Rich Hughes

but I think sixth is a good cutoff.

I haven't properly thought about it, but if you start having that disparity between third and eighth, it can be too big.

The Blues have failed to win any of the eight playoff games they've taken part in, but Massigno believes they keep the season alive for teams, doing so perfectly in its current guise.

He added, if that's the state of play, eighth doesn't finish in the playoffs, and that's the parameters before the season starts, then it's absolutely fine.

You just go with it.

I've been involved in the game now for more than 20 years and I think the addition of the playoffs to the Football League are brilliant.

It creates a lot of excitement at the back end of the season, it creates a lot of excitement and jeopardy for the sides anywhere between 4th and 10th at the back end of the season.

Everything is really tight, and there's now a distinct group, say in the Championship who aren't going to make the playoffs.

But apart from that, probably from Sheffield United upwards, every side probably thinks they can nick a spot in there if they go on a decent run.

So I think it works pretty well as it is, that's why I'd be loath to change it.

I drove down on Friday to my home in Liverpool, kind of expecting the deal to be done on Friday, and then things are never easy.

It dragged on a few days, and Monday, I probably thought I was gonna be driving back to Portsmouth.

Then it was on and off a few times, but to get it done in the end, I was happy and just looking forward to it now.

Deadline day is always a stressful time, it was a late one, but we got it done.

Yeah, I really enjoyed my time at the club, I probably didn't play as many games as I would have liked to, or should have through an injury.

But every time I played at Fratton Park and played for the club, I like to think I left everything on the pitch and gave everything for the shirt.

So yeah I had some really good times and now I just want to build on that with Preston.

Yeah, I think my first hamstring injury was a pretty bad one and when you get your first injury you think you probably don't need the surgery and stuff like that, said Lang.

So I pushed through it rushed back because I wanted to help Portsmouth stay in the league with the position that we were in.

I really wanted to rush back and help the team as much as possible.