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Pompey rue missed chances in Norwich defeat
Pompey started badly and only really recovered when it was too late on you consider Regan Poole's miss from five yards out, John Swift's devastatingly unlucky rebound from the crossbar and Colby Bishop's penalty misfire, a point was perhaps not beyond the realms of Pompey can have no complaints about the result, ultimately giving ourselves too much to do with less than 15 minutes on the clock, we edged back into the game in the first half and looked the better side in the two Norwich goals are a delight if you're on the scoring end, and a really painful watch if you are the side defending them. It's the 'blink and you'll miss it' factor of the Championship, two well worked set-pieces and all of a sudden you're on completely the wrong end of the scoreline on home speaks about it at length during his press conferences, the notion of thinking you've got it cracked at this level is redundant, because as soon as you starting thinking that, this division has a funny way of telling you that you haven' loads of lessons and plenty to take from Saturday's game. Josh Murphy lacked his usual eye-for-goal prowess, Callum Lang's injury will leave Portsea Island and those around the world who bleed blue holding their breath, and Adrian Segecic looks to be a complete sensation. Back-to-back league goals is only the start for that young conversions from the spot stand at 18 out of 23. Albeit he has missed a few recently, many of the top strikers on the planet miss penalties, and moreover miss big chances. It a man whose return to the side in November last year provided a single-handed pivot towards survival, something that simply wouldn't have been achieved without his immense input, questioning his effectiveness is preposterous. He's still the best man for the travel to the West Midlands next weekend with last season's rout by West Brom remaining fresh in the memory. A point, or anything more, would be a successful afternoon's more from Tom at the Fournilwrittenalloverit, external YouTube channel
BBC News
15 minutes ago
- BBC News
Morecambe fans' relief as club sale to Panjab Warriors completed
"Delighted, emotional, relieved and ecstatic" are just some of the emotions expressed by fans of Morecambe Football Club after the future of the club looks to have been secured. A deal to transfer ownership of the club to Panjab Warriors has now been Shrimps could play their first game in the National League as early as Saturday if paperwork is submitted in and podcaster Joel Shooter said he was feeling "very relieved"."It's nice to be getting up in the morning without that cloud of ownership issues hanging over our heads," he said. "It's now a case of getting all the players sorted and getting all the signatures over the line and get things in place like insurance to actually enable us to play," he added."Seeing the way that the football community banded round us is something that we're hugely grateful for."Pat Stoles, chair of the Shrimps Trust, said it was "a huge relief that we're actually going to be able to play football this season"."Most people had given up on any real hope of getting through this... but we've got through it and we're still here and we are going to be able to move on," he Julie Stanley said the "sense of community has been increasingly obvious throughout this whole saga"."Not only the local community but also the wider community, who have shared our despair and offered their hands of friendship and support," she added that she had been left with "a renewed sense of pride in our club".The former co-chairman at Morecambe FC, Rod Taylor, said he was feeling "delighted, emotional, relieved, ecstatic, but the overall emotion is relief because this has been a long journey". "Just to get it over the line it's been a really busy weekend... and we're there," he said."Even though the staff haven't been paid for 10 weeks, there's still been key staff working throughout and one of the strong things for me is that they get paid today."Lancaster restaurant, The Sultan Experience, donated hundreds of meals to staff who had not been paid, as the community rallied around to and Lunesdale MP Lizzi Colling said it had been "phenomenal to see how everyone's worked together"."It's been hanging over the town for the last couple of months, and I feel like now we can look forward to the future," she added. 'Quite emotional' Fan Jon Holder said: "Thank you also to the tireless efforts of the Trust and everyone else involved."A truly remarkable added: "It's also been great to see the whole football community come together, no matter what the club, or where they are based." Another supporter, Scott, from Manchester told BBC Radio Lancashire "I think it will be a full house on Saturday for sure, I'm rescheduling my plans so I can try and get to the game."Brian from Freckleton said he was feeling "quite emotional"."I'm just so pleased for the people of Morecambe," he said. "It's not just the club, it's everybody associated with the whole town. "Every football fan is just relieved and pleased for Morecambe." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
The Independent
15 minutes ago
- The Independent
Bukayo Saka admits Arsenal were below par in win at Man Utd
Bukayo Saka admitted Arsenal were a long way from their best after they snatched a 1-0 win away to Manchester United in their Premier League opener on Sunday. Riccardo Calafiori got the only goal in the 13th minute when he pounced on an error from United's stand-in goalkeeper Altay Bayindir. But Arsenal were otherwise second best at Old Trafford, sloppy in possession against a United side who impressed with their energy and purpose, even if they ultimately could not find an end product. If the Gunners are to take a step forward this season, after three consecutive second-placed finishes in the Premier League, they cannot afford too many more displays like this one. 'It was not a great performance,' Saka said. 'We are happy with the three points, to come away from Old Trafford with a win. 'We were not up to our usual standards, the basics, sloppy giveaways. Our decision making was not great and that cost us and gave United a lot of momentum. We did not get punished for it but we cannot do it every game.' A huge amount of the focus coming into the match was on Arsenal's new £55million striker Viktor Gyokeres as he came up against his former boss Ruben Amorim. It proved a difficult afternoon for the Sweden star, who struggled to hold up the ball and did not get a sight of goal before being replaced just after the hour. 'I was impressed with him and he battled for us,' Saka said of his new team-mate. 'It was tough. There was a big battle up there. 'I thought he did well. His performance gives us something to build on and I am sure it will help him next week. He has slotted in well and so have the other guys.'
