Rich Hughes

He was a player we were tracking at Exeter, and had been accurately aware of him coming up through the non-leagues.

We felt he fitted the profile of a player we were looking for.

He's pacey, he's direct, he can play the game 1v1, he can stretch the pitch, he has that unique ability similar to Josh Murphy with the pace to run past you, but also, if you drop off, he can deliver a good ball like the Sheffield Wednesday goal.

I don't think it's one to give ourselves too much praise for recruiting him, it's actually taking it on a case-by-case scenario of knowing that there's a player who has performed in the Championship.

Plus it's probably due to a few connections I have at Luton and being able to get the inside track on why he wasn't the style of winger they wanted to proceed with.

I think it was a good decision to take it early and be able to bring him in.

The championship could be headed for a huge upheaval, with the playoffs shaken up from next season.

Pompey boss John Messinio is anti-expanding the playoffs with EFL clubs set to vote on changes to the format.

The EFL clubs are to vote on a massive change, which would see sides who finish third to eighth have their campaign extended.

That would mean the fifth-place team playing the eighth-place team and sixth taking on seventh in a one-off eliminator round.

They would then progress to two-legged semi-finals against those who finished third and fourth.

The move was approved at an EFL board meeting last week and would be first introduced in the championship next season, then subsequently implemented in League One and League Two if successful.

EFL members are now set to vote on the new format on March 5, with a simple majority from its 72 members required to make it a reality.

Misenio said, I quite like the format as it is, I'd keep it like that.

There's always that argument between the sixth-place team and the third-place team.

There's always a big points gap there.

There's always a bit of needle around that.

There was last in the National League, with York City I think.

Everybody will know what the situation is before the season.

And everyone should accept that.