Gaffer For A Day: I'm absolutely livid, it was shambolic from Portsmouth. There won't be a better chance against Southampton
Gaffer For A Day Jack Chapman, aged 33 from Emsworth, analyses Pompey’s 1-0 defeat at Southampton...
How gutted are you about that?
We played quite well, the problem we had is the quality going forward and getting balls into the box. The decision-making was shambolic.
Late in the first half, Jayden Meghoma shoots rather than passing the ball to Abu Kamara, who is standing on his own near the penalty spot. Kamara has more of a chance to score.
In the second half, Tyrese Shade got the ball in the box and you could see Segegic running through, there was a gap to pass the ball - and he just kept it. Pass it to Segecic, give him the opportunity, the chances are he’ll put it on target.
If we had lost 4-0 and Southampton had been the better team, I can live with that, but there was an opportunity to get a point and we didn’t. I was absolutely livid.
What do you make of criticism towards John Mousinho?
Mous has been backed this year. Last season there was a lot of anger towards the owners and, while I am not calling for him to go, things need to start picking up.
We have spent £12m on players, the most we’ve spent in a very, very, very long time, and we’re still making the same mistakes over and over and over again.
There are a few fans at the back of the Fratton End who have already lost patience in the head coach and a derby defeat doesn’t help. Hypothetically, if we were to snap, the fans would go for Mous rather than the owners.
It’s a big game on Wednesday, we need a result. Fans are quite fickle, if we were to beat Sheffield United and perform well, Sunday would be kind of forgotten.
What are your thoughts on Madiodio Dia?
He’s like Bambi on ice or a seven-year-old who has been given the chance to play in a football team.
If you give Hayden Matthews a year, he will come back and be a better player. Dia is not at the level we need right now. The second you see him on the team-sheet, you let out a massive sign.
Mousinho said he could put Zak Swanson or Marlon Pack in at centre-half, but he’s never going to do that, he’s going to play Dia and Regan Poole, it’s obvious.
Dia needs to go to League One or League Two and have a sustained run of games and then come back as a better player. There have been one or two moments where you see a decent player, but he doesn’t replicate that over a whole 90 minutes - and it’s frustrating.
Who was your man of the match?
Nicolas Schmid made a hell of a difference, you look at those two epic saves he produced, I thought they were in. It was the right decision to recall him.
You never know what Schmid you’re going to get, whether the Leeds 1-0 Schmid who was an octopus - or the QPR 6-1 Schmid. On Sunday, he made a difference.
Daniel Bielica is all right, we weren't calling for him to be played. To be fair, I don’t think he’s been here long enough to really prove himself, he’s not had a decent run.
However, Schmid is the better goalkeeper and has well and truly earnt his place in the team.
Nicolas Schmid - 8
Zak Swanson - 7
Regan Poole - 7
Madiodio Dia - 6
Jayden Meghoma - 7
Marlon Pack - 7
Ebou Adams - 7
Ryan Kavuma-McQueen - 7 (Adrian Segecic - 8)
Abu Kamara - 7
Tyrese Shade - 6
Colby Bishop - 6
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