It is not a feeling that we have felt that often in the league cup in recent years but Tuesday night brought a rare cup win for Pompey are we caused ‘an upset’, or ‘cupset’ as Pompey put it, to beat Peterborough.
You know what, I had a good feeling about this game – I sensed we would beat our league one opponents and beat them we did by winning 1-0 thanks to Miles Storey scoring on his full, and of course home, debut after just 12-minutes.
Midweek games are not often games I travel from Devon for these days, so I missed this one.
A combination of work, family and technical issues meant that I got to virtually follow NONE of the game so really cannot offer up too much comment, although this section is more about ‘what the boss said’ with Andy Awford’s views…
AA said he, and the boys, were ‘up for the cup’, and so it seemed!
He could not contain his delight, and pride, when talking to the Pompey Site after the game, knowing we had beaten a decent league one side that will do well: ‘we’re delighted to get through because Peterborough are a quality side who came here in good spirits after beating Rochdale at the weekend.
‘They played some good stuff and I expect them to do well this season but I thought our lads were magnificent – the desire and effort they showed was absolutely fantastic.’
After the weekend game I said that I thought Storey would be a good player for us.
Without seeing, hearing or following too much, I cannot say too much about last night but his frightening pace is something that I felt we would really benefit from during his loan spell and this was a problem for Posh it seems.
On Storey AA said: ‘Miles is a real threat with his pace and took the goal ever so well. It was a fantastic finish that nestled in the bottom corner.’
A performance that ‘delighted’ AA saw a tactical switch made when we ‘went with a back three and flooded the midfield to shut them out’ after ‘opening them up’ in the 1st half, with his only disappointment being that we ‘were only one goal up at the break’.
With everyone playing ‘their heart out’ he could not have asked for much more!
Now, for the first time since 2010 we can look forward to the 2nd round of the league cup draw knowing that we are in it! Although who will we face?
AA, if we are at home would like ‘someone from our league because we’d have more of a chance of progressing’ but should we get an away game then he would like ‘one of the Premier League big-boys – that would be a bit of a money spinner.’
I am just happy to be looking forward to at least one more game in the league cup!
This will also do us the world of good ahead of our first league game at home when Cambridge come to Fratton this weekend, bring it on…
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