JON Dadi Bodvarsson has given his verdict on Wanderers ’ play-off final defeat against Oxford United – admitting that pressure told on the day. The Icelandic striker, who was released by Bolton at the end of his contract, says he was stunned by what happened at Wembley last month, and he is unsure what effect it will have on his former team-mates next season. But speaking to the Bolton News for the first time since his departure was confirmed, the 32-year-old told us that he was surprised by what he saw, having been side-lined by injury for the season finale.
“It was weird, when you are in the stand you can see it from your perspective, and you see the whole thing. After about two minutes of the game, I had the feeling the game was not going to be good,” he said. “It felt, to be perfectly honest, that it was too much on the day for the lads, pressure-wise.
You could see that Oxford had just managed to get into the play-offs and for them it was a different sort of game, a big day out, nothing to lose. But I think you could see after only a couple of minutes that the whole world was on the lads’ shoulders, with the body language and stuff, and it was really tough to watch that. “I always have the saying, and maybe it comes with experience, but sometimes you want things too much.
You need it so badly that sometimes it can have the reverse effect and it can paralyse your ability a bit. “That felt to me what happened on the day, when it all mattered, and I think in.
