26 Dec 1998
Just a brief one: some good individual performances against a weak and
fairly disorganised Pompey. Alan Ball played all three subs at half time
and he'd probably have played eleven if he could. Portsmouth won the toss
and elected to kick against a very strong wind in the first half, the
thinking being that if they could hold their own for 45 minutes, with the
wind at their ... More...
12 Dec 1998
Firstly I have to say that I enjoyed this game more than the awful
Birmingham game last week, despite the fact we lost. Does this make me a
bad person? But Barnsley are an ordinary side, with probably even more
injury problems than we have, and it's worrying how easily they found us
out: run straight through the middle (our biggest weakness) then change
formation and see how slow we are to react ... More...
5 Dec 1998
Very poor match, below par performance, great result. Maybe the gods are
on our side this year. We deserved at least a draw (Birmingham were a
strong side) but we've played better and lost. The defence were
magnificent, and they had to be with Burley's rather dodgy tactics and
team selection at the moment. You couldn't fault Richard, who was
commanding in the air, but in truth he had little to test him, ... More...