[Archived] Pompey Away

[philipl]

I had just thought Pompey away was the worst possible draw in the bag when:

Luton Town v Everton

Portsmouth v Blackburn Rovers

Chelsea v Leicester City

Sheffield United v Arsenal

Tottenham Hotspur v Blackpool

Bolton Wanderers v Manchester City

Coventry City v West Ham United

Liverpool v Cardiff City

[cn174]

rubbish draw!!

[Wolves_Rover]

Tough draw. If we're still in the UEFA by this stage then I don't really see us progressing.

[Tim Southampton Rover]

I think it's a great draw. Only a few miles down the road from me! Also we've got to beat the top clubs to be winners and we could get a lot of confidence from beating Pompey away. We've beaten them before at Fratton so I don't see why we can't do it again.

[bblue]

Rubbish indeed. Long travel all the way to the South for a game which will be tough. I'm Curious how Hughes will treat this.

[SAS]

rubbish

although we still have a good chance

harry will rest mostof his team i bet

[yorkblues]

it could have been the ba$tards

[Sandiway Blue]

I think it is a perfect opportunity for Rovers to exact revenge over Pompey after inflicting our first defeat,which should be enough for Rovers to want to prove a point and put in a top performance.

Lets hope Benni,MGP and co are firing on all cylinders by then!

[Sandiway Blue]

it could have been the ba$tards

Thay were frightened of playing us!

[BRFC4EVA]

Rubbish!! Total waste of bloody of time

[Eddie]

Could have been much worse, only really unfortunate thing is that there aren't more all-premiership ties.

[OJRovers]

Chelsea again - a) at home and B ) against lower league opposition!

[Ben-2000]

Chelsea again - a) at home and B ) against lower league opposition!

Who knows what will happen, Chelsea are on a poor run at the moment

Apparently Fulham had 2 or 3 chances to nick it towards the end.

And as for our tie... What a game down at Fratton Park... The most goals ever scored in a Premier League game.

[modes98]

Awful draw and just as i said "not blackburn" we came out of the bag. Fix, Fix i tell you!

[American Rover12]

We absolutely git shafted on that draw, terrible.

[bazza]

Have faith. We can win. I think we will.

[frosty]

What a depressing draw. 4th worst we could have had.

Just a coincedence the Big 3 got lower league teams again?

[Anti-Dingle-Brigade]

"Ooh ouch hot hot, for gods sake Lawro just microwave the balls next time!"

[Mr. E]

one of the toughest draws we could have gotten.

[bluebruce]

Absolutely typical. First I read there were only two all Prem games, and I KNEW one of them would be us. Lo and behold! Pompey away! Worst thing is even if we beat them we're almost certain to play a Prem team in the next round too. This is getting ridiculous. Chelsea get ridiculously easy home ties almost all the time in all domestic cups, and we are constantly getting either Prem teams or away fixtures, usually both. I believe in coincidences, but I don't trust them when they're at this level. I'm starting to genuinely wonder whether some of those upstairs are worried we might take one of the big boys out if we get to the later stages. We've got the worst draw of all the Prem teams in the draw.

[Jordan]

What an awful draw for the fans however I game which I feel we can progress in. Looks like the Spuds game will be moved to Sunday therefore I imagine this game will be played on the Tuesday.

Will be staying over in Portsmouth I think as driving down and back in one day will be too knackering.

[ewoodblue]

What an awful draw for the fans however I game which I feel we can progress in. Looks like the Spuds game will be moved to Sunday therefore I imagine this game will be played on the Tuesday.

Will be staying over in Portsmouth I think as driving down and back in one day will be too knackering.

I think it's a good draw.It gives us a chance to beat them ,and put the record straight.

Mind you,what sort of side Sparky puts out will probably be determined by the result of the Larrissa game.If we go out of europe,then I should assume we'll be going all out to win the Carling Cup.If we win on Thursday,and get to the group stages,then I should imagine we won't field a strong team against Pompey.

[Tim Southampton Rover]

£25 a ticket.

Nice to see Portsmouth doing the opposite to what Rovers do and decide they don't want a decent crowd.

On a dark, cold wednesday night, i've got a feeling that this will not be a sell out!

[1864roverite]

A totally pathetic effort by the pompy board in pricing the game at full ticket price, its a sad sad price policy.

Pompy will be lucky to have 200 visiting fans and they will not sell out their home allocation.

As for the game being Wednesday, its a right royal pain in the rear with a very long drive in prospect.

[BRFC4EVA]

Total and utter rubbish. Should boycott that pathetic pricing structure. Are they completely mad? Was thinking of maybe making the long journey south-they can gtf now!