At Long Last: Pompey Finally Do It!!

Sorry for the lack of activity in the past week, Blogspot has been on the fritz along with my internet, but it has been a big seven days. The Weekend Word is on its way, but here's the latest on Pompey:

Portsmouth 1 Leicester 2: Out of the Carling Cup

With the gift of hindsight, this doesn't seem like the worse defeat in the world, but at the time, it was another blow for the beleaguered Blues. Going behind early and two down by half-time, Hughesy being sent off and Nugent well on form (don't worry Nuge, you will redeem yourself), it was all gloom and doom in front of 8,000-odd fans at Fratton Park. The Carling Cup had been a welcome distraction, supplying the only wins so far against Stevenage and Crystal Palace, but Liam Lawrence's late goal was not enough to keep it going. A run in the cup would have been nice, but we would have swapped it for league points against the same side just three days later.

So, moving swiftly on...

Portsmouth 6 Leicester 1: Off The Mark

Everything that went wrong in the Carling Cup went right in the league as Pompey registered their first league win of the season in style. New-boys Lawrence and Kitson got two each, with goals from David Nugent and a quality strike from Michael Brown saw them blitz the side that put them out of the cup just three days earlier, although the Blues were helped by the Foxes' Miguel Vitor being sent off before the half hour. But I don't care. It has been coming and it came without a doubt in front of the Sky cameras, a fantastic performance and for once, Pompey took their chances and got the three points. After the weekend results, it means Pompey are off the bottom of the table and can finally start looking up. Bring on Jamo and the Bristol lads on Tuesday.

Play Up Pompey.

NWR