Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Hello Sounders, this is Mick. Right, let's get this together. After yet another painful night at the football, I am generally a glass half full sort of a person, but I do know there's no point in hiding from problems in life or in Portsmouth. So I'm going to try and be positive in reaction to Five games now without a win.
Chapter 2: What challenges is the team facing after recent losses?
Three consecutive home defeats. Say it quickly and get it out of the way for now because we have to get over the shock of following two impressive away wins with that sort of run of results. It's shocking.
for us watchers it's also shocking of course for the players and coaches and they are the ones that have to get over it it was apparent to me watching this derby game how lacking was any confidence and lack of confidence numbs the brain it befuddles the body mistakes abound the will to do the right thing
exists but the coordination deteriorates the players feet fumble their decision-making splits into a compromise of misplacement and inaccuracy and that's what i saw we all saw in the first half against Derby. No confidence as we advanced out of defence. As minutes passed, a growing desperation to achieve what the team had been told to do all week long by their coaches.
Over-carefulness is as bad as carelessness. The team grow too anxious, too elaborate You could see it in their faces. We know most of us anyway, but they're better than that, as Chris Sutton would say. But we're helpless on the sidelines. All we can do is sing and shout, which at Fratton Park you always get from the crowd. But clubs come to Fratton now expecting that. these days.
They're told not to be intimidated, to expect a savage reception, to show no weakness. And that's what Derby did. Let it has to be said by Matt Clarke, a young hopeful at Pompey back in the day, a gnarled old warrior now at Derby, but perhaps still in his prime.
who Clark, along with a good deal of experience around him, made it such a painful night for Pompey after that horrible, early, too straightforward winner from Smodic, who I get muddled up with Smodric, who is the Israeli government minister,
extreme man who gives us pain like Smolich did anyway we were better in the second half how many games have we lost Sounders by a single goal this season I make it 12 we are not getting thumped Sounders but we're not having enough success
enough goals really to take the weight off the players we need them to we need to see them laughing after scoring goals that sort of release there were no smiles after Derby County all you could see was tension perhaps Sound as two away games coming up with less expectation will do us good. But we've truly put ourselves down among the dead men. And it's difficult not to tense.
It's difficult to drop the shoulders, free the legs, relax and play. That's what we need to see in the away games coming up. Individually, we still have a team worthy of our support. Briefly looking at them, there's Schmidt, Nicholas. He's a good keeper. Devlin and Swanson are as combative and determined and enthusiastic and young as ever.
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Chapter 3: How does lack of confidence affect player performance?
Because he's obviously acutely aware of that and trying so hard that the tension, frustration and anger is almost visibly emerging from his ear holes. I think I saw it.
I do think we have more hope from John Swift in that ten role than Connor at the moment in a creative sense anyway Gus Caballero is immensely frustrating you can see why we got him in and he's trying very obviously very hard and trying to do what he's been told to do working hard But there is too little, anyway, end product, both in his crossing or his shooting on goal.
It's there in him, but sound as it ain't getting out. And Mili Alli, the same, really. Rigid, rigid with tensions. He squandered possession in a really awful first half and then I think nearly won us the game in the second half. Her best forward. This team, somehow the manager, the coaches have to enable them to enjoy themselves again.
the pitch there was very little pleasure around on Monday night they've got to enjoy themselves on the pitch and express themselves and that's so hard to do as we sink down the table set please set pieces fine say it set
or plays alright set plays would be a good place to start we have 10 or more corners pretty much every game but never look like converting any against Derby County the guy Hancock analysis I'm always quoting him very clever young man makes the tough but fair point that things have gone wrong in this area since Joe Prodomo
gave up set piece planning to Doyle I mean it doesn't matter why that decision was made why that change was made but it does matter that we reverse the results of that sound as you know there are fans panicking of course there are and they're all very vocal and they get on social media and drive me nuts, lashing out blame on everyone behind the scenes at the park.
I understand, but I despise those people who just want to distance themselves from the pain and problems by claiming that they know best and knew it all the time the Knowles there'll be plenty of time for the Knowles and I'll join them at the season end but that's the time to dissect the season and everyone's influence on it then but for now there are 27 points to play for a third of those
could keep us safe nil desperandum sounders i know most of you speak latin don't conk out yet there's still time for heroes to emerge play out pompey
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