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Portsmouth manager Avram Grant: Next few games are vital
Pompey boss focusing on upcoming matches…
8 Feb 2010 15:20:00
By Danny Hart
Portsmouth manager Avram Grant believes the club’s next few matches could defy their season.
The financially-stricken club sit bottom of the Premier League, with just 15 points from 24 matches.
Grant believes his side’s performances merit more points than they have obtained and that the next few games against the teams around them could prove vital.
“There are 14 games to go,” the Portsmouth boss told the club's official website. “We need to take as many points as possible from our next few games.
“Our upcoming games are against sides who are around us in the table."
“We are not playing worse than the sides in mid-table but they’re taking points and we’re not. We need to continue with the good performances but also add some points.”
Grant cited the club’s recent fixture congestion as the reason behind his team selection for Saturday’s 5-0 loss to Manchester United, where Kevin-Prince Boateng, Aruna Dindane and Hassan Yebda all started on the bench.
He said: “I thought we needed to keep some players fresh because we’ve played a lot of games recently.
“We changed the team and it will be different again on Tuesday.”
The financially-stricken club sit bottom of the Premier League, with just 15 points from 24 matches.
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Grant believes his side’s performances merit more points than they have obtained and that the next few games against the teams around them could prove vital.
“There are 14 games to go,” the Portsmouth boss told the club's official website. “We need to take as many points as possible from our next few games.
“Our upcoming games are against sides who are around us in the table."
“We are not playing worse than the sides in mid-table but they’re taking points and we’re not. We need to continue with the good performances but also add some points.”
Grant cited the club’s recent fixture congestion as the reason behind his team selection for Saturday’s 5-0 loss to Manchester United, where Kevin-Prince Boateng, Aruna Dindane and Hassan Yebda all started on the bench.
He said: “I thought we needed to keep some players fresh because we’ve played a lot of games recently.
“We changed the team and it will be different again on Tuesday.”
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