The Gap is Closing

[gator]

Some encouraging stats, some people are in full panic mode already, it's a long season and how can we complain about beating a record that stood for almost 60 years? It is time to start winning some matches though, draws just aren't good enough week in and week out!

[waterbuffalo]

I am looking forward to Buzz and Adel providing good service to our forwards, also we should go back to scoring in the first half, if we take the lead, our defence will hold out.
I'd like to see us attack the first 20 mins of the first half, and if we don't score, the first 15 mins of the second half.

[sirpiechucker]

Good stats, many thanks.

These series of draws if followed by a win will look like fairly good results. If the sequence ends in defeat then the suggestion that we have lost our mojo will grow. And that is what worries fans, not our overall position which is obviously great, it is the fear that we are not going to maintain our early form or ever quite get it back - which will be essential at some point in the season. And on that the jury is still out.

Agreed. The likes of Newcastle and Birmingham followed up their bad runs with a series of wins. We will need to the same.

[Jeffro]

Like the stats Sir Pie, really I do, but they arent going to put the ball in the net for us, which we have done just once in 3 games. Minor blip, and Im sure we will win next 2 home games.

[Ric-Roc]

how can we complain about beating a record that stood for almost 60 years?

Was led to believe its our best start since we were founded in 1882 which makes it even more of an amazing feat.

[80sCasual]

Was led to believe its our best start since we were founded in 1882 which makes it even more of an amazing feat.

True, some people will never understand though. Best start ever, I think that's why it's called breaking a record. Funny that.

[sirpiechucker]

Like the stats Sir Pie, really I do, but they arent going to put the ball in the net for us, which we have done just once in 3 games. Minor blip, and Im sure we will win next 2 home games.

True it is a slight concern as it must have been to Reading before last Saturday and as it must have been to Pompey fans before the last half a dozen matches but the season is a long old one and Warnock is a wiley old dog and with the likes of Hulse coming back to full fitness, Smith looking good everytime he has come on and even Agyemang must have confidence now we will start scoring again as we do have options. Although we've not seen it much (no reason to) we do have a Plan B, we saw it against Derby and even saw it on Friday.