Portsmouth peformance vs Bolton performance (3 Viewers)

[SkyBlueGuy]

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]

You might need to include the slides for Kastaneer

 

[skybluesam66]

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!

 

[Hobo]

I have both games down as should have won. Portsmouth was just a salvage job when we had all but recklessly lost it.

 

[fatso]

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]

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?

 

[skybluejelly]

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

 

[Jcap]

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?

You'd rather have 8 points than 9???

 

[covcity4life]

You'd rather have 8 points than 9???

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

 

[Jcap]

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

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?

 

[covcity4life]

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?

yes the turning point of that season imo

 

[Esoterica]

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.

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

As they say, what you gain on the swings, you lose on the roundabouts...

and Kastaneer multiplies on the slide!

 

[Bertola]

You'd rather have 8 points than 9???

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....