Jackett shows faith in the Pompey players who got the team to top spot Wednesday, 20th Feb 2019 21:09 by pompey-fans.com staff Kenny Jackett defended his team selection for Pompey's game with Bristol Rovers - which ended up as their seventh straight league game without a win. He told The News he had wanted to field as close as was possible to the team who had taken the club to the top of League One earlier in the season. Pompey needed a second half own goal to save them after Rovers had taken a first half lead through Jonson Clarke-Harris's penalty. The same player missed a secons penalty when it was 1-1. Jackett's recent selections have come under the spotlight with recent results not going well but he explained to The News his reasons for picking a team with none of his January signings starting. He said: 'The selection was as close as we can get to the players who have won so many games for us this season. The 4-2-3-1 is my preferred formation and the one that has been successful for me and the one that I trust. ‘I felt that the players knew the system and, for the likes of Tom Naylor and Gareth Evans, they are the right type of experience and I trust them because that has basically been the side which has won so many games this year. ‘We also had Omar on the bench with his dead leg, I do think hopefully he can now shake that off and build on some good form for us. I heard the crowd shouting for 4-4-2 in the second half and it was a logical thing to do really because it was hard for us to carve out chances. ‘We put an extra forward on instead of Gareth (Evans) coming from deep in the number 10 position. It was quite a logical thing to do being 1-1 at home when you are chasing the win.’ Pompey: MacGillivray; Walkes, Burgess, Clarke, Brown; Naylor, Close; Lowe (Solomon-Otabor 79), Evans (c) (Vaughan 66), Curtis; Hawkins (Bogle 46). Subs not used: Bass, Haunstrup, Morris, Donohue Referee: Neil Hair Attendance: 17,880 (803 away fans)
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