Jay Simpson’s second away game with West Brom was an incredibly fruitful one as the Arsenal loanee bagged his first goal for the Albion on his second start.
Simpson was superb during Saturday’s 2-1 defeat at the hands of local rivals Aston Villa, and Young Guns tipped him to get of the mark soon earlier in the week.
This evening, League One outfit Peterborough United stood in the visitors way of a place in the 4th round. Starting alongside Roman Bednar in a much changed side by Tony Mowbray, Jay had the best chance of the opening stages with a fierce drive from the edge of the box.
A spell of end-to-end football was ended when the 20-year-old collected Bednar’s knock down, skipped over a sliding challenge and smashed the ball beyond a helpless Joe Lewis from 25 yards.
Hoefkens and Bednar has further opportunities to double the advantage, but it was through left back Paul Robinson where the Baggies all but sealed the win. Kim’s pull back picked out the arriving Robinson who crashed home a rare goal.
Two spells of Peterborough pressure were sandwiched between Simpson working Lewis after being put through, but the third goal was illusive. It finished 2-0 in the end, meaning West Brom go into round with their new signing bang in form.
After having the weekend clash with Manchester City frozen out by the terrible weather, Portsmouth returned to action this evening with a tricky trip to Bristol City in the FA Cup.
The finalists switched the side around, meaning Armand Traoré finally got off the bench and started on the left of midfield.
A tentative start by both sides was ended when Traoré’s rasping 20 yard pile driver was flapped away by Basso. The Frenchman was having a fantastic tussle with Bradley Orr, with both players using their attacking and defensive talents.
However, on 38 minutes Pompey pushed home their advantage and grabbed the opener. Traoré released Crouch through the middle, and after surviving a handball appeal, he finished well to put his side in front.
Both outfits could have had more goals, but it took a late Niko Krancjar effort to finish off a brave City fight back. On 85 minutes Armand was withdrawn in a very impressive nights work.
Article By – J.Sanderson
Murphy and Wilshere both injured in the Youth Cup game. :(
“On 85 minutes Armand was withdrawn in a very impressive 90 minutes.”
Might want to alter this J.
Peterboro are in league 1 not 2.
I thought WBA played AT Villa on Saturday?
Nit picking I know! Sorry
WELL DONE TO BOTH KIDS. JAY SEEMS TO BE COMING OFF AGE AND MIGHT HAVE TO REPLACE BENDTNER IN THE SUMMER!!
What’s this? A post that’s visible in Google Reader??? Brilliant!
Where can see the goal by Simpson?
I will upload a video of it tomorrow Crainium :)
any one know how bad the injury to Wilshere is?
JS any news on Serkhan Kurtulus joining arsenal- Heres the link:
http://fanatik.ekolay.net/Fanatik/GALATASARAY-Serkan-Kurtulus-%27Hayalim-Arsenal%27_3_Detail_32_122895.htm
Cant wait to see the goal. Hes always shown a nack for scoring stunners right from his reserve days so its no suprise really. If he can find consistancy he’ll be massive, if he cant he’ll be good but not good enough for us, just another Pennant, Boa Morte or Abeyle.
If Simpson can have a good end to the season he could break into Stuart Pearce’s U21 squad for the U21 European Championship tournament. Which would be great experience for him.
i have to admit to celbreating his goal a bit like celebrating an arsenal goal. Get in there my son!
haven’t seen Jays goal yet but hear it was a cracker, I thought that Armand played well. We could do with him in the first time on the left wing at the moment! Sadly think Tony Adams is never going to cut the mustard as a manager which is a real shame.
any links for Simpsons goal ?
Again, hate to nitpick as the site is simply excellent, but
the statement that “…the third goal was illusive” is incorrect. Illusive should be changed to elusive, unless the third goal really was imaginary ;)
I want to see Simpsons goal so badly!
cudnt find the link anywhere .. :S
UK highlights: http://www.itv.com/Sport/Football/VideoWall/VideoDetail/default.html?vodcrid=crid%3a%2f%2fitv.com%2f33916&playerimage=http%3a%2f%2fwww.itv.com%2fimg%2f624x351%2fPeterborough-0-2-West-Brom-d94ce782-3a21-4873-bcbf-7ff8440ea28f.jpg
when are you putting up the link of jays goal??????????hurry up already.
Baz
Look at the post above m8
Marcus – I live outside the UK.
Oh ok, I can’t find it on youtube but I have Traore’s assist !
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pdyXvJoWeyk
Yeah saw that, thanks anyway mate. Cheers.
Jay has looked really good for us, we’ll be happy to have him permanently!
Here is a link to his goal, a cracker from 25 yards.
http://thebaggiesblog.com/2009/01/15/jay-simpson-goal-v-peterborough/
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nice, anyone got a better quality version