Portsmouth (A) League One, 19th August 3pm

[ChopperWFC]

Thanks Ancient I was getting rather optimistic till you popped :wink:
1-1 for me then Bako with both !!

[ChopperWFC]

First post in ages too. Think there will be plenty to debate this season !!

[jeffsmate]

2-0 Walsall Adam chambers to score a belter, Jackson the other.

[Ancient Moaner]

Greatly looking forward to returning from shopping with the missus, to tune in to this 'victory' that everyone is so overwhelmingly predicting, but won't hold my breath.

Baka scoring! :lol: ..........where is that magic striker OG when you need him most.......... :wink:

[Exile]

Fie, fie! Unknit that Faltering poor defence
And cross more hopeful balls from those flanks
To please thy fans, thy manager, thy owner
It becomes thy goal as chips do grace the stands
Compounds thy fame as Ladbrokes short the odds
And makes more sense, as teams are beatable
A defender moved is like a long cross, doubled
Muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of purpose,
And while the ball is so, none so forward minded
Will deign to stretch or trap one part of it

You can look up the rest as a metaphor for the relationship between club and owner, noting that the best performance of 'The Taming of the Shrew' that I've seen was by a feminist lesbian theatre collective, and their lead delivered this monologue in the best sneering put-down possible. Google 'Shakespeare shrew Kate monologue' if you're interested.

Thy owner is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper,
Thy head, thy sovereign, one that cares for thee,
And for thy maintenance commits his body...

The game? I'd be happy with a 1-1, ecstatic with a 0-1 smash and grab.

[EvenFlow]

Saddlers unchanged. Flo returns on the bench.

Lalkovic starts for Pompey.

[Welsh_Saddler]

Walsall yellow card in the 2nd minute ........ Adam Chambers :-(


Very early goal at The valley ... Charlton Athletic 1 Northampton Town 0

Southend United 1 Plymouth Argyle 0 (5 min)

Oldham Athletic 0 Wigan Athletic 2 (14 min)

[hullsaddler]

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[Welsh_Saddler]

Sloppies 0 Rochdale 1 (17 min)

Fleetwood Town 1 AFC Wimbledon 0 (ditto)

[addo]

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works ok for me

[hullsaddler]

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works ok for me

Just have to go and do something useful instead. It tells me "you are successfully logged in" but when I click on commentary it says "alert please Sign in to listen to audio " aagh!!

[Welsh_Saddler]

Sloppies have equalised at home to Rochdale, now 1-1 (EDIT - Sloppies now 2-1 up)

We've had 3 goal attempts at Fratton Park, from those strikers Leahy (2) and Morris ....... none on target

We've also been caught 3 times offside which is strange, as Jackson's still on the bench.....

[cumbria-saddler]

Anyone having trouble signing in for commentary?

I've not been able to log in for any of our games so far, assumed it was the same log in details as Saddlers player and it tells me my account is locked :|

[addo]

passwords all changed I think - just click to re-set your password

[BarnsleySaddler]

Portsmouth sub: Bennett for Talbot

[Welsh_Saddler]

0-0 at half time - doesn't sound like a very entertaining game, more like a midfield battle of attrition. Pompey have had 1 shot on target, we've had none.

Late flurry of goals in South Yorkshire ... Doncaster Rovers 2 Blackpool 1

[SoccerHQ]

0-1.

[Welsh_Saddler]

Let's start the 2nd half in the right way...........

Portsmouth 0 Walsall 1 (SUPER SADDLERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!) :D :D :D - that well-known striker, Luke Leahy !!!!!
(assisted by that other well-known striker, James Wilson) :wink:

[BarnsleySaddler]

(Leahy 47) 1-0 :D

[Welsh_Saddler]

Elsewhere ... M K Dons 1 Gillingham 0

Bradford City 0 Blackburn Rovers 1

Peterborough United 1 Rotherham United 0

Bury 0 Bristol Rovers 1

As things stand we're 8th in the table, a mere one point away from the play-offs......

[SoccerHQ]

WM said it was an own goal. AM will be chuckling to himself. :lol:

[addo]

WM said it was an own goal. AM will be chuckling to himself. :lol:

Brilliant overlapping from Wilson & he cut it back for Leahy to tap in

[Welsh_Saddler]

A second Walsall yellow card - Jon Guthrie joins Adam Chambers in the ref's book.

Dingles :lol: :lol:

[Ancient Moaner]

(Leahy 47) 1-0 :D

Great great, great! Away from home at Pompey, that's really good going, now keep 'em out! .....................................................It's so hard to keep track of Baky's goals aye it! No wonder most of the EFL are tracking his every........miss control, missed shot, slow movement, slow turn, feeble tackle... another £2Mill transfer kitty in Jeef's pocket soon!

[BarnsleySaddler]

2nd booking for Walsall Guthrie

[Welsh_Saddler]

And now a 3rd Walsall yellow card ........ (Devlin)

And even a 4th Walsall yellow card.......... :shock: :shock: (Bakayoko !!!!!!)

[BarnsleySaddler]

Portsmouth use there last 2 subs Kabamba and Main for Naismith and Lalkovic

Bakayoko booked for a foul on Burgess Ref only seeing one way ?

Walsall subCuvelier for Morris

[Welsh_Saddler]

Portsmouth have a penalty........ and it's now 1-1 :(

75 minutes, and a second Walsall substitution ....... Jackson on for Bakayoko

[SoccerHQ]

Ref seems like he's getting influenced by their 18k crowd.

Gillespie took down the striker for the penalty apparently.

[Welsh_Saddler]

Ref seems like he's getting influenced by their 18k crowd.

Gillespie took down the striker for the penalty apparently.

..... and wasn't even booked !!!