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Jon Palmer
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Shade
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It appears to be a multi-camera set-up at Portsmouth on iFollow.
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Hopefully Alfie will be on corners again tonight. I was very surprised at the quality of his deliveries on Saturday, having never seen him take them before.
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GET IN LEWIS! What a turn and shot
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Shade wrote:Hopefully Alfie will be on corners again tonight. I was very surprised at the quality of his deliveries on Saturday, having never seen him take them before.
Me too. That quality, combined with his haircut, is why I credited Chapman with the delivery in an incorrect post in the SW match thread.

Anyway, Freestone… a tough game this evening but commeth the hour.
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Getting completely done time after time down their right, equaliser was coming.
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Ohmygod Vassell. He slipped but that will be miss of the season.
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Shade wrote:Ohmygod Vassell. He slipped but that will be miss of the season.
Sounds awful.
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I refuse to believe Vassell missed that
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Hopefully it will spur him on as he's been quite absent so far, really.
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HamTown wrote:I refuse to believe Vassell missed that
Me too. Its 2-1 to us. It has to be.
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Take the miss out of it and Vassell has, I think, been our worst player in that half. Generally everyone has had good touch and passing tonight, knocking it around well, but Vassell just hasn't been at that level so far.

Certainly an entertaining game.
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Hubert Parry
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Even half. Neither side look brilliant - Portsmouth look like they have another gear to click.

Some loose passing, especially from Flinders and Chapman. Portsmouth showing more aggression to win the second ball as the half progressed.

Crowley could make a difference in this one.
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Shade wrote:Take the miss out of it and Vassell has, I think, been our worst player in that half. Generally everyone has had good touch and passing tonight, knocking it around well, but Vassell just hasn't been at that level so far.

Certainly an entertaining game.
Passengers cannot be accommodated. Hook him for KJ or AW.
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Just noticed Hussey has shaved his head. Grade 2 all over job. Should go a tiny bit quicker now. As I say that he has just wiped a guy out and got booked.
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God damnit, not another injured defender. Long and Freestone as a back 2 doesn't fill me with much confidence. But then neither did Caines and Gallinagh and I believe they still hold the record for consecutive minutes without a league goal conceded.

Horton...time for his first goal as well...
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Ugh, the silly short goal kicks are back. Why take a 2 yard goal kick just so that the defender can try and chip the ball forward (and straight out of play).
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Hubert Parry
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We are all over the place now. Would absolutely take a draw.
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Hubert Parry
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This referee is desperate to give Portsmouth everything
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Get Crowley and Joseph on for ball rentention.
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The decision making has not been so good this half. Nothing has been as good this half but we are playing better just now than earlier in the half.
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I'd have switched Vassell off for Crowley and stuck May up front to be honest. Vassell is still offering little up front.
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Hubert Parry
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And then we have no height on the field at all!
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I think Crowley's shot hit Vassell...it wasn't being stopped by anyone else.
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Hubert Parry
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Although saying that, he has just blocked a certain goal from Crowley.
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Good god Vassell
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Hubert Parry wrote:And then we have no height on the field at all!
We're not winning any headers anyway that I can remember!
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Get Joseph on. Height and pace and strength.
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Hubert Parry
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Yes but we are pretty flakey at defending set pieces.

It's not been his night so far, but he is probably one of the few who could produce a piece of magic... Difficult decisions.
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Just hasn't been Vassell's night. Let's hope it's Joseph's!
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This next 15 mins seems a pivotal moment in our season.
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Jeezuuuus. Not good for my heart, this :lol:
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:This next 15 mins seems a pivotal moment in our season.
Nah. Just another 0, 1 or 3 points.
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Hubert Parry
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He'll Cruyff on the line, he'll Cruyff on the line, Daniel Crowley, he'll Cruyff on the line.
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Shade wrote:
RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:This next 15 mins seems a pivotal moment in our season.
Nah. Just another 0, 1 or 3 points.
Playing with adversity after a small winless run. 18 days til the next league game. If we hold on or sneaking that’s 18 days of confidence building and resilience. A loss and it is 18 days of ruing misfortune and thinking everything is going against us.
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