Portsmouth 01 Paul Jones 05 Joe Devera 02 Adam Webster 34 Dan Butler 03 Jack Whatmough 24 Nick Awford 07 Andy Barcham 13 Johnny Ertl 08 Jed Wallace 11 Ricky Holmes 09 Ryan Taylor Substitutes 14 Miles Storey 16 Paul Robinson 20 Craig Westcarr 25 Nigel Atangana 27 Peter Brezovan 29 Danny Hollands 33 Ben Close Asmir Begovic not named in the Stoke squad unfortunately, but Peter Crouch is in the starting line up, and Mark Wilson on the bench.
A limping Jack Whatmough has gone off to be replaced by Paul Robinson. Victor Moses of Stoke has been the stand out player on the pitch so far. Stoke have taken off Geoff Cameron, and replaced him with Steve Sidwell.
Marc Muniesa of Stoke has just scissor kicked Andy Barcham in the head, and not been booked !! 1-0 to Stoke at half time. Paul Jones has made some great saves.
Funny how the fans blame Johnny Ertl for on-field problems, playing too deep etc., but the club people, eg Knightsie et al really rate him.
Danny Hollands on for Adam Webster, with Johnny Ertl moving to centre half, and Joe Devera moving to right back. Victor Moses taken off by Stoke.
Final whistle - 3-0 to Stoke. 650 Pompey fans made the trip to the Potteries. Despite the scoreline, according to BBC Sport, we have had 47% possession, but Stoke by far the better team. Surely Paul Jones should be named Man of the Match ?
So Stoke strikers 3 - Jones saves 14? I'm thinking Jones will have really enjoyed this game We did okay against a prem team.
No complaints. We tried our best. Shame we couldn't nick a goal for the travelling fans to cheer. Thought it was decent of Stoke's offical twitter to wish us all the best for the season
