So here are some pre-match numbers to crunch. Last 6 Fleetwood 1-3-2 3-7 6 (18th) Pompey 2-3-1 3-5 9 (10th) Fleetwood @ home 3-1-2 8-7 10 (8th) Pompey away 1-4-1 5-8 7 (17th) Fleetwood v bottom half 19 10-3-6 1.74pts/g 6th at home only 9 6-1-2 2.11p/g (4th) Pompey v top half 18 4-5-9 0.94p/g (20th) away only 8 1-4-3 0.88p/g (16th) Reverse fixture (21st September) Pompey 0-1 Fleetwood
Portsmouth 40 Carson 15 Alfei 17 Shorey 29 Diagouraga 03 N'Gala 05 Devera 19 Fogden 36 Whatmough 32 Jervis 28 Drennan 11 Holmes Substitutes 01 Smith 06 Bradley 14 Painter 20 Taylor 23 Agyemang 31 Racon 35 Wallace
Let's not forget that Fleetwood are in 5th spot and the table doesn't lie at this time of the year. Another "dull 0-0 draw" would be a great result for us
That's putting it mildly, MAJR. Only a few minutes ago, one of their players brought one of our players down, only for the referee to award Fleetwood a free kick !! Absolute joke......
Halftime whistle and 2-0 down. Manager still cannot get our attacking options right - Jake Jervis and Michael Drennan don't appear to play well together, we need a target man. Could Bondz N'Gala do a job there ? Bring Sonny Bradley on for Drennan or Jervis, and push Bondz up front for the second half - what have we got to loose ??
Barker will no doubt be telling his players: "Can you hear me calling Out your name You know that I'm falling And I don't know what to say I'll speak a little louder I'll even shout"
We've had NO shots on target! Nor have Fleetwood though, apart from the 2 goals. Shocking - and the Ref is even worse.