to.

It's slightly different. Phillips' poor kicking/not coming for crosses was consistent over quite a long period of time. Amos has been very solid so far this season, just made a couple of errors today, so I don't feel it warrants any concern. 

Really pleased with Washington and Smyth, they receive pelters from posters, hope they continue to work hard and perform.

BalladMan said:

seth plum said:

Sensational sit up and take notice result.
Yet still clearly a work in progress, I hope Famewo is not too serious an injury.
Portsmouth was a very tough test today, but by a little bit we were the better team.
Most of all it was a game that reminded me that Lee Bowyer, and Jacko know what they are doing.
One example is the work rate of the otherwise unrewarded Washington.
I also strongly disagree that Bogle had anything but a good game...he was a pain in the arse for Portsmouth all the time, they even brought on that sub at half time specifically to try to deal with his threat.

Completely agree on Bogle.  All he was missing was a goal.  The attitude on the match thread was bizzare.  In fact, 50/50 penalty shout.  I thought he was much better than Washington, who also did OK.  Gunter absolute magic and best game for Johnny for a while

I thought Bogle did fine. He should have had a penalty and won his fair share. My only criticism today would be that when he has the ball he is a bit hit or miss with his decisions, but early days. He does keep opposing defenders occupied.

The defence has had a lot of plaudits recently and again did a great job today, especially bearing in mind the suspension of Inniss and then Famewo's injury in the second half. To end the game with a right back (Gunter) and a midfielder (Pratley) as our centre back pairing without Portsmouth really getting a serious chance speaks wonders for our organising skills and the versatility of the players.

What is equally pleasing is that although we aren't creating that many chances, when we do we are deadly right now and both goals were excellent flowing moves. Still far too many passes going astray though and we seem to struggle with passing around teams that are pressing us high - more work to be done on that. But a very good performance overall and a great result.

It's a bit of a cliche that beating teams when you're not playing particularly well is a sign of Champions. That still seems somewhat over-optimistic to me but the signs are there that this could turn out to be a much better season than any of us would have believed possible just a few short weeks ago.

Great win. 

Don't mean to be negative at all but the number of injuries we are racking up again does really concern me.