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Portsmouth peformance vs Bolton performance (1 Viewer)

  • Thread starter SkyBlueGuy
  • Start date Aug 20, 2019
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SkyBlueGuy

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  • Aug 20, 2019
  • #1
So we had a game where (by all accounts) we should have won, followed shortly by a game which we surely should have lost. We were lucky to not conceed a penalty early on today, had three ruled out at Bolton. As they say, what you gain on the swings, you lose on the roundabouts...
 
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ccfcway

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  • Aug 20, 2019
  • #2
You might need to include the slides for Kastaneer
 
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skybluesam66

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  • Aug 21, 2019
  • #3
Both only worth 1 point
The first felt like a heavy defeat
The 2nd like a massive victory

As someone once said
Football is a funny old game!
 
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Hobo

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  • Aug 21, 2019
  • #4
I have both games down as should have won. Portsmouth was just a salvage job when we had all but recklessly lost it.
 

fatso

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  • Aug 21, 2019
  • #5
We should have got 4 points at least from those two fixtures.
But I'm sure MR would of learnt a lot about his players from last nights game.
 

covcity4life

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  • Aug 21, 2019
  • #6
thing is i reckon i would rather take 8pts and come off a draw with 9 men away to pompey rather than 9 pts with a 3 nil win over bolton but loss to pompey away

maybe its worked out better for us in long term?
 
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skybluejelly

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  • Aug 21, 2019
  • #7
As oggy said last night on the radio ,with regards to the Bolton match,our performance with 9 men was very similar to boltons performance against us where the players absolutely bust a gut to get a result, as oggy said if we had played them a game later they would have been absolutely shattered and the result would probably be very different ,as it is we will never know ,but I think he made a very valid point
 
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Jcap

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  • Aug 21, 2019
  • #8
covcity4life said:
thing is i reckon i would rather take 8pts and come off a draw with 9 men away to pompey rather than 9 pts with a 3 nil win over bolton but loss to pompey away

maybe its worked out better for us in long term?
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You'd rather have 8 points than 9???
 

covcity4life

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  • Aug 21, 2019
  • #9
Jcap said:
You'd rather have 8 points than 9???
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weird i know. im talking more about team confidence

bet they feel better as unbeaten 4 games rather than yeah we can beat crap teams but not as good as promotional rivals kinda mindset
 
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Jcap

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  • Aug 21, 2019
  • #10
covcity4life said:
weird i know. im talking more about team confidence

bet they feel better as unbeaten 4 games rather than yeah we can beat crap teams but not as good as promotional rivals kinda mindset
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On the face of it yeah weird but I get what you mean. And way earlier in the season (maybe too early) but last night had the feel of Mansfield away from promotion season 2 yrs ago when we equalized with 10 men - JCH pen if I recall?
 
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covcity4life

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  • Aug 21, 2019
  • #11
Jcap said:
On the face of it yeah weird but I get what you mean. And way earlier in the season (maybe too early) but last night had the feel of Mansfield away from promotion season 2 yrs ago when we equalized with 10 men - JCH pen if I recall?
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yes the turning point of that season imo
 

Esoterica

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  • Aug 21, 2019
  • #12
2 dodgy referee performances in the 2 matches with the biggest partisan support/loudest atmosphere. I wonder how much influence that pressure really has on refs at this level. Bolton fans were just ecstatic to be playing and then a Portsmouth full house. Last night's ref has gone from 3500 at Salford, 6800 at Southend, 8000 at Swansea in EFL Cup, to 18500 at Portsmouth with a side making the most of every challenge.
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Aug 21, 2019
  • #13
SkyBlueGuy said:
As they say, what you gain on the swings, you lose on the roundabouts...
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and Kastaneer multiplies on the slide!
 

Bertola

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  • Aug 21, 2019
  • #14
Jcap said:
You'd rather have 8 points than 9???
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If you look at Portsmouth as being direct rivals from promotion/playoffs then I can understand the logic.

Beat Bolton, and lose to Pompey sees us on 9 and them on 6 so we're 3 points ahead.
Two draws has us on 8 and them on 4. 4 points ahead....
 
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