MATCHWATCH : Portsmouth (a)

[Snowflake Royal]

Bloody excellent start. We're all over them. They're utterly rattled and we should probably be at least 1 up.

Kelv not getting much change out of the big balls up to him, but the more intricate stuff to feet he's looking very threatening.

Front 4 very good. Mukairu just fluffing his final lines a bit.

[Sutekh]

Hope the FL don't get too interested in the ringers that Reading seem to have picked up this week....

[Sutekh]

Charlton equalise at Bolton and Vale 1 up at Cheltenham.

[Snowflake Royal]

Craig and Bindon are just effortless.

[Sutekh]

Getting spicey, sounds like the officials are losing control.

[Snowflake Royal]

That's a red card all day long.

[yuomi]

That's as straight a red as you'll see. Arm to the head and no attempt to play the ball. Essentially he clotheslined him. Standard of officiating in this division continues to plumb new depths.

[Sutekh]

That's as straight a red as you'll see. Arm to the head and no attempt to play the ball. Essentially he clotheslined him. Standard of officiating in this division continues to plumb new depths.

We thought it was poor in the Championship but it seems in what is the third and fourth divisions it's more often than not a complete joke at every game every week.

[Snowflake Royal]

That's as straight a red as you'll see. Arm to the head and no attempt to play the ball. Essentially he clotheslined him. Standard of officiating in this division continues to plumb new depths.

Followed by a flag for the lightest of pushes by Kelv, when in the first minute or three Mola two hand pushed his man in the air in our box and no one blinked.

Game turning towards them a bit. Might have lost our chance. They can't be this bad 2nd half.


Bugger

[Sutekh]

Leicester 0-2 Middlesbrough.

[yuomi]

1-0 Portsmouth. They've grown into the game, but that still feels undeserved and Button should have done better. Beaten at his near post (again).

[windermereROYAL]

Button is such a poor goal keeper.

[curetonsdipper]

Anyone got a stream for this? Or am I dreaming…

[Sutekh]

Bolton 1-2 Charlton

[Snowflake Royal]

Mola carded for being pushed 3 times by Rafferty ffs.

[windermereROYAL]

Cheltenham 1 Vale 1

[Snowflake Royal]

Ref is shocking, that was a blatant dive. Yes Azeez pulled him a bit but he went down like he'd be tugged by the Hulk.

[Orion1871]

You don't get decisions in any game at any level unless you get in the ear of the refs. We have to get a lot better at influencing them. Otherwise, teams like Portsmouth get all the decisions.

If their player has "clotheslined" one of ours, then we should have been around their player acting like he's just attempted murder. Refs are weak. They only look for the reaction.

[yuomi]

HT 1-0 to the hosts. First 25 minutes were brilliant and some of the best I've seen us play all season. We should have been at least one up, and they should have been playing with 10 men, before Lane's effort reminded us that Button really isn't a very good keeper.
Mukairu having a typical stinker, Kelvin's heavy first touch and poor 1v1 finishing still an issue.
Craig and Bindon are far too good for this league.
Portsmouth average. If we took our chances we'd be trouncing them.

[leon]

Same old Reading. I wish we were more difficult to play against