2019-20: Portsmouth-Burton 2-2

Tomorrow just another day.

Sådan lyder en af Madness gamle sange, og titlen rammer meget godt ind, for i morgen er atter en dag og livet går videre, samtidig var det en lettere Madness kamp set med Pompey øjne.

Var der nu en enkelt fan der ikke havde fået drukket sin pint på den nærmeste pub, og kom et par min for sent, ja så kunne han nok fundere over hvordan pokker Pompey kunne være nede 0-2, for Burton  viste god energi og kom på 0-1 efter 3 min, og da de efter 6 min fik afrettet et skud der snød vores keeper, så stod den 0-2, og det var opad bakke.

Pompeys manager Kenny Jackett havde igen fravalgt Walkes på højrebacken, og i stedet fik Burgess der egentlig er centerback, den mulighed. Walkes karriere hos Pompey må være slut.

Interessant nok, så havde højresiden med Burgess og Ryan Williams langt flere aktioner end Curtis og Haunstrup på venstresiden i første halvleg.

Mange en fans var nok frustreret, og der var buh råb fra fansene, og snakken gik er Jackett den rigtige mand?

En af Burtons mest rutinerede gav Pompey en livline, det kom da O’Toole tabte bolden og lavede hvad der endte med at blive et rødt kort, men dommeren lod fordelen gælde og Pitman smækkede bolden på overliggeren. Så da chancen var tabt, så gav det et rødt kort, og Pompey havde nu 65 min 11 mod 10.

Det indledte selvfølgelig et stormløb mod Burton, og ser man stats på antal afleveringer, ja så havde Pompey i alt 660 mod 275 til Burton, hvor de 85 af disse var lange bolde.

En spiller viste energi, det var Curtis der for alvor kom i gang, og han lavede da også målet til 1-2 lige inden pausen.

Til anden halvleg skiftede Pompey ud, ind med Gareth Evans og ud med Ryan Williams, der ellers havde gjort et godt indtryk. Evans satte sig hurtigt på kampen, og endte med at have hele 15 indlæg på en halvleg!

Pompey skiftede ligeså til at spille en blanding af 3-4-3 og 3-5-2, og der blev lagt et massivt pres mod Burton, der nu stod godt imod.

Skudstatistikken sagde 28-4 i Pompey favør da kampen var slut og efter pausen var Burton ikke meget over midten.

En meget stor chance havde Pompey i slutfasen, men ellers kneb det med at få de store muligheder, og da Burtons keeper lavede en klasseredning på den store chance, så begyndte det at se dystert ud.

John Marquis havde været meget anonym i denne kamp, blot 2 afslutninger kom han frem til, omvendt så var Pitman med fra start for første gang i League One i dette sæson, og han havde 4 afslutninger.

Fansene på Fratton Park begyndte at vandre ud, og de gik glip af udligningen som Brett Pitman satte ind på straffe. Et straffe der slet ikke var nogen grund til at begå, så Burton må have ærget sig.

Interessant var det Pitman der skulle sparke og ikke Marquis!

Pompey har masser af offensive muligheder, om end Kenny Jackett endnu ikke har fundet ud af hvem der skal spille hvor rent offensivt.

Udfordringen er mere defensivt, hvor Pompey har et problem på højrebacken! Burgess er ikke det naturlige valg, men interessant nok, så har Burgess flest pasninger af alle i kampen hos Pompey, han kommer frem til hele 9 indlæg, kun Evans havde flere, han laver nok 12 lange bolde, men 8 af dem rammer sin mand. Burgess var på dagen en af de bedre, mens John Marquis der ellers konstant har banket mål ind de seneste sæsoner, ikke var god.

Men Burgess, er centerback og ikke back, så mon ikke James Bolton står mere end klar!

Så Kenny Jackett fik reddet moralen hos Pompey med 2-2, nu venter en kamp mod et af topholdene Wycombe på lørdag.

Det kræver nærmest en sejr, for Pompey har smidt mange point, og er sat langt tilbage i League One

I alt har Pompey 6 point fra 6 kampe, det er et pointsnit på 1,00, og det er meget langt væk fra rækkens nummer 2 Ipswich der har et snit på 2,25. Pompey er 12 point væk fra en direkte oprykningsplads, dog med to kampe i hånden, ironisk nok, ja så er der faktisk kun 3 point ned til nedrykningsstregen!.

 

Pompey manager Kenny Jackett:

“It was a frustrating evening and a very poor start from us, which gave us a mountain to climb.

“You can look at both goals we conceded and we need to be much more solid, even if there was a big deflection for the second.

“But I still felt positive that we could get something out of the game andperhaps even win it because we had enough time and enough of the ball.

“We swapped to three at the back to give Haunstrup and Evans more width in those crossing positions.

“There were some big chances for us in the second half and the keeper made a really good save from Ronan, who played very well.

“Marquis had one that went just a whisker wide and there was another decent penalty appeal for a foul on Cannon.

“But for all of the domination we had with the ball, we couldn’t find that killer instinct until right at the end.

“It was a penalty on Ellis and Brett’s put it away very well. It would have been nice to have a few more minutes after that to try to score the winner.”

“I’m obviously frustrated as well because six points from six games is not where we want to be.

“We have to keep working away and need a series of wins to turn our season around. It’s up to us to make sure we do that.”

 

Burton Manager Nigel Clough:

«Strikers are always going to be looking for them in the last minute and there was a little bit of contact from Jake. But I think if you give penalties for that little contact in penalty areas you are going to get five or six a game.

«It was a magnificent effort tonight to get within seconds of getting the three points despite being down to ten men for so long. And coming here tonight, if you had asked us about 2-2 we probably would have taken it.»

«We had no problems with the sending off. The first yellow card was right and I think he got the second one right as well.»

«Joe has got his first goal for us and we are absolutely thrilled for him. Unfortunately, the shine is taken off it a little bit as we had to bring him off. He was the unfortunate player after we had to reshuffle after the sending off. But he got the goal, earned us a point and he’s right in the mix for starting on Saturday.

«The players can’t give anymore than they have done over the last two games. We have played two promotion contenders and we have more than matched them.With a break here and there we might have had six points not two from the two games.

«We now go to Tranmere looking for three points on Saturday. We need to go there now and put the same amount of effort in again, that will be the key.»

 

Kommentarer fra Twitter:

Most important week of his #pompey career.We fail to beat Wycombe and get heavily turned over next Tuesday,it’s over for him.I just hope no matter what the players think of KJ they turn up next Tuesday.not putting in a performance for the fans will end a few of their careers here

Taxi for Jackett.

Chris houghton looking for a job would have him over kJ any day of the week for #pompey job

When you watch highlights of the other league 1 games, its striking how good the football is from vast majority of teams, with dangerous midfield ball carriers running at defences and slipping players in. A million miles more advanced than us. #pompey

Still fuming with the pathetic performances by #pompey and the #stags last night, absolutely abysmal might have a punt on the #ChampionsLeague tonight.

#pompey KJ wont go any time soon unfortunately when 15k+ attend home games. I doubt they look at social media but for eg look at Eisners message only 200 fans replied! That will be seen as a small minority same as messages. If you want him gone it needs to be done in numbers.

MCrorie not the answer in centre mid clearly. His athleticism and drive better suited at right back where we have no decent options. Get Burgess at centre back and Naylor back in midfield and try to come up with a gameplan not solely dependent on crossing #pompey

#michaeleisner #pompey 2019. 29 games played Won 9 lost 9 Drew 11 Current campaign. 1 win out of 6 games. Shameful numbers for a team with such huge support.

 

League One, Fratton Park, 17. september

Portsmouth – Burton 2-2 (1-2)

3. min. 0-1 Sbarra

6. min. 0-2 Wallace

25. min. Rødt kort O’Toole

39. min. 1-2 Ronan Curtis

90+5. min. 2-2 Brett Pitman (str.)

Pompey (4-2-3-1): MacGillivray; Burgess, Downing, Naylor (c), Haunstrup (Harrison 77); Close, McCrorie (Cannon 70); Williams (Evans 46), Pitman, Curtis; Marquis

Gule kort: Downing

Bænken: Bass, Bolton, Walkes, Hawkins, Harrison, Canon, Evans

Tilskuere: 16,610 (116 away fans)