Pompey squeeze home

Who would of believed it! Aaron Bloody Mokoena getting the winner! Brilliant!

Well after listening to that on Quay tonight I feel like I've been dragged through a hedge backwards....exhausted!!!!

Gotta say that Diop makes Mokoena look like bloody Pele.How people can rate him is beyond me.Truly awful and falls over if someone breathes on him. Saying that,agree Paul,shocking in the first 70 mins then picked up and went at them.

I dont know about 10-20 million alonrose but the tooth fairy visited my youngest daughter last night so I can chip in with 2 quid. Oh and if pompey tear up Diops contract then I will donate 100 quid to help the heroes

i'm doing my snow dance to give belhadj, yebda and kanu chance to get home. We dont want to play the brum, if we can help it, in the form theyre in. I'd be spraying cold water all round the grounds perimeter! This was the comical article on the Pompey OS if you haven't seen it: Calling all Pompey fans – we need your help to clear Fratton Park of snow and ice to give us the best chance of staging Saturday’s Premier League game against Birmingham City. As a one-club city, the Blues have always been at the heart of the local community and we would love to see that spirit in evidence with as many people as possible lending a hand. Those adults wishing to join in should meet in the main Fratton Park car park on Wednesday morning at 8.30am. Bring a shovel/spade and even a broom and wheelbarrow if you have them. Walkways, stairs and the pitch edge all need clearing. Everyone who turns up to help out will be given two free tickets for the Birmingham game as thanks. The thoroughfares around Fratton Park are also covered in snow and ice and we are liaising with Portsmouth City Council in the hope that they will put resources towards that effort.

and if i loan them a wheelbarrow will i get back or will they sell it on for a large profit and lose the money to some unscrupulous loan shark

That was absolute daylight robbery but we've lost after playing 100x better than that so I spose it all evens out in the end. And if there is still anyone out there with money to invest, losing would not have helped our case. Thank the lord there weren't penalties though...imagine the shame!

it was bloody cold, and on the whole pretty god damn awful but the main thing is we won and some showed some real class – maybe not a lot, but some.
totally agree with others that basinas looked a different class - looked so cultured on the ball looked like he could do something all the time. some of his passes were fantastic. my concern is that he will not have as much time on the ball in the premier league, altho based on that showing offers the midfield more than hugesie, mokoena, diop and mullin - maybe put together?

i met up with an old friend of mine who lives in coventry - not seen him for at least 5-years i reckon - who came to the game with us and he said we would equalise with an own goal and mokoena would score the winning goal, as he did, altho he said that would be in the penalty shootout...
this was a hard fought win, but a win nevertheless and ANY win is a win.

first full game I've managed to catch all season... wathcing MOTD where i can take it. Agree broadly with the article. By the end of the 2nd half and for all 30 mins of ET we were utterly dominant - BIGGEST problem - after a few slick moves towards the end there was just no option in the box, no movement. Strikers were simply sitting on the last man waiting for a cross (which were poorly delivered all night) and when we were breaking there seemed a real fear, hesitation and then over/ under hit balls or strikers off side... it felt really out of kilter... Honestly - UTAKA came on a played MOTM for me... why - because unlike Piquionne he held the ball up/ got on it... when the ball was pumped up he turned his back to goal, fought for and I would say won about 80% of the ball played up around him... Piquionne seemed to run towards the goal and be easily nudged off the ball. Utaka had the pace over the defenders (yes fresh legs but we know his pace would have done em anyway). MAJOR criticism - this guy cant hit a barn door. Great touch to be played through but had three opportunities to bury it and he chose the third and hardest - took a handball to save it but probably wasn't going to make it anyway. LOVED BASINAS - WHY? - because he sat in front of the back four and was the **** ONLY - and I mean ONLY pompey player (with the exception of Boatend before he went off) that controlled and passed the ball like he had time. With the exception of that fluffed shot (and my it was a shocker) he played neat dinks all over the park... and ultimately it was BASINAS' cross to piquionne that set up the own goal that brought us back into the game. Personally I would love to see him in front of the back four - so he's not a big tackler - but to me he didn't seem off the pace of the game, he was the only secure "out-ball" for the back four and his passing was immaculate. Calm and secure is what we need. Play him more often. Wilson was strong but hit and miss - crossing was abissmal, took the ball out of defence well a few times, big lad but found out of position and Best had the pace on him a couple of times. Van Boring - okay, tried to get forward and provide options but to be quite honest his passing, decision making and crossing all lacked quality last night... the positions he gets in and effort he puts in means if his confidence improves so will he more than likely. Papa - was strong as was Brown - both without being impressive - I expected these two to boss the midfield whereas it was Cov's lack of quality that meant we weren't troubled too often. Lost too many second balls for my liking. Brown got under the skin of the obviously less experienced Gunnarson who could had found himself off... Mokoena - looked dodgy under the high ball - but neat finish and ran for the cause all night - nice guy - good interview at the end - worth his place as "club" captain. Boateng actually was having a good game but not the game pompey needed - he was assured in possession - rarely lost it - passed well and seemed to have time - but Utaka's arrival overshadowed him - but to be honest Utaka was providing what Piquionne should have been. Herman - very solid game throughout - improved as the game opened up and he got forward - not up to his usual quality though in delivering final product... solid and love him in the side. Tommy Smith - some neat stuff - ran his heart out but all too often didn't make the right run or provide the right option... better than piquionne to be honest who I thought was lucky to stay on... (not that he stayed "on" much anyway with what... 5 offsides) Basically I was depressed (crap 1 st half) - then frustrated (quality came into the game up to the final ball or finish) then relieved (no not the half time break) - then elated.

i think that you have alot more to lose than us tho Gaz, so the pressure is on you more than us...

Great report and also broadly agree with jim4pompey's tome, I watched the game on ITV4. Didn't really think Coventry showed that much going forward either during the game, was poor quality from both sides. Despite the hard luck stories for Coventry from many quarters, I don't think Coventry really did enough in the 90 mins to win and a draw for the 90mins was a fair result. Thought we showed a lot more in extra time and deserved to win. So, I don't remember Begovic making more than one difficult save at most, other than pick the ball out for the goal, so don't understand why pundits thought Coventry were 'robbed', where as Westwood had several difficult moments, particularly in extra time. The ITV commentators seemed disappointed that Pompey won, obviously spoilt any headlines they had lined up!! PUP

It was a dire game - Coventry were poor, apart from that amazing goal - Pompey were also pretty poor for most of the game, and what a revelation in Utaka! But what a dramatic way to win!

Going down lads - I feel for you. Don't forget the relegation curse. Look what happened at Southampton, Norwich, Forest, Leicester...