Portsmouth (a) - 15/09/12 - League 1

[Fray Bentos is God!]

How the fudge did Hereford get relegated?

[Sound_out]

Fantastic result UTS!!!

:D

[TWM1962]

Theres only One DEANO. Top by Tuesday....

[DonningtonSaddler]

Waaahaaay! and the bag ladies get done at Fulham. A good day!!!

Look forward to the reports from those that went. The journey back will feel a lot sweeter after that win!! :D :) :D

[DonningtonSaddler]

Grigg hits the bar.

What with?

[realist saddler]

Absolute top draw result

the beers gonna go down well tonight

Roll on stevenage and preston and that mong that keeps putting his ugly mug on here

uts

[King Crimson]

How the **** did Hereford get relegated?

:grin:

[JonnyOwen]

Grigg hits the bar.

What with?

His hair.

[NEWPORT SADDLERS DAD]

Add to this sloppies losing there unbeaten home record to Scunthorpe.It dow get no better

[WFC_Rob]

At this rate, we'll be safe by the time we host Bournemouth on 19th January.

[bleed_red_n_white]

On route back in some serious traffic lol

Portsmouth deserved a draw from this really but a win is a win we take that and move on.

Portsmouth are a poor outfit but we can only beat who is infront of us.

[aaaae]

Fabtastic, well done the boys, roll on Tuesday!

[geoffwhiting]

Absolute top draw result

the beers gonna go down well tonight

Roll on stevenage and preston and that mong that keeps putting his ugly mug on here

uts

Nice to see that mong's side lost 2-1 at home to Crawley today, too ! :lol:

Can't knock this win at Pompey today, brilliant result, and we're getting giddy with the heights of 5th place tonight.

[BathSaddler]

Do we see any of the "doom and gloom" merchants having the decency to say they were perhaps mistaken???

Smith IN !!!!! :mrgreen:

A magnificent result today. I thought we might sneak a point but I did not expect us to win. I was one of those before the season started who expressed concerns about the strength of the signings we were making, particularly with a Hereford connection [Purkiss, Featherstone and Baxendale in particular]. This was reinforced by the Donny result and particularly the second half performance, when I thought we looked far too weak and had very little presence upfront, even if our build up at times was good. We were picked off by a strong, physical Doncaster side who more often than not represent the norm at League one level. The one bright spot on the day was our desire to get the ball down and play, however I really feared for us this season.

5 games on, and we have collected 11 points and are in 5th place, above most of the fancied sides, including Doncaster. What do I know. In hindsight, the fact that Baxendale was given a good reception by the away fans when he came on as a second half substitute back on Saturday 18th August said something about his potential, and it sounds like he has shown it today :). It is still early days, and I seem to remember we had a good start to last season [W2, D2, L1 after 5 games] but I'm quite happy to say I overreacted at the time.

Let the goods time roll. God knows, we deserve them.

[Worsul]

Disagree with the chap who said Pompey deserved a draw. Walsall definitely the better side especially considering ref didn't give us much.

I was sure it would end 2-2 but we finished the stronger side.
Type of day it's worth supporting Walsall for.

[WFC_Rob]

On route back in some serious traffic lol

Portsmouth deserved a draw from this really but a win is a win we take that and move on.

Portsmouth are a poor outfit but we can only beat who is infront of us.

You seemed similarly underwhelmed after Notts County, didn't you?

Poor side or not, they've got half a dozen players who, on paper, would walk into our side. Given they won their first game of the season last week, this is a great result.

[IHTC.]

Grigg hits the bar.

:lol: :lol:

Was Paterson

[DonningtonSaddler]

Warwickshire lost

[IHTC.]

Warwickshire lost

Couldnt care one bit......THE SUPER SADDLERS WON :D

[boringteacher]

Magnificent

I want to believe

shame for the Bears, but it was a great game

[bangsection]

Grigg hits the bar.

:lol: :lol:

Was Paterson

Yeah, I was reading the commentary on the Portsmouth News site and they obviously misidentified him. Soz!

[geoffwhiting]

Grigg hits the bar.

:lol: :lol:

Was Paterson

Yeah, I was reading the commentary on the Portsmouth News site and they obviously misidentified him. Soz!

The Sky text-commentary on my i-phone said they both hit the bar in the same minute - I thought that was odd, the second must have been a correction (but didn't say so).

[IHTC.]

Grigg hits the bar.

:lol: :lol:

Was Paterson

Yeah, I was reading the commentary on the Portsmouth News site and they obviously misidentified him. Soz!

Don't apologise, I just thought it was funny as Grigg isnt good enough to hit the bar (thick skinned so ready for the attacks :D ) :D

[Holbeach Saddler]

Let's not get carried away. Look at the table. We've only played one team that is above us. :D

[WFC_Rob]

Let's not get carried away. Look at the table. We've only played one team that is above us. :D

We've also played none of the bottom four.

[Addis Saddler]

Ding-aling-aling-aling-aling!

[Finch]

Just to emphasise what a very impressive start this is, consider the teams we have played. Several people have already pointed out that we have played some of the more fancied sides, and the numbers back up that we have had a tough start. This is by no means a scientific process but I added up the league positions of all the opponents of the top 10 (yes, I do need to get a life!) to see who had the lowest total and therefore the 'toughest' start. Interesting findings:

Tranmere - 106
Notts Co - 93
Stevenage - 104
Crawley - 88
Walsall - 66
Yeovil - 85
Sheff Utd - 123
MK Dons - 71
Doncaster - 61 (from 5 games)
Brentford - 87

Let's hope we can do better than last season against teams in the bottom half!

[ChopperWFC]

Get in boys !!! Well done that's one hell of a result and I'm starting to get carried away. Play off and Wembley here we come :D
Up the Saddlers

[chestersaddler]

Just to emphasise what a very impressive start this is, consider the teams we have played. Several people have already pointed out that we have played some of the more fancied sides, and the numbers back up that we have had a tough start. This is by no means a scientific process but I added up the league positions of all the opponents of the top 10 (yes, I do need to get a life!) to see who had the lowest total and therefore the 'toughest' start. Interesting findings:

Tranmere - 106
Notts Co - 93
Stevenage - 104
Crawley - 88
Walsall - 66
Yeovil - 85
Sheff Utd - 123
MK Dons - 71
Doncaster - 61 (from 5 games)
Brentford - 87

Let's hope we can do better than last season against teams in the bottom half!

As a fully paid up member of the happy clapping club, I did not think that we would be where we are given the early season fixtures.

I'm chuffed to bollox as our Norther Saddlers would say.

Seriously though, I'm concerned that Moaning Old Git might have had a stroke given the start to the season.

[Rich Evans]

A great day out all round.

hemmings played well for the first going in for a 50/50 ball and putting in the cross for the first.

Flo's goal was a great strike.

yes we rode our luck in the second half and with some poor defending and dodgy officiating pompey pulled one back.

for all grofs indecisions at times that double save in the second half was a cut above anything id seen in a long time.