Hart slams poor defensive show

Sun, 20 Sep 12:41:23 2009

Portsmouth boss Paul Hart bemoaned his side's poor defending as they slumped to a sixth successive league defeat in their 2-0 loss at Aston Villa.

Gabriel Agbonlahor, overlooked by England coach Fabio Capello for the recent games with Slovenia and Croatia, netted the decisive second goal just before the interval.

Another 2010 World Cup hopeful in James Milner had broken the deadlock from the penalty spot as Martin O'Neill's side cruised to victory to sustain their early challenge for a European spot.

Hart said: "I am not pointing the finger at anyone and we have a difficult job to do.

"I thought we played well in the first half and they did not give us many problems. But you are distraught if you give away two goals that you would be distraught about if you were an 11-year-old. That gave us a mountain to climb but overall we played extremely well.

"They were two errors that in terms of Premier League football I can't quite understand. I have got great belief in my players and I do think we will turn things around."

 

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  1. The shambles has been caused by the long long drawn out­ takeover fiasco by the new owner who I believe is not­ remotely interested in Pompey FC but sees a commercial­ oppurtunity in the offing. Paul Hart is probably doing­ his best but if the players go out play like silly­ buggers instead of punching their weight or better then­ I suspect he does'nt sleep well at night. We need a­ big big bucketful of LUCK.

    From Gerry, on Mon 21 Sep 12:49PM

  2. Hart won't point a finger but I will, BelHadge is a­ liability as a left back! Get Herman fit and move­ Belhadge up to left side midfield where he can use his­ pace or get Ball in to fill the spot while Herman is­ getting fit again. And as for Hart I will keep banging­ on, get him out and bring in Curbs !!

    From terryrussell40, on Mon 21 Sep 9:19AM

  3. Oh NO!! please give us a break guys. It's bad­ enough knowing we may get relagated and even worse­ knowing that everyone is against you. So soul­ destroying to be a Pompey fan right now. I can't­ show my face to my mates in the bar at the moment

    From Mitchel, on Mon 21 Sep 7:20AM

  4. We don't need a new manager, we need a blo*dy­ defence!
    Hurry up and get fit hereirdason, and where is­ linvoy primus, he always gives 110%
    Schoolboy errors at­ this level are unacceptable.
    It all makes you wonder­ whether the board are deliberately allowing us to get­ relegated. Hmmm.......interesting.

    From Simon L, on Sun 20 Sep 6:45PM

  5. ive never seen pompey play so terrible in all my life­ get rid of hart and bring in a manager people no????

    From h.j.holland, on Sun 20 Sep 5:20PM
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    ha ha will you ever get a point are you after record­ low points!!

    From phil.hayward1, on Sun 20 Sep 4:31PM

  7. Poo

    From a, on Sun 20 Sep 1:14PM
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