“A few games in now and we’ve played what were forecast to be the best in the Championship.
Can’t say I’ve seen anything outstanding yet, nothing visibly better than I saw in League 1. We’re playing less games, playing at odd times (due to even more tv dictat). Can’t even say that the opposition are any more attractive.
What was the fuss all about?”
“The ball is moved faster, the players are way more skillful. A goal can come from anywhere. Gone are the teams that sit back and just HOOOOOF.
I like not having to play the minnows week in week out. That was a decade to forget.
I’m enjoying the ride. This is going to be a rags to riches success story.”
“The standard of games is much much higher than last year … the speed of play is the most obvious change, but the strength and athleticism of the players and the intelligence of their tactics are also way above league one. The size of the crowds and the atmosphere are also a step up … all together a very different match day experience.”
“We had 9 of our starting eleven from last season, playing in the first half against Burnley. Have they suddenly got faster, bigger and more skilful then? I saw us not just match a side recently relegated from the PL but actually outperform them. We were beaten by two errors of judgement by two of our midfielders.
As far as it being better football…was/is it really? I didn’t feel any more entertained.”
“The standard is way better imo. Faster, bigger & more skilful players. If we can start to get a foothold in this league & survive it’ll be a decent achievement.”
“as far as big and athletic
Down the years, Sheff Utd have always been bigger than Pompey on the pitch, typical northern club.”
“need to get something at Fratton against Sheffield United so we can take some confidence into the so called easier run of fixtures”
“I think a massive concern is if we do not get anything this week then there is HUGE pressure on the games in October alongside the lack of confidence which surely must be there with 0 wins in potentially 7 games.”
“What we’re thinking of doing on Saturday is wasting time from the start then moan when they score in injury time.”
“Dropped 7 points in injury time so far. Depth has been a major issue and struggled to see games out and not having any center backs or strikers available for most games hasn’t helped.”
“We’ve just got to get Sheffield United out of the way and then we will be fine. We can’t keep conceding in the 90th minute though”
“I was expecting worse from those 1st games. It’s just frustrating that we could’ve got more out of atleast 3 of them. The 4 after Sheffield we really need to get the ball rolling with a few wins”
“I hope that the squad confidence isn’t too low after the Burnley and Sheff U games as we desperately need to find a win or 2 against Stoke, Oxford, QPR or Cardiff.”
“only when Sheff Utd are out the way am I really expecting us to kick on”
“They are a great team watched them loads because of their manager great guy and obviously Enda Stevens”