Pompey suffer another defeat

Same old boring excuses from Cotterill. Pompey never play 90 minutes, but only for the second period of the game. Poor!

Look it's not working, we're now bearing on down towards a quarter of the season being completed and already miles behind the top teams. I know it's early days but we must change something players/tactics/manager?

Lee Clark from Huddersfield

He went public with his, out of character, 'we're going there to attack', but then played 4 5 1, which is as annoying as you can get. Even this 'attacking' formation (which is actually more defensive...) , as usual, meant we were chasing the game by half time, the only time we looked good is when Kanu came on and showed everyone his abilities, he seems to always be the difference, just through his skill and experience, only he cant last much longer surely.....Cotterill persists to leave out Rocha, who is our best centre defender and would bring on Pearce no end, instead we have Halford in his place, who, imo, would be better suited to his Rb position, as much to put him back in the position he is most familiar withandto make room for Rocha. And Lawrence shouldnt be an automatic choice for both starting and captain. Cotterill needs help or he should be shown the door, the man is out of his depth with regards to tactics and inspiring his troops and his voice in the media makes a fool of himself, he needs media training.....who do we replace him with tho, who we can afford because i dont want Dowie

i have been calling for a change for a while now, the warning signs were there last year we only stayed up because of 2 lucky runs most of the time we were dire. week after week he gets it wrong, but the worse thing is he never learns, he constantly plays players out of position, he's got a good squad of player but doen't know how to get the best out of them. csi have to act now before its to late, before we enter freefall and staring league 1 in the face. things aren't going to change under cotterill's inept management.

OMGanybody calling for Cotterill to go is a maniac. Generally they have only been supporting the team since the Premier Years and they expect a miracle cure. Here's news: No miracle cure, small squad and good teams take time to build and gel. Cotts is still one of the best young managers around who stuck with the club in near impossbile conditions. OK, imagine for a minute that Sir Alex suddenly decided to start managing the team as of tomorrow. Really, is he really going to be able to do much better with the squad available? Really? This team will come good yet, don't worry, but it will be later in the season. No miracle cure. Sacking the manager is not a cure any way it is like changing a bandage, short-term fix. Let the new owners see out their medium/long term vision. TAXI FOR GLORY FANS... YOUR TAXI's OUTSIDE!!!

Liquor.....Do me a favour with your superior attitude to fellow Pompey fans!...Trust me, some of us are older than 18...We can still see a man out of his depth though!! I see the limitations of our position; likewise i see a man whose tactical nous is on a par with Del Trotter...I just want to see this squad given a chance...Just not with Cotterill, we're going nowhere under this guy!

And.....Glory fan???? nobby1954??? work it out! I take it he isn't 21, I imagine he's been supporting Pompey since before you were born Liquor!!...Nobby must be soooo typical of those glory hunting Div 4 fans!!!

your right penton, i have been supporting pompey for a long time, i can well remember the dark days on the way down to the bottom of div 4 and the good and bad on the way back up! i dont like being call a glory fan! just because i don't really want to repeat the experience, and know a bad manager when i see one! and believe me i have seen a few at pompey. i have the greatest respect for managers like jim smith, alan ball, furgie, bobby robson, even harry redknapp real football men who knew how to man manage, sorry but cotterill isn't fit to tie their boot laces. the only place he's going to take us is down! if he stays for long enough you, mark my words, nothing would give me greater pleasure if he proves me wrong but i know deep down he wont.

Penton and Nobby, tell me where I called you a glory fan? You won't find it, coz I didn't. You represent what is wrong with the average fan: They are overreactionary with their ill-formed opinions that are based on emotion not rational thought.

ill formed opinions??...Oh please! I bow to your superior knowledge!

Blimey, who is this liquor and poker joker.... Play Rocha, play a system which works from the start (the same one we have used in the second half of every game this season) and dont ever tell supporters the players are tired just 10 games into a season! Its quite easy to see and understand the frustrations. SC needs to improve things by the end of November for me at the latest, unless we actually get worse - then it will be sooner, but I do hope he turns it around for everyones sakes.

Well said weller.