2 goalie changes today - Fulton makes his debut and Jones on the bench. Pompey: Fulton; Davies, Webster, Clarke, Stevens; Barton, Doyle (c); Evans, Roberts, Bennett; McNulty Subs: Jones, Burgess, Close, Tollitt, Naismith, McGurk, Chaplin Oxford: Slocombe, Baldock, Skarz, Roofe, Mullins, Wright, Sercombe, Hylton, MacDonald, O'Dowda, Lundstram Subs: Buchel, Hoban, Ruffels, Long, Bowery, Evans, Dunkley Chimes For Pompey @Chimes4PFC 27m27 minutes ago Today's referee is Neil Swarbrick. He's done Oxford twice this season - at Northampton & Wycombe. Utd's only away defeats. Omen? #Pompey
Neil Allen @pn_neil_allen 3s3 seconds ago #Pompey 0 Oxford 0 HT. Oxford the better side, Pompey have had the best chance. Referee Neil Swarbrick has been absolutely atrocious. No cards issued so far though.
But on the bright side, Plymouth are losing! Now just equalise so we can cut the points gap down a bit
Sadly we lost, but overall, Oxford United were the better team on the day. They did however "out bully us" - our players in the first half received little or no protection from the referee or his assistants. The penalty save from Fulton was excellent, he looks a very self assured young player. Far more commanding than Brian Murphy.
Well, I think we should start getting used to another year in League 2 as Hampshire teams don't do play offs. Oh how I wish we could take on the likes of Leeds and Coventry, rather than Morecombe and Dagenham & Redbridge
It would do the club a power of good to experience the play-offs as it would extend the education of the team and supporters. Nail-biting yes, and if the outcome is a "belly-up" strengthen in the summer and create a squad that can get back-to-back promotions. Look how high Burton are in Division 1, and they have a fraction of Pompey's turnover and potential, but are extremely well organised.
I don't believe we will now achieve automatic promotion, but all being well should make the playoffs. Squeaky bum time, but hopefully another visit to Wembley.
Having personally witnesses the team I support lose in the play-off final twice, it's not something I want to repeat tbh. Though the extra-time win v Woking was nice.
That's aiming a bit low Lapras. Surely the ultimate aim is playing the likes of Arsenal, Tottenham, Everton and West Ham again.
That's an interesting point Ides - if I'm honest for week in week out football where everyone has a shout I think I enjoyed our Championship years the most - the Prem brings the bucks but I'm not sure I'm that enamoured with it tbh.
It is the outrageous prices. I have not seen a Premiership game since Pompey v Sunderland in something like 2006.
