Bury - BFTG
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 11:58 am
There doesn't seem to be a lot of point in writing much, and I don't expect this thread to survive long, but I was at the game for my sins and ticked Bury off my grounds list.
This was the worst game I have seen all season. Two awful teams, both of which appeared to have given up on the season. Looked like 0-0 from the start, and it was appropriate that the only goal came from a horrible error by McGee which just about summed up the game. For most of the match, Bury made what headway there was and created a couple of promising positions and goalmouth scrambles. All Pompey's efforts came in the last ten minutes, a couple of good saves from their goalie, a weak attempt from Kennedy and some good defending to stop a cross reaching Pitman, but these were when Bury were in "hang-on" mode as you would expect from a side in their position.
Good points. Burgess looked better, and played a few of the long passes of which he is capable but has not done often enough this year. Hawkins battled and held the ball up well, but didn't do enough off that (he also missed a great chance first half, but was offside anyway). Pitman annoyed the referee.
Bad points. Couldn't retain possession. Couldn't tackle. Thompson beaten too easily (especially first half), but may still not be fully fit. Left side was absent; this week it was Ronan who did nothing. No idea how we were going to score. In other words, a typical Pompey display in 2017-18, just worse than normal.
1500+ Pompey fans made the journey; good for them.
This was the worst game I have seen all season. Two awful teams, both of which appeared to have given up on the season. Looked like 0-0 from the start, and it was appropriate that the only goal came from a horrible error by McGee which just about summed up the game. For most of the match, Bury made what headway there was and created a couple of promising positions and goalmouth scrambles. All Pompey's efforts came in the last ten minutes, a couple of good saves from their goalie, a weak attempt from Kennedy and some good defending to stop a cross reaching Pitman, but these were when Bury were in "hang-on" mode as you would expect from a side in their position.
Good points. Burgess looked better, and played a few of the long passes of which he is capable but has not done often enough this year. Hawkins battled and held the ball up well, but didn't do enough off that (he also missed a great chance first half, but was offside anyway). Pitman annoyed the referee.
Bad points. Couldn't retain possession. Couldn't tackle. Thompson beaten too easily (especially first half), but may still not be fully fit. Left side was absent; this week it was Ronan who did nothing. No idea how we were going to score. In other words, a typical Pompey display in 2017-18, just worse than normal.
1500+ Pompey fans made the journey; good for them.
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