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Pompey vs. Hereford
Fratton
25/8/09
19:45
Must win? Damn Right!
Pompey will be looking to get their season off and running of sorts tonight, Hereford are the opposition and will probably come with Giant-killing aspirations after dispatching Charlton in the first round.
Vital Quotes:
Pompey need a win, any sort of win, a comfortable win is preferable, but if we scrape it it will do.
Hereford are hardly setting the world alight in league 2, 2 draws and 2 defeats is their record so far, but Pompey can top that with 3 defeats of their own.
Leyton Orient springs to mind with this fixture, it was back in January 2002 when we famously got stuffed 4-1 at home, any repeat would not go down favourably with an already frustrated and disgruntled Fratton faithful.
Pompey have not met Hereford since 1983 in any form of football, and have only lost once in a total of 9 meetings, this was in this very competition.
Pompey Team News:
Pompey will no doubt field a weakened side (if it can get any weaker) James won't be chanced for certain, so take your pick from Niemi/Begovic/Ashdown as stand-in.
Marc Wilson is another doubt after limping out of the Arsenal defeat, Piquionne also is carrying a slight knock.
Nugent may well get a run out, if he can pop a couple in it could be the knock on the door Paul Hart needs.
Richard Hughes will likely figure, as may Joel Ward and Cowans-Hall.
Player to watch: Basinas
Hart obviously doesn't hold faith in the Greek, but if he can pass it around tonight he may well get more of a look in on Sunday.
Hereford Team News:
Ryan Valentine has completed a one match ban so should return at Left-back, while Bristol City loanees Plummer and Jackson have both been cleared to play.
Glen Southam got a cut to the head in Saturdays game, but should make the line-up.
Player to watch: Bartlett
Hopefully the Bulls keeper will be the busiest man on the pitch
Match Facts & Stats
Played 9,Won 6, lost 1
Ref Watch:
Arthur Pewtey
Next Fixtures:
Man City at Fratton on the box next Sunday
Your Comments
Dead right Paul a must win. No Europe this so a run in the League Cup will be a good thing all round. 1-0 will do.
eastneydave
Must win indeed, for many reasons. One reason being so the damn redtops won't have any more ammunition to throw at us in reports! A good way to end and escape from the recent bull****. I think Niemi is injured, probably Begovic in goal.
.Andrew.
Paul Hart will find a couple of plates coming his way if Basinas doesn't start.
stillthewhizz
MATCH PREDICTIONS anyone?? 2-0 Pompey
footy_fans
We've got to knock a few goals past these, but a win is vital.
PompeyFrippy
Anything other than a win is unthinkable!
tracyc
4-nil Pompey.
NinjaTim
3-0. Nugent with 2, Cowan-Hall with 1.
PUP
moley2
2-0 utaka and kanu
ruffcider
Team News... Begovic, Vanden Borre, Kaboul, Mokoena, Ward, Utaka, Basinas, Hughes, Kranjcar, Belhadj, Piquonne.
PompeyFrippy
how negative another 4-5-1 formation
we are the next leeds mark my words . tommy smith what a joke
Football_Casual
Our bench is: Ashdown, Nugent, Kanu, Mullins, Richie, Hurst, Mahoto
PompeyFrippy
No Distin - with all the transfer rumours about today what do we read into that?
eastneydave
Distin has a nasty gash on his insole according to Hart. They must think I was born yesterday.
PompeyFrippy
arr **** that's not good, oh well say bye bye to distin.
pompeym@
More or less than 10,000 there tonight? I'm gonna say less.
PompeyFrippy
Andrew.............Niemi went away for an operation as far as I know! no-body apparently realised this!! a great buy for the club ay?? just what was needed............... not! when we've already got 3 keepers................................
woweepompey
1 up that will do me...well done Freddy
pentonpompey
Bloody hell, utaka ka ka 2-0
pentonpompey
2-0. Utaka
moley2
welcome moley, I thought i was talking to myself
pentonpompey
Nope, got the quay on and checking newsnow for anymore info on the takeover, will it be announced 2moz?
moley2
Well a good start then. More goals please they may be almost bottom of Div 4 or whatever they call it now but goals are good for the confidence.
eastneydave
3-0 Krunchie
pentonpompey
Kranjcar 3-0!!! Can we play u every week, lol.
moley2
Niko - 3-0
eastneydave
Good performance so far, seems we are passing the ball well, hope confidence stays high for Sunday.
PompeyFrippy
Job done, but I still i can't help worry a little, we sound disorganised and lacking at times. And our Belgian friend sounds as pants as he did on his debut...bit of a faux pas their me thinks. Glad freddie and Uslacker scored though!
pentonpompey
Both Freddy and Utaka have got bags of pace which has to be utilised in the premier league, could be a proper handful as a partnership.
moley2
If Utaka pulls his finger out, I must stress!!!!
moley2
Nugent on, Utaka off
pentonpompey
Come on Hughsey 4-0, we want 5, we want 5!!!!
moley2
Four up, and Mr Hughes gets it....Blimey
pentonpompey
Nice one derrrrrso u plank, never a penalty!!!
moley2
4-1
pentonpompey
Is anyone else updating 2nite apart from us Penton? Is everyone at the game?
moley2
Let's all laugh at scummers.
PompeyFrippy
Sorry Moley my bally comp crashed, don't tell me it's now 4-5!?!
pentonpompey
Nope still 4-1, should have been alot more, if only nugent could get the ball out from under his feet when through on goal!!!
moley2
Still can't get on Quay!!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
pentonpompey
Job done, well played all round and fully deserved the victory. 3 points on Sunday and takeover away from being a stable club.
PompeyFrippy
Well I am now online and very glad to see that we can score goals! Who has sounded like they played well and who has sounded awful?
sneakay
Here's hoping Frippy, hopefully we'll take confidence from 2nites performance into sundays game and get something out of it. Plus point Joel Ward looked good coming in for Distin, maybe another one to watch, may well be playing if reports are true and Sylvain is off.
moley2
Van den Boring is awful, I think that might be a dudd signing unless he is just short of match fitness. Trouble is you haven't got time to wait for him now the season has already started. Belhadj did well again.
moley2
As I said Moley I lost the Quay, Did Van Den Boring sound as bad as I thought in the 1st half?
pentonpompey
All we need to do now is take this new found confidence to FP sunday, and stuff those damn Citeh billionaires! Lol.
.Andrew.
Yeah he looks a poor player, jury is definately out on him, I would prefer Kaboul playing at RB bot that leaves us short in central defence, especially if Distin leaves.
moley2
Anyone know if there are any highlights anywhere on the box tonight?
PompeyFrippy
Wonderful. Mokoena was captaining the side? Is that true guys? How come not Hughes.
Pompey Malta
Mahoto was better in midfield than hughes (aside from his *fluke* goal), mokoena and basinas!
pompeycarpet
Highlights are being shown on a loop on Sky Sports News.
And i think all the highlights from all the games are on tomorrow night, one either ITV1 or BBC 1.
.Andrew.
I thought Nugent was AWFUL. Quite embarrassing. Two kiddies near me chanting "Nugget off, Nugget off!" At least I think that's what they were saying. Though Basinas did ok for an old geezer. At times when we were getting especially ropey in the middle (and you know who you are Richard Hughes), he managed to impose a bit of control and slow things down for regrouping.
hammersmithblue
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