1898":2ot1ke08 said:Ghost":2ot1ke08 said:They ALL say they don't care about us, yet every time I mention Argyle on my twitter account I always get Portsmouth fans replying how much better they are than us and get HUUUGE (yawn) crowds every week. If their home crowd is so big and intimidating, how come they've lost about 15 home games in the last two years?Guiri Green":2ot1ke08 said:jerryatricjanner":2ot1ke08 said:Funny how they have reappeared now that promotion is looking odds on for them again. It all went very quiet while it was looking unlikely they would make the top 3. Anyway, as it now looks like they could well pip us for 2nd place I guess we will have to put up with it again.
Standard Pompeyite I'm afraid. From my experience, big themselves up if the Spotlights on them and things are going well, remain quietly in the shadows if not.
I've come to the conclusion that they are taking such a big interest in us because they are being totally overwhelmed and overshadowed by the other South coast teams. Saints, Bournemouth and very soon to be Brighton are all going to be playing in the Premier League next season. Portsmouth will get promotion this season and nobody will care. It'll all be about Brighton. That will p1ss 'em off no end.
Can you imagine the South coast BBC local news program that is on at the same time as Spotlight. They'll be 4th in the pecking order. Oooh, that's gonna hurt.
They're turning their attention on Argyle because they've gone from Billy big bollox to Sammy small time.
The typical South coast sports headlines next season will be: 'Super Saints secure win against Liverpool' 'Battling Brighton earn draw at Arsenal' 'Brave Bournemouth narrowly lose at Old Trafford'...................oh and Portsmouth lose at home to Milton Keynes.
And Plymouth aren't even mentioned at all. Seemingly irrelevant for years now. But maybe the EFL's "best manager" (by his own accounts) will get you noticed next year in League 1. We'll finish above your tinpot club this season too.
deep down you know paul cook isn't the answer for your club though don't you?1898":19zrdqum said:Ghost":19zrdqum said:They ALL say they don't care about us, yet every time I mention Argyle on my twitter account I always get Portsmouth fans replying how much better they are than us and get HUUUGE (yawn) crowds every week. If their home crowd is so big and intimidating, how come they've lost about 15 home games in the last two years?Guiri Green":19zrdqum said:jerryatricjanner":19zrdqum said:Funny how they have reappeared now that promotion is looking odds on for them again. It all went very quiet while it was looking unlikely they would make the top 3. Anyway, as it now looks like they could well pip us for 2nd place I guess we will have to put up with it again.
Standard Pompeyite I'm afraid. From my experience, big themselves up if the Spotlights on them and things are going well, remain quietly in the shadows if not.
I've come to the conclusion that they are taking such a big interest in us because they are being totally overwhelmed and overshadowed by the other South coast teams. Saints, Bournemouth and very soon to be Brighton are all going to be playing in the Premier League next season. Portsmouth will get promotion this season and nobody will care. It'll all be about Brighton. That will p1ss 'em off no end.
Can you imagine the South coast BBC local news program that is on at the same time as Spotlight. They'll be 4th in the pecking order. Oooh, that's gonna hurt.
They're turning their attention on Argyle because they've gone from Billy big bollox to Sammy small time.
The typical South coast sports headlines next season will be: 'Super Saints secure win against Liverpool' 'Battling Brighton earn draw at Arsenal' 'Brave Bournemouth narrowly lose at Old Trafford'...................oh and Portsmouth lose at home to Milton Keynes.
And Plymouth aren't even mentioned at all. Seemingly irrelevant for years now. But maybe the EFL's "best manager" (by his own accounts) will get you noticed next year in League 1. We'll finish above your tinpot club this season too.
1898":229cw4ii said:And Plymouth aren't even mentioned at all. Seemingly irrelevant for years now. But maybe the EFL's "best manager" (by his own accounts) will get you noticed next year in League 1. We'll finish above your tinpot club this season too.
:iagree:Metal_Green_Mickey":xev6267q said::facepalm: Twitter The most rational people on people earth :funny:
I think Twitter is good for sports headlines from Argyle, BBC or Sky. Its good to hear information this way.
However, in the hands of, lets call them normal people for the sake of it, it is an absolute classless social media.
People have forgotten how to have good natured banter and now its full on abuse. That's it. From high social ecstasy to personal, dumb witted attacks. People just cant control their emotions when using a phone, tablet or keyboard in todays society on twitter. I'm sure there are many exceptions when this isn't true but for from I've seen its "type first and think later" type of attitude. When some of these idiots do get confronted in the public domain they are shamed and humiliated.
Its the same with Facebook.
I don't mind other Portsmouth or any other football fan opinion on here because its always good to get a balanced view. However, now they are fully behind their team I do wonder how many weren't bothered about Argyle because they were too busy posting calling for their managers head? Its amazing the turn around. He is a good manager. I notice when they lost to Crewe they had over 20 shots but just couldn't find the net. He has a solid foundation at the back and from what I've seen the problem has been the cutting edge. Now it seems they have found it.
Personally I'd like to see Portsmouth go up because they play decent football. Last season in the playoff semi's both games were very tight. However, like all clubs when we won I think some of our fans showed no class in the way we acted at the end of the game. I must of admit I was too happy because we won the game that I forgot they were even there. However there are fans I feel who just go to the game for this. Every club has its numpties and I think it a shame there is that bad feeling still remaining from last season.
For Pompey, when they do go up (I feel they will finish second) I dare say we will get a few lording it over us until our fate has been decided. However, I really don't care. I don't hate Pompey.
I just want Argyle to go up this season.
ford hill POMPEY fan":1l40caza said:I am not quite sure why my statement got such a level of abuse..All i am saying is that we are 150 miles apart ..so questioned why promotion at Pompey should be particularly exciting..Personally i am hoping we will clinch it at Mansfield..because i am going..nothing more.
I used to like argyle a lot and go along but the vitriol Pompey get changes that..Unlike Exeter, whom we had a great time traveling home from FP, sharing beer and singing together..and they had beat us
ford hill POMPEY fan":3mqkeww8 said:I am not quite sure why my statement got such a level of abuse..All i am saying is that we are 150 miles apart ..so questioned why promotion at Pompey should be particularly exciting..Personally i am hoping we will clinch it at Mansfield..because i am going..nothing more.
I used to like argyle a lot and go along but the vitriol Pompey get changes that..Unlike Exeter, whom we had a great time traveling home from FP, sharing beer and singing together..and they had beat us
chave":2wy2vmhs said:Pompey fan here.
I think for most of our fans, Plymouth have become our de facto rivals purely because we're the best teams left in this league after last year, and the last four games between us have been extremely eventful. After four years in League 2, clubs that we've never cared about before have become stereotypes (Newport are cloggers, Wycombe timewaste, Stanley are plucky, Orient are underachievers), and your stereotype is our rival who gets the better of us. If the last year was a Hollywood movie about Pompey, you'd be the main bad guys.
I must admit, when the fixtures were announced at the start of the year, I hoped we'd clinch promotion against you. More than anything, though, I'd be happy for us both to go up so we can continue the "rivalry" next year. Football's always more interesting when there's a few years of backstory.