MICK: MYSTERY GUY AT FRATTON?

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What emotions did Mick experience during the recent match?

Mick 0:01

Hello Sounders, it is Mick here. So I know some of you will be disappointed with that draw on Sunday. As I said on Pompey Sound before the game, I'm not one of those. I was full of worry really before the game and I was content afterwards that we held the line, held our own. because it's no ordinary fixture, that one. The actual football is buried by the torrent of emotion and you come out of it as best you can. A draw meant pride intact. I just want to talk about being there for a moment. So forgive me, those of you whom for a multitude of good reasons, family commitments, distance to travel, illness, cost, unavailability of a ticket, or simply preferring to watch it in the comfort and warmth of your own home.

Why is attending the Pompey versus Southampton fixture considered unique?

Mick 1:14

All reasons we understand, but being there sounders at that fixture is extraordinary. in the true meaning of that word, because you're in the company of 18,000 people on the Pompey side of things, going through the exact same emotional experience that you are. And it gets to you, it gets to everyone. I happen to like group things, group experiences, group gatherings. the theatre, concerts, park runs with others, sporting events, all sorts of sporting events. But they are as nothing compared to the mass emotional discharge of Pompey versus Southampton. It's unique. It's extraordinary. And it's sort of an emotional bonding for 18,000 people.

How did Mick describe the atmosphere among fans during the game?

Mick 2:23

There's a bloke, to illustrate that, there's a bloke further down my row in the south stand, and he's big, he's tall, and he's hard, and he's cool, and he's late. Pretty much every blooming game, he's late. And you wouldn't complain. do you know what i mean you wouldn't roll your eyes i'm on the end of the row i'm the first one he comes to to get in i'm used to him but i don't rub my eyes during this game he went for a pea sounders and when he came back i'm on the i'm sitting there and at the end of the row and i'm singing along with a few thousand others. And I'm intent on the game as well, and I don't see him. Normally, he'd give me a shove and push through, but he waited. He waited until I finished singing.

Mick 3:37

And then I see him, and he gives me a smile and a little fist bump as he goes through to his seat. every Pompey was in it together.

What standout performances were noted in the match?

Mick 3:53

Young guys around me, young blokes, I've never talked to. And they were sharing comments about the game of players, stuff going on. Everyone, everyone was involved. Everyone was at it. No other event is like that no other communal event that you might go to and sit through is like that it is worth it it is worth the effort to go as a game there wasn't a lot of beautiful football that's got to be admitted but both sides got it there was fire and brimstone None of our boys disappointed in that regard. Their goal came from our constant pressure and our goal came from our constant pressure and we finished the game, again, with constant pressure. Nothing to complain about there. Nor of any of the individuals John Messina put out on the park.

How did Ibu Adams contribute to the team's performance?

Mick 5:06

I know that they had their share of I know that they're obviously, they're hugely expensively put together side. We all know that by now, all the figures that have been tossed around, but millions and millions and millions of pounds worth of player out on that side. Someone told me it was 50 plus million in their side, a fraction on our side, of course, of that. Anyway, let's just go through our more modestly put together side, but one that we can be proud of on the day. Schmidt, as so often, he made two massive saves, didn't he, in this game from Armstrong? Armstrong, whom he dueled throughout with because the guy's quick, the guy pressed him relentlessly. with more pace than I can remember seeing at Fratton Park recently in a striker.

Mick 6:13

But those two saves of Schmidt's were outstanding. And, you know, I have to just remind, there were a few calling for him to be dropped.

What were the key moments involving the goalkeepers in the game?

Mick 6:28

Their posts are still there in evidence if you want to seek them out, but I wouldn't bother We missed Ogilvy very badly over Christmas. Everyone knows that. He tucked in on Sunday to help our central defenders, of whom he'd been won the game before, but returned to his natural position.