Steve Bone

And he's been just generally influential in the qualities that he's brought to that midfield.

A bit more bite, a bit more presence, a bit more sort of tackling ability.

When previously, you know, we were, it was always, you know, do we play Dezal and Kozlowski when he was fit?

Do we play Dezal and Pak?

Do we try Swift there?

Do we bring somebody else in?

It was a little bit tricky, wasn't it, to find a balance?

Yeah.

And even now, now that Dezal is out, actually, Adams and Pack have done very well together.

Very well.

I think Wrexham might have been, you know, most people thought Wrexham was one away trip too many too soon for Pompey and maybe for that midfield duo.

But so, you know, if you're looking at the general recruits, number one, Ibu Adams is

Number two, you'd probably say Mili Alli.

Been very good on the left.

His contribution means that we haven't missed Josh Murphy as much as I think people thought and feared we would do.

You lose a player like Murphy from that squad, that's a huge blow, isn't it?

And that was a worry when we first heard that he could be out for a few weeks.

And I think he's still out for a few weeks more now, isn't he, as far as we know?

But Ali has come in, scored a couple of goals.

I think he's only scored one perhaps, but he's set up a couple.