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Back home…
Excellent performance. Points from me:
- adventurous line up. Well done Warne.
- CBT, superb. Keep this up in the last four games and this is a new player for us.
- Adams, incredible force in the middle. If he had a passing range, well, he wouldn’t be in L1
- Ward - pleased for him. First goal super finish, second he got a good break 
- Wildsmith - having watched the goal back, does he have a weakness on long range shots (thinking Stevenage as well). He has to do better and stop that. I don’t think he’s as good as he or is think he is.
- The fans - we were incredible. Loud from the get go. Quieter second half as expected with their pressure.
There was a point in the first half though when just about all four stands were jumping around if you’re going up (or whatever the phrase is). It was awesome to see.
Portsmouth are good. It felt like a Championship quality game as well. 

Overall,  very satisfied as wasn’t expecting anything.

Don't know about anyone else, but I'm ecstatic.
Would have taken the draw before a ball was kicked,
If Bolton overtake us now, they will thoroughly deserve it - and good luck to em!  🐏🥂😍

A great game and a really good result.
Maybe we should all not reply to Bris and definitely not that ap thing. 
There are going to be lots of fans returning from the game, full of excitement or pride or disappointment, wondering why this matchday thread is not about the game. 

He's no Sage

Agree mate. Seen someone on twitter say if there was VAR in league one then both their goals wouldn't have counted.
But then you can say if there was then both our goals at home to Reading wouldn't have counted. Swings and roundabouts.

Great game.
We scored two good goals, second one lucky tbf.
Their goals were class.  I think it was a par result.

Agreed. Having to rebuild a squad from scratch under heavy EFL restrictions? I'd say having a massive shot at automatic promotion at the end of season two is a very good job indeed by all at the club. 

Got B4’s ashes with me (and a can of dark fruits). Husband is getting worried about the potential clean up 😂 There’s no way B4 would be missing this match 

Just for one night can we ditch Paul warnes barmy army that only half of us sing anyway and replace it with B4s barmy army who predicted this even when the wrist slashers were out in full force.  It would be great for his family to hear,  either his dad who will be there or his sister on the telly 

I wouldn't describe today as a 💩 day.
Far from ideal of course, but it's all gone to form.  No surprises.  Every one of our rivals have done what was realistically expected. 
I've only seen results, not details, but I'm assuming none of them fluked it? None were handed the points from a man in a black kit carrying a brown envelope?
Only our own hopes, prayers, and blind optimism would have forecast any of today's results going any other way.
Today has simply gone to form, rather than our wishes.  It's not a good day... but it's unsporting to our rivals to label it a 💩 day.
Our 💩 days were the woeful defeats at Northampton and Reading.  The home defeat to Wigan. 
Only a 1-1 draw at never before scored a goal Cheltenham.  Arguably the "undeserved" defeat at Bolton.  There's probably more!  They were all 💩 days.
Anyway... Here's hoping tomorrow makes today "Not as bad as it could have been"!  🐏 🤞
 

I don’t care if we go up ?
OR 
I don’t care, if we go up ?
(Commas save lives - let’s eat, Grandma)
 

Would the EFL accept both team just shaking hands on a draw and not playing the match?

Hurry... you'll need to jog to the end of the street...
No 54 into town...
Catch the MegaBus to Milton Keynes...
Taxi to Luton...
Flight to Plymouth...
Hire an e-bike and cycle to Portsmouth...
Pop in the corner shop for bread and milk (You'll need that when you get home)...
Stop by at a local back street pub...
Ask them to flick over from Eastenders to watch the footy...
When they say No, dash into City Centre and find a better pub...
Grab a drink, grab a table, and stand by it, to watch the game on a big screen...
Thumb a lift home after the game...
Home by Thursday!
 
#Be More B4.
😁🤍🐏

1Wildsmith 7.5 - Solid performance from Joe. He'll never be the best distributor of a ball, but he's a more than able stopper. I hope he's not already elsewhere in his mind and will consider re-signing should we go up.
2Wilson 7.5 - Kane is re-finding his form after a small lull and looked close to peak again. Love how he can always fashion time on the ball and he was disciplined when out of possession.
35Nelson 8.0 - Such an important player for us and yet again, he and Cash did (just about) enough to ensure a clean sheet and 3 points. I think he's a better player in a back four, though he's not exactly shabby in a 3 either!
6Cashin 8.5 - Excellent again from Fozzy'z natural heir as Mr Derby. Work ethic, determination, defensive ability, the lad's got the lot and he needs to be tested at a higher level. He's better than L1 standard by some way IMO.
17Sibley 7.0 - Another disciplined performance and there was obviously a gameplan to allow him to get forward at every opportunity. Folk, myself included, can argue he's better higher up the pitch, but right now we need him at LB and he's doing just fine.
23Ward 7.0 - Quieter than of late, but a decent outing all the same. Between him and Sibbo (and Conor off the bench), we have some serious set-piece options. Small wonder Collo has hurried back!
10Waghorn 6.5 - Median plus .5 for the win
32Adams 8.5 - Is this guy even human? had around 10 starts and has been my MOTM for at least 6 of them. Well make that 7 now, as one again he was everywhere and the mid-air volley off the outside of his right boot for the game-winner was straight out of the top drawer. First signing of the new season please Mr Clowes! 
12Smith 8.0 - Been touting him for a few weeks now and I think he's repaying the faith in spades. He's a lad with more technical ability than I'd figured, he works hard, but is a calming influence and he's a very good passer of a ball. He has surely nailed down the starting post next to Adams in CM now, hasn't he?
4Hourihane 6.5 - Did ok when he came on - Median plus .5 for the win
27Blackett-Taylor 7.5 - Looks to be relaxing a little and finding some confidence and I've noted that RBs do tend to stand off him a bit. he has some tricks and looks pretty sharp over the ground too. He needs a goal to get him properly up and running, but this was another improved showing.
16Thompson 6.5 - Early season the lad looked super sharp, but injury and lack of game time have not helped his cause and he's not really kicked on as a consequence. He's not the biggest, but he's a scrapper and he has way more technical ability than we are seeing currently, of that I feel certain, but it's hard to know whether he'll stay if he's not going to be afforded gametime. I really hope he does.
11Méndez-Laing 7.0 - Nate has been a bit shy of his admittedly lofty standards in recent games, though not always in his favoured role, admittedly. Always works like a Trojan though and with Collo returning to the fold, we just might see a return to the more destructive and fearsome NML we have regularly seen earlier this season. When we were first linked and he ended up at Cardiff, I was gutted, but the wait was worth it. Top lad and top player.
22Fornah 6.5 - Did ok when he came on - Median plus .5 for the win
14Washington 6.5 Needs to play alongside Collo, not instead of him, I think. I do think he can score goals at this level, but he perhaps understandably, still looks a yard or two off it, though I've a hunch he'll chip in with a critical goal or two before season end.
9Collins 7.5 - Cometh the hour... Honestly, I think Collo is probably an alien as no human recovers from a nasty injury like that as quickly as he has. Gayle initially helped us paper over the cracks, but when he got injured too, I feared the worst. I need not have! Looked c lose to his bristling and annoying best yesterday and with him basically battering CBs, others should find time and space. Welcome back Jimmy lad, it's great to have you in the side again.
WarneWatch - I think he's been pretty shrewd recently. It can't have been easy and while other teams have players out too, not a whole a starting 11 like we did briefly. He'll be delighted to see Collo back and with others now firmly on the mend too, he can once again start to set up sides to play his way. I thought we were quite reactive against Blackpool, which is not ideal as they are no mugs, but I thought that we were the better side and value for the win. I find it strange that folk are still whining about the performance, given the catalogue of injuries, but I find myself past caring now. Those that go to most games seem pretty happy and that's always been a decent indicator that things are going quite well. A decent team selection, a controlled performance and a clean sheet, we'll need to be much better against Pompey, but we'll hopefully have a healthier and sharper squad, if only marginally and I don't think we should be fearing them. Well done then to PW, the coaches and the lads on another step towards a return to the Championship.

Let's send him up first to get things ready. We can join him afterwards.

Am I alone in not realising there was 'goal music'? Haven't a clue what it is - too busy celebrating to be concerned with such nonsense.

The title doesn’t really bother me, nobody really remembers who won the league, the key is getting out of the division and whether that’s 1st or 2nd, I’ll be just as happy.
An ideal world for me would be if we went into the final game 3 points clear and something like 10 goals GD better than 3rd.
Basically a situation where unless we lost to Carlisle 6-0, we’re up. A full house at Pride Park, early kick-off in some late April sunshine, then the whole afternoon to celebrate. Perfect.

Hmm. The worrying thing about that is it will be delivered late, and to our neighbours. 

Washington still wouldn't find any

I heard Elon Musk wants to make us the first team in space 😊

100+ pages on that Cambridge matchday thread then!
I reckon Sky would enjoy that last day a lot more than us... at least until the final whistle!  Not sure we all (on here) have sufficient good health to get through that in one piece!  😲  

There was when I composed it but feel free to imagine there isn’t one if it takes your fancy 

I'm not letting my nan out the cage until he signs permanently 

You have to credit Warne for seemingly building a great culture at the club. He’s achieved something that he talked about from day one.

Well let's make sure we remember to get him a birthday cake  😉