Match Day Thread The (Everlasting) South Coast Derby Tuesday 24/09/19 KO 7:45pm

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mowgli said:
I just hope the players don’t believe the hype on here about a thrashing being inevitable. I think we’ll win - just - but it’s not going to be as easy as some think. The domestic / foreign issue will come into play. Pompey have more domestic players who will appreciate the significance of the derby. They will be well up for it with home field advantage and 70-80% of neutrals rooting for them.

At the end of the day it’s 11 -v- 11 and giant killings are far too frequent for me to feel comfortable. I’ll start to relax when Shane scores his second and runs across the Pompey fans with a finger behind his ear....
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I doubt you'll field your first XI either. That nearly always backfires at some point during a cup run and produces a 'shock' result that isn't really that much of a shock. We have Oxford away, we'll treat it like a pre-season friendly and get ****ed for sure.
 
mowgli said:
I just hope the players don’t believe the hype on here about a thrashing being inevitable. I think we’ll win - just - but it’s not going to be as easy as some think. The domestic / foreign issue will come into play. Pompey have more domestic players who will appreciate the significance of the derby. They will be well up for it with home field advantage and 70-80% of neutrals rooting for them.

At the end of the day it’s 11 -v- 11 and giant killings are far too frequent for me to feel comfortable. I’ll start to relax when Shane scores his second and runs across the Pompey fans with a finger behind his ear....
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It all depends on who want's it the most .

IMO that will be Pompey .

Not saying we won't want to win , but that place ( never been there ) I hear it is like the Dell . Real atmosphere .
 
Big Ern said:
I doubt you'll field your first XI either. That nearly always backfires at some point during a cup run and produces a 'shock' result that isn't really that much of a shock. We have Oxford away, we'll treat it like a pre-season friendly and get ****ed for sure.
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Lol... think Ralph's goodwill that he's built up would quickly evaporate with some if we don't get a strong enough team here and get done as a result.
 
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Imagine playing a mixture of kids and back ups and winning, the piss taking potential is massive. Worth it for me

And if we lose can just say “yeah but played back ups and kids”

Win/Win
 
saintalfie said:
Calm down mate, if Jack Stephens plays tonight he will be fine, in fact it may be just the sort of game that he will thrive on.
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I think that's a bit of a whooooosh moment mate <laugh>



I would have to disagree though, I'll be shutting myself if he's on the team sheet.
 
Saintmagic said:
Imagine playing a mixture of kids and back ups and winning, the piss taking potential is massive. Worth it for me

And if we lose can just say “yeah but played back ups and kids”

Win/Win
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Yeah that second one isn't a win. We owe these ****s one and it's about time we delivered in one of these matches.
 
saintalfie said:
ha ha ha i know ive noticed ! imo Stephens isnt that bad a centre back, but he does drop some almighty clangers at times. Against Pompey at Fratton Park though, i reckon he would be right up for it.
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We'll agree to disagree, one of the huge advantages here for us is we have players of PL quality, so it seems senseless to me to play someone of a worst quality who would ultimately struggle to get into their side.
 
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