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Sat 20 Dec 2008  A   Bolton Wanderers   1 - 2   L< Last GameNext Game >
Premier League
Pompey
1David James      
16Noe Pamarot      
23Sol Campbell      
15Sylvain Distin      
7Hermann Hreidarsson      
8Papa Bouba Diop   *
10David Nugent   s
28Sean Davies      
22Richard Hughes   *
6Lassana Diarra   s
19Niko Kranjcar      
9Peter Crouch1   
14Jermain Defoe        
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* withdrawn player, s substitute
Bolton Wanderers
1Jussi Jaaskelainen
2Gretar Rafn Steinsson
3Gary Cahill
4Andy O'Brien
5Jlloyd Samuel
6Matthew Taylor
7Kevin Nolan
8Gavin McCann
9Ricardo Gardner*
10Kevin Davies
11Johan Elmander
sFabrice Muamba
* 1st, ^ 2nd and '' 3rd opponent substitute
Match Details
FT: 1-2 HT: 1-2

Pompey: Crouch 20
Bolton Wanderers: Taylor 1, Gardner 3

Ref: Martin Atkinson
Manager: Tony Adams
Attendance: 19,884

"We were awful for the first 10-15 minutes - we lost every one-versus-one battle. It was a very direct game, they put pressure on and won second balls and set plays and we did not handle it. It was a good reaction after that, but the game was over after the first five minutes. I lost my voice in the process of driving the lads on after the shambles of the start. I don't know why, but the boys were not up for the fight at all. That was disappointing. I don't think we deserved an equaliser. There are certain fundamentals you have to do to win matches. You have to compete, you have to earn the right but we got rolled over in the first 15 minutes." - Tony Adams

"We had a fantastic first 15 minutes and got into a great lead - we had opportunities to increase that lead but we didn't take them. Maybe we lost that intensity and then we conceded. We had a lot of chances but we didn't manage to convert them. But I don't think we were hanging on at any point." - Gary Megson

  
Bolton 2-1 Pompey
 by Gleams
 This article is used courtesy of Vital Pompey

Well, erm, I'm annoyed as you would expect from seeing a side which couldn't give a toss. I would actually rate that as a worst performance than the one at city, and if Bolton were more clinical so would the scoreline!!

From kick-off for crying out load, punted it up, right to Matty who, fair play to him, produced a great bit of skill but then again, it was Hermann who he was up against (useless), and provided a mediocre finish, Jamo could of done better! Then, straight from the re-start, sloppy play and rubbish marking led to Gardner, thrashing home the second, which Jamo again could of done better!!

Only two players put in the shift today, Davis and Crouch. Neither played great, but at least they put in the effort....unlike Pamarot. Not joking, worst performance from a player I've ever witnessed. He gave the ball away a ridiculous amount of times. No pace at the back either, Sol and even Distin at times showing poor pace levels, whilst the midfield didn't have the killer pass..or any pass. Defoe wasn't at his best, but the worst thing throughout the game was the long punts up to crouch and Diop. EVERY single time! It didn't take a genius to stick to Bolton players on Crouch so he couldn't move, and it didn't take a genius for people to track Defoe's run either.

The one goal we did score, which I must say was a quality cross from the outside of the foot by Niko, and a firm header by Crouch. That was it really; Bolton could have easily made it 3, 4 or 5. With James and the defence, showing that they can be amazing at certain times. How Jamo managed to save a one on one with Gardener, then the defence clambering the ball out was utter miraculous!!

The main thing that worry's me was the lack of heart and effort, no one wanted to be there, no one really cared if we won, even the support wasn't great. I could hear my own voice, and I don't shout that loud!!

Few positives was that Nugent I think, or hope, can do a similar job as Defoe, who was just out muscled from the game today, Cahill was pretty good. I'm worried, also about Adams tactical awareness. He only changed things around on the 60th minute mark, and that was to bring Lassie on, who lets be honest should have started!

Unrelated but worth noting: When the game finished Diarra came over and clapped us for around 5 minutes, very tearful, what a legend! And what a professional.

But an interesting thing was that Defoe came over to us, and started pointing at the fans shouting something, now I don't know what it was, but I'm hoping it was something like "I'm staying put". Haven't the foggiest though.

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