hertfordseasider
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Wow! What a game that was, talk about edge of your seat. Of course the referee ruined the game with a sending off that wasn't even a foul and continued with the worst performance of a referee I can reamaber.
That's got that out of the way, let's talk about the game. That was an heroic performance masterminded by Critchley's tactics and spurred on by tremendous noise from the crowd. Every single player gave absolutely everything out there today, it's hard to single one out because that was a complete team effort, sweating blood and running themselves into the ground. Magnificent. Grimmy made several great saves, the back 3 threw themselves at everything and Marv is back to his best.
Byers and Norburn are gelling in midfield and Dembele had to adapt his game completely after the sending off and did it remarkably well. Coulson is really improving every game and Gabriel was outstanding but looked dead on his feet at the end. What can I ay about Bees? He ran for everything, got in their faces and had a great game.
The red card has to be overturned on Monday so Rhodes is back for Tuesday night. I just hope the players have got the energy in their legs to give Northampton a game.
For a team well ahead at the top of the table, Portsmouth were made to look ordinary, particularly when we had all 11 players. I think we would have won that comfortably but for the referee's calamitous decision.
I actually had this down as a Pool loss in my predictions for the last 10 games so we are a point up on that and I have us for no points on Tuesday to, so anything is a bonus.
But at the end of this afternoon you have to say really well done to all the players, the manager and the supporters, proud to be a Pool supporter.
That's got that out of the way, let's talk about the game. That was an heroic performance masterminded by Critchley's tactics and spurred on by tremendous noise from the crowd. Every single player gave absolutely everything out there today, it's hard to single one out because that was a complete team effort, sweating blood and running themselves into the ground. Magnificent. Grimmy made several great saves, the back 3 threw themselves at everything and Marv is back to his best.
Byers and Norburn are gelling in midfield and Dembele had to adapt his game completely after the sending off and did it remarkably well. Coulson is really improving every game and Gabriel was outstanding but looked dead on his feet at the end. What can I ay about Bees? He ran for everything, got in their faces and had a great game.
The red card has to be overturned on Monday so Rhodes is back for Tuesday night. I just hope the players have got the energy in their legs to give Northampton a game.
For a team well ahead at the top of the table, Portsmouth were made to look ordinary, particularly when we had all 11 players. I think we would have won that comfortably but for the referee's calamitous decision.
I actually had this down as a Pool loss in my predictions for the last 10 games so we are a point up on that and I have us for no points on Tuesday to, so anything is a bonus.
But at the end of this afternoon you have to say really well done to all the players, the manager and the supporters, proud to be a Pool supporter.
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