Under stregen

Det var den samme sang om igen da vi, trods gode muligheder, ikke formåede at komme på tavlen i endnu en hjemmekamp. Dermed var det ene mål som gæsterne scorede nok til at sikre dem sejren. For at gøre ondt værre gik de andre resultater os denne gang imod, og det var nok til at sende os ned på 22. pladsen, og dermed under stregen.

Der var tre ændringer i dagens startellever. Terry Devlins karantæne betød at Jordan Williams i stedet overtog hans plads i bagkæden. Derudover fik Marlon Pak chancen på midtbanen på bekostning af Márk Kosznovszky mens Callum Lang i front startede inde for første gang siden august. Florian Bianchini måtte vige pladsen for ham.

Den officielle kamprapport

https://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/news/2025/november/29/match-report–pompey-v-bristol-city/

The Championship, Fratton Park, 29. november 2025

Portsmouth – Bristol City 0-1 (0-1)

17. minut: 0-1 Anis Mehmeti

Opstillingen (4-2-3-1): Schmid; Williams (Swift ’81), Knight, Poole, Swanson (Chaplin ’81); Pack (anfører), Dozzell (Kosznovszky ’52); Lang (Kirk ’72), Segečić (Minhyeok ’81), Murphy; Bishop

På bænken: Bursik, Matthews, Bowat, Bianchini, Swift, Chaplin, Kosznovszky, Kirk og Minhyeok

Advarsler: Dozzell, Poole og Murphy

Udvisning: Ingen

Tilskuere: 20.388, hvoraf 2.179 var medrejsende Robins supportere

Eftertanken

I optakten blev der advaret om, at vi i samme øjeblik at vi er under stregen træder en anden psykologi i kraft, og at presset på Mousinho og spillerne får et ekstra tryk. Det er så desværre der hvor vi er nu. Det er som nævnt en situation som vi har håndteret før, men hvor placeringen i sidste sæson til dels kunne tilskrives den svære sæsonstart, så har vi ingen lignende undskyldning nu. Som de fleste sikkert har gættet på, er den helt store forskel vores pointhøst på Fratton Park. I de ti hjemmekampe indtil nu har vi mødt ni modstandere som vi også stod over for i 2024-25 sæsonen – Wrexham er undtagelsen, og er følgelig taget ud af betragtningerne. I de øvrige ni kampe foran egne supportere har vi taget 10 points. Mod de samme modstandere i sidste sæson var pointhøsten 19 points, altså næsten det dobbelte. Forskellen på de ni points er reelt kampene mod hhv. Coventry, Stoke og Bristol City. Hvor de i sidste sæson blev vundet, har vi denne gang tabt dem alle tre. Så nøglen til overlevelse ligger specifikt i at gøre det bedre på hjemmebane, men også at få gang i målscoringen. I de omtalte ni hjemmekampe i denne sæson er vi kommet på tavlen ni gange. I sidste sæson var det hele sytten. For nu at sætte tingene på spidsen så sidder vores head coach ikke i sædet til maj næste år, hvis han ikke finder en løsning på vores offensive kvaler. Så enkelt kan det siges.

Et hurtigt liga-overblik

Vores primære fokus er desværre i bunden, så vi koncentrerer os om den. Bundproppen Sheffield Wednesday smed en 2-1 føring og tabte 2-3 til Preston North End. Dermed er vi stadig de eneste der har smidt alle tre points mod The Owls. Værre er det dog at Oxford, Sheffield United og Norwich City alle vandt i denne runde, så det var på alle måder en katastrofal weekend for os. Kun Swansea ser ud til at være i en lige så stor krise da de formøblede en 2-0 føring på The Hawthorns og tabte 2-3 til WBA. En lille trøst var det at Blackburn, der har tre points mere på kontoen end os, også tabte, men de virker alligevel pt. stærkere end det som vi præsterer.

Kommentarer fra head coach John Mousinho

“The game was defined in the opening 25 minutes. We weren’t at the races and that’s putting it mildly. We fell behind to a side that just looked a lot hungrier than us and it took a little intervention to finally get ourselves going. The message was very simple – you can’t lose runners and let players drift past you, which was happening far too much. From that point we were good in areas and had a spell of pressure just before the break, but ultimately didn’t do enough to get anything from the game. We probably should have put the ball in the net, with a shot cleared off the line and a chance that fell to Colby towards the end. But it’s difficult to put your finger on why we started so slowly and we just didn’t do any of the basics very well – losing 50-50s, second balls, not clearing our lines”

”It was as worrying to me as it felt in the rest of the stadium – it’s difficult to look at that side and think it resembled what we saw against Millwall last week. The league position is obviously not something we’re pleased about, but more concerning was that opening to the game. There’s no panic, though, because we’ve still got plenty of time left this season. We have to find a level of consistency, as it’s been far too up and down. When things aren’t going well we just seem to fall apart at the moment, when we really need to start digging in.”

Et par ord fra Marlon Pack

“We started to settle down a bit after that opening 25-minute spell when things just weren’t quite working for us. But the issue was that we trailing by that point and despite a lot of probing from us, especially in the second half, we couldn’t find a goal. There was a lot of endeavour on show from us and plenty of moments, with one shot cleared off the line and Colby having a chance late on. “It’s just not quite going for us, although we’re not feeling sorry for ourselves because we have to start games better than that. Bristol City were prepared for what we were going to do and just had the edge, so it was up to us to figure out the solutions. The pleasing thing was that we’d had a decent spell just before the break and only came in one goal down. It gave us an opportunity and if that one at the start of the second half had crossed the line, then it might have been different. We’re just not doing quite enough at the moment and perhaps trying too hard to make things happen, which means we’re making the wrong decisions. It’s so disappointing and the dressing room was dejected afterwards, but we have to lick our wounds and pick ourselves up quickly. Now we have to prepare to go to Charlton at what will be the start of another three-game week and look to turn things around.”

Interview efter kampen med John Mousinho

Kampens Højdepunkter