3. hjemmesejr i streg på Fratton Park til skarpe Pompey.
Docklands Derby, kaldes kampene mellem Pompey og Plymouth, og de seneste sæsoner har da også set nogle tætte kampe.
I denne sæson er begge hold kommet vidt forskelligt fra start. Pompey med en flyvende start mens Plymouth noget overraskende ligger i den tunge ende af tabellen.
Plymouth sluttede sidste sæson utrolig stærkt af, efter 20 kampe i sæsonen lå holdet sidste i League One, men så begyndte sejrene at komme, og Plymouth var blot 3 point fra play off, og må ærgre sig lidt, for de taber faktisk de to sidste kampe i sæsonen
Så at manager Derek Adams ville få en så dårlig sæsonstart, det har overrasket. Adams der har været i klubben siden sommeren 2015 og som med succes har løftet klubben, det har overrasket mange.
Holdets største navn er Graham Carey, den 29 årige offensive midtbanespiller er en af de bedste på den position i League One og lavede da også 14 mål i forrige sæson.
Plymouth har de en spændende portugisisk angriber på bare 23 år der lavede 6 mål sidste sæson i Lameiras.
Så er der to spillere med en fortid nemlig Ryan Taylor på 30 år, angriberen var at finde hos Pompey i 2014-15 og lavede 15 mål i 55 kampe, hos Plymouth er det 9 scoringer i 39 kampe.
Stuart O’Keefe var på lån sidste sæson hos Pompey, og den lille bevægelse midtbanespiller fik 21 kampe der, nu er han på lån hos Plymouth.
Ingen tvivl om Pompey var favoritter hjemme på Fratton Park, men Plymouth havde i midtugen vist masser af kvalitet, da de mødte Millwall i cuppen.
På Fratton Park fik Pompey sat tryk på og Plymouth måtte tage til takke med at være andenviolin, og Jamal Lowe var tæt på 1-0 føringen kort efter starten, men hjemmeholdets fans måtte vente tyve min inden første mål kom, igen var det Lowe der var involveret idet han fandt topscorer Ronan Curtis der lavede sit 4.mål.
Mod slutningen af halvlegen begyndte det at knibe for Pompey, for forsvarsspilleren Whatmough var skadet, det samme var Walkes og da Oli Hawkins efter 42 min måtte udgå, ja så kom Pompey ud efter pausen med alle udskiftninger brugt. Det var Plymouths bedste periode i kampen, om end førnævnte Graham Carey, der faktisk startede på bænken, i anden halvleg havde et skud på ydersiden af stolpen.
Ingen tvivl om Pompey manager Kenny Jacketts ønske om en bred trup er til når skader kommer, og de tre spillere der kom ind, er af god kvalitet, Pitman og Burgess var jo blandt de bærende sidste sæson.
Pompey trykkede på igen i anden halvleg og Plymouth som i alt havde 6 afslutninger mod hjemmeholdets 18, måtte da også indkassere endnu en scoring.
Jamal Lowe var målscoren og det med Curtis i oplæggerens rolle og 6 min senere lukkede Pompey for alvor kampen med Ronan Curtis 5.sæsonmål.
16 afslutninger har Curtis haft i denne sæson, de 11 indenfor målrammen hvor de 5 har givet mål samt han har lavet 3 assister. Det ligner en supersigning.
Plymouth manager Derek Adams:
“Giving the ball away in the middle of the park doesn’t help and that’s what two of the goals came from.
“We had easy possession of the ball and they (Portsmouth) get two goals out of it.
“For the other one, there was an overload down our right-hand side. We should have stopped it with the tracking back of the runner but we didn’t.”
“We have had a difficult three games and we have to get better, there is no question about that, and we will do.”
Pompey manager Kenny Jackett:
“We played very well and deserved to win. In the first 25-30 minutes we were absolutely excellent.
“A few injuries stopped us a bit, but we sorted ourselves out at the break, the substitutes came on and we went on to produce a comprehensive performance.
“We lost three players in the first half and yet I felt the ones coming on are as good as the ones that came off.
“The second goal was a really key one and from that point we were able to go on and win the game in style.”
“Oli’s struggled with his back at times and he felt it was tracing down his leg, which was slightly frustrating, but it doesn’t look too bad.
“Anton felt his groin after about 20 minutes of the game, while it was similar for Jack with his hamstring.
“Neither of them were too bad, but it looked like the guys on the right side of our defence were labouring slightly towards the break.
“Christian Burgess and Nathan Thompson came on and that helped us deal with their attacking players.
“We’ll see how they are, but injuries are going to happen at stages of the season and if you want to be successful, you need to use your squad.”
Kommentarer fra Twitter
From growing up watching players like Bellamy, Dikov, Barton etc at Fratton and winding up players and fans and being absolute dicks at last we have our own that has that bite to his game with quality too. Long live @RonanCurtis1 at Fratton #pompey
Unbelievable Jeff!! What game was this idiot at? I now actually feel sorry for the #pafc fans, having this clown as a manager #Pompey
No you’re not, you didn’t beat #Pompey In fact, you were embarrassed and nobody’s season got turned on it’s head! You were irrelevant to us this time yesterday and you’re still irrelevant to us today! #PUP
It’s been functional so far but yesterday from an attacking point of view it really clicked. With proven Championship quality on the bench and sat in stands, the signs are looking good. Let’s get this great club back to where history suggests is about par. #championship #pompey
@oliverhawkins08 Since the haircut you’ve become one mean machine. Keep it going Oli. #Pompey
Thank you Gravy. Especially for the save at the Fratton End. Was it a penalty? Didn’t touch him ref! #Pompey
Bullshit on top of bullshit from the Plymouth match report and Derek Adams. Takes the shot, misses by a mile, then collided with the goalie a second later. Even the Plymouth Herald wasn’t this deluded in their article. #pompey
League One, Fratton Park, 1.september 2018.
Portsmouth – Plymouth 3-0 (1-0)
22. min. 1-0 Ronan Curtis
63. min. 2-0 Jamal Lowe
69. min. 3-0 Ronan Curtis
Portsmouth (4-3-3): MacGillivray; Walkes (46 N.Thompson) , Whatmough (46 Burgess), Clarke, Brown; Evans, Naylor, B.Thompson; Lowe, Hawkins (41 Pitman) , Curtis
Bænken: McGee, Burgess, N.Thompson, Close, Wheeler, Green, Pitman
Gule kort: N. Thompson
Tilskuere: 18.872 (1.226 away fans)
Under følger videoer og flere bilder fra kampen:
Oliver Hawkins måtte av banen med skade.
Radarparet Ronan Curtis og Jamal Lowe.
Ronan Curtis og Lee Brown.