"SICKENED"

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What are the latest updates on Pompey news?

0:02

The latest Pompey news, updates every day from the Pompey Sound Newsdesk. Obviously, sickened with the result, I think the way that the game panned out towards the last 15-20 minutes. We looked at that point in the game like we could try and make the subs and freshen things up. and really hit them on the counter-attack and for large parts of the game I thought we did that really well. Not just doing that as well, I thought we had some really good composed possession but I thought final third we just didn't create enough. I thought we had some really good opportunities, we didn't create enough and there was just one moment in the game. I don't think there was anything else in the game. That's where it went wrong in terms of the result.

Why is the manager feeling sickened by the recent result?

0:39

I also think we just need to be a lot better when we break and a lot better in the final third. I thought we defended well. contain Swansea for large parts of the game. We had quite a bit of composed possession as well, but yeah, just ultimately just didn't have that killer instinct when we got into the final third and we got balls in the box or we had the opportunity to get shots off. Yeah, it feels like a real kick in the teeth after such an amount of hard work, I think, from everyone to come here and execute the game plan and really try and put Swansea under a bit of pressure, which I thought we did. We did really well for the majority of the game. So, yeah, it feels like an extra blow.

What changes did the manager consider making during the game?

1:17

I don't think we needed a reaction to anything. I thought the longer we stayed in the game, the better. We just needed to have a little bit more belief and a little bit more confidence when we broke from those deep areas and players at the top end of the pitch maybe giving us a little bit more. I thought that was the big difference. Obviously, the run of results isn't helping, but I still expect our players to have a little bit more. There's plenty of reasons, I think. If we look back at the goal, we just look back at the goal and there we do things wrong in terms of the press at the top end of the pitch. I think we get it wrong with the substitutions that come on and get it wrong. I'd given the information across and obviously it didn't land.

How did Pompey perform in the final third of the match?

1:59

That's my responsibility. In terms of what we do for the rest of the game, we just need to be a lot better in terms of making sure that we try and create more chances. Reading between the lines, I think John Massino is kind of saying what I think everyone who saw the game, either were there or on a screen, agrees, which is that 0-0 was the fair result. And we should have been travelling back home with a point, a really valuable point, a solid point, a point well earned. There was just that one moment. And he says that it's down to not pressing properly at the top end. But it resulted in a player having an opportunity to hit one. And how many times out of 10 would he manage to strike the top corner in the way that he did?

2:46

No offence to the guy. We know him well. But one out of 10 at most. And there he was in all that wind and weather. And he did it. Squeaky bum time has arrived at football news agency The Football League World. They say this. After staying up relatively comfortably last season, Pompey are in for a much tougher scrap to keep their championship status this time around. The South Coast side has only managed to win four of their first 19 matches, and just two of those victories have come since August. While other teams that started poorly, like Southampton and Sheffield United, have started to find their form, Portsmouth has been sliding down the table and into the relegation zone. A huge part of their survival last season was turning Fratton Park into a fortress.

3:40

Pompey picked up points in 18 of their 23 home games, and their 11 wins there were crucial. That home advantage has completely vanished this season, which is a worrying sign. Messina's side has won just three of their first 10 games at home and have already lost five times, the same number of defeats they suffered at Fratton Park through all of last season.