Reserves Westleigh Park

In this 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa reserves I was able to see Pompey's new players in action. Milan Baros proved the difference between two sides with two goals, but for me Kranjcar was Pompey's man of the match. It was good to see Ashdown back between the sticks again after his time out.Cole played ok for his seven mounths or so out and for the rest of them it was get your fitness up time.Westleigh Park is a lovley if small non-league ground with good bars and large TV screen to enjoy before and after the match, but I stuck with the coffee bar in the ground I was driving what a good boy. Infact for the reserves Westleigh Park only grt about 200 to 500 people but with all the big names for this match it was around 1,271 so they opened the seconed coffee bar.

Pompey: Ashdown, Songo'o, Duffy, O'Brien, Wilson, Fernandes (Harris), Koroman, Kranjcar, Douala, Cole (Compton), LuaLua (Fordyce).

Subs not used: Jordan, Hartmann.

Aston Villa: Taylor, Gardner, Bridges, Djemba-Djemba, O'Halloran, Bouma, Agathe, Osbourne, Whittingham, Baros, Berger.

Subs: Green, Olejnik, Kabeya, MacDonald.

Attendance: 1,271.