Duncan Barkes

Admittedly Pompey's goalscoring record is dire, only Sheffield Wednesday have scored fewer, and that's a mere one goal fewer at that.

But our defensive record, habitually overlooked by commentators and reporters, tells a positive tale about Pompey's defence, and of the success that they have consistently enjoyed in denying the opposition.

Even taking into account QPR, Pompey's defensive record is better than, for example, that of Hull City, who sit fifth in the championship table.

Prior to the QPR debacle, Pompey had conceded 48 goals putting them in ninth place in the goals conceded table.

These revelations prompt Pompey Sound to give a shout-out for Connor Ogilvie as Pompey's player of the season, not only one of the best left-backs in the league, but an ultra-reliable emergency centre-half, who, after injury, has spent most of his season in the No.

5 role.

Adams is held up by his supporters as a typical Pompey hero, but so is Ogilvie, and unlike Adams, Connor's been doing the business in a blue shirt for longer than anybody currently on the books at Fratton Park.

Pompey's relegation rivals, Blackburn Rovers, have been given the green light by the EFL to make changes to their 25-man squad for the final stretch of the championship season.

It's not just a single change, either.

The league has allowed Rovers to make two tweaks, paving the way for them to add new signing Nathan Redmond, the former Southampton winger who arrived on a free transfer last Friday.

The move will look familiar to Pompey fans, who used the same rule back in their first season in the Championship in 2024-25.

After new signing Ibrahim Boat suffered a season-ending knee injury just days after arriving from Fulham, the club was able to remove him from the squad list.

That freed up a spot for Kobe Bishop to be re-registered two months later, when he returned from heart surgery.

Rovers, currently 19th and just three points ahead of Pompey, have now done the same.

With defensive pair Sondre Tronstad and Lewis Miller both out for the season, Blackburn have taken them off the list.

This has allowed them to register 22-year-old academy product George Pratt, who has 10 senior appearances and spent the first half of the season on loan at Chorley for the final seven games.

But they didn't stop there.

They also used the second available spot to snap up one-cap England international Nathan Redmond on a free, getting the deal done before the March 26 deadline.

The 32-year-old winger, who once cost Southampton £10m back in 2026,

has been a free agent since his short-term contract at Sheffield Wednesday ended in January.