Pre-Match Thread Southend United v Portsmouth

[Tommy2holes]

I'll start this one early.

A few years ago this would have been a mammoth task against top premier league opposition, but pompey are now a club in crisis having drop down the football league pyramid like a stone.

I don't think pompey will go down but it will be a huge disappointment to there army of fans to be getting beat by some of the minnows of league two.

We welcome them new years day and bizzarly given recent history go in to the game as favourites.

Please post your thoughts and predictions and guess the gate.

I'm going 2-1 blues infront of 8230 with 1600 odd from Hampshire.

 

[Fish]

I think we'll slip up, 1-2.

We often falter in front of large home crowds, because the expectation is greater. Casual bank holiday fans are less likely to just get behind the lads unless they have a clear lead, and our home support is generally woeful when it comes to doing that.

The lads are sounding tired, and as usual we have very little depth to the squad to manage that. With so many games in such a short space of time, on heavy pitches and many of the squad seeming to be carrying bugs and niggles, we could be off-form.

Fortunately we've not been hit by too many yellow card accumulations!

Of course, Pompey aren't immune to the same challenges, but I think we might just have a blip in January. Hopefully not a severe one (tempered by the fact we have so few home league games) but if we don't lose our cup game on the 4th, the fixture list will soon start backing up too.

 

[ooh-andy-ansah]

We rode our luck at their place, they should have had the game won by half time, will be hard to get anything out of this despite the difference in league positions.

 

[chapperzUK]

Pompey's away record is woeful, only won 1 all season. They have also only won 1 from their last 10 games.

 

[MK Shrimper]

4-0. No problemo.

 

[tottenham541]

0-0 and everyone hungover, crap game in front of 7,832.

 

[dannypav]

0-0 and everyone hungover, crap game in front of 7,832.

Anyone want my ticket ?

 

[tottenham541]

Anyone want my ticket ?

I cant even get one, popped into ticket office this morning and whole system was down, may try again tomorrow if I can be bothered.

 

[Phippsy]

I cant even get one, popped into ticket office this morning and whole system was down, may try again tomorrow if I can be bothered.

That's the spirit :stunned:

 

[shrimperjon]

Might as well ask. How many have we sold for the game. Im a season ticket holder but am bringing 4 family members with me plus two from Pompey. Sitting in the East Stand yellows, i bought a few weeks ago and struggled to get tickets near my season tickets, so seemed to be selling well.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Team needs a bit of a shake up, please Mr Brown, can we start with two strikers, pretty please?

I must admit to not feeling overly optimistic about this one, going for a draw I think, with a crowd around the 8 and a half mark.

 

[Suffolk Shrimper In Dorset]

Have the unique experience for this one of my Sis and nephew, pompey fans, being in the away end. Chant suggestions anyone?

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

When the Saints go Marching In

 

[BrettieAngell]

Pompey's away record is woeful, only won 1 all season. They have also only won 1 from their last 10 games.

Kiss of death right there.

 

[Wickford Blue]

Just been looking at Weather forecast - 2 days of rain and strong winds!! Any chance we'll be waterlogged??
:off topic:

 

[Uncle Leo]

Like every other club in the division, this is Portsmouth's biggest game of the season; away to Southend at Roots Hall. They'll be bang up for giving the giants of Division Four a bloody nose.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Have the unique experience for this one of my Sis and nephew, pompey fans, being in the away end. Chant suggestions anyone?

Anything that drowns those Pompey chimes out!

 

[Gremlin]

I cant even get one, popped into ticket office this morning and whole system was down, may try again tomorrow if I can be bothered.

Back up & running now, according to Twitter.

 

[Fish]

...but not answering the phones, it would appear. Just spent 30 mins on hold, including 18 minutes as #1 in the queue, before having to hang up. Still waiting for the call back that's been promised me.

 

[Harry Bullocks]

Have the unique experience for this one of my Sis and nephew, pompey fans, being in the away end. Chant suggestions anyone?

They only have one song...."pup" = Play up Pompey......similar to C.Palace, "Eagles!" ....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Retort at their place was "you've only got one song" and

"Premiership, and you *ucked it up"..this can be rolled into "Championship, and etc,etc"..."League One etc,etc.....quite amusing / very annoying depending upon your point of view and the scoreline.