Originally Posted by Paul
All this shit is peripheral, in my opinion. The bottom line is that, unpalatable as it may be to think it, we were beaten by a vastly superior side. We have severe short-comings at the level we aspire to succeed at and yesterday exposed them again after a short period of much improved form and (ultimately fragile) confidence. Let's hope we can quickly put it behind us because the stakes remain incredibly high between now and the end of the season.
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Yesterday showed us all our shortcomings and where we need to replace players. We certainly don't seem to have a mental and physical toughness required to win at OT. I'll probably get slaughtered for this but I feel we lack a John Terry type of leader in our side. Although they hung on for a result Pompey showed how to go about things at OT - get into them early on and unsettle them.