“We’re not going to mince words,” the Portsmouth locker room conveys to Bolton Wanderers ahead of their matchup at the top of the table.
With Pompey’s victory over Northampton to reclaim first place in League One, the stage is set for Bolton, a match that is expected to have significant implications for EFL League One promotion in April of next year.
“We’re not going to mince words,” the Portsmouth locker room conveys to Bolton Wanderers ahead of their matchup at the top of the table.
With Pompey’s victory over Northampton to reclaim first place in League One, the stage is set for Bolton, a match that is expected to have significant implications for EFL League One promotion in April of next year.
The result of Pompey’s match against Bolton on Monday night will have a significant impact on the League One promotion race.
That’s the mindset in the Blues locker room going into their top-of-the-table matchup at Fratton Park against Ian Evatt’s high flyers.
Additionally, Blues winger Paddy Lane promised his team will enter the Sky-televised match with a strong sense of confidence following their back-to-back road victories that ended their 27-game unbeaten streak.
With a commanding 3-0 victory over Northampton last weekend, John Mousinho’s team took back top spot. Following Wanderers’ 4-0 loss to Blackpool, they dethroned Pompey from their position.
This makes Monday’s match at Fratton Park against a team that has won 10 of its 11 games overall and is undefeated in all competitions ideal.
Bolton’s offensive prowess has been on full display during that time, as evidenced by his eight goals against the Manchester United under-21 team and his 7-0 league annihilation of Exeter. In addition, two four-goal salvos against Solihull Moors and Wycombe last week in the FA Cup saw five goals put past Harrogate.
With a commanding 3-0 victory over Northampton last weekend, John Mousinho’s team took back top spot. Following Wanderers’ 4-0 loss to Blackpool, they dethroned Pompey from their position.
This makes Monday’s match at Fratton Park against a team that has won 10 of its 11 games overall and is undefeated in all competitions ideal.
Bolton’s offensive prowess has been on full display during that time, as evidenced by his eight goals against the Manchester United under-21 team and his 7-0 league annihilation of Exeter. In addition, two four-goal salvos against Solihull Moors and Wycombe last week in the FA Cup saw five goals put past Harrogate.
Lane is obvious, but Pompey’s confidence is soaring as two of the division’s top players square off.
“We knew full well that a win at Northampton would put us top,” he remarked. We knew going into that game that the people who travelled to support us would see us at the top and that we would return home.
“Blackpool is no mugs; they beat us and turned Blackpool over, but we went there and performed professionally in a difficult-to-get-to location.”
‘We have a big game coming up against Bolton.
We won’t sugarcoat the fact that this is a big game—we know it to be so. We’ve had a great week leading up to it, and we’re full of confidence.It will be crucial at the end of the season, and these are important games. Really, all we can do is look forward to it. We’re doing that because, following Blackpool, we wanted to get going and score six points so that we could enter the Bolton game with complete confidence.
It’s a big game against Bolton right now.
“We’re not going to sugarcoat the fact that this is a big game—we know it is.” We’ve had a great week preparing for it, and we go into it full of confidence.When the season is almost over, these games will be crucial. Really, all we can do is wait. We’re doing that because we wanted to go into the Bolton game with confidence after Blackpool and get six points.
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