- Jul 28, 2010
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1) And so for the last time 2016/17. Jervis left out of the squad, Threlkeld left out in favour of last minute stand-in, Miller from last week. Slew and Bradley starters with Sokolik making way and Songo'o retaining his place. Blissett and err ? the game changers on the bench. Eventually pectin to spend one eye on the game and another on results elsewhere.
2) Conceded from Grimsby's first attack. Yet another from a corner. Argyle attacked for much of the first half but to little effect. A Carey free-kick and a crosscut shot and a header over from Songo'o the only real chances. At the other end McCormick was called on to make a couple of saves, one of them a sharp 1v1 denial when it looked like it was about to be 2-0.
3) Kennedy largely anonymous and Slew and Songo'o very poor. Carey and Taylor the only bright sparks. Towards the end of the half Argyle went 4-4-2, perhaps an indication of what we were going to attempt second half. News filtered through of scores elsewhere and the mood on the terraces dropped noticeably.
4) Adams would need to pull something out of the bag. Miller, Songo'o, Kennedy, Slew and Sarcevic would all be lucky to come out for the second 45. Slew the only change with Blissett replacing him. Argyle started the more brightly and had an early chance to equalise. As the half wore on we looked less composed. Spencer replaced Kennedy as Adams threw in one of his last cards.à
5) Almost immediately - probably his first touch, Spencer equalised! Was it back on? Miller pushed on, good play between Spencer and Taylor and Taylor's shot was parried away. 25 to go. We still needed a little more composure. Carey blasted over from the edge of the area.
6) Argyle won a free-kick on the edge of the area. Carey forced the keeper to save. Then his corner flashed through the box with no-one able to make a connection. Another free-kick, this time into the wall. News came through of a Hartlepool equaliser against Doncaster. Portsmouth were now top.
7) Argyle now resorting to hoofing it. Blissett couldn't hold the ball up. Adams last throw of the dice - Connor Smith for Fox. Another corner, at least we were giving it a go. Supply was wasteful though.
8 ) Into the last 5 and Argyle lay siege on the Grimsby goal. A lack of quality in the final ball though and nothing would fall cleanly. Taylor and Spencer both had half chances. We just couldn't do it. Fox was my man of the match and it was a surprise he was taken off. On the day we lacked composure and quality.
9) So Portsmouth are champions and we go up as runners up. Good season which ended with mild disappointment bit like a lot of the games. Oh well we are up and that was the season aim. Attention can now turn to personnel changes and the season break. See you all for pre-season.
Luke McCormick - 7
Gary Miller - 7
Yann Songo'o - 7
Sonny Bradley - 5
Gary Sawyer - 7
David Fox - 8
Antoni Sarcevic - 7
Graham Carey - 6
Matthew Kennedy - 5
Jordan Slew - 4
Ryan Taylor - 7
Vincent Dorel - unused
Oscar Threlkeld - unused
Jakub Sokolik - unused
Connor Smith - 5
Ryan Donaldson - unused
Jimmy Spencer - 6
Nathan Bissett - 5
2) Conceded from Grimsby's first attack. Yet another from a corner. Argyle attacked for much of the first half but to little effect. A Carey free-kick and a crosscut shot and a header over from Songo'o the only real chances. At the other end McCormick was called on to make a couple of saves, one of them a sharp 1v1 denial when it looked like it was about to be 2-0.
3) Kennedy largely anonymous and Slew and Songo'o very poor. Carey and Taylor the only bright sparks. Towards the end of the half Argyle went 4-4-2, perhaps an indication of what we were going to attempt second half. News filtered through of scores elsewhere and the mood on the terraces dropped noticeably.
4) Adams would need to pull something out of the bag. Miller, Songo'o, Kennedy, Slew and Sarcevic would all be lucky to come out for the second 45. Slew the only change with Blissett replacing him. Argyle started the more brightly and had an early chance to equalise. As the half wore on we looked less composed. Spencer replaced Kennedy as Adams threw in one of his last cards.à
5) Almost immediately - probably his first touch, Spencer equalised! Was it back on? Miller pushed on, good play between Spencer and Taylor and Taylor's shot was parried away. 25 to go. We still needed a little more composure. Carey blasted over from the edge of the area.
6) Argyle won a free-kick on the edge of the area. Carey forced the keeper to save. Then his corner flashed through the box with no-one able to make a connection. Another free-kick, this time into the wall. News came through of a Hartlepool equaliser against Doncaster. Portsmouth were now top.
7) Argyle now resorting to hoofing it. Blissett couldn't hold the ball up. Adams last throw of the dice - Connor Smith for Fox. Another corner, at least we were giving it a go. Supply was wasteful though.
8 ) Into the last 5 and Argyle lay siege on the Grimsby goal. A lack of quality in the final ball though and nothing would fall cleanly. Taylor and Spencer both had half chances. We just couldn't do it. Fox was my man of the match and it was a surprise he was taken off. On the day we lacked composure and quality.
9) So Portsmouth are champions and we go up as runners up. Good season which ended with mild disappointment bit like a lot of the games. Oh well we are up and that was the season aim. Attention can now turn to personnel changes and the season break. See you all for pre-season.
Luke McCormick - 7
Gary Miller - 7
Yann Songo'o - 7
Sonny Bradley - 5
Gary Sawyer - 7
David Fox - 8
Antoni Sarcevic - 7
Graham Carey - 6
Matthew Kennedy - 5
Jordan Slew - 4
Ryan Taylor - 7
Vincent Dorel - unused
Oscar Threlkeld - unused
Jakub Sokolik - unused
Connor Smith - 5
Ryan Donaldson - unused
Jimmy Spencer - 6
Nathan Bissett - 5
